Hello, I’m Janna and welcome to this week’s Saturday Showcase at the Funkie
Junkie Boutique Challenge Blog. Today I want to highlight some Idea-ology and
Sizzix products by making a index card file with the new Vignette Card File.
In the box I will be placing some swatch cards and technique cards. I will be
breaking this showcase up into three parts, each with a corresponding video.
Part 1 - Altering the Vignette Card File (For video click
Here.)
Part 2 - Making Swatches and Technique Cards (For video click
Here.)
- Swatch Glazes
- Swatch Card Mediums
- Swatch Archival Ink
- Swatch Card Glitters & Sticky Embossing Powder
- Distress Glazes over Texture Paste Opaque
- Distress Glazes over Crackle Paste Translucent
- Distress Glazes over Crackle Paste Opaque
Part 3. Making Technique cards using Distress Ink and Paper Dolls (For video
click
Here.)
- Distress Ink blending and drip
- Distress Ink dip
- Distress Ink + contrasting Distress Oxide dip
- Distress Ink watercolor stamping
- Reinker watercoloring
- Altering Idea-ology Paper Dolls with Distress Markers
- Altering Idea-ology Paper Dolls with Distress Glaze
- Altering Idea-ology Paper Dolls with Distress Crayons
-
Altering Idea-ology Paper Dolls with Distress Embossing Medium Frosted
Crystal
Part 1: Altering the Vignette Card File. (For video
click
Here.)
The first step for altering the Vignette Card File is to remove the drawer
pull. To do this, I used a star screwdriver to remove the handle.
Next to get a more grungy look going, I spritzed the box with Black Soot
Distress Spray Stain. Then I wiped down the box and sprinkled a little bit of
water onto the box to create droplets.
With the base substrate altered I then decided to add some textural interest
to the box with die cuts from Brushstroke Flowers #4.
For die cutting, I decided to use a substrate of the Black Idea-ology Kraft
Stock paper. Before die cutting, I added double sided tape to the paper to
make assembly easier.
Below is one of the assembled flowers done in layers of Black Kraft Stock.
To get all the flowers to fit on the Vignette Index File, I cut down the
flowers with the Tonic Tim Holtz Mini Trimmer.
Here I have started the assembly process of adding die cuts to the Vignette
Index File. With the double sided tape on the flowers and leaves, it was easy
to stick the die cuts onto the box like stickers. Even better: it was easy to
move them and reposition if the die cuts didn't quite line up.
With all the die cuts on the box, I then took some Statue Distress Foundry Wax
and added it to the raised portions of the die cuts. I placed some of the
Foundry Wax onto the kraft mat portion of the Glass Media Mat. I let it sit
until the Foundry Wax started to stiffen slightly to the texture of peanut
butter. Then with a finger, I gently brushed it onto the raised die cuts.
Now the magic happens. Here I used an embossing gun to heat the Foundry Wax.
To the far right the wax has melted and I am working my way over to the left.
The vibrancy of the Foundry Wax is gorgeous, and so bright that my camera had
a hard time picking up the color.
Here are the finished results of the melted Foundry Wax.
Below is the completed Vignette Index File. After making all of the alterations, I
reattached the draw pull with a star screwdriver.
Products Used:
Part 2 - Making Swatches and Technique Cards (For video click
Here.)
For this portion of the file box project I will be making some swatch cards
and some Distress Embossing Glaze technique cards. To start, I am going to use the small
folded Idea-ology File Cards.
To alter the first two cards, I covered the outsides with washi tape. I used the blue Idea-ology Design Tape, Marbled and some thinner tape from an older Idea-ology tape set.
Once the outsides were covered, I then added some sticker labels I printed
out.
Below is the second file card I altered. This time I used some of the red and
green marbled Design Tape and a small ruler themed tape.
To alter the other two folded cards, I decided to collage the outsides of
them. I used a matching set of Pocket Cards to cover the outsides. These I
glued down with some Collage Medium.
With the Pocket Cards glued in place, I then trimmed the edges with the Tim Holtz Tonic Mini Snips.
After I collaged with Idea-ology Ephemera Pack, Memoir; Ticket Book, and botanical.
Last I added a custom label sticker.
Here is the second altered and collaged file card.
Now let’s fill these swatch booklets. I am going to start with the Distress Embossing Glazes. Here I have made a little space for each color and handwritten in each color name.
Next let’s swatch some Ranger Tim Holtz Mediums. Here I will be swatching: Opaque
Distress Texture Paste, Translucent Distress Texture Paste, Opaque Distress Crackle Paste, Translucent Distress Crackle Paste, Opaque Distress Grit Paste, Translucent Distress Grit Paste, Distress Effects Rock Candy, and Frosted Crystal Distress Embossing Medium.
Here are the fully dried mediums. I added some Distress Ink on places to better show the wonderful crackle and textures of the mediums.
