Here is a picture of the front of my second junk journal made especially for Christmas!  See video below for a look at all of the pages!

 

I thought I would play around a bit and came up with this.  I started with the background and some Tim Holtz Distress Ink Sprays, Oxides, and Mica Stains.  I sprayed the very top with Chipped Sapphire Spray Stain followed by Villainous Potion, Peacock Feather, and Fossilized Amber. I then gave the top a couple of squirts of Hocus Pocus Mica Stain.  I followed that up with a couple of squirts of Salvaged Patina Oxide Spray then took an identical piece of watercolor paper and smooshed it right on top for a wonderful "twofer."

I let that dry then went to town with my Tim Holtz Distress Crayons in Hocus Pocus, Frosted Juniper, Tree Lot, Flickering Candle, Snow Flurries and some Forest Moss.  They are just scribbled on then blended with my finger.

Next, I used the negative of one of the bucks that I cut for another card from the Sizzix and Tim Holtz "Darling Deer" die set as a stencil to stencil in the black buck with some Versafine Clair Nocturn ink and a small, soft stencil brush.  I cut the second buck from Idea-ology Volume I Backdrops paper and glued him on in reverse.  

I "painted" the ground with a small stencil brush and Versafine Clair ink in the color Acorn. 

I cut a circle in the same paper to create the moon and then used the negative to darken one side creating a crescent moon and glued it on.  

I cut the trees from a Penny Black die set called Tall Trees from one of the papers from Idea-ology paper called Abandoned and glued them on.

I used a small spade knife to spread on the Icicle Crackle Paste on the bright side of the moon and let it dry overnight.

I used some Matte Distress Texture paste through a dotted Tim Holtz stencil to get some of the stars and some were stars that I had cut out of gold cardstock from Tim Holtz Swirling Stars die and glued on.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment from the Bold Tidings Minis stamps set from Tim Holtz onto the same paper that I cut the buck from then cut it apart, distressed the edges with the Acorn ink, and glued them down.  

I glued the panel down to a piece of fun foam and let it dry and glued another piece from another Tim Holtz paper pack that was a scrap from a 12x12 pad that is long gone, so I can't name it on to a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card base and distressed the edges then glued the panel onto it.  I trimmed the tiniest bit off the edge of the card base to get the paper slivers that I glued on in the two random spots.

Thanks for visiting!

Tee

 

Second Entry into the Mod Squad Challenge Nov 2021

 

My November Entry number 1 for Kitchen Sink Stamps. Holiday card with animals.  Who says Winter Solstice isn't a holiday!

 

Kitty Loves Christmas!

Greetings! Here are the steps I took to create this card.

1. I grabbed a piece of watercolor cardstock (be brand from Walmart) sprayed it with some water and then coated it with Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in the color Antique Linen and then dried it and trimmed to 5 1/4 x 4 inches.

2. I picked random stamps from the Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous Holiday Postmarks CMS 323 and laid my stained paper in my Tim Holtz Stamping Platform then laid the stamps out how I wanted them.  Pretty randomly.  I picked up the stamps with the lid and inked them up with Versafine Clair ink in the color Nocturn.  I repeated this twice to get them nice and dark and let the ink dry completely.

3.  I grabbed some of my Simon Hurley re-inkers in the colors Viper, Game Over, Shooting Star, over the Moon, No diving, and Grrr and water colored the stamps with the ink and my water brush and let that dry completely. 

4. On a separate piece of watercolor paper I stamped out this Kitty Watching stamp #SD635 from Technique Junkies also with the Versafine Clair in Nocturn with 3 layers of ink and let that dry completely.

5. I painted the kitty with my Simon Hurley re-inker in Woof and a little bit of Rosy Cheeks for the nose.  I colored the eyes with a gold gel pen and outlined with a black Sharpie. I let that dry then fussy cut it out.  I edged it with a black marker and set aside.  

6. I got out my stamping platform and also stamped the kitty direct onto the background to preserve his little whiskers, then I glued the cut out piece right on top.  

7.  I took a piece of scrap watercolor paper and made a fairly thick coat of Simon Hurley's Lunar Paste in Bee Sting and laid in the twine and let that dry (took an hour or so.)

8. I created shadows along the postage marks and the kitty using a charcoal pencil and then rubbing with my finger.

9. I glued the background to a tent fold 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 red card base then trimmed the rectangle shape of the package to the size I wanted and glued it under the kitty.