Destination Inspiration - Arriving at Terminal #2

Hi Everyone.....Hope you are all well and are looking forward to your journey. Annie  here as your hostess today and I am taking you on a  long journey so please grab a cuppa as there's lots to see before we reach the end of this post !!!  

The contents of February's Travel Bag are as follows:

Product -Paint

Technique - Crackle

Colour - Black

Substrate-Tag

Below is the finished project where you can see lots of crackles and painted layers of deliciousness :-)

I really was not sure where I was going with this project and although I did have some kind of idea...I did go totally off piste from my original thoughts !! 

 Hence I painted 3  #8 Manila Tags  in Black Soot Distress Paint !!! ( always handy for future creations)

 The three Pediments from Tim Holtz Sizzix Die were cut then painted in Black Soot Distress Paint

 Once the paint dried Decoart Crackle medium was applied

 Whilst the crackle medium was drying I applied Finnabair's 3D Matte Gel to an Idea-Ology Glass Bottle, using my fingers.

 When the Crackle medium was almost dry Decoart Chalk Paint was applied and you can see the amazing crackles appearing almost immediately.

 Similarly, Chalk Paint in Rustic was applied to the Pendants die cuts.

 Whilst the tags/pediments were drying I took a piece of cardboard from packaging, tearing it around the edges before placing a small square die on top. You can see below that the die did not cut right through, which was great as it gave me a lovely frame and backdrop for my UTEE heart.

 Some Decoart Vintage Wash Paint was applied to the cardboard, followed by a wash of Lace chalk paint and some splatters of the same paint

 Apologies that the photograph below is a bit fuzzy, but you can just make out that a layer of Tim Holtz Crazing Medium was applied over the 3D Matte Gel as I wanted to see if it would work on the glass.

 Once the crazing medium was dry Lace  Chalk paint was applied then some Decoart antiquing cream was applied using a brush.

 Once the Antiquing cream was dry I wiped with a slightly damp cloth it looked amazing and yes ...there are very subtle cracks...YAY!!!

Some of Tim Holtz Wild Flowers were die cut and coloured with various DI's using finger daubers.

 To go with my framed Heart I decided to create a very wee (small) journal of "Love"

after all it is Valentine's Day on the 14th February !!!  Where is time going.....it will soon be Christmas  again!!!  How many Weeks ???? Okay I'll stop!!

Taking a piece of Kraft card I rubbed in a mix of Glycerin and water  on both sides. This technique creates a faux leather appearance (details  of this technique can be found on You Tube) 

 I then placed the kraft piece in an embossing folder, which I ran through my Big Shot

 Once embossed the journal was inked with Vintage Photo DI and then sprayed with Crafter's Companion Spray & Shine...it really does look amazing :-)

 Taking a piece of card to fit inside my wee journal I folded it like you would a fan, creating mountain and valley folds. Scrap papers were adhered along with some die cut heart and stars/washi tape. I will write a personal message later. 

 Both sides of the journal pages

 Journal all tied up with Bakers Twine

 The edges of the tag were inked with Black Soot DI then the pediments were adhered with foam take to create dimension. UTEE heart taking centre stage within the frame ( I made this when creating my project for the current Melt It challenge, which can be found HERE)

 

Some lace from my stash, a chit chat sticker and a little button with twine now complete the piece, which is now ready for My Valentine x

Thank You so much for joining in with me on this amazing journey. I certainly had lots of fun and I hope you have  enjoyed this Destination post too x One of my fellow Creative Guides will be starting a new journey next Monday19th February and I hope you can join in x

I mentioned Julia's "Melt It" challenge earlier , which remains open until Thursday 1st March  (St Davids Day in the UK) there's still lots of time to join in and we always enjoy visiting your blogs to view your amazing entries. (Link is on the sidebar)

Take Care & Happy Crafting

Annie xx