Sometimes I think I'm weird

...but I just love looking at this!

 

This is what happens when white card stock meets Ripe Persimmon, Seedless Preserves and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks. This is the background for one of the cards in my next Tim's Techniques class at Marco's Paper in the series.  We revisit  Distress Inks (by Tim Holtz). And Distress Embossing powder, Dry Stickles glitter, Perfect Pearls and a fun background technique. Distress Inks have been around for awhile and should be a staple in every one's crafting stash (IMHO!).  Here are the cards:



Enjoy beautiful colors!

Debbie

Fall pumpkin...

...Stephanie style!  As I was browsing Stephanie Ackerman's blog a few days ago, I came across a fun pumpkin project. I made a few minor changes. Here is my version:

The changes include using a fake pumpkin from Michael's (because I want to use if for more than one season :-)) and using newspaper (because I had a pile of it).  I did stamp various patterns with Distress Inks, Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge, all over the paper.  And I did use PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive) both to glue and to coat (once again, because it is what I had!). After the paper was glued to the pumpkin and then coated on top, a little Tarnished Brass Distress Stain was used to give a bit of shimmer.  It needed a little more depth, so I grab my Fired Brick and Spiced Marmalade Distress Stain, dabbed a bit on my craft mat & rubbed it into the crevices (ok, a confession - I did start on the underneath of the pumpkin because I didn't know what was going to happen, but the coating of glue let the stain smear and blend.  Except...where there was no covering of glue the newspaper sucked in glops of red - not quite what I was hoping for!)

The leaves are die cut from Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die using newspaper, stained with Peeled Paint Distress Stain & sprayed with a little Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearl Mist.  A little green floral wire made a great vine.



Just another view, but mainly I included this photo because of Jonathan's (my son) drawing in the background!  Visit Stephanie's blog to view her creative take on pumpkins!

Happy Fall!
Debbie

Preview of the next Tim's Techniques

Here's a quicky preview of November's Tim's Techniques class (Tim Holtz that is!).  It's all about Distress Inks! Well, not all, because there are many other things to enjoy also, but the class will focus on Distress Inks.  If you are not familiar with them they are a dye ink that is formulated to work well with water and still maintain their color.  We'll also dabble with Distress Embossing powder, Perfect Pearls and a few other goodies.  Hope to have all the details on the Marco's website by the end of the week!

Let's get inky!

Debbie