Down the Shore at Sunset

 

As soon as I opened the August Mixed Media Kit from Très Jolie, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. The shapes in the Prima Mould and the colors of the enclosed bottles of Distress Oxide Ink Spray called to mind this photo of my granddaughter taken a few weeks ago at the New Jersey Shore.

This project came together in no time: I spent a few minutes forming the clay pieces and another few creating texture on my canvas with crackle paste and a stencil and allowed it all to dry overnight.

I treated the clay pieces with Faded Jeans spray and put them aside to dry while I worked on the base of my project.

I began by spritzing the canvas here and there with a few short bursts of Distress Oxide Ink Spray in Antique Linen and gave it a few minutes to dry. Once it was no longer tacky, I shot it with Bundled Sage, then topped it with Faded Jeans. I love how this spray picks up the texture of the canvas and the cracks of the paste.

The clay pieces were now ready for the next step. Using a fan brush, I lightly dusted them with the Magical powder, then spritzed them with a small amount of water to give them a sheen and to allow the gold to settle in the crevices.

I printed out the photo on 5” x 7” paper and trimmed it just inside the white edges. Using a tape runner, I fastened it to a piece of white cardstock which I trimmed around to create an even border. This was attached to a layer of USPS packaging to create stability and dimension and glued to the center of the canvas with gel medium.

The lovely lady was backed with more of the packaging and glued down just below.

I dug out some of the flowers left over from previous kits and arranged them around the photo. (One of the flowers was treated with Antique Linen spray; it was too brightly white to blend in.) I removed the centers of the flowers in the bottom corner and replaced them with glass beads.

I tucked the clay flourishes and flowers around the blooms and finished by placing art stones here and there.

A few closeups:

 

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 *****Supplies*****

 ***Très Jolie August Mixed Media Kit***

Fredrix – Quality Artist – Canvas Panel – 9 x 12 #3209

Prima – Finnabair – Silicone Mould – Fairy Garden #966591

Prima – Re-Design – Air Dry Modeling Material #642136

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Spray – Faded Jeans #TS064732

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Spray – Antique Linen #TS067542

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Spray – Bundled Sage #TS067603

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Magical – Powdered Paint – Bayou Boogie Gold

 

***Other Embellishments***

Darice – Floral Embellishments – Paper Flowers – Natural – 36 Pcs #30062068

49 and Market – Handmade Flowers – Vintage Shades – Yellow Cluster #VS-85991

Darice – Floral Embellishments – White – 12 Pcs #30061976

49 and Market – Flower Embellishments – Sugar Posies – Blue Raspberry #SUG-32419

 

***Other Mediums***

Golden – Crackle Paste

Golden – Gel Medium – Matte

Prima – Finnabair – Art Ingredients – Glass Beads – Plum #961718

Prima – Finnabair – Art Extravagance – Art Stones – White #963705

 

***Tools***

Prima – 12 x 12 Stencil – Stain #572181

 

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Be Awesome

We had an awfully mild January here in my section of the Northeast, with some days in the 50s and even a few topping 60°. A few weekends ago, it was warm enough to take the kids to the park for some climbing and running around. My daughter-in-law captured Miss S. hopping over the rocks with the afternoon winter sun in the background.

The January 2020 kit from Très Jolie came with the Shabby Love Symphony collection from AB Studio, filled with delicate floral designs on the front and gorgeous images of textures on the back.

The “B” side of Sheet 5, entitled “Shabby Rocks” was a perfect fit for my photo, but a little too busy to be used as a stand-alone base. I decided to start with Sheet 4, “Pink Scents”, using the back image with the blues and grays and bits of bold details on the concrete wall image.

I tore a side-to-side strip of Sheet 5 and to lay over the base and decided that it looked “blah” and just too lacking in interest, so I went through the papers and selected the “B” side of Sheet 7, “Savor This Moment”, filled with a large print of flower petals that becomes more and more blurred and filled with tiny textures from top to bottom. I tore it in across the center and created another torn edge on the bottom. This was cut in half and attached to the base. Next, I tore one more strip of Sheet 5 and taped both pieces to the base.

