Tim Holtz Home Decor
Hi readers! How’s your weekend going? Check out this amazing art by Monday Challenge Design Team member, Emma Williams! It’s a Tim Holtz Wonder! For more detailed pictures and info on how she made it, read on and enjoy!
Hey everyone!
It’s Emma here and I’m thrilled to be back on the Simon Says Stamp blog today, sharing a piece of home decor that was inspired by my love of vintage ephemera and photos. I love how these wonderful little pieces of history can tell a story of yesteryear and wanted to incorporate these in today’s project together with lots of other products from Tim Holtz and Ranger Ink to create my altered embroidery hoop!
- To begin with I took a plain wooden embroidery hoop and applied a coat of gesso over the surface. I dried the paint layer thoroughly and then applied Picket Fence Distress Paint over the top. I then added small amounts of Hickory Smoke, Antiqued Bronze, Peeled Paint and Broken China over the top of the white to create a shabby chic, aged frame. I find that applying the paint with your fingertip is easier and gives you more control over the paints and I also dry the paints between layers so that they don’t become too sludgy in appearance.
- Next, I cut a circle of sticky back canvas the same size as my embroidery hoop and adhered the canvas onto thick white card, trimming away the excess card around the circle of canvas.
- Apply a light layer of Gesso over the top of the canvas and heat dry. Don’t overheat the card/canvas as this might cause it to curl and you need it to remain as flat as possible. When thoroughly dry, mix together some Picket Fence and Antique Linen Distress Paint and paint the surface of the canvas.
- When dry, I used a small amount of Frayed Burlap Distress Paint and dry brushed the colour across the surface to create a vintage look to the canvas.
- I then added torn strips of Tissue Tape and Film Ribbon, applying it horizontally and vertically to create a background on the centre of the canvas.
- Using a blending tool, I inked Watering Can Archival Ink through the Dot Fade stencil directly onto the central area of my background.
- Mix Spun Sugar Distress Paint into a small amount of Texture Paste and using a palette knife, apply the pink paste through the Blossom Layering Stencil around the edge of the canvas circle. Leave to dry.
- Next, I used a paint brush or water brush to pick up small amounts of Black Soot, Antiqued Bronze and Peacock Feathers Distress Paint and then flicked them across my canvas. Ink around the edges of the canvas circle with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
- Apply some Glue N Seal onto the back rim of the embroidery hoop and mount the hoop directly onto the decorated canvas.
- Now comes the fun part of adding the ephemera and I started by inking and distressing the edges of selected ephemera and pocket cards and then layering these cards over the top of one another, offsetting each card as I attached them with adhesive foam. At this stage, I also tucked a coil of wire thread behind one of the cards.
- I inked the quote with Jet Black Archival Ink and stamped onto a piece of manila card coloured with Old Paper Distress Ink. Distress the edges of the card before attaching onto the cluster of ephemera. Remember, this is all about building layers!
- As the final layer and the focal point for my project, I painted a gorgeous metal Ornate Plate with Picket Fence Distress Paint, allowing the paint to become slightly tacky before taking a piece of kitchen towel to remove some of the colour from the metal. I attached the frame onto my layered background and added a vintage photo-booth image directly over the top of the metal frame, which creates a background.
- Apply Spun Sugar and Antique Linen Distress Stains to your craft sheet, mist with water and toss the crinkle ribbon through the stains, picking up the colour. Dry the ribbon with a heat tool and tie into a shabby bow. Attach the bow to the canvas.
- Add a few drops of Latte Alcohol Ink to the Heirloom Rose and attach to the centre of the bow.
- Place various painted pieces of Idea-ology, including an adornment arrow, token, mini paper clip and sprocket gear into the arrangement and add small torn pieces of cheesecloth.
- Finally, I punched six butterflies from vellum and layered each piece to create three double layered butterflies. I attached the butterflies onto my canvas and added various Remnant Rubs onto the background as a finishing touch.
I really hope you’ve enjoyed the creative process for this project and if you haven’t got an embroidery hoop to work with, then these techniques will work equally as well when used on a canvas or even a card!
Thank you so much for stopping by today…
Happy Crafting!
Emma
This is just amazing!!! Love, love, love it!
So beautiful! Love the pink colors in this project.
Awesome work of art!
Lovely colors!
Stunning! I could see something like this in my mom’s house!
If this were my decor style I would love it in my hom.e. Super gift idea.
What a Gorgeous piece of work! LOVE everything about it ♥
Oh my gosh, I love this piece. So adorable and wouldn’t this look super on a gallery wall with an old family photo!!!
What a wonderful project with such amazing detail! This is on my list for things to try!
Wow, very lovely!
VERY nice piece of art!! Love the soft colors.
Simply beautiful! Wonderful use of all the products and the colors are so soft and subtle.
FABULOUS IDEA using the embroidery hoop, Emma! ;) LOOOVE the texture & all the little elements of this!!! JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
This is absolutely beautiful Emma! All the textures and colours are so pretty. It looks like something you would find at an old vintage store. Love Love Love it! <3
Absolutely beautiful. This is the absolute best blog for inspiration!
This is beautiful! Would love to make something like this!
Love this project
LOVE this! I know I have a couple of hoops lying around….. Thanks for the inspiration, Emma.
WOW, so Beautiful..I have 3 wooden hoops that I have been waiting for something to inspire me, well I think this just did. I have a whole section of Tim Holtz and I think it’s time to get those hoops out and start playing. Thanks so much for this awesome project. And I am going to grab some of that sticky cardstock, I never seen that before, that’s what I like about SSS they list all the products used so it makes it so easy to purchase products you might want to try. Thanks again, AMAZING project Emma !!!!!
This is soooo GORGEOUS!! Love the muted pink!
Ohhhhh Emma – this is FABULOUS. Just love every inch of it. The colors, the textures, the background and all your layers…. it comes together as a sheer DELIGHT. Wow. j.
What a beautiful piece! Thanks for sharing the details.
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!
Spectacular!!! Love all the little details! TFS!
Love this vintage looking decor.
LOVE IT!! I have some of my grandmothers old ones around here somewhere I might needs to upcycle :)
Thanks for sharing
What a fabulous piece of decor. So much inspiration.
Gorgeous project! I adore the delicate style.
lovely!
Your altered hoop is so very pretty. The way you kept layering in the center makes this piece really stand out. Thanks for sharing with us.
I really love the airmail package, envelope and the journaling art pages.
This is so cool! I was blessed with about a dozen embroidery rings of different sizes through freecycle. Just looking for a project! :o)
what a beautiful piece with easy to follow steps.
This is so pretty! Love the details
I really love this kind of art and this piece is gorgeous! Thank you
A gorgeous shabby chic collage!! Love the vintage look, soft colors and all that fabulous layering!
This is just such a gorgeous project!
cool project!
Stunning project! Love it!
Absolutely gorgeous, Emma!
Now that is a challenge I can get into (pun intended!)
I follow the blog by email.
So clever and what an awesome way to showcase some old treasures!
Beautiful…!!!!!
an heirloom for sure!~
Love the idea to use paper art supplies to make some home decor!
Looks so great this vintage/shabby style!
Wow, what a beautiful labor of love!!! Is this for someone special or will you be keeping it?!? I’m afraid I would have to think long and hard before giving this beauty away!! Just beautiful!!