Now let’s try out some glaze techniques with some mediums. First I cut down
some backgrounds to fit the index cards.
For the first card I used the Bubbles Layering Stencil and applied Opaque Distress Texture Paste
through it. Then I sprinkled Distress Embossing Glazes Salty Ocean, Twisted Citron, and
Salvaged Patina over the Texture Paste.
After letting the Texture Paste dry for about 30 minutes, I then used an
embossing gun to melt the Glaze. Below are the finished results.
For the next card, I used the Scribbles Layering Stencil and spread Opaque Crackle Paste through it.
For Distress Embossing Glazes, I added Candied Apple, Villainous Potion, and Picked
Raspberry over the top.
After waiting 30 minutes, the Crackle Paste started cracking under the Distress
Embossing Glaze. Then I heat embossed the glaze to get a finish like cracked ceramics.
On the last card, I used the Flourish Layering Stencil and added Distress Embossing Glazes Wilted
Violet, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Fossilized Amber, and Wild Honey.
For the last card with Translucent Crackle Paste the crackle was slightly
cracked after 30 minutes. After heat embossing, the crackle was much more noticeable. The
Translucent is generally more subtle than the Opaque Crackle. To get it to
show up, I used some Picket Fence Distress Crayon to highlight the crackles.
Here are the three finished technique cards.
Products Used in Part 2:
Part 3: Making Technique cards using Distress Ink and Paper Dolls
(For video click
here.)
For our first technique card we will be looking at a classic Tim Holtz
Distress Ink technique: ink blending and water droplets. Here I will be using
Picked Raspberry, Mustard seed, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress inks.
We simply make a blend of the three colors on the index card using some dome
foam applicators. The card is being held in place by the new Tim Holtz Media Grip Mat.
Then slowly spritz a few water drops over the top. Once the water is on the
card, absorb the droplets with a paper towel.
Next, using the same three colors, we will look at another classic technique:
the smoosh, dip, and dry technique. I squished three inks on the kraft mat
then spritzed with water. Then I smooshed the index card into the ink
to get an impression. After I dripped water on the card to get the ink
moving and then dried it with the Ranger heat tool.
Afterwards, I repeated the process to build up inky layers. For more in-depth
check out the tutorial video.
Now we are going to create a Distress Oxide contrast over the top a base of Distress
Ink and dip splatters. Follow the steps for the previous card and build up
inky layers.
Next pick a contrasting color of Distress Oxide Ink. Here I chose Iced
Spruce.
Smoosh the Distress Oxide Ink onto the craft mat and spritz with water. Then dip and
dry until satisfied with color.
Here we are water coloring with Distress Reinkers. First, I stamped some floral
outlines with Distress Ink on the index card. Then I heat embossed some Clear
Ranger fine embossing powder to create a resist.
Here I took Reinkers and a Ranger Fine Tipped Water Brush add painted on the
inside of the embossed stamped lines. For colors, I used Mowed Lawn and Twisted
Citron on the leaves. For the flowers, I used Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed,
Crackling Campfire, and Carved Pumpkin.
Below are the finished results of the water coloring.
Next I made a quick techique card for lineless water color stamping. Pick a
stamp and ink it up. Here I chose to ink with Mini Distress Inks; it would
also work to color directly on the stamp with Distress Markers. Then I
spritzed the stamp with water.
Here are the finished results of stamping the inked and spritzed stamp.
Now let us turn our attention to altering some Paper Dolls. For our first
alteration, I used Distress Embossing Glaze in the color of Salty Ocean. First I added
some Embossing Ink to the paper doll using the Distress Embossing Pen before
adding the glaze. Last I heated the glaze powder with an embossing gun.
For this paper doll I used Distress Crayons to add some color. I used the
colors Dusty Concord, Prize Ribbon, and Tattered Rose. To add the color I
scribbled some Distress Crayon onto the Media Mat and then used a water
brush to pick up the color and gently apply it to the paper doll.
For our next to last alteration, I decided to use a material that has been in
my stash for a while: Distress Markers. Here I colored this paper doll using
Distress Markers: Stormy Skies, Faded Jeans, Tattered Rose, Frayed Burlap, and
Gathered Twigs.
Here on the last alteration I used Frosted Crystal Embossing Powder. First I
used the Embossing Pen to add ink and then sprinkled on Frosted Crystal
Embossing Powder before heating with an embossing gun. Then I used Distress
Reinkers to color the paper doll using a water brush. For colors I used
Rustic Wilderness, Tattered Rose, and Fossilized Amber.
Below are all four altered paper dolls set on collaged tags.
For Index box tour click
hereand go to time stamp 0:47:34 .
Products Used in Part 3:
Thank you so much for joining me here today at the Funkie Junkie Boutique
Challenge Blog. Until next time, happy crafting!
Janna~ 💕🎨💕
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