A have special
project to share today, the front cover of a Tim Holtz Collection Folio I am
making up to capture the memories of the trip I took last year, featuring
Travelling Betty from Simply B Stamps.
When I saw the awesome
Travelling Betty I knew she would be perfect for this, especially as we got to
meet and hang out with Betty herself on the trip. My folio is inspired by the beautiful work of Paula Cheney whose example of one Tim showed in a video for the release of them is
what got me wanting to get my hands on one in the first place. I’ve borrowed some of Paula’s techniques and
her use of a Word Band on the elastic closure, including altering the band. In my case I rubbed some Rub’n’Buff on to
make it a bit more grungy.
I wanted the cover to be somewhat grungy, I guess
because that is really my style but pretty at the same time. I raided my stash and came up trumps with the
gorgeous paper from an old Creative Memories collection. I just kept going on the stash items playing
along with Craft Hoarders Anonymous’ current challenge. I have, from left to right on the bingo
board, markers (Copics on my image), fabric and lace (behind my embellishments),
die cutting (oval shapes both manual and electronic), stamping (image) and
mixed media (stencil and texture paste), chipboard (title), and metal (brads and
faux metal look to the chipboard) and buttons and brads.
The theme of the
album is travel and we certainly did a lot of flying on our trip so I had to
add in the great resin plane embellie from Prima so I’m entering this in the
current Fussy and Fancy challenge as planes have wings.
Our trip took in
the beautiful Canada in the fall and even the USA too put on a lovely colour
show of autumnal leaves so the leaf button seemed a fitting embellie to cover
off both countries’ scenery. With my
button I’m entering this in Papertake Weekly’s current challenge picking the
product theme.
To make the
background a bit more special and fill the space rather than using more designer
paper I opted for a lovely abstract flower stencil and some modelling
paste. I coloured the modelling paste
using Distress Inks to make an olively green to match the designer paper I used. I then added in some brads to give it some
added texture that wouldn’t easily fall off as this is going to get handled, or
at least I hope it will invite people to handle it and look inside. Sweet Stamps has a challenge looking for
stencils and paste so I am entering my project there.
To finish off my
embellies I wanted something a bit bigger than the resin and button so decided
to add a bit of interest and texture with some fabric and lace scraps ruched to
form rosette style embellies. I think
they add just the right finishing touches and with them I am also entering my
project in the current Try it on Tuesdays’ challenge.
Ingredients:
Copics
Skin E000, E00,
E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)
Eyes E30, E35, 0
Lips R24, R29,
R46
Hair E21, E23,
E25, E27, E29
Outfit B91, B93,
B95, B97, B99, N4, N6, N8, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99, 100
Suitcases N4, N6,
N8, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG01, YG03, YG05, YG07, 100
Chalks &
Powders etc
Ranger Embossing
Powder ~ Clear
Dies, SVGs &
Templates etc
Spellbinders
Nestabilities ~ Classic Scalloped Ovals & Opulent Ovals
Prima Stencil ~ Sunset
Sunrise Flower
Embellishments
Creative Memories
Alphabet Stickers ~ Blue & Crimson
Metal Brads from
stash
Prima Ingvild
Bolme ~ Explore Resins
Stickabilities ~ 7/16”
Hand Drawn
Tim Holtz
Idea-ology ~ Word Band
Inks & Paints
etc
Prima Ingvild
Bolme Chalk Ink ~ Rusty Bucket
Rub’n’Buff ~
Spanish Copper
Tim Holtz
Distress Ink ~ Evergreen Bough, Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemon
& Tea Dye
Papers
Bazzill Cardstock
~ Milkshake
BoBunny Double
Dot ~ Maize Vintage
Creative Memories
~ Reminisce Travel
K&Company ~ Tim
Coffey Travel
Tim Holtz
Idea-ology ~ Collection Folio
Ribbons &
Trims etc
Chiffon & Lace
from stash
Stamps
Challenges
Thanks for
stopping by!
