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Grungy Monday 39 - an ATC Triptych

 

This week's Grungy Monday challenge involves alcohol inks and a plaid ink application.  You can find the details on Linda's blog and then hop on over to Tim Holtz's blog for stepped out how-to pics on the application.  The alcohol inks dry in no time so this is a pretty quick project.

Each one of these ATCs has a plaid base. I added a few layers of stamping so it may be a bit difficult to see the plaids, but if you double-click on the photo, it's a bit easier.

Trust me... they're there. I used five shades of blue alcohol inks, then stamped over with Manganese Blue and Jet Black archival inks. Because I went with a blue pallete there's little contrast, but the bases are indeed plaid.

The raised letters are Tim's Idea-ology and the small black stickers are Making Memories (I colored them with the Mag Blue, too.) I used black Enamel Accents for the antennae.

Hope you're inspired to try something on your creative 'to do' list... give it a try!

Thanks so much for the visit.  Have a great day!

Marjie 

 

Grungy Monday 38

I loved Linda Ledbetter's Grungy Monday challenge this week. Linda took us back to a project Tim Holtz made in 2007. 

I used a black paint dauber on my butterflies stamp, let it dry, then stamped over it with Versamark.  I'd be lying if I said it was intentional but I'm loving the slight miss on the second stamping off the butterflies, giving a bit of a shadow. 

The background is four different distress inks.  Check the link to Tim's project to see his technique.

The sentiment and heartbeat stamps are Dyan Reaveley's and the honeycomb stencil is from The Crafter's Workshop. Random splotches are Rubbernecker.

I painted a few of Tim's washers and brads black and attached in the corners.

Thanks so much for the visit.  Hope you have a great day!

Marjie

 

 

 

Wearable Art a la Tim Holtz

I look forward to Linda Ledbetter's Grungy Monday challenges every week.  This week's challenge was a new one for me - making wearable art. If you have a chance, check out all the entries on Linda's site. People have been incredibly creative this week! 

All of Linda's challenge focus on tips and techniques from the super talented Tim Holtz. I have a brother named Tim so it may amuse you that most of my family assumes I'm referring to TH when I mention 'Tim!'

I've made a necklace with lots of Ideology, one of Tim's stamps, an oval diecut from his Sizzix tag die, and Glossy Accents by Ranger.  The stamp is from Tim's Nature's Discovery set. I've used only the first four words of a longer message, but I thought they were pretty cool as is, in using just what fit the frame.  

I really like that the stamp had some cross/hatch marks to grunge it up a bit. I used Mustard Seed Distress Ink on it before adding the Glossy Accents.

Thanks so much for the visit.  Have a great day!

Marjie 

Grungy Monday 36: Who Loves Ya, Baby?

Lovely Linda Ledbetter cracked me up with her post title on Monday, and I sure hope she finds duplication flattering. Who loves ya, Baby?

This week at Grungy Monday 36 we're working on Valentine's, Tim Holtz style. If only Linda would pick themes I like. 

All of Linda's Grungy Monday challenges are in honor of Tim Holtz. Today I took her Valentine theme and pulled out a bunch of older textured grunge pieces.

I laid them out on my black tag and saw I needed eighteen. These are pre-cut embossed grunge squares.

First I painted gesso on, dried, sanded the edges, and then added Fired Brick distress ink (Ranger) and Rose Quartz ink spray (Dylusions).

I laid them out again and stamped two of Tim's stamps (wild flower stems and butterflies) across them in black archival ink.  After it all dried, I added black archival ink to the edges and black Enamel Accents dots to random squares and across the top strip.

My black heart is Tim's Sizzix die with a pink eyelet and black thread. I roughed up the edges with his distressor. The tiny heart is chipboard, gessoed and colored, then stamped with a script stamp. The big black letters are Tim's alpha pieces, and the black strip on top is an on-the-edge Sizzix die.

I'm adding this to My Mojo Monthly, where Sara has a theme of heart strings.  Take your time over at Sara's site... this is not an "oh, can I link up one piece to fifteen different challenges?" sort of thing.  Really... read her stuff and take it in.  You won't  be disappointed.

For my part this month tied into Sara's theme, I wanted to make my own piece and to stray a bit from the more traditional Valentines in Blogland this month. I love the idea of taking a prompt and just thinking of random ways you can go with it. And it always feels good to use up so much older stash.

Thank you so much for visiting!

Marjie 

 

Encourage Your Hopes...

I've used a 5X7 canvase for this week's challenge at StudioL3, where we're  focusing on a technique by Tim Holtz using perfect pearls and distress ink reinkers.  This piece is also for the 'women' theme at Simon Says Stamp & Show.

