Take Me to the Sea

Hi everyone!  Today, the Artistic Outpost Design Team is sharing projects created with various Artistic Outpost plates.  I'm excited about participating in the hop.  I'm still in full summer seashore mode and have I created a project using Artistic Outpost's Beyond the Sea set.  I'll get to the details in a moment, but wanted to make sure you know that for more inspiration be sure to visit the Artistic Outpost Blog to see the other designers projects, or click their blog links 

Tracy * Terry * Alison * Kate * Linda * Gerrie * Lisa

Oops, I almost forgot to tell you...right now, Artistic Outpost has a great sale going on! Through Saturday, August 2, 2014 11:00PM EDT, you can save 20% on the stamp plates found in the Flowers and Gardening section on the Artistic Outpost website. More details can be found here. (Sorry, no rain checks, offer is for our retail customers only.) AO's parent company,Our Daily Bread Designs and sister company, North Coast Creations are also having a sale this week!

And now for the details on my project, I wanted sort of a watercolor, misty effect so I started with a half sheet of Ranger's Specialty Stamping paper and my Broken China ink pad.  I spread a little ink on my craft sheet, misted it and smooshed the paper into the ink letting it run a bit.  Then I added a few drops of Peeled Paint and let it run also.  The stamping was done by inking a stamp with Black Soot DI and misting the stamp to give a water color effect.  For the grass, I used the grass stamp from the Keeper set, also misting the stamp before stamping each time.  Then I misted the paper VERY lightly just to let it blur a bit.  I followed that by dipping a paint brush into watered down Peeled Paint and filling in some of the grassy areas with touches of green.  Next the sentiment and birds were stamped followed by some stenciling with embossing ink and the Bubbles stencil.  I sprinkled on Antique Linen distress embossing powder and heated it on.  

It seemed to be lacking something in the upper left corner.  I recently acquired these cool canvas die cuts from Prima.  They have a design embedded into them that shows up when you ink them.  I inked mine with Broken China and edged it with Vintage Photo.  I love the fun breeze movement it lends to the piece.  

Next a sand dollar was die cut with the new Sand and Sea die.  It was plain gray chipboard which I painted with Picket Fence distress paint and then embossed with Enamelware embossing powder.  A little cheese cloth and Broken China dyed crinkle ribbon add a bit more texture and interest and a memo pin with a bronze starfish charm finished it off.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you are joining us on the hop!

The product used to make this project 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)	15 Corrugated Cardboard Sheets - Mixed White and Kraft	Corrugated Cardboard - Mixed White and Kraft - 6 Sheets	White Corrugated Cardboard - 15 Sheets	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Broken China
Ranger Inkssentials Mister Bottle	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Peeled Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot	Prima Embellishments Resist Canvas Printery Collection	Rayon Seam Binding
Seaside Charm Set - Antiqued Bronze Charms for Jewelry Making, Scrapbooking and Mixed Media	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Memo Pins	Ranger Inkssentials Speciality Stamping Paper 8.5 X 11	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Bubble	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder - Antique Linen	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Mini Sand and Sea Dies	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence	Ranger Embossing Powder - Enamelware