Valentine’s Home Decor DIY Project featuring Tim Holtz Supplies
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! We’re so pleased to welcome back Monday Design Team member, Emma Williams as a guest on our blog! Today she made a stunning piece of art mounted on an altered clipboard. Read on for the full tutorial along with some detail and overall pictures of the project. Also be sure to leave a nice comment for Emma. :) Enjoy!
Hello everyone, Emma here!
Hope you all had a great week and today, I’m thrilled to have been invited back on the Simon Says Stamp blog, to share a Valentine’s home decor project, which I created using canvas panels, mounted onto an altered clipboard. I was definitely struck by Cupid’s arrow when I started thinking about this project and it’s packed full of ideas that they can also be used for cards or gift tags, if you choose.
- Working with the larger canvas, I applied a layer of Weathered Wood Distress Paint over the top. Let the paint dry before adding torn pieces of Tissue Tape and Tissue Wrap and adhering them randomly onto the surface of the canvas using Multi Medium. After a blast of heat to dry everything, I inked the Love Definition stamp with Jet Black Archival Ink and stamped onto random areas of the canvas.
- I then added a very light, second coat of Weathered Wood Distress Paint, allowing the design of the tissue and stamped wording to still show through the paint.
- Once completely dry, I took Picket Fence Distress Paint and using the dabber on the bottle, swiped the paint over the top canvas to give a worn distressed look. At this stage, I also dipped an old credit card into the paint and created scratch marks onto the panel.
- Apply Texture Paste through the Dot Fade Layering Stencil, adding it around the central area of the canvas.
- To complete the background, I wanted to add some more layers using a stencil and for this, you can use any stencil of your choice but I chose to use the Latticework Layering Stencil. I placed it directly onto each corner and using Pumice Stone Distress Marker Pen attached to the Distress Marker Spritzing Tool, I lightly misted the ink through the stencil, to create one further layer of interest. I then used a paintbrush to flick small amounts of Antiqued Bronze Distress Paint over the surface.
- Use Frayed Burlap Distress Paint to create a narrow border around the edge of the panel.
- Apply Collage Glue to one of the corners of the panel and using the gold coloured foil from the pack of Vintage Foil Transfer sheets, press the foil with the shiny side uppermost over the top of the glue to transfer the gold onto the canvas. Repeat on the remaining corners.
- Wrap a piece of twine, wrapping it three times around the canvas and securing the ends at the back.
- Take the smaller square canvas panel and apply a coat of Weathered Wood over the gessoed surface. Using the Mixed Media dies, die cut pieces of any card using the honeycomb die. Cut the die cut card to create two smaller pieces of honeycomb and apply these die cuts to the top left and bottom right hand corner of the panel using multi medium to secure them into place.
- Add a second layer of Weathered Wood Distress Paint over the top, dry thoroughly and then add a small amount of Picket Fence Distress Paint to create a shabby, distressed look. Set aside to dry before attaching the panel using foam pads to the larger panel, placing it directly over the top of the wrapped twine.
- Using your fingertip, apply light touches of Treasure Gold Gilding Wax around the edges of the small canvas panel and over the top of the die cut honeycomb to give a subtle shimmer.
- Use some more of the gilding wax over the surface of one of the Ornate Plates. Attach the plate onto the centre of your smaller mounted panel, using Glossy Accents to secure it into place.
- To create the winged heart embellishment, being by using the Heartfelt die to die cut two of the larger hearts, two different shapes, from chipboard. Gesso each chipboard heart before painting them with Candied Apple Distress Paint. Ink the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
- Take one of the hearts and dab an embossing pad over the top of the surface. Apply clear embossing powder to the wet ink and tap away the excess before heat embossing. Repeat these steps another couple of times, building up the embossing powder to create a beautiful enameled effect to heart.
- Create a second enameled heart using the above method.
- Die cut the wings from white card and colour each die cut section with Antique Linen Distress Paint. Ink around the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink before adding foil highlights using Collage Glue and gold Transfer Foil. Layer and shape the wings using foam pads for added dimension.
- Attach the wings and heart over the top of the ornate plate and attach the second heart below the mounted panel.
- Use the “Together” wording from the Alpha Parts collection and apply a light layer of Glossy Accents over the top. Sprinkle with Vintage Distress Glitter Dust and tap away the excess. Attach the glittered wording across the centre of the heart.
- Colour a large Adornment Arrow with gilding wax and attach the arrow to the small panel, pointing it down towards the second heart, linking them together.
