Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please join me in a big welcome back to very special gust Richele Christensen! Please read on to find out more details of how she made this gorgeous art and enjoy!

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen

Hello, friends, it’s Richele, thank you so much for joining me today! Spring is one of my favorite times of the year and I love all the pretty flowers that it brings. I have a beautiful decor piece to share with you using the new Tim Holtz Botanical Collage Paper just look at all the gorgeous flowers! The Collage Papers are semi-translucent and comes in a few different prints. Botanical, the one in my project today, which is black and white and can be colored, Aviary has beautiful printed birds, Floral has dreamy roses printed on it and then Plain that can be stamped on or altered to your heart’s content. Perfect for Mixed Media and collage.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen

Instructions:

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
1. Apply a generous amount of Distress Collage Medium to the base of the Framed Panel.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
2. Cut a 6” x 8 1/2” piece of Memoranda Paper Stash and adhere to back Panel then apply a thin layer of Collage Medium over the top.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
3. Whitewash the background with Dina Wakley Media White Gesso. Be sure to use a very thin random layer to let the paper show through.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
4. Paint the Frame and the side of the Panel with the White Gesso.


5. Use a Waterbrush to create a tear line on the Collage Paper. Work in small sections leaving some of the background areas to create interest.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
6. Choose a few flowers and a few leaf sections and tear out with above technique.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
7. Apply a layer of Distress Collage Medium to the background, carefully add flowers and leaves, apply a thin layer of Collage Medium over the top and let dry or dry with heat tool. Tip: when the tissue is wet it will tear very easily so be careful.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
8. Stamp text over the background with Hickory Smoke Ink from the Distress Permanent Mixed Media Ink Palette.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
9. Color Leaves with Distress Markers using a few colors like (Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bough). Use a cotton swab to blend the ink. I like using a few colors to create a more natural look for the flowers and the leaves.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
10. Color the flowers with Distress Markers (Abandoned Coral, Broken China, Fossilized Amber, Ground Espresso, Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry) and blend with a cotton swab. If you color over the lines not to worry use a cotton swab to clean up the edges.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
11. Apply black cardstock to one side of the Sizzix Foam Adhesive Sheets, cut into small pieces to fit die area and die cut letters “love + life” using the CutOut Script Bigz XL die and the Vagabond.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
12. Cut the word “THIS” from the Alphanumeric Thinlits die set from black cardstock adhered to the Sizzix Foam Adhesive Sheets using the Vagabond.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
13. Arrange letters and adhere to the panel using Distress Collage Medium if needed.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
14. Working in small sections lightly pounce Distress Embossing Ink on the raised area of the frame, pour Rose Gold Embossing Powder over the frame and shake off excess powder.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
15. Heat with a heat tool until powder melts.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
16. Apply Picket Fence Distress Crayon to Adornment Butterfly and work into the crevasses, wipe off excess crayon. The crayon will stay in the crevasses.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
17. Adhere frame with a bead of Distress Collage Medium on the back of the frame. Place pieces together and set aside to dry. Tip: Add a few books to help weight the frame down. Adhere butterfly with a piece of foam tape.

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen

For those of you that are card makers, you can do the same techniques to create beautiful cards with any of the new Tim Holtz Collage Papers. Which design is your favorite?

Thanks so much for joining me on this creative journey and don’t forget to” love this life”!
Richele

Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen

SUPPLIES:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology BUTTERFLIES…
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Tim Holtz Idea-ology FRAMED PANEL…
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Tim Holtz Idea-ology BOTANICAL…
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Tim Holtz Idea-ology 12 x 12 Paper…
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Tim Holtz Sizzix ALPHANUMERIC…
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Tim Holtz Sizzix CUTOUT SCRIPT Bigz…
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Tim Holtz Sizzix VAGABOND 2 MACHINE…
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Sizzix FOAM ADHESIVE SHEETS 4×6 663042
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Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2018…
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Tim Holtz DETAILER WATER BRUSH Ranger…
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Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE GESSO 1OZ…
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Tim Holtz Distress COLLAGE BRUSH SET…
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Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium…
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Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon…
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad…
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Ranger Embossing Powder ROSE GOLD…
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Ranger US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL United…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers ABANDONED…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers BROKEN…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers EVERGREEN…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers FOREST…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers FOSSILIZED…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers GROUND…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers MUSTARD…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers PEELED…
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Tim Holtz Distress Markers PICKED…
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Ranger TIM HOLTZ DISTRESS Archival…
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RESERVE Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA…
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#…
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and to Richele for being our guest!

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  1. Gorgeous project. I especially like the subtle touches of color. Who knew you could use embossing powder on a frame — great idea. Thanks

  2. Fantastic.
    Something to be proud to display
    in your house or give as a gift.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

  3. WOW – so many EXCITING techniques and such wonderful pieces of ART! I’m especially inspired by “love this life”
    PS – CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners :)

  4. Wow! Awesome projects!!!
    I’m so happy to see my name as one of the winners! Congrats to all the others!!! <3

  5. WOW Richele, what a beautiful art deco piece! You have done an amazing job on it. I definitely need a few of these supplies before attempting this. LOL TFS!

    Congratulations to all of the winners!

  6. So feminine and pretty, I love it. Have to take another look at that paper pad.
    Congrats to all the blog candy winners … and thank you!! :-)

  7. This project is awesome…such wonderful attention to details. tfs and congratulations to the Blog candy winners!

  8. Oh wow, this is gorgeous! I love all your special touches and the embossing on the frame! That’s such a cool idea!!! Thank you!

  9. This whole piece is lovely and so cohesive, but I think what impresses me the most is how you did the frame. I really thought those were jewels/crystals stuck onto the frame instead of embossing powder. What an inspired way use the texture of the frame! Thanks for sharing such a lovely idea with us.

  10. I love the framed piece, it’s just beautiful!! And I love the step-by-step photos and instructions!! Thank you so much for the instructions, I’d like to do a frame one day, they look like so much fun!! Thanks for sharing!

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