I started by coating my canvas with gesso and then spraying it with different blue and green ink sprays by Dyan Reaveley/Dylusions.  I laid down three of Tim's time masks and then sprayed over them with a mix of peeled paint reinker + blue stone perfect pearls. Love how the colors play together!   All those white spots that show up in the pic are not visible to the naked eye... in person the blues and greens cover all.  Is there a trick to covering canvases differently?

I used a Dina Wakley stamp that I'm loving these days - a silhouetted woman with script - as well as a few faces from an unmarked collage stamp. My ladies and sentiment are all in black Archival, and I ran some black paint around the edges.

Thanks for visiting.  Hope you have a great day!

Marjie

Grungy Monday 26

Updated 12/03/2011:  Many thanks to The Artistic Stamper  for naming me Winner of the November (Backgrounds) Challenge for this one!

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Grungy Monday #26 is going on this week at Studio L3 and Linda has us revisiting one of Tim Holtz's cool techniques from the 12 Tags of Christmas.   

I chose a sentiment that means something to me.  I  started with a Ranger silver paint dabber and Tim's flourish stamp, then went with scattered straw, stormy sky, and weathered wood distress inks on the tag.  

While my man was masked, I added a Hero script stamp in faded jeans distress ink and then the sentiment (Tim) and the checkered floor (Beeswax)  in black Archival by Ranger.

It's hard to see the shimmer from the silver paint in the pics, but it's totally cool in person.I also gave it a spritz of Perfect Pearls Mist.

Artistic Stamper is looking for backgrounds this month and I'm throwing this tag in the hat.

Thanks so much for visiting.  Hope you have a great day!

~ Marjie 

Married 72 Years!

Unusual title, eh?  I made this tag for Linda's Grungy Monday challenge, the theme being to honor a loved one who's no longer with us.  These are my grandparents, Jim & Frances, and they were married for seventy two years.  They died in their mid-nineties, leaving a legacy of 6 children and 26 grandchildren, and I don't even know how many great-grandchildren.

Grungy Monday challenges are all about Tim Holtz. I colored the tag using Tim's spun sugar distress ink, then stamped the Papillon script stamp in pumice stone DI and heat embossed.  All the embellishments are Tim's grungeboard.  I painted the crowns and wings with Ranger's silver paint dabber, heat embossed the heart with fired brick distress ink, and just ran black archival ink over the numbers.  I added the little border strip to hide my uneven gluing of the photo.

Have a great week!

Marjie 

Grungy Monday 24 - Perfect Distress

This week at StudioL3, Linda presents a Perfect Distress challenge as demoed here by Tim Holtz:

Perfect Distress

I hit a block on this one and made about ten attempts before throwing in the towel.  I tried using fat brushes and skinny brushes and had a whole lot of Goldilocks moments.  Never quite got to "just right" but rather "right enough."

I used Tim's technique on the top flourish and had a blast coloring the tag, but then I realized it was a bit too dark (because of the green circles) for a sentiment to show.  

At that point I had really had it so decided to stamp my sentiment on clear packaging and use the existing tag.  I diecut a tag out of leftover packaging, stamped in black Archival ink, and adhered with a few brads.

That's it!  I'm also putting this in the color challenges this week at Hels' Sunday Stamper and Sarah's Inkurable Stampers.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Marjie

Grungy Monday 23 meets Simon Says Stamp - Stripes

This week's Grungy Monday challenge at Studio L3 is to make a card featuring  Tim Holtz's products or techniques in under ten minutes, and Simon Says Stamp and Show wants to see some stripes.  

When I thought about what kind of quick card I could make, I knew I wanted to use a large stamp. Tim's Papillon set has this gorgeous text/script stamp and it came to mind immediately.

I started out by stamping red/white striped patterned paper with the Papillon stamp.  I used black soot distress ink and then heat embossed with clear powder.  I tore the panel apart after embossing.  (Tip: If you tear towards you instead of away from you, you'll see that nice white strip.)

I stamped the sentiment (also Tim) on black/white striped paper and embossed it.  I used a leftover scrap from the red panel and punched it with a Martha starburst punch.

Inked all the edges with black soot and adhered my punch with a brad.

Thanks as always for your visit.  Hope you have a great day!

Marjie

Grungy Monday 21

I'm squeaking in just under the wire today on Linda Ledbetter's Grungy Monday challenge over at StudioL3.  We had 3 weeks for this one. I made it nearly two weeks ago but didn't get around to posting till tonight.  

This project was all about transparent illusions using Tim Holtz's fragments.  You can see a lot of ideas on Tim's blog.  

I went really simple on this one and covered a wood box I'll be using for storing paint brushes.  There are many more ways you can use fragments, but this is a quick and easy one.

So glad I remembered to post it in time!  The Grungy Monday challenges resume tomorrow, so be sure to check back at Linda's blog and consider playing along.  Her challenges are all about using Tim Holtz's style and techniques, but without having to use any specific products, just what you have on hand.