Over at Studio L3 Linda Ledbetter is hosting challenge 2 of the new Compendium of Curiosities Challenges for Tim Holtz 3rd book. If you haven’t already, you can order a signed copy directly from Tim. As if the book, the challenge and getting inky wasn’t fun enough, Inspiration Emporium, The Funkie Junkie Boutique and Tim and Mario have very generously donated prizes! Linda has also put together the Curiosity Crew, a talented group of ladies who will be inspiring us each challenge with their creations from the book.
Challenge 2 is the Distress Glitter technique, (see the book for technique instructions). Distress Glitter is not like your usual glitter. I’m not a glitter fan, but this stuff is awesome, you’ll go nuts!
For this challenge I made a Mother’s day card for my Mother-in-law. I had to use the new Tim Holtz honeycomb frameworks die, (I am never going to get bored of these dies)! I bought a new Kesi’art stamp set at the weekend which I wanted to use. The geometric circles remind me of the Spirograph set I used to have as a kid. I embossed them with white embossing powder to create a resist against the distress ink.
I stamped over some of the Tim Holtz menagerie paper covered honeycomb pieces and others I left open to show the white embossed background pattern. My Mother-in-law likes nature, Spring, Summer and bright colours, although I managed to sneak in some brown, (WELL, it goes so well with the yellow)! 😉
I recycled the packaging from the frameworks die to stamp the bees onto with Stazon ink. Once dry, I fussycut the bee and attached at the body with glossy accents to give a 3D wing. Afterwards, I thought it may have looked nice to have swiped the wings with a perfect pearl wash or some clear rock candy distress glitter to make the wings more iridescent… next time. 🙂
You can see how the light bounces off the individual flakes of distress glitter. It mimics vintage mica and has a much more nostalgic look than regular glitter, plus the colours are DIVINE!
Thanks for taking time to look at my card and don’t forget to hop over to Studio L3 to check out challenge 2, which The Funkie Junkie Boutique are generously sponsoring with a $25 gift certificate to the lucky winner! So what are you waiting for!
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supplies: tim holtz; manila cardstock/distress paint (antique linen, mustard seed, rusty hinge)/mini distress inks (mustard seed, rusty hinge, vintage photo, walnut stain)/distress glitter (antique linen, mustard seed, rusty hinge)/framework die (honeycomb)/idea-ology (menagerie paper stash, grungeboard, core’dinations kraft core)/glossy accents/cling stamps (simple sayings)/sanding grip block/grid blocks/mister bottle/mini blending tool;
other: inks (archival jet black, Stazon Black)/mini flowers (citron banane)/gems/versamark ink (watermark)/zing embossing powder (white)/stamps (kesi’art – bicyclette )/1″ circle punch/splatter brush/heat tool/recycled clear packaging/scissors.
