Altered Worn Cover

Have you seen Tim Holtz's Worn Covers? They come in a bunch of styles and a couple sizes. They are great for mini scrapbooks or just to hold little projects you have made.  I have a couple that I use to store my completed tags.
The covers look great the way they are, but I decided to dress one up.
This is the current challenge happening over on Linda Ledbetter's blog.  As always, I can't tell you exactly what I did but I can show you lots of pictures.  If you want to make your own Worn Cover you can still pick up your own copy of The Compendium of Curiosities III.  This challenge is being sponsored by the lovely Inspiration Emporium.

I love these flowers I made using the tattered floral die.  The washi tape adds an extra pop.  There are some vintage millinery stems in there and some funky green fiber stuff I thought looked like leaves.

This little lady is on an altered playing card.  

Industrious stickers, remnant rubs, tissue wrap, and stencils can all be seen here. 

I love this charm.  

You can see all the ribbon exploding out of the top from all of my tags stored inside.  The ring clip is held in by dyed seam ribbon.  

This is the back cover.  

Close up so you can see some of the detail work.  

There you have it.  My take on a worn cover.

I am also entering this into The Mixed Media Monthly Ribbon Challenge

What have you been crafting?

Jess

Shades of White

A simple card I made using Tim Holtz's Lattice Stencil and monoprint technique for the background. The flower is the Tattered Florals die in various shades of white.  The ribbon was dyed using Distress stains in Vintage Photo and Tea Dye( I used the same colors for the monoprint).   The stamp is from Wendy Vecchi and is stamped in her Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  

What have you been crafting?

Jess

Simon Says Stamp Monday White Challenge
Our Creative Corner Flowers and Hand Dyed Ribbon Challenge

Watercolor Distress Marker Card

I am not a painter.  I never have been.  I love how Distress Markers make it look like you have been watercoloring for years.  I started making this card simply by playing with the little kid set of watercolors I have had forever.  I used shades of blue and purple.  I just kept layering them to deepen the color.  I dried it between layers and then blotted here and there.  

I stamped my background image and then set it aside.  I stamped the main image using Archival ink on watercolor paper.  I used my Distress Markers and the watercolors to paint.  I used my waterbrush to do all the detail.  

I used plain white cardstock and my latticework stencil to make the body of the card.  Broken China and Black Soot Distress markers in the spritzer made a light background.  

I added a flower from my stash when I was on my Tattered Floral kick.  

You'd never know I wasn't a painter ;)

Simon Says Stamp Artsy Challenge

What have you been crafting?

Jess

Compendium of Curiosities Distress Glitter Challenge

It's on to challenge number two in Linda Ledbetter's CC3 Challenge.  This time it's Distress Glitter.  This time the prize is provided by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  The prizes for these challenges are pretty dang amazing.  You don't have to do each challenge to win either.  You still have time to join in the fun.

I started with the wings.  I knew I wanted to use the wings.  I fussy cut the found relative and added them to a cabinet card.  Since the wings are thick I used three layers of foam tape to raise up the girl.

I used a canvas page to mount the cabinet card.  I detailed the background using various Distress Inks and Stains.  I smooshed them on my craft sheet and spritzed everything with water.  I added some stencil details and used a large Stampers Anonymous background stamp to add an extra layer.  

You can see the background and the Distress Glitter wings here.  

I made some flowers using my Tattered Florals die cut and Distress Stains.  A tiny bundle of forget me nots are tucked in there too.  

A little row of pompoms finishes the bottom of the cabinet card.  I love that the card is from Blessing's photography studio and she is an angel.  

I hope everybody likes her over at the challenge.  

SSS Spring Flower Challenge

Rhedd and Rosie's Texture Challenge

Rhedd's Creative Spirit May Challenge

Try it on Tuesday Springtime

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Ribbon Challenge

What have you been crafting?

Jess

Create Memories with your Smile

What a pretty lady.  These Found Relatives make me wonder who these people are.  What is their story?  This girl has such a lovely smile.  She just looks like she is enjoying life.  

For this project I used an 8x10 wooden box.  It had a saying on it that really wasn't my style, so it got a remake.   The background is various bits of paper glued down with matte medium.  This was my first time using matte medium.  I have always used Mod Podge.  I love, love, love how the mate medium is truly matte.  I can layer on color and it stays.  Awesome stuff.  

Once I had my paper down I used Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to dirty up the ripped edges.  Some areas also got a touch of Vintage Photo Distress Marker.  

There are rub ons, industrious stickers, some stenciling and gesso on the background.  The vintage lace is colored with Ripe Persimmon and Gathered Twigs.  The 

vintage measuring tape was colored with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  

I love the orange juice 

cap.  She looks like she could be named Winona.  

These flowers were made using the Tattered Florals die.  The yellow flower was colored with Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo Distress Stains.  The brown flower was colored with Gathered Twigs, and Vintage Photo.  Both of them were also stamped with a large script stamp.  For the top flower l put washi tape on the paper before I cut it out.  The leaves are a really old Sizzix die and colored with Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive, and Vintage Photo distress ink.  I really love how these flowers turn out and I have made a ton for my stash.  

The metal banner on the bottom was aged using Alcohol Inks in various brown tones.  A strip of washi tape adds a nice layer under the words.  

There she is smiling that gorgeous smile that makes me smile too.

Eclectic paperie is having a wood challenge andFrilly and Funkie is having a fashion/sewing challenge.

Imagination-craftschallenges is having an anything goes challenge and Inspiration Emporium  is having a favorite things challenge.  

What have you been crafting?

Jess