Timeless - The SG & EC Blog Hop #17 of 40

I am so thrilled to be joining with StencilGirl to inspire all of you!

First, I want to send a thank you to the whole team, especially Mary C. Nasser who organised this and led me through my first major blog hop.

Join the hop, follow along every day and comment on all of the blogs for your chance to win! 

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So let's get started on the evolution of  Timeless

 First I headed out to Michael's for hopefully a round canvas, instead I came away with this sweet wood board on a major sale!

I needed to make a test piece so I didn't screw up, and chose a piece of 12x12 superstock from Creative Scrapbooker magazine.

I picked out some stamps, Memory, Wired, Take 2, Eldergrove, and tree pieces from the Gone Fishin stamp.

Next up is a stencil from stencil girl and and I knew the Seth Apter's Timeless Stencil. I actually picked the stencil first and then the dilapidated building was the perfect stamp.

Add the 9x12 Barb Wire Stencil by Mary Beth Shaw and the 9x12 Chicago Stencil by Nathalie Kalbach and the pieces are selected. 

(FYI: I LOVE the larger stencils)

The Scene is Set!

I began stamping the board and using Distress Grit texture paste for the TIMELESS. 

(you may need to fill some of the deep grooves with a marker)

 I coloured with a direct to board technique for maximum colour. Then I added Wendy Vecchi's Cornflower Mica spray in lieu of water, for a beautiful night sky shimmer.

(I coloured the entire image this way)

Next I went back to the grit paste and pasted pieces of the barbed wire all around the image and dried with a heat tool.

I place the stencil back over the dried paste and used my Ranger Emboss it Dabber to apply the clear in for the Burnt Copper Leaves embossing powder to stick too, heated it in sections until I had melted this fabulous powder over everything.

( I did the same with the charred gold to the word Timeless only I buffed it with my finger to create a dull tarnished effect)

I felt like the Chicago Stencil had a bit of the trendy window effect but I didn't want to compromise the wood texture and varied colours. So I used Crackle paste, sprinkled a like and random dusting of Fractured Ice Embossing powder and allowed to dry. Once it fulled dried and crackled, I then heated it adding a slight colouring and helping the embossing powder to maintain the same cracked effect.

(if you heat it before the crackle paste has dried you will get a smoothed effect like normal embossing ink and powder)

The project felt a little flat and 1 dimensional. I used my poinsettia die from Tim Holtz & Sizzix to whip up some brown paper flowers from a natural paper I received a decade or more ago from Vicki and I selected the copper Flower Crest brads for my middles. I inked with brushed corduroy, spritzed with water, dried with a heat tool and then used my hot glue gun to shape the petals up against the brad giving a low profile dimension.

When I was done, I went to my trusty box of dried flowers from the late 1980's. (seriously, my mom never threw this stuff away, and i am always using these sprigs on my projects now)

And we have a beautiful finished wall art......

or do we.

I really, REALLY wanted to add Christmas lights to my dilapidated house, but i didn't want to risk my post for an epic fail. now that I was done, I was ready to see if I would like the lights.

Back to the test piece

LOVE IT!

Now all I could remind myself was I have done this a million times at work, and I don't need to worry. I measured the correct size for the bulbs to have a snug fit. 

✔ we are all good.

I inked the holes with a jiffy marker to reduce the flash of light of the raw wood, and if you make something like this, make sure the bulb comes all the way through or else you will be staring at a glaring line of light instead of separated bulbs

(I added the proof that this is my drill. My hubby bought it for me and labelled it because he and Andy, a friend of ours, would steal my drill and my batteries) 

Now for the best part

THE GIVEAWAY

One lucky winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products

AND a $25 Gift Certificate to Emerald Creek!

Enter to win by leaving a comment below.

Then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!

One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!

(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Tuesday, December 19th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on

StencilGirl's Facebook page on Wednesday, December 20th.

Today ( Dec 13) check out

Seth Apter

(This one is a prize! thank you Seth)

Mary Beth Shaw

Vicki Evans

Tomorrow - Dec 14

Gwen Lafleur

Mary C. Nasser

Julia Chupik

Claudia Neubacher

DEC 15th

Janet Joehlin

Tina Walker

Diana Hetherington

Karen Bearse

Also while you are checking things out, follow 

and their 12 days of Giving. Emerald Creek is leaking a Creativation Surprise ;) ;)

    

Emerald Creek Supplies used Today:

(click on any product link below to shop)

STAMPS:

Memory
Wired
Take 1
Gone Fishin

Eldergrove

EMBOSSING POWDERS:

Charred Gold
Burnt Copper Leaves
Fractured Ice

EMBELLISHMENTS:

Flower Crest Brads

Other items used that are available at Emerald Creek:
Emboss it Dabber

StencilGirl Stencils used:

9x12 Chicago Stencil
9x12 Barb Wire Stencil
Seth Apter's Timeless Stencil

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