This week I’m bringing you a little panel I created using items from the Tres Jolie Kit Club’s September Mixed Media Kit and items from my stash!
The script on my background is from the Finnabair “Read My Letter” stencil from my stash, but I did use the TCW Gel from this month’s kit with it.
This project went together rather quickly and easily, to see how it was done, check out my video!
Video:
After I had all the parts I wanted glued down to my background (the TCW Gel from the kit makes a great glue!) I coated it all with some white gesso, then started adding on my mediums; starting with the Lindy’s Gang from the kit.
I mixed the beads from the kit with more of the TCW Gel and brushed them onto the Prima flower vine. It makes me think of water droplets on the petals!
As you saw in the video, I was able to use items from previous Tres Jolie Kits to put this panel together! I love the fact that at the “end” of my Mixed Media Kit I have mediums left to add into my stash and use at a later date!
I hope you enjoyed this project and it gave you some ideas of what can be done with items from this month’s Mixed Media Kit!
Stay Crafty, Friends
C.J.
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In addition to items from this month’s Mixed Media kit (*from previous Tres Jolie kits), I used:
Prima/Finnabair “Read My Letter” Stencil, *Mechanicals “Flowers,” *Opal Magic Wax “Vintage Silk,” *Metallique Wax “Vintage Gold,” Heavy White Gesso, Tim Holtz 7” Scissors, a piece of scrap material that had been used as packing material!
Today I’m bringing you a Loaded Envelope I made using the Tres Jolie Kit Club September scrapbooking kit & moodboard! I just love the “Industrial Romance” papers from ScrapBoys in this month’s kit. They are the perfect combination of steampunk & flowers, and just great to look at and play with!
I used the solid cardstock (from my stash) to build the envelope, then used the papers from the kit on the envelope, tags, and wands. Check out the video below where I describe the completed envelope. Below the video you will find the September Moodboard and some more photos!
Here is my envelope with three pockets. The final size is 9in x 6in (after all the photos I have included a sketch of the measurements), with the second pocket 4 1/2in and the third pocket 3in. The sketch is the measurements for the basic construction, the only thing no included in the sketch is the 9in x 6in piece of cardstock I used as the top of the back pocket; the one folded down with the zipper.
This is the front and back of the shaker wand I created using a ReneaBouquets Small Shaker Box. I used the professor from the Tim Holtz “The Professor” stamp set (from my stash) on the back piece of acetate and one of the small wings from the Mechanicals found in this month’s kit as the mustache, then back that with a square of paper from the ScrapBoys stack in the kit. The large key in the shaker is from this month’s kit, but all the other parts are from my stash. For the back, I added Tim Holtz’s “Voltage” die, which is painted using Prima’s “Steampunk Copper” Paint and spray with the Lindy’s Gang from the kit. And all of the copper “welding”? It’s Tulip Fabric Paint – Beads In A Bottle – “Copper”!
For the Hummingbird Wand, I used a cut file from the Silhouette Store, a Tim Holtz Rosette, some pieces from the cut apart sheet, and a ReneaBouquets Hummingbird. For the lacy wand, I just grabbed up some lace from my stash and added another Tim Holtz Rosette and a cut apart pieces as well.
And finally here are the tags and little note card I made to go in the pockets! I just eye-balled the sizes based on the paper I was working with!
The measurements for my envelope.
Thank you for joining me here in my corner! I hope you enjoyed this project and it gave you some ideas of what can be done with items from this month’s Tres Jolie kit! Don’t forget to join us for the moodboard challenge!
Stay Crafty, Friends
C.J.
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In addition to items from this month’s Scrapbooking Kit and the Peach Seam Binding from this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit (*from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:
ReneaBouquets Hummingbird Premium Paper Die Cut Set of 3, Beautiful Board Small Shaker Box, “Bronzed Teal” Beautiful Beads, “Royal Blue” Glass Microbeads, *13 @rts “Brown” Microspheres, *Darice “Vintage Gold” Glass Glitter, Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz “The Professor,” Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Crayon “Black Soot” & “Antiqued Bronze,” Sizzix/Tim Holtz “Mini Paper Rosettes” Sizzlits & “Voltage” Bigz, *Prima Waterbrush, Copper Thread, EK Tools Scoreboard, We R Memory Keepers Craft Knife, Crop-A-Dile, Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper, & 3-way Corner Punch, Ranger Heat It Craft Tool, Recollections 2 1/2 in (6.35cm) Circle Punch, Spellbinders Tool ‘n One, Tonic/Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Ranger Brayer, Ranger Emboss It Pen BEST Double Sided Tape 1in & 1/4in, Art Glitter Glue, FabriTac, LineCo PVA Glue, Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel, Tulip Beads In A Bottle “Copper,” brads, gears, lace, eyelets, old zipper, *Paper Straws, teal seam binding, Silhouette Cameo 3, Nicapa Cutting Mat, Silhouette Premium Blade, Silhouette Design Store (ID# 316135): “Scalloped Rolled Cone 3D Rosette” by Snapdragon Snippets
Today I’m bringing you a décor piece I made for the Tres Jolie Kit Club using items from my stash, some epoxy, and the A.B. Studio chipboard & cut apart sheet and alcohol inks from this month’s kit.
