Remember that tease with the bingo card....

I started with a challenge from Off the Rails Scrapbooking to alter

an item or items with mist, paint, ink etc.

Well these two items have been laying about forever.

Tea varnish and a card. I added the varnish with a foam brush

unevenly I might add so that it more resembles that

uneven aging.

 This unknown big flower I've also had forever and the

name is on the tip of my tongue and will it roll off -nooooooo

There's also some Ranger ink on there for a bit more definition.

 I picked up these new KaiserCraft embellies just the other

day and man did they work out perfect.

 Just brushing the tea varnish over changes the look

quite dramatically I think.

 I thought I might have been getting too carried away.

(As if that could happen) but when its all assembled it

looks like it aged that way.

 I love the layers. I did pull the twine off and aged that as well

because after looking at this photo it stuck out like a sore thumb.

And wa-la! Of course I had to go find a photo that would that wouldn't overwhelm

or be overwhelmed. That's my mom and I honestly can't

guesstimate a year on it. I think this will be one of my favorites.

Sadly I can't it sit around too long - FL does not lend itself in keeping the

photo from fading unless I frame it. hmmm.......

So your challenge is to alter an item or items; link it up over at 

Off the Rails and be eligible to win a prize.

Check it out here!

Thanks!

A couple of project teases going on...

Just to keep things interesting. Which means I've got nothing. LOL!

However, I was playing around whilst waiting for paint to dry and ta-da!! A couple of projects going on.

So stage left is some gesso and gel, awhite tag, medium and sweet potato bag mesh. Which is different from onion, potato, avacado mesh. They're great to have laying around.

So I laid out the orange mesh on the tag and slopped a mixture of gesso and gel around it.

I didn't have the presence of mind to photo the above - but below is

a photo of the texture the mixture made. Looks kinda neat although I either needed to use more or less. I'm not experienced enough to know at this point or any point really. I'm doing a lot of guessing.

 I broke out some adirondak alcohol inks and mists and some Heidi Swapp mist (which again you'll have to use your imagination because I didn't think to photo the process) because well I was playing around.

I really love the result - now all I have to do is figure out where to go from here.

Suggestions anyone? 

This bingo card has been laying about for centuries and felt the need to do something. Again.

So I broke out my tea dye varnish and went at it. Again, I know your imagination is by now running amok. :) 

As you can see I didn't do it evenly over the card because when paper and such ages it doesn't do it in an even fashion and I wanted that kind of look for the card.

THEN I had to wait for them to dry. Sigh. lol!

NOW I just need to figure out where to go from here. 

AND........

I visited HL tonight and picked up some chipboard and a new packet of paper to use for

the baby album. It'd be soooo much easier if I knew pink or blue LOL. 

However, I picked up the 8x8 of the Glitz Color Me Happy

and it has lots of happy happy happy primary colors and fun things

that I think will work well.

AGAIN.......

waiting for paint to dry - I painted the chipboard in colors I pulled

from the line and I'm not being a fraidy cat in 

slapping paint around.

I have a glass cutting board and under it I can't resist putting a lot of stuff
like tickets and cards and pamphlets and stuff.
It's distracting I know.
My bad.