A Vintage Journey

When I was approached by A.Vintage Journey  challenge blog to do a guest spot how could I resist!!

With the "Vintage/shabby/Mixed Media"  style influenced by Tim Holtz it was right up my ally!

This weeks host Jenny has us painting/dripping/splatting ,etc
 using Distress stains! and while I only have
three bottles of Distress stains (hangs head in shame) 

I did mange to create my project.

An altered book made from two Canvases.

Stencils seem to be all the rage right now so I grabbed some of my favorites

and used Tim's music embossing folder and some 

tissue paper to protect the folder

and slapped on some texture paste.

I call this my Hidden Art!! 

I Laid out the stencils and  slapped on more texture paste.

If you look close you can see Tim's Crown I made from a stencil.

I let the entire thing dry, painted on a coat of white Acrylic paint 

and began the fun part of  coloring my canvas of hidden art.

I splotched, splattered and dripped on all those Distress Stains.

Misting with a water bottle when I wanted a softer look. 

I die cut one of Tim's Fleur-de-lis and pulled out his 

Grungeboard hinges. Inked them up and added a bit of gold

I even used the stains for my crinkle ribbon to match.

Another one of my favorite techniques via Tim!

The Bezel comes from A Gilded life I used Rangers Patina to give it a vintage look.

Love those Jade Verdigris and moss colors!

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