Waiting for the epoxy to set up was the most time-consuming part of this project, and the second most time-consuming part was trying to decide how to arrange the clusters. As you’ll see in the video below, I went through a few arrangements!
Video:
Before pouring the epoxy, I coated the chipboard piece with some Lindy’s Embossing Powder.
I just added drops of the alcohol ink to the epoxy and “dragged” the color around, but didn’t mix it in thoroughly, creating the ribbons of color.
The clusters are made up mainly of the pieces cut from the A.B Studio sheet that came in the kit, but I added some odds and ends from my stash (that I had collected from previous Tres Jolie Kits!).
As a note, the gel medium behind the cabochons eventually dried transparent!
I set this up in a window so you could see how the light shines through.
I hope you enjoyed my project this week, and that it gave you some ideas of what can be done with the alcohol inks. Don’t forget to keep an eye out for more projects from the other members of the Tres Jolie Design Team and join our Facebook Group to see other subscriber’s projects!
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It took me three different background attempts to finally get this all together. This was one of those projects where I had an idea, but I was having trouble getting it from my head to my hands. I finally succeeded though, and I have my layout for the June Challenge (Hello and Doors & Windows) on the More Than Words blog.
This month I added the word part of the challenge right to the photo with my title. The photo is very representative of “hello spring” because I took it in March 2019 when I was walking to my mailbox one afternoon. My driveway is a half-mile long, and up until I came to where this bush is it had still been a rather drab walk with all the trees still winter brown. Then I got to this bush, with its white flowers blooming and butterflies fluttering all about! Spring was telling me hello! For the “Doors & Windows” part of the challenge, I used some window chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments, coated in “Orange Blossom” embossing powder from Ranger, and placed them in my clusters.
(Below the More Than Words Challenge image, you’ll find a little process video and a few close-ups.)
I wanted to add some texture, but I didn’t want it to necessarily “stand out” so I opted to use colors similar to the papers I was using.
I love the “Dreamland” collection from A.B. Studio, and most of this layout is made up of papers and cut-apart pieces from it. The only pieces from “Vintage Elements 1/2” are the black and white roses, which I think added just enough “separation” between the elements cut from “Dreamland.”
I love texture so I added texture pebbles, glass microbeads, sequins, and some cabochons. I also splattered some “Spun Sugar” Distress Oxide on the layout (I love that the Oxides can be used on light and dark backgrounds!).
I hope you enjoyed this project! Thank you for joining me in my little corner!!
Products:
A.B. Studio “Dreamland” & “Vintage Elements 1/2,” Creative Embellishments “Arched Windows Set of 2,” & “Arched Windows Set of 3,” Lindy’s Gang“Cosmic Pink Blue” Embossing Powder, TCW Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste, Prima-Finnabair “Graphite” Texture Paste, Fabrika Decoru Stencils FDTR 36 & 132, Ranger-Wendy Vecchi “Orange Blossom” Embossing Powder, Ranger-Tim Holtz “Spun Sugar” Distress Oxide Spray, Prima Flowers Item# 635176, Brea Reese Texture Pebbles, Little Things from Lucy’s Cards “Warm Golden Glow,” Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink, Scotch ATG, Liquitex Clear Gesso, FabriTac, Art Glitter Glue, JudiKins Diamond Glaze, Unbranded Gold & White Microbeads
Below the Lindy’s Gang Color Challenge Image, you’ll find a quick process video!
Here’s a quick (7 minutes) video of what I did:
Now for a few close-ups:
For the background I used a circle punch on the paper ribbon and added a stamped image that I embossed with some Lindy’s Gang “Silver Moon Mistletoe” Embossing Powder (Discontinued?). For the stars I mixed a little of the “Plumeria Pink” Flat Magical with some water and brushed it on, and for the wings I mixed the same “Plumeria Pink” Flat Magical with some white gesso to lighten it up. I dyed the cheesecloth with the “Aloha Avocado” Flat Magical powder, and after everything was dry I just started layering, adding some sisal, twine, and “Small Talk” phrases!
Once I figured out where I was going with this project, it went along rather quickly! Sometimes the idea is harder than the execution!
Products:
Lindy’s Gang – “Plumeria Pink” Flat Magical, “Aloha Avocado” Flat Magical (Both from the Hawaiian Island Flat Magical Set), and “Silver Moon Mistletoe” Embossing Powder (Discontinued? Seasonal? I couldn’t find it on the site), ReneaBouquets Beautiful Board-Beautiful Bits “Star,” The Paperie Shoppe “Uncharted” Paper Ribbon, Creative Embellishments ATC Coin Blanks, Recollections 2.5” Circle Punch, Finnabair Mechanicals “Winged,” Prima Quick Dry Fluid Chalk Ink “Tin Can,” Hobby Lobby July 4th Carded Twine, Stamperia Cosmos Stamps (WTKCCR05), Tim Holtz idea-ology “Small Talk,” Finnabair Heavy Gesso, Sisal, Cheesecloth, Liquitex Clear Gesso, FabriTac, Art Glitter Glue, E6000
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