Saturday Showcase - Sir Vagabond Aviator Background Papers

Good morning!

Laura here with today's Saturday Showcase.  Today I am featuring the Sir Vagabond Aviator background papers.

Those papers are gorgeous!

Step 1 - Trim papers to 1 - 12x12, 1 - 11.5 x 11.5, 2-12 x 6
Step 2 - Tear one of the 12x6 like the photos above
Step 3 - Prep background paper with clear gesso

Step 4 - Use your favorite stencil with texture paste and heat set
Step 5 - Color your stenciled image with powders or mists.  I used the Prima Finnabair Art Ingredients Mica Powder Set.

Step 6 - Adhere papers as shown using cardboard or 3D tape to the top sheet 

Step 7 - Paint your chipboard - I used paint that made by mixing the Prima Mica Powder and clear gesso

Step 8 - Layer your powders over the images then seal with gel medium

Step 9 -Adhere everything together and add any embellishments and your title that you wish.  I added some Prima Painted Floral Flowers, some art stones, gems, and flowers from my stash

Here are some close ups

Earlier this week I also created a layout for the Challenge using the gorgeous Stamperia paper. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope I have inspired you.

~Laura

Saturday Showcase - Stamperia Lady Vagabond Lifestyle

Good morning! Today I am showcasing a few products available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, including papers from Stamperia's Lady Vagabond Lifestyle collection.

To create this layout:

1) Gather 3 papers from the Stamperia Lady Vagabond Lifestyle Backgrounds paper pad.

2) Trim your top sheet to 11" x 12" and distress the edges, creating a larger distressed area on the right side.

3) Prep your paper with clear gesso and allow to dry or heat set.

4) Distress your edges of your bottom sheet and adhere them as shown.

5) Use Tim Holtz Grit Paste CRYPT with the Dot Fade Layering Stencil, then add some Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain.

6) Pounce your Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink pad on your craft mat a few times, spray with water, then using a fan brush, splatter the ink on your stenciled surface.

7) Cut 2 photo mats at approximately 3.5" x 7" and distress the edges.

8) Get your Prima Finnabair Large Gears Mould, add some corn starch then paper clay.

9) Remove the gear from the mould and allow to dry.

10) Cover the paper clay pieces with clear gesso and let dry.

10) Start having some fun with mists and paints on the paper clay gears and flowers. I used Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain, Salvaged Patina Distress Paint, Jack O'Latern Distress Mica Stain, Crooked Broomstick Distress Mica Stain, and a brown from my stash.

11) Adhere everything together, add some art stones, gems and Stamperia Alchemy Clear Die Cuts.

Here are some more detail shots:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Laura

Supplies used:

Stamperia Lady Vagabond Lifestyle Backgrounds - 12x12 Paper Pad SBBL100

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Dot Fade THS006

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Salvaged Patina TSS72782

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Speckled Egg TDO72546

Finnabair Moulds - Large Gears 968939

Dina Wakley Media Mediums - Clear Gesso MDM46424

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Salvaged Patina TSS72782

Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Salvaged Patina TDF72775

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stain Set #1 TSHK77435

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stain Set #2 TSHK77442

Stamperia Alchemy - Clear Die Cuts DFLDCP23

Mini Memories Tin

Hello crafty friends! It's me Tera, here to share one last piece of inspiration before the New Year.

I have been loving the mini tins and journals by "Suzy ShabbySoul". She has some great tutorials on Youtube; one of them can be found HERE,

I also took some step by step photos below.

My little mini journal was a gift for my mom. It features photos of her and her dad. He passed away when she was young so I thought this would make a good memory keepsake.

The outside of the tin I added eyelets to for the ribbon, as well as an extra for charms

(Ok, yes...Originally I just punched the hole in the wrong spot...haha. However, it worked out perfectly for the charms!)

I chose to make the tiny journal so that it could come out to be easily looked at. The charms attached to the journal are hanging from one of the Tim Holtz tiny paper clips. (I thought it could be a fun decorative piece as well as a pull tab).

Here you can see the full layout with it opened.

Ok, on to the details...

This project is a little photo heavy, so you may want to grab a drink before you dig in.

I started by cutting my chosen papers to 1.75in x1.75in. I then rounded the corners with my corner punch. After I laid out my 6 papers, I then flipped them over to start gluing them together. I put a little collage medium down, then used strips of mummy cloth to bind everything. (leaving about 1/8in between each piece) I added a little more collage medium over the tops of the mummy cloth to really make sure it would stay and be sealed. 

I also decided to add some fabric tape over the mummy cloth for extra strength and visual interest.

For the tin I used clear gesso, translucent grit paste, and distress crayons to get a rusty look. (rusty hinge, walnut stain, and black soot by the time it was all done).

I also used fabric tape as the hinge on here too (I did glue it down with collage medium and set aside to dry).

As you can see I added the tape to both sides :) 

Now that the fabric binding was dry I went back to playing with the mini journal strip.

(the blue flowers remind me of forget me nots, so that's why I picked that one).

I copied and printed the photos since my mom have very few photos of her dad. This kept me from feeling guilty about cutting them up. 

You can see I started by laying out all of my main elements before gluing everything down. 

(I even changed my mind completely on the one square). 

Once I had everything how I liked it, I glued things down and added pop dots under the 2/6 and the 5.

I also added more crayon to the tin. 

To truly finish everything I added some Tim Holtz stickers and a quote chip I peeled thinner.

I used my water brush with vintage photo distress ink to lightly shade around the quotes, and some of the pictures. 

(you can kind of see that the 2/6 is elevated here).

I of course also added the charms, eyelets and ribbons. 

I did end up making a wrap around cover with a brad to tie the cord around. This helped to give it that mini book feel for me. 

Thank you for visiting! I hope you all like my mini memory tin!!

Supplies Used:

Tim Holtz tin tops (there are also some cute Christmas ones out right now too!)

Tim Holtz Idea-ology sticker book Christmas (most of them from this one)

Tim Holtz Idea-ology sticker book (older one)

Tim Holtz Quote Chips

Tim Holtz Ephemera (from several different packs)

Tim Holtz Token numbers

Tim Holtz Typed tokens

Tim Holtz Mummy cloth

Tim Holtz linen tape

Tim Holtz Long fastener (Brad)

Tim Holtz Mini Paperclip 

Vintage photo Distress ink

Tim Holtz water brush (These ones don't leak! I love them!!!)

Distress crayons: Rusty Hinge, Black soot, Walnut Stain

Papers: Tim Holtz Backdrops

Crinkle ribbon aka seam binding ribbon

Clear Gesso

Translucent grit paste

collage medium

Distress Stains- Antique linen and speckled egg (for the ribbon)

Eyelets

Random charms I had find other charms HERE