I altered one of the Creative Embellishments chipboard pieces that came in the kit by coating it with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink and fastened it to the back of my photo. I added some packaging to the rest of the back to balance the thickness and attached it all to the page, ready to embellish.

I used an entire package of flowers (also from the kit) to form my cluster and I still wasn’t finished. I selected a variety of Mélange pebbles and inked the bottoms before scattering them here and there to fill in gaps and add some interest.

I selected a phrase from Sheet 6, tore the edges and inked it before placing it on the bottom of my photo.  

Here are a few close-ups:

And that’s it: time to pack away the few leftover items and to clean my scrap room and get ready for another project…

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*****Supplies*****

***Très Jolie January 2020 Kit***

AB Studio – Shabby Love Symphony Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet 4 – Pink Scents

AB Studio – Shabby Love Symphony Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet 5 – Shabby Rocks

AB Studio – Shabby Love Symphony Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet 6 – Pearl

AB Studio – Shabby Love Symphony Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet7 – Savour This Moment

49 and Market – Flower Embellishments – Country Blooms – Cobalt #CB-88510

Creative Embellishments – Laser Cut Chipboard – Swirly Border

Prima Marketing – Finnabair – Art Ingredients – Mélange Art Pebbles #963323

***Other***

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink Pad – Mini – Pumice Stone #TDP40101

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink Pad – Faded Jeans #TDO55945

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink Pad – Shaded Lilac #TDO56218

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Four Cards for All Occasions

The July Cards, Tags and More… Kit from Très Jolie was a little more traditional this month: it came with a pretty paper pad from Prima and all of the embellishments that you could possibly need to make a stack of greeting cards.

I chose to create several simple cards that came together in one afternoon.

I began by coloring the wood embellishments and a snippet of the chipboard vine with Oxide Ink, a medium so “juicy” that it took only one coat on the raw surfaces. The pink on the wood shapes was just a little too bold, so I misted them with some Color Bloom spray and dried them with my heat tool.

The card itself came together in under a minute. I simply adhered the layers together, glued the embellishments on and finished it with a strip of Washi tape.

I decided to used the plaid print as my top layer for my second card. I glued a small section of the cut apart down, then added Washi tape, tucking the top strips underneath before gluing the rest. A few blooms and a couple of wood shapes (altered with Oxide Ink) and I was done.

I love the grey music paper print on this paper, but it was just too plain to make it a focus piece. In the end, I decided to make it the middle of five layers and I do like the way it turned out. I used a punch on the edge of the layer under the cut apart to more or less blend in with the ticket embellishment.

This is actually the vellum sheet that came in the flower package, glued to the base paper. I placed a strip of Washi tape from side to side and glued down the cut apart, then tucked a couple of tickets underneath. I wanted to keep the (almost) monochrome color scheme, so I altered the butterfly and vine snippets with black ink.

And that’s it: four cards made in no time, with plenty of “ingredients” left over for at least a dozen more.

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*****Supplies*****

***Très Jolie July Cards, Tags and More Kit***

Prima – Poetic Rose Collection – 6 x 6 Paper Pad #631680

Darice – Finishing Accents – Mini Laser Cut Wood Shapes – Butterflies – 45 Pcs #2015-01

Prima – Poetic Rose Collection – Decorative Tape with Foil Accents #631741

Prima – Poetic Rose Collection – Paper Tickets #631888

Prima – Poetic Rose Collection – Flower Embellishments – Elaborate Love #637484

Creative Embellishments – Laser Cut Chipboard – Flourish 30

***Mediums***

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink Pad – Forest Moss #TDO55976

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink Pad – Worn Lipstick #TDO56362

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink Pad – Mini – Hickory Smoke #TDP47339

Prima – Color Bloom – Spray Mist – Pearl White #573751

Tsukineko – Stāz On Ink Pad – Jet Black #SZ-31

***Tools***

EK Success – EK Tools Edger Punch – Round Binding Edge #EKS5440182

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