The Right Time

It's the Funkie week over at Frilly and Funkie and we have our clock/time challenge  samples to share.  Oh my, please do be sure to stop by the challenge blog to see what the Funkie team has to inspire you.  They sure inspired me!

As you can see, I'm still obsessed with Wendy Vecchi's crackle embossing paste and I made another hanging piece (actually it can be hung or set up like a picture frame).  I started with a 6x8" piece of heavy cardboard.  A weathered clock die cut was made from chipboard and glued to the cardboard.  Then I gave it two coats of white embossing paste.  

Once the two coats of embossing paste were dry, I applied the crackle paste and waited ior it to dry.  Next I stenciled the Clockworks stencil over the dry crackle paste using Ranger Jet Black Archival ink.  To give the piece a little color and vintage flavor, I sponged lightly with Vintage Photo and Tumbled Glass DIs, then misted it with Perfect Pearls Mist in Biscotti which blended the ink and gave it a subtle gold sheen.  The clock face and the edges were then sponged with Walnut Stain DI and the metal embellishments were added.  I painted the metal with gesso colored with a drop of archival reinkers in Leaf Green, Cornflower Blue and Orange Blossom.  When the paint was dry, I burnished the metal with my Vintaj reliefing block to reveal the bronze metal underneath.  

The sentiment was computer generated, cut out and edged using a credit card and jet black archival ink.  I aged it by applying a light layer of Vintage Photo distress ink, then applied embossing ink lightly, sprinkled on UTEE, flicked most of it off and heat embossed it.  Then i sponged more Vintage Photo DI over it to give it that blotchy look.  

This was really a fun project to make.  I hope you enjoyed looking at it.  Don't forget to stop by Frilly and Funkie to see the other projects.  And we would love to have you play along too!

These products used to make the project above can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Tim Holtz/Ranger/Wendy Vecchi and most other name-brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Weathered Clock BIGZ Die	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Crackle	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Tumbled Glass
Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists - Biscotti	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Clockwork	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad
Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Cornflower Blue	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Leaf Green	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Orange Blossom	Bronze Metal Daisies for Scrapbooking and Mixed Media
6 Piece Bronze Leaf Embellishments	4 Piece Antiqued Bronze Round Flower Filigree Pieces	4 Piece Bronze Tone Butterfly Set Filigree Metals for Scrapbooking and Mixed Media	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	VINTAJ Reliefing Block