Hello friends....
...and Happy Monday! As always, the start of a new week, means a brand new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and this week, our theme is all about those men in our lives and we want you to create something MASCULINE! Whatever you choose to make, we're looking forward to you joining us and playing along.
For my make, I chose to use one of my favourite Tim Holtz brands, idea-ology and I made a vintage style panel, featuring lots of rusty metal and all inspired by dreams and aspirations.
So, let's get started because it's time to share how I created this panel...
For this make, I chose to use the larger Stampers Anonymous Rectangular Etcetera Panel.
PANEL
The first thing that I did on this panel was to apply design tape, I added mine down the edges, and also around the edges of the surface of the panel. I used two different designs that co-ordinated with each other.
Next, I covered the front of the panel, and for this I chose to use a selection of Large Collage Strips. I used the neutral and green tones from the packed cut the pieces down to size so that they fit the panel, applying them horizontal and vertical.
I attached each piece with Matte Collage Medium, and then gave the surface a coat of the medium to seal the papers.
Once this was dry, I the added a Labelled Remnant Rub, "09255' onto one of the photos...
...and on the opposite side, I added another rub, "Original", and then placed a piece of the Cello Sticker Tape over the top.
I ran my Walnut Stain Distress Crayon over the joins of the Collage Strips and then blended the colour with my finger. I then splattered some Black Soot Distress Paint across the surface.
FRAME and CLIP
We're now ready to begin creating the focal point and for this, I began by creating the background piece.
I used two of the pieces from the idea-ology Photo Studio pack, the frame and the Photo Studio ephemera piece. I placed the frame over the top of the solid piece, then I used a sewing machine to add a border around the edge.
I mounted this onto a panel of gold metallic Kraft card, that I sanded to knock back the shine and create more of a vintage feel before I used the Walnut Stain Distress Crayon around the edges, once again blending the colour with my fingertip.
After splattering the surface with Black Soot Distress paint, I added a couple more of those fabulous 'must have' Cello Stickers, and then a tiny pointy finger ephemera piece, which is from the Snippets Ephemera pack.
At the top of the framed panel, I wanted to add a clip and instead of using a metal idea-ology clip, I thought it would be fun to make one using the die from the Sizzix Noteworthy Die Set by Tim Holtz.
Once I'd cut my pieces from silver metallic card, I used Distress Glazes to add colour and make it look rusty. You can see my recent tutorial for how I use Glazes to create this effect by clicking HERE.
For this piece I used the following colours of Glaze: Hickory Smoke, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge
I then attached my clip to the top of the frame, and added a small Star Adornment, which I painted with Crackling Campfire, Black Soot, and a touch of Antiqued Bronze Distress paints.
Finally, I clipped a hook to the top which I had in my stash.
CLUSTER OF GEARS
Moving onto the gears and once again, you can see how I created the rusty gears by clicking HERE. For this piece, I chose to use a selection from the following idea-ology packs:
INDUSTRIAL GEARS, SPROCKET GEARS AND GADGET GEARS
With all my gears rusted and ready, I arranged them to cascade across the bottom of the photo studio frame. I added some Screwheads to the centres of each.
In the centre of the arrangement I added a black and white target, taken from the Junk Drawer Baseboards pack and then placed my Paper Doll to sit on top of the target. The paper doll is colour tinted with Distress Crayons.
You can see the dimension of this section in the photo below....
SALVAGED HEART
I used one of the smaller Salvaged Hearts and painted this with a layer of Candied Apple Distress paint, allowed this to dry and then used a paint brush to dry brush Black Soot Distress Paint over the top.
Once dry, I added a Screw Head in the centre, altered with the same colours of paints as I used on the gears.
Finally I added some frayed pieces of Mummy Cloth, dyed with Frayed Burlap Distress Spray Stain and I placed these around the paper doll, tucking them underneath to look as if he's sitting on them and creating some texture to this piece.
RULER and QUOTE
With the panel nearly complete, I set this to one side to move onto the next stage.
Across the bottom section of my panel, I wanted to add my Quote Chip.
I placed the Quote Chip inside the Label Frame, that I rusted and altered with Distress Paints, using the same colours as I have throughout on all my metal pieces.
I then took a ruler piece, snapped off both ends, (please be careful when doing this) and inked the wooden surface with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
I added some darker tones to the edges before attaching to my panel with Matte Collage Medium, placing it beneath the focal point, across the lower section of the panel.
Finally, I added two Screw Heads to either side of the ruler, altered with Distress Paint.
...before attaching the framed Quote Chip to the centre of the ruler piece.
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....
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