Tim Holtz Mixed Media Canvas for Scrap Matrix

Hello Everyone, 

I am here today to share with you all my second Ranger post for our Ranger challenge month. This time I would like to bring to you a mixed media burlap canvas. I so love how the Tim Holtz Ideology range can all match so well, product to product, it just seems to blend seamlessly. I just cannot get myself enough Tim products, I love them so much. 

The project began life as a simple burlap canvas. I dipped a gesso brush into some white gesso and randomly painted some around the main part of the canvas and the sides. 

Strips of paper and tissue tape were adhered using 3D Gloss Gel.

I cut a square of paper and adhered down with thin double sided tape some Tim Holtz Ideology film strip ribbon.  

I then began audition my Tim Holtz Idealogy Ephemera on my square, just randomly layering. When I had a good base and design, everything was adhered down to the paper. 

A small amount of Art Basics Copper Crackle was placed around the canvas with a dot stencil. 

To finish I added some Tim Holtz Paper Dolls,  German Scrap, and Scrap Matrix Metal.  These elements all received a very light touch of Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Antique Gold. 

Many thanks for stopping by the Scrap Matrix blog today. Have you entered our Ranger challenge yet? you still have one week to do so. I very much look forward to seeing your creations. 

I wish you all a happy and creative day. 

~ Rebecca ~ 

Scrap Matrix Products Used

Scrap Matrix - Gesso Brush 

Dina Wakley - Media Gesso White

Finnabair 3D Gloss Gel 

Tim Holtz Ideaology Tissue Tape 

X-Press It Double Sided Tape 

Tim Holtz Ideaology Film Strip Ribbon 

Tim Holtz Ideaology Ephemera Pack

Tim Holtz Paper Dolls 

Scrap Matrix German Scrap 

Scrap Matrix Metal 

Art Alchemy Métallique Wax - Antique Gold 

Tim Holtz Configuration Box - Scrap Matrix Design Team

Hello Everyone,

I am here today with you to share a created Tim Holtz configuration box. I cannot lie, Tim is my crafting hero, I feel we may be kindred spirits. I love ALL Tim Holtz products, I cannot get enough of them and will happily admit I have a good stash to stare at and admire. 

This box is packed with Idea-ology product and Scrap Matrix metal, combined also with my personal stash and vintage bits and pieces I had here in my craft room.  I do apologise in advance as this blog post is a little heavy on the photos, I wanted to ensure you all got a very good look around the entire box. 

For this project I have used a Tim Holtz configuration box from my stash, however you can use other things to create a project like this such as printers trays, jewellery box trays, boxes etc. Think outside the box (literally). 

I urge you to look through the close up photos below to see what can actually be used in a project like this. There are items that were destined for the bin, they actually look good here - buttons, champagne metal top, rusty thimble, watch parts, light bulb from my Mum's Rav 4, broken jewellery chain. Never ever be afraid to experiment. 

May thanks for checking into the blog today to take a look at my project. Please if you have any questions at all do not be afraid to get in touch and ask. I look forward to seeing all your creations in the Scrap Matrix Ranger challenge this month. 

Wishing you all a happy and creative day.

~ Rebecca ~

Scrap Matrix Supplies Used

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Ephemera Pack 

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Paper Dolls 

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Compass Coins 

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Custom Fastners 

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Filmstrip Ribbon 

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Mini Corners

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Rubons Numbers 

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Tissue Tape

Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Word Bands 

Scrap Matrix - 3D Large Antique Bronze Box Corners 

Scrap Matrix - Silver Wing 

Scrap Matrix - Brass Coin 

Scrap Matrix - Bronze Playing Cards 

Scrap Matrix - Light Bulb Bronze 

Scrap Matrix - Bronze 100 Dollar Bill 

Scrap Matrix - Bronze Zipper Pull 

Scrap Matrix - Bronze Flower Key 

Finnabair Art Alchemy Wax - Vintage Gold 

X-Press It Double Sided Tape

Ranger Glossy Accents  

Scrap Matrix Micro Beads - Gold/Bronze/Silver

7 Dots Studio Paint Chips - Mixed Media Canvas for Scrap Matrix

Hello Everyone,

I am here with you today to share my second project for the holiday challenge this month with Scrap Matrix. Now I know you will be looking at the below mixed media canvas and thinking, hmmm Rebecca, what does this exactly have to do with holidays?. Well, it was created during the school holidays, this still kind of counts right?. I really wanted to take the 7 Dots Studio Paint Chips collection and apply to bright and funky canvas. I know this is a little on the different side but I am happy with the results. It is good to step out of your comfort zone. 

Here is a side view of the canvas...

To begin my canvas I adhered Paint Chips paper to the canvas, the main base and all the edges.

I really didn't like the clean white edges so decided to cover them in tissue tape. Tissue tape sometimes does not stick down too well, to ensure complete adhesion I used double sided tape underneath it. 

The Prima 'Paint Splatters' stamp set worked so well with this collection. Random stamping around the main part of the canvas and the sides. 

Finnabair Art Basics Soft Gloss Gel was applied to the canvas through a stencil.

