Create inside a Frame - A Vintage Journey- September 2016

HI Everyone and Welcome

How you all doing? Hope you've all had a great week and are all set to hear about our September Challenge over at A Vintage Journey. 

This month, our lovely Julia is the host and her chosen challenge theme is:

'Create Inside a Frame.'

'For this months challenge we would like you to create something inside a frame. Whatever you use show us how you have incorporated a frame in your vintage , shabby, mixed media, art journalling, industrial or steampunk project. We can't wait to see all of your creative frame ideas'

I'm sure you'll agree its a fabulous challenge Julia has chosen and as always there will be a random winner who will receive our Deco Art sponsor prize and 3 pinworthy winners who will be chosen by our Creative guides.

I think I must have had the last three AVJ Challenges in mind when I created my project for Julia's challenge.  I have been creative inside the framed area of a mirror using texture paste and a selection of Tim Holtz layering stencils keeping it all very monochrome! 

The frame was measured and divided into 9 sections.  The sections were cut from mount board , primed with gesso and painted using Black Soot distress paint .

Each panel was then assigned a Tim Holtz layering stencil and worked on individually applying  Ranger Transparent gloss texture paste through the chosen stencil. A lengthy process but then if  a jobs worth doing ..... 

Heres a few of the panels in their glossy state .

Silver gilding wax enhanced the stencilling and gave it a more distressed metallic appearance , whilst still retaining a slight sheen, light dependant. 

After priming and painting the mirror frame with Black Soot Distress paint the panels were positioned and adhered in place.

 The corner trims and horizontal panel dividers are Tim Holtz industrial stickers (Frames and Trims) and the vertical dividers are lengths of the outer frame of Tim Holtz Alpha Parts with  eyelets and ideology fasteners used at the points of intersection. 

Now for some close ups of the Tim Holtz layering stencilled panels beginning with

the Gothic and Lattice layering stencil

the Numeric and Harlequin layering stencil 

 

the Flourish Layering stencil  

the Mesh layering stencil 

and finally the Cargo and Tracks Layering stencil and as a finishing touch -a simple small talk sticker

'Be your Beautiful Self'.

   I hope  I have offered some inspiration with my 'Create in a frame' project . If you haven't already be sure to pop by A Vintage Journey to view some of my fellow Creative Guides  projects - there are some fabulous creations to be seen.

We hope you will be able to join in with the challenge and as Julia says ' We can't wait  to see all your creative frame ideas! '

I would like to enter this into the following challenge: 
That Crafty's- All Square Challenge . 
(The mirror is square and each of the 4 corner panel's are square)  

 Thank you all for stopping by today.
As always your follows, visits and comments are much appreciated and extremely valued.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend
Take care

and 
keep on the happy side 

Amanda 

xxx

Industrial- A Vintage Journey- February 2016 Challenge

Hi Everyone  and Happy Friday 

Today over at A Vintage Journey it's the start of a New Challenge and this month Tracy has chosen the theme 'Industrial'. Here's what she has to say 

'Use your foil tape or metallic card stocks with your favourite texture fades/ embossing folders to create an Industrial creation all of your own. Whether its a background, bloom or anything, you don't have to limit your paint colour to black- The Industrial Technique looks great with all colours of paint!'

My kind of theme for sure and although I had a few ideas of potential projects I could make I decided to use this ideal opportunity to alter a box using Tim Holtz Industrial Technique. It's  something I have been meaning to do since I first began crafting but just never quite got around to. You know how it is - life just kept getting in the way!

So I sought out my set of three nesting boxes that I bought way back when and chose to use the middle size one of the three . 

 I gave the entire box (exterior and interior) with a coat of gesso and once dry a couple of coats of Back Soot Distress Paint 

I gathered the products I needed along with my painted box

 

and after measuring all the exterior surfaces of the box, excluding the base I  cut panels of Silver Mirror Board a few millimetres smaller than the actual measurements of the box and lid.  Now it was time to use Tim's Industrial technique. I repeated the technique until I was happy with the result.  

A  delicate application of Pewter and Silver gilding wax over the surfaces further enhanced the detail .

Now all that was left to do was adhere all the panels in place.  Ideally I would have liked all the panels to  match up but with this particular embossing folder it was near on impossible, so I had to settle for what Tim is always telling us to do and 'Embrace the Imperfection!' (not something I'm that good at - I've still got the jitters)

Although I know there are many ways I could have embellished my box it seemed a shame to cover up all the detailed embossing so I decided to leave it as is and instead make some compartments for the interior as I had been thinking whilst altering my box that I would use it to store all my 'metal crafty bits' i.e ideology, hex nuts, brads, wire ....... 

After measuring the width and length of the box interior I cut 5 panels to size from mount board and like with the box gave all sides and edges of the panels a coat of gesso and a coat of Black Soot distress paint before adhering in place to create 6 separate compartments

Here's a few photos of my Industrial Ideology box (sadly, not the best as it proved somewhat tricky photographing mirror board coupled with the poor light at this time of year) 

  

I have already started on a second box so that may make an appearance in the near future.  Watch this space..... 

If you haven't already, be sure to pop by A Vintage Journey to view more inspiring projects by my fellow Creative Guides.  With the February challenge only just starting there's plenty of time to join in the fun - we always look forward to seeing what you create and appreciate all of your entries. 

I would like to enter my Industrial box into the following challenges 
Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog- 'Enjoy your Embossing'

 Thanks, as always, for taking the time to stop by today. It always lovely to see and hear from you. 

 Its time now for me to go and tidy up my 'trail of destruction' so I'm all set to start again with my next piece of creativity.  

Have a lovely weekend everyone. 

Take care 

Amanda 

xxx .