- Attach two hex fasteners to the bottom left and right hand corners as a finishing touch to the canvas.
- To alter the clipboard ~ I began by covering it with a coat of gesso and then applied a layer of gold metallic paint over the top.
- Once the gold paint was dry, I used a palette knife to add a layer of Crackled Embossing Paste and allowed for the paste to dry and the cracks to appear.
- Apply a small amount of gold metallic paint around the edges of the board.
- Finally, I used an Alcohol Ink Applicator and used a pouncing motion, to apply a combination of inks to the metal clip. To complete the clip, I added a Sprocket Gear, with an alcohol inked gumdrop in the centre.
Great project. I like the crackling and gold pain effect. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Fabulous work! Love
the vintage look and
all the techniques on it.
Carla from Utah
What fabulous work this is! I love all of your elements and lovely creation – I have a clipboard kit I won a year or so ago – you inspired me to get it out and get working on it – TFS
I love vintage and Emma did a wonderful job with all the products!
Beautiful piece of art♥
It’s very interesting to look at and to ponder. ☙
Love your piece! Thank you
Those candied apple hearts really pop on this project! Awesome, Emma! Thanks SSS.
What a great looking clip board.
Super awesome clipboard project! Love all the details and such amazing products used! Thanks for sharing your ideas and inspiration! I must try this! :)
This valentine’s project is amazing! Thanks for sharing all the details. It’s gorgeous!
Wow, lots of fun texture on this.
Oh those colors! And that pop of red. Just so lovely to look at.
What a stunning project! I love it!
So pretty and that heart looks like a candy good enough to be eaten! Great idea for those old clipboards to be repurposed.
What a fabulous creation! This is such a unique décor item – thanks for sharing the process of making it.
Great project! ;-)
beautiful–lots of great details.
Wow what a detailed project. I enjoy seeing these
Oh…. I’m speechless…. Stunning work, just AMAZING!!!!!!!! LOve, love it!
Thanks for sharing all the process, your talent is really BIG!! :D
Beautiful project–perfect for Valentine’s day!
Amazing home decor project!
What a beautiful mixed media project! Thanks for the tutorial!
Cool clipboard!
Wowzers! This is amazing! I’m so in awe of how beautifully you turn your creative ideas into a awesome project!
Stunning project and amazing details! Tfs xx
You sure put a lot of thought and work into this project Emma, and it shows! Love all of the textures and different techniques you used for this. Thanks for sharing your work with us.
LOVE the clipboard, you made a wonderful piece of ART!
Emma this is a fantastic project. You have introduced me to several products I did not know existed! Thanks for sharing your project.
An outstanding piece of work. How DO you do it? Instructions given, I’m aware, but the motivation, details and the care?
Wow, that was a lot of materials and a whole lot of steps. I wonder if you had a picture of the finished work of art in your head when you started or did one step lead to the next? I love Tim Holtz products but who has access to everything he ever created? I was wondering if he is your neighbor or 2nd cousin or something? Seriously, very nice piece of art.
WOWOWOWOWOW!! Just BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the AMAZING Design!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Fantastic art piece, love the vintage look!!!
hi lovely lady. an enormous number of techniques here jam packed in one project. will be pinching some for sure. i would copy the whole lot just without the wings as i seem to have a psychological block to them. but i am not going to copy the whole lot :) hugs xx
Wow, what a fabulous project! Great step-by-step too!
i always love to see how creative others can be.
Such talent.. I always wonder where you guys get such ideas! Beautiful work!
Carole Lovill
Such a cool project!!!
Love this project! Amazing vintage look. Thanks for the inspiration!
This is so outstanding!! Stunning!!
Love the roughness of this project! What a cool idea! Very creative!
This canvas is wonderful! I love the subtle color for the background, it really makes the sentiment and those hearts pop. Thanks for sharing this gorgeous project with us.
Love the vintagey gold and red!
Beautiful alteration! Love the whole design ♥
So many beautiful details on this gorgeous Valentine’s decor project! Thanks for sharing your creative process. The results are amazing!
Wow, it was a labor of love. So many steps but it came out beautiful. Thank you for sharing each step you did to make this.
I would not have picked that that was weathered wood paint you used. I’m looking at that colour a lot differently now. Love this project.
This is absolutely beautiful! I’m not really into Valentine’s but this project could be easily adapted for other occasions, such as a birthday, friend pick me up etc. Thank you so much for sharing.
Adorable. ..wonderful idea! Thx for sharing!
Wow, this is so beautiful! I love all of the texture.