Design Inspiration October Terminal 3

Hi, to all our Vintage Journey Travellers, it's JULIE here today with the next leg of our journey for this month. Hopefully you will feel inspired with my project to make a start on some Christmas crafting.

In our travel bag this month are : 

Product : Distress Stain Spray

Technique : Layering Stencil Embossing ( from Compendium of Curiosities Page 50 )

Colour : Hickory Smoke

Substrate : Tag

So let's get started :

I always find working on tags rather challenging with the dimension and space you are given and recently when I was at Wendy Vecchi's workshop she said she trims her tags down to help balance them and I must admit I find them a lot easier this way.

I started off with one size 12 tag and two size 8 Manilla tags. I trimmed them all to 5 inches in height, tattered my edges and applied Tim's tape to both sides.

Using my Brick stencil I applied Distress ink to both sides of my Tags using Hickory Smoke, Rusty Hinge and Ground Expresso. Next I heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I now stamped a little gesso to act as another resist for extra detail.

Now spraying on my Hickory Smoke Distress Stain. Notice how it resists over my heat embossed bricks and Gesso and gives a look of cement between the bricks.

I now stamped my Snowman with Black Archival Ink. At this stage I also scattered Chunky White Embossing heat setting from behind.

My Sizzix Snowman stamp and die set was stamped in Archival ink and die cut out. I shaded with Distress pens, adding Snowtex along the base and onto my Snowman in parts with a layer of extra fine Glitter over it for added sparkle.

My Cheery Lynn Icicles I sprayed with glue adding extra fine glitter. Next adding a little Iced Spruce Distress ink to the edges and a little Glossy Accents for an icy effect to finish.

I stamped my sentiment, tearing around the cardstock to reveal the core and adding some Ground Expresso Distress ink, finishing off with my Holly Leaves and Cheery Lynn Poinsettia.

My Sizzix Pine Cones were cut out in Kraft cardstock and inked at the edges. My Sizzix Deer I stamped some texture on to it and added Snowtex, glitter and embossing powder. My Pine Branch is made from a Cheery Lynn die and I added some Flower Soft Snow. My 25 was heat embossed with Red Tinsel Embossing powder to add more sparkle.

Finally finishing with some ribbon.

And a final view of the reverse side.

I do hope you have enjoyed my post today and feel inspired to try out some of my techniques I used on this project.

You also still have time to enter our Current Challenge hosted by Alison -  Art Journalling with Tim

Julie x