ranger - february colour palette inspiration

'i heart ranger'

manila tag coloured with 'distress stain' brushed pewter,
 festive berries, picked raspberry and dusty concord.

vintage music coloured with 'distress ink'
 milled lavender and dusty concord and adhered to tag using
 'inkssentials' collage glue stick.  edges distressed
 and coloured with 'distress ink' dusty concord.

'idea-ology' crinkle ribbon coloured with 'distress stain' 
dusty concord and fixed to tag using 'inkssentials' wonder tape.

'idea-ology' paper string coloured with 'distress stain'
 brushed pewter, fixed to tag on back with tape
and on front with mini staples.

ribbon and string coloured as above 
tied in a bow and fixed to top of tag.

'tando creative' grab bag: hearts (x4) painted 
using 'adirondack' paint dabber watermelon.
  'distress stickles' clear rock candy dry glitter coloured with 'adirondack' alcohol ink watermelon, 
adhered to two hearts using matte medium.
  words 'i heart' and ranger logo fixed to heart using wonder
tape and triple embossed along with the last heart using 
'emboss it' dabber and 'melt art' clear utee.

'claudine hellmuth' sticky-back canvas adhered to 
'idea-ology' grungepaper and coloured with 
'distress stain' picked raspberry, cut using 
'alterations' die tattered florals and a hole punch.

'inkssentials' metal foil tape sheet adhered to 
grunge paper, painted with paint dabber 
raspberry and cut using die as above.
paint distressed using wire wool.

flowers and hearts glued in place using 3d glue.

the craft barn - alpha/dictionary challenge - letter e

e for east

'the russell english dictionary' circa 1958

page primed with gesso.

vintage map of 'the far east' printed from internet and 
sea coloured using a waterbrush and 'distress ink' tumbled glass.
edges distressed then coloured with 
blending tool and 'distress ink' vintage photo.

map glued in place and gold washi tape added to corners.

'tim holtz' stamp air travel 
compass stamped using 'archival' ink jet black.

letter stickers added from stash.

paper flowers coloured using 'distress stain' 
worn lipstick and picked raspberry, 
then glued in place and
 'liquid pearls' white opal added to centers.

the craft barn - alpha/dictionary challenge - letter e

e for elephant

'the russell english dictionary' circa 1958

page primed with gesso and painted with 'adirondack' 
paint dabbers hazelnut, pitch black and snow cap.

'tim holtz' stamp life adventure: 
elephant stamped with 'archival'  ink jet black, 
then masked off and background stamped with post card address.  
tribal motive stamped using 'adirondack' paint dabbers 
water melon and sunshine yellow and mask removed.

elephant coloured using 'distress ink' weathered wood,
 old paper and pumice stone with a waterbrush. 

letters and word added with 'dymo' black tape

tim holtz - 12 tags of 2013 - february

valentine tag

manila tag coloured with 'distress stain' festive berries 
and edges distressed.

'tissue tape' symphony and some vintage music added to 
centre and edges distressed. 

bicycle '1800 vintage playing cards - ellusionist' 
glued in place.

'tando creative' grab bag: heart covered with paper stash, words added, then triple embossed with utee and adhered to tag.

'idea-ology' adage ticket stapled in place.

rosette made from lace, aged with 'distress ink' vintage photo and fixed to tag with 'prima marketing' engraver metal brad.

lace, aged as above, tied through tag.  

'idea-ology' wire pin with locket key, bead and customised cash key attached to lace.

distress rainbow

 i was browsing 'simon says stamp' and saw this dry ink pad.

the opportunity to make my own custom 'distress ink' 

rainbow was just too much to pass up.

i inked the pad using 'distressed reinkers' 

in some of my fave colours.

from the bottom:

festive berries

spiced marmalade

squeezed lemonade

shabby shutters

peacock feathers

salty ocean

shaded lilac

picked raspberry

it took a couple of days for the 

colours to blend together.

i used a brayer to ink the lid!!!

now to make some thing?

i used a brayer to ink a manila tag.

i had to do it in two halves as my brayer wasn't wide enough.

water flicked over tag and dried.

tim holtz 'seasonal reflections' stamped using 'archival' coffee.

edges distressed and inked using 'distress ink' vintage photo.

flower from tim holtz 'nature's discoveries' stamped with 'versamark' and embossed with white embossing powder.

butterflies from 'nature's discoveries' and flowers from 'tim holtz' spring sprung stamped with 'archival' jet black.

words from 'indigoblu' sarah's choice stamped onto manila card in jet black, edged with vintage photo and fixed in place with shaker tape.

wet crinkle ribbon pressed onto custom ink pad then dried

 and tied through top of tag.

'idea-ology' wire pin with locket key and some pearls,

 pinned through ribbon.

stamp making

i'd been looking at a number of my embossing folders 

thinking what lovely stamps they would make.

so i had a search online for something i could 

'emboss' that i could then use as a stamp.

liquid latex???

i taped down an embossing folder onto a tray, 

and poured some liquid latex over the pattern.

after this had set i added a second layer and left 

it for a week.

then the exciting bit, i peeled the latex from the folder

 and apart from a few bubbles, it was pretty good.

tim holtz 'textured fades' bubbles and dot matrix.

they wouldn't be any good to use on a block, 

as i didn't get them  level.

but they did work quite well with 'dylusions' sprays!

i also used a couple a masks from 'prima'

lava lamp and corona bubbles.

apart from a couple of hard lines, 

not a bad second attempt at 'dylusions'!

dylusions

my 'dylusions' inks and stencils finally

 arrived from the states this week.

this was my first attempt...

i think i'm addicted!

although i need to find a bigger craft sheet, 

as i got ink everywhere!!!