When the Soft Gloss Gel was later dry I added a touch of Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Vintage Gold. As I wanted the dots to pop a little more I traced around them a black water pencil then smudged it a little with my finger and water. You will see here in the bottom corner beautiful box corners which are also available in the Scrap Matrix store. 

Art Extravagance Texture Paste in colour Graphite was then applied throughout the gaps around the canvas and also to the sides of the canvas. This paste although grey when you look in the tub, it does dry get black (as you can see). 

My flowers were created using a combination of Paint Chips die cut paper, old spoons, zipper flowers and seed beads. 

Thank you everyone, I hope you enjoyed my little step by step through this creation. There is still a few days to enter our Holiday Challenge, looking forward to seeing more of your creations.

Wishing you a happy and creative day.

~ Rebecca ~

Scrap Matrix Products Used 

7 Dots Studio Paint Chips Collection 

Prima - Paint Splatters Stamp 

Finnabair Art Basics Soft Gloss Gel 

Art Alchemy Métallique Wax Vintage Gold 

Prima Watercolour Pencils - Earth Tones 

Scrap Matrix Metal Box Corners 

Art Extravagance Texture Paste - Graphite 

Scrap Matrix Zipper Flowers 

X-Press It Double Sided Tape 

Tim Holtz Tissue Tape 

3D Foam Strips

Archival Ink Black 

Paper Artsy Tags - Rebecca's Second Share

Hi Everyone,

Rebecca here with you today!. I would like to bring you a small step by step tutorial showing you how to create a small series of gift tags using a set of Hot Pick stamps from Paper Artsy.

I began with blank manilla tags.....

To create the vibrant background colour I used Distress Inks  from Ranger. To apply the colours I used a Inkblending Tool, dabbed into the ink and lightly moved in circles around the tag blending the colours together. 

In a spritzer bottle a small amount of Primary Elements Mica Powder in Emperor's Gold mixed with water was sprayed through various Tim Holtz Stencils to give a nice background effect.

Stamp, stamp, stamp with this beautiful set of stamps.

German Scrap was adhered small dots of Glossy Accents and raised dots of Glossy Accents were also applied for further dimension. When the dots were dry a small amount of Metallique Wax in Gold was rubbed on.

The final step was to add small accents of colour using the beautiful Prima Metallic Watercolours and a brass Scrap Matrix Metal accent to hang a ribbon from.

Many thanks for popping in today, please do not forget you have until the 15th of January to enter the Paper Artsy challenge within the Scrap Matrix Facebook Shares group.

Wishing you all a very happy and creative day.

~ Rebecca ~

Scrap Matrix Products Used

Hot Picks Stamps - Paper Artsy HP1605

Ranger Inkblending Tool Handle & Foam 

Ranger Distress Ink

Primary Elements Mica Powder - Emperor's Gold

Tim Holtz Stencils 

German Scrap - Renaissance Petite Black 

German Scrap - Baroque Black 

Ranger Glossy Accents

Finnabair Metallique Wax - Gold 

Prima Metallic Watercolours

7 Dots Studio, Writers Block Collection - Scrap Matrix Design Team

Hi Everyone,

I am here with you all to share my second 7 Dots project for Scrap Matrix Design Team with you all. This project has again been created using the Writers Block collection, I love this collection, the dark colours are seriously my style (vintage and yummy!!). 

As you can see I created a tag, but when the tag was finished I thought, hmmm there is still some paper left here and a few bits and pieces so I just kept going. Then a canvas was born and the tag moved on in to a new home. 

Now lets take a look how this was made. 

1 ) Manilla tag

2) I covered that tag with the paper, using double sided tape to adhere it. 

3) Layering various tags from the Writers Block Collection  edges inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. 

4) Layering more tags from the Writers Block Collection edges inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. 

Have you used the AMAZING German Scrap before? Look what can happen with just a gentle touch of Art Alchemy Metalliqe Wax. You can transform the black wings instantly to glossy gold picking up all those fine details. These wings were then used as the back drop behind the inked butterfly wings. 

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To create my flower with bronze bead embellishment I first tore the inner part of the flower out completely. Gluing in a bronze flower, then micro beads, followed by a metal hand. 

The layer below the tag you will see may look like a square but it is actually a split sheet to conserve my paper. Also I have used offcuts from my previous project which have been sewn on with my sewing machine. These papers have all been edged with Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Aged Brass. 

Glossy accents was used to adhere micro copper micro beads around my paper edges. 

To finish my project I mounted the tag on foam mounts and adhered brass corners to the canvas. 

Many thanks for looking at the blog today, I wish you all a very happy and creative day. 

Scrap Matrix Products Used

X-Press-It Double Sided Tape

7 Dots Studio Writers Block Collection

Finnabair Art Alchemy Métallique Wax - Vintage Gold 

Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - Aged Brass

Ranger Glossy Accents

Scrap Matrix Copper Micro Beads

Scrap Matrix Bronze Flower

Scrap Matrix Bronze Metal Hand

3D Foam Strips White

Scrap Matrix Box Corners