Out of the Mire: Tim Holtz

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

050119 Archiscraps May Challenge

Archi-scraps May Challenge

Yellow, black & white plus a clock!

And so I begin... with this Tim Holtz Idea-ology Assemblage Clock!

Then I hunt up a particular black & white photo of my mommy & I,
since Mother's Day is celebrated in May here in the U. S.

Spring 1959

I've just completed a major renovation of my studio space due to getting new flooring. Now I hunt & gather what I will need for this project, many of which are Prima/Finnabair products. In the heat of the creative flow I neglected to photograph each step, but they are simple enough to describe.

I began by removing the glass on the clock & coating the entire piece with black gesso. I worked on the background inside of the clock first by adding LuminArte Primary Elements artist pigments & chunky gold glitter, sealing it with final fixative spray. I glued lace to the sides & added a flowering branch to mimic the photo & add a touch of true yellow. I bent the petals of a Prima dimensional metal flower to hold my photo, securing it with raised foam adhesive dots.

I then used matte medium to glue polka dot crepe paper around the outside of the clock. I added lots of gold accents with metallic paint, a jaunty little plaid bow & charm, and decorated the metal butterfly with Prima/Finnabair Opal Magic paints.

The final product meets the criteria - a yellow/(gold), black & white colour scheme plus a clock!

I may continue to challenge myself to try other dimensional projects each month
using the a-ma-zing creative Archi-scraps inspirations!

Won't you join in? Make sure to add your projects to the Linky at Archi-scraps.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

053018 December Daily 2017

It's Christmas at the end of May!

Quick note on the homemade cover - I received a parcel with the perfect piece of heavy cardboard as a packaging spacer, covered it with sticky back canvas, added Tim Holtz metal corners, and then decorated it! I used large rings inside attached to the binding through eyelets with baker's twine & jingle bells. I covered the inside covers with decorative paper & fussy-cut lyrics to O Come All Ye Faithful from an Illustrated Faith Advent collection paper.

My pages were mostly from the Pink Fresh Studio Oh Joy Christmas collection alternated with plain white or black card stock photo backgrounds. I had a few gold alphabets to choose from along with a juicy assortment of goodies to play with. The pages are 6x10" to fit the book. Although I meant to print at 8x10" and trim the photos, I had a senior moment & printed 6x8", but okay - it's done!

Without further ado...