That's Life: A Whole New World...

Hello everyone...

It's time for a brand new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and this week, our theme is all about having FUN WITH FOIL.

Now, if you're anything like me and foiling just isn't your thing, (to be honest, a foiling machine has never even been on my radar of crafty goodies to buy ~ I know they're fabulous and create wonderful effects but I've just never thought of getting one). So, I had to think of a way to use foiling on my make and decided to use metallic gilding flakes and foil sheets to give accents of metallic shimmer and shine but all without the aid of the machine.

So, let's get started and here's how I made this panel about three young boys, who are embarking on a journey where their hearts take them....

For this make, I used the larger sized Rectangular Etcetera Panel and painted the edges with Black Soot Distress Paint before applying some older Tim Holtz idea-ology design tape from my stash around the outside edge of the panel.

PANEL and EMBOSSING

To begin with I created the background and for this, I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix 3D Large Typewriter Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Distress Watercolour Card, that is cut to be slightly smaller in size than the Etcetera Panel.

With my card embossed, I then started to add colour to create a rusty patina effect to the cardstock using the following Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Sprays:

DISTRESS SPRAYS: Speckled Egg, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, Salvaged Patina, Crackling Campfire, Walnut Stain

OXIDE SPRAYS: Speckled Egg

I applied each spray to the cardstock, and then spritzed water over the top to get some movement on those inks. Once I was happy, I then heat dried the card, inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and machine stitched a border around the outside.

Now to add some foil accents and for this I used Deco Foil Transfer Sheets in Champagne, together with Deco Foil Transfer Adhesive, applied to the embossed typewriter letters using a dry paint brush. Dip the brush into some of the adhesive, making sure the brush isn't overloaded, you need a minimal amount. Wash brush immediately you finish with the adhesive!!!

Allow for the adhesive to become tacky, before laying the foil sheet, shiny side uppermost, over the top. Gently rub to ensure contact, but don't rub too hard to damage the embossing and once the foil makes contact with the adhesive, remove and voilà, you should see some foil accents over the top of the lettering.

I repeated this technique over random areas of the background until I was happy and then, adhered the embossed card onto the Etcetera Panel using Matte Collage Medium.

ETCETERA FACADE

We're now ready to move onto the next layer, the Etcetera Facade and I chose one from the pack of four and then flipped this upside down, so that point of the facade is downwards and I also kept the circle in place ~ I didn't remove it.

I covered the facade using Large Collage Strips, cut to fit and adhered these with Matte collage Medium, applying a coat of the medium over the top. Once the medium was dry, I rubbed Walnut Stain Distress over the top, focusing on the joins of the collage pieces, which helps to create more of a vintage look to the piece.

I attached the facade to the risers that are included in the pack and then adhered the piece to my panel.

At this stage, I also added a small pointy finger in the top right hand corner, and then die cut a heart from gold foil card which I rusted using some Crackling Campfire and Black Soot Distress Paint, before placing the heart next to the finger.

To form the ledge that sits across the bottom section of the facade, I used one pinked etcetera trim, that I covered in decorative paper, die cut using the Sizzix Decorative trims die set by Tim Holtz and formed an 'L' shape with a ruler piece, that I broke the ends off.

I then adhered this into position, placing it directly onto the facade.

Finally, I added a Nail Tack into each corner and used Distress Paint to add a rusty finish to the nail, and around the entry of the nail, where it's was hammered into the facade itself...

...together with some small strips of Cello Sticker Tape.

WORLD TRAVEL

To create the globe, I cut my individual pieces from silver metallic Kraft card. I applied some Turquoise and Monsoon Alcohol Ink to the solid circle to create the blue colour of the ocean and set this to one side. I then took the remaining three pieces, you will have the circular globe plus two of the land die cuts and using the Transfer Adhesive, I once again painted the surface with this glue.

Once the adhesive becomes tacky, I then applied some Metallic Flakes over the top. Using a stiff brush or pad, remove any excess flakes to reveal the smooth, metallic finish to the die cuts.

To form the globe, layer each of the pieces using foam pads and then attach this to the facade using more foam pads to add dimension.

BRINGING THE SCENE TO LIFE

Next to the globe, I added a Paper Doll from the Paper Doll Poses pack, and colour tinted this with Distress Crayons. If you need to see how I do this, just pop the word paper doll into the search engine on the left of my blog and it will come up with many tutorials.

I attached the paper doll to the facade, placing it so that it will overlap the right side of the globe.

On the left of the paper doll trio, I added a Figure Stand. I LOVE these stands, they are one of my absolute favourites from Tim's idea-ology range and for this piece I chose to use the star, which I painted red using Candied Apple Distress Paint, with a minute amount of Black Soot mixed in, to take away the brightness of the red, and create more of a vintage tone.

I attached the figure stand to the ledge...

...and then placed moss all along the ledge.

FINISHING DETAILS

We're nearly there and all that's left is the details, details, details....

I added two Machinery Heads to the bottom right hand corner of the panel and painted these with Crackling Campfire, Black Soot, Antiqued Bronze and Salvaged Patina Distress Paints to create the rusty look to the metal.

On the side of the facade, I clipped a hinge clip which I painted using Salvaged patina and Antiqued Bronze Distress Paint and hung an idea-ology "Story"word tag, from the clip, again painted with Distress Paints to add more of a vintage touch.

Finally I attached the quote chip label, which tells the story, "Go Where Your Heart Takes You", and I placed this onto foam pads and attached it in the bottom left hand corner.

So that's my project for this week complete and I hope you love this piece as much as I loved making it!

As always, if you make anything, or if you've been inspired by anything that you've seen here on my blog ~ then please, let me know by tagging me on social media or leaving a comment here and I will be right over to take a look!

Don't forget that every week, one lucky random participant has the chance to win a $25 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp and you can join in up to 5 times, which means you could have 5 chances to win. You have until next Monday at 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in and good luck....