Accept who you are

A tak sobie relaksacyjnie dziubię dla zabicia czasu.

Musiałam wypróbować nowy zestaw stempli Tim Holtz Theories

i kilka nowych kolorów Distress Oxide Inks. 

No i myślę sobie, że całkiem fajne są. 

Takie klimatyczne. 

In My Garden

IN MY GARDEN 

is where we'll be this week with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

As always there is a $50 voucher waiting for one random winner 

who could spend it at Simon Says Stamp Store! 

My today's project is a debut of Etcetera tag, the small one which is still absolutely huge and I really loved to work on this stable big surface.

It works so good as a home decor to be standing on the shelf. 

Since the Spring is my favorite season, I really can not wait for the gardens

waking up to life again so I made a very springy but pastel scene.

Below you can see some pics of how I made it and some close-ups, too. 

First I placed some scraps of corrugated paper using gel medium and then 

I covered it all with white gesso, added randomly modeling paste 

and crackle paste to give some more texture. 

Then I started to give colors to my tag. 

There are 3 levels of color: blue on the top, yellow in the middle 

and a green/grey on the bottom. I used only 3 colors of infusions 

which reacted perfectly with water and blended as I wished. 

To get some more pastel look, I covered it all with a dry brush technique 

white gesso which highlighted all the textures and crackles. 

Finally I touched the upper parts with Nuvo Mousse to get some light shine.

Here you can see the first layer of gesso before the pastes 

and then after coloring with infusions with pastes below. 

As my background was done, I started to work on flowers and butterflies.

I found a piece of a cardboard with quite a glossy finish and tried to check 

the technique I saw on Tim's CHA vide of coloring with Oxides 

and then smearing with the Micro Glaze which highlights the color layers.

Done with the colors, I die-cut flowers and butterflies and applied Emboss It Dabber and clear embossing powder to give the colors even more vibrancy.

I love the effect when the pieces look like made of plastic or even glass. 

Now for some close-ups of the work finished:

Products list:

Tim Holtz Etcetera Small Tag	Tim Holtz Sizzix WILDFLOWERS 2 Thinlits Die	Tim Holtz Sizzix Wildflowers	Memory Box BUTTERFLY ENSEMBLE Open Studio Craft Die	My Favorite Things BALLOON STRINGS BACKGROUND Cling Stamp MFT BG48*	Idea-ology Paper Dolls
Dina Wakley Gel Matte Medium	Ranger - Dina Wakley - White Gesso	Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste CRACKLED Texture Studio 490	The Crafter′s Workshop MODELING PASTE	Infusions Royal Blood Colored Stain	Paper Artsy GOLDEN SANDS Infusions Colored Stain
Paper Artsy THE SAGE Infusions Colored Stain	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FRAYED BURLAP Ranger TDO55990	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad WILD HONEY	tim holtz oxide twisted citron ink pad	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide FOSSILIZED AMBER	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide CRACKED PISTACHIO	Ranger Distress Micro Glaze	simon says stamp clear embossing powder	Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail
Tonic MOTHER OF PEARL Nuvo Embellishment Mousse	Emboss it Dabber	Tsukineko CLEAR EMBOSSING INK Stamp Pad	Heat it Craft Tool	Simon Says Stamp VELLUM	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER WHITE Brush Tip Marker
Sizzix BIG SHOT EXPRESS Gray and White	Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE	Tim-Holtz-Idea-ology-QUOTE-CHIPS	May Arts Natural Burlap Twine	May Arts Ivory Burlap Twine	3D Foam Dots