A Paris Vintage Journey

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Today I am sharing a piece I made for the new challenge blog A Vintage Journey.  I was so honored to be invited to be a guest designer for this fantastic new Tim Holtz style blog and to join in The Vintage Journey with all the uber talented designers!

I’m so excited to be able to share my Springtime in Paris project with you today. When I was given the challenge theme of Paris, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to really delve into a springtime in Paris motiff. My design intent was to make a triptych but in the end, when I had all my embellishments made and laid out, I just couldn’t squeeze them into three panels and ended up with a quadriptych.  

Today I am also taking part in a blog hop to benefit a little 2-year old girl, the granddaughter of Linda Payne, whom I was on a design team with in the past.  Lauryn was diagnosed with leukemia.  I am holding a silent auction for this piece.  Whatever it sells for, I will match the price and donate the entire amount to the family to help defray expenses connected with Lauryn's illness.  I have comment moderation enabled and if you would like to make a bid, please leave it in the comments section.  The minimum bid is $15 and I will contact the winner about payment and shipping. (NOTE:  The silent auction is now closed - the piece sold for $30).

I started by cutting my panels with the Postage Stamp die. The first panel is white card stock and was embossed with a brick wall texture fade. I created a rusty trellis with chipboard embossed with Vintage Photo distress embossing powder. The ivy was cut with the new Spring Greenery decorative strip die, colored with Bundled Sage and stamped with the postage seal stamp from the Paris to London set. I created the Paris seal with a vintage download from the internet and covered it with a clear epoxy seal.

Panel two was also a piece of white card stock stamped with the new Distress Damask stamp set, embossed with Winter White embossing powder and sponged with Vintage Photo. I used some wonderful vintage ephemera from the Thrift Shop pack and added a couple of lovely metal embellies from the Adornments - Nature collection. I also downloaded the vintage rose image from the internet and created another epoxy seal.

Panel three was another piece of white card stock, this time stamped with the background stamp from Papillon. Embossing was added using the Harlequin stencil and Wendy Vecchi’s black embossing paste. A tag was created using a stamp from the Mini Classics set stamped in Vermillion archival ink and sponged with Frayed Burlap. The crinkled seam binding bow was dyed with Stormy Sky and an Eiffel Tower charm was added.

Panel four is an aluminium sheet embossed with the a texture fade which was then painted with Pitch Black acrylic paint, partially dried and then the paint was wiped off. I added a post card from the Thrift Shop pack and made a little envelope, sponged with Stormy Sky DI and stamped with the postage seal stamp from Paris to London.

 
My flowers were all cut from white card stock using the Tattered Flowers decorative strip die. The CS was colored with a mix of Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick distress stains. They were then misted with water, scrunched up, dried and carefully unfurled. Each petal was then sponged with Vintage Photo DI and I added self adhesive rhinestones as centres.

There you have it. I had a wonderful time playing with all the wonderful Tim Holtz products while creating this piece. I hope you like my tribute to Paris in the springtime. Thank so much to the design team of A Vintage Journey for inviting me to be their guest designer for ‘A Little Bit French’ challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I have a list of products used below which are available at my store The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

These products used to make this piece are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Tim Holtz/Ranger and most other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

Corrugated Cardboard - White (6 sheets)	White Corrugated Cardboard - 15 Sheets	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Die Distressed Doily Die	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Industrious Stickers Frames & Trims	*Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Frameworks Die - Trellis
Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Spring Greenery	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Eiffel Tower & French Script Set	*Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Fleur de Lis and Eiffel Tower BIGZ Die	Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black
Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Bricked and Woodgrain Set	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Paris to London	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera Pack - Thrift Shop	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments - Nature	Tim Holtz Postage Stamp Frame Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shapers Die	$17.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Distressed Damask
Ranger Embossing Powder - Weathered White Antiquities	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Plaquettes	Rayon Seam Binding	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Odds & Ends	PRE-ORDER Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Harlequin
Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Black	Dark Blue Resin Angel Charm Oval Cameo	3 Piece Antiqued Bronze Tone Eiffel Tower Charms	5 Piece Antiqued Bronze Tone Flower Pattern Bead Barrel	Bronze Jump Ring Set