Slightly Distracted and Corroded

Hello, friends! It's time for anew challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, and this time around Jenny is hosting. She calls her challenge theme 'Oh Man!', and this is how she describes it:

"Fathers Day may be a way off yet but there are always other occasions and reasons for making something for the men in our lives. For this challenge create something which you feel has a more masculine look."


 As always, the winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team. Please see the blog for details.

The 3D embossed (Tim Holtz Foundry) corroded/eroded metal background was the jumping off point for my snarky greeting card. But you'll have to wait until this coming Saturday to see how I made it when I'll have a step by step as part of our Saturday Showcase feature at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog.

 I did some background stamping using the Glitch 1 set and Black Soot archival ink. Of course, I couldn't resist using one of my Paper Dolls as the subject. His jacket and slacks are embossed in Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint Embossing Glazes and stamped with the grid from the same Glitch one set, also in archival ink.

I pulled out my Steampunk Parts Bigz die and some cat food box panels to make some rusty parts. (These come between the layers of canned Fancy Feast in a big box, so untouched by the cat food. Sadly, Roger's still on a diet and has to eat low fat, expensive food that doesn't come in a case, so I'm using up my stash.) I'll be sharing my 'rust' recipe on Saturday, too, although there are some slight changes here. Here, I added a few dribbles of Rust alcohol ink and sprinkled them with Rust Embossing Glaze and allowed it to dry without heating. I did the same thing to the Idea-ology Hardware Heads, too.

The snarky quote is from Snarky Cats stamp set. While I love the cats, I bought this set for the quotes. The layer under the Foundry layer is white card with Typeset Collage paper adhered with Collage Medium Matte. I colored just the edges with Distress Crayons: Black Soot and Vintage Photo and Prima Patina Green Matte Wax. Thank you to Wendy Baysa (Dabble DoDay) for gifting me with the Typeset Collage Paper, among many other crafty goodies!

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I tucked in a Type Chip and and ephemera from Ideaology Urban Layers colored to coordinate with Antique Linen and Antiqued Bronze crayon and Matte Wax. A portion of another Urban Layer is stamped with another of the Glitch 1 images and altered with Vintage Photo and Black Soot crayons, Rust and Cracked Pistachio Embossing Glazes and Matte Wax.

I hope you liked my slightly distracted manly card. If you get time, be sure to pop over to The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog this Saturday for our Saturday Showcase feature to see how I made this corroded/eroded metal background and rusty metal as well as a few other things. In the meantime, please drop the blog to see to see what my talented teammates have put together to inspire you for our  Oh Man! challenge. Then it's over to you; I can't wait to see what you will create for this challenge! Take care of yourselves. Big hugs! 

Happy crafting!

Sara Emily

Challenges I would like to share with:
SanDee&amelie's May 2020 Steampunk Challenge
We Love 2 Create at Polkadoodles Challenge #5 - Anything Goes Mixed Media Creative Challenge
Creative Artiste Challenge #60

These products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Glitch 1
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Snarky Cat
Sizzix Chapter 2 Tim Holtz Steampunk Parts Bigz Die
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Urban Layers
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Type Chips
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper, Typeset
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo Antique Linen Antiqued Bronze
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray -  Rusty Hinge
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Dabber
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Pen 2pk
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Antiqued Bronze
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad - Black Soot
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze - Rusty Hinge, Cracked Pistachio, Peeled Paint
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Grit Paste
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte
Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Wax Paste - Patina Green
Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Rust
Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Gesso - black

No Good Reason - Tips For Using Lumber and Foundry 3D Texture Fades

Happy Friday! What a week! I've just tried out my new Lumber 3D Texture Fade for the first time and have been experimenting with my Foundry 3D Texture Fade. I used both of these on a panel to celebrate my son's 20th birthday! Gosh, where does the time go?

To get the over sized piece of lumber for the background, I just folded my kraft cardstock in half and ran it through my Big Kick following Tim Holtz tips and tricks video.  I'm not concerned by the heavy line from the fold since it will be mostly covered and just looks like the other shadows between the boards. And of course, one half is debossed, but that just adds to the variation in the lumber. To make that lovely wood grain come to life, I just dry brushed over the raised areas with Ground Espresso Distress paint. I cut a piece of cardboard  from a box for my backing and ran a strip of copper foil tape around the edges. I adhered the Lumber panel to the cardboard using Distress Collage Medium Matte and rusted the edges with Distress Grit paste, rusting paste, and Evergreen Bough Distress paint.

To get this aged rusted metal look, I used Tim's Foundry 3D Texture Fade along with Metallic kraft stock. I painted it with Distress paints -- Rusty Hinge, Ground Espresso, Evergreen Bough, and Fired Brick -- and rubbed with crayons -- Walnut Stain and Hickory Smoke to bring out the fantastic deep texture. I backed it with Classic Kraft stock and textured black card, both sanded and inked.  

The rusty splotches were made with Distress Grit paste, Rust Effect paste and Evergreen Bough paint. 

I colored Tim's Numeric numbers in the same paints as the background, excluding Rusty Hinge.

I inked the clock from the Inventor 1 set with Distress Archival ink Black Soot on watercolor paper and dipped it into puddles of Distress Oxide Antique Linen, Iced Spruce, and  Frayed Burlap. I fussy cut the clock and cogs from the image and layered them with an ad from Collector Layers and a gentleman Paper Doll. He's colored in Evergreen Bough Distress ink and the men's clothing ad aged a bit with brown Distress inks.

A pair of Tim's Arrow Adornments painted with Evergreen Bough and Ground Espresso point to the appropriate number on the piece of vintage folding ruler from my stash. It was a little too perfect, so I aged it with Walnut Stain Distress Oxide and Black Soot crayon. You could easily substitute with Tim's Ideaology Ruler Pieces, but I couldn't get the numbers on his to work out with my design this time. You can where I've used these Ruler Pieces on my 4th of July Tag and this grungy, but feminine vintage panel. They look just as good as the real deal!

A tiny altered washer, three altered brads from my stash and a Snarky Small Talk sticker finish off my son's birthday decorative panel.

I hope you've picked up some tips and ideas for using these wonderful dimensional embossing folders. Thank you for visiting today and for all your wonderful comments!

Hugs!

Sara Emily

These products were used and can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Lumber	(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Foundry	Tim Holtz ideaology Metallic Kraft Stock TH93586	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock	(LATE MARCH PRE-ORDER) Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Inventor 1
Tim Holtz Ideaology Paper Dolls TH93555	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collector Layers	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Numeric	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments - Arrows	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk - Snarky
(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Walnut Stain	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Iced Spruce	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink Pad
Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Pad - Evergreen Bough	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926 (February Pre-order)	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Rusty Hinge	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Paint
PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Evergreen Bough	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Fired Brick	Distress Grit Paste	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDAK47933 (February Pre-Order)