With a Head Full of Numbers

Hello and happy Friday!! Jennalee here today with a project featuring a few of my favorite things wings and rust!! The Butterfly of Gears wings from Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts are the inspiration behind this piece. Who knew you could make wings better by adding gears?

The Butterfly of Gears comes in a 2 pack and are just so inspiring. 

To add faux rust to your wings paint a base layer of white acrylic paint using a cosmetics sponge to dab it on. Using the same sponge randomly dab on Distress Grit Paste and allow to air dry. Once dry sprinkle a generous amount of Rusty Car Infusions directly onto the wings. Spray generously and allow the water to work its magic. Keep adding Infusions and spraying until desired coverage and color is achieved. 

Once the infusions have dried fill in any white areas with Rusty Hinge and Walnut Stain Distress Crayons. Using a very light touch add some detail with Cracked Pistachio Distress Crayon. 

Faux rust three Tim Holtz Hardware Heads using Ginger, Latte and Mushroom Alchohol Inks. Add detail with Walnut Stain and Cracked Pistachio Distress Crayons. Adhere to gears on wings. 

Add faux rust to Clock Hands using Rusting Powder from Paper Artsy. 

Create a ruler piece using the ruler from Tim Holtz's Thrift Shop Ephemera pack and a piece of scrap chipboard. 

Add Distress Crazing Medium to the ruler image and once dry add Walnut Stain Distress Crayon. 

Prepare a Ticket Booth ticket colored with Fired Brick Distress Oxide Spray. 

Gather chosen Ephemera pieces and distress using instant coffee. Layout collage and adhere to book cover. 

Layer dial, wings and Found Relative on top of the collage. 

Adhere Clock Hands to the ruler and then adhere to the bottom of the book cover. 

Add faux rust coloring to a Tim Holtz Vintage Clip using Ginger, Latte and Mushroom Alcohol Ink. Add details with Cracked Pistachio and Walnut Stain Distress Crayon. Prepare Numeric embellishment using the same colors and adhere to clip. 

It felt so good to get back in the studio and play with some of my favorite mediums. I really took my time to just enjoy the process and the flow of the project. Plus who knew you could rust so many pieces in multiple ways? 

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you get to sneak in some creative time this weekend along with hopefully a bit of Spring weather. 

Happy Creating ~ Jennalee 

Steampunk Tree Topper

Hello and happy Friday!! Jennalee here today. Christmas is right around the corner so I am sneaking in one last Christmas project this week. At first glance, you wouldn't think Christmas but it is. My hubby started a small Steampunk tree for his man cave. We are still working on collecting ornaments but he requested a tree topper. I got to thinking about the Skeleton Clocks from Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts and knew they would make a perfect base!! I pulled out my embossing powders and heat gun and got to work. 

Here are the pieces I started out with from top left ATC Coin, Photo Reels Miniatures, Gears Shape Set, Clock Hands Shape Set, Skeleton Clock.

  

Heat emboss clock and inner ring. I covered the whole clock using Charred Gold and heat set. Then went back and added Oil Rubbed Bronze to the numbers. The inner ring was embossed with Oil Rubbed Bronze. Not pictured is the smaller inner clock that I embossed in Charred Gold. 

For the clock hands I used Burnt Copper Leaves with a few sprinkle of Ancient Amber.

The gears are done in Oil Rubbed Bronze, Burnt Copper Leaves and Ancient Amber. 

I covered the ATC Coin with a piece of aluminum tape that had been embossed and colored with alcohol inks. 

Once I started constructing my clock I realized I needed a layer for the back to hold the 2 clock faces and inner ring together. This Trellis Frame was the perfect size. I painted both front and back black.

At this point, I fit all of the two clocks into each other and added the ATC coin in the center of the smaller clock. I adhered the layers together and backed them with the Trellis Frame. I got so caught up in the flow I forgot to take a picture. 

I used a paper mache cone that I had in my stash to attach to the back of the clock and serve as the tree topper. 

I layered the gears on top of the ATC Coin until I was happy with the configuration. The Photo Reel was embossed with Charred Gold and adhered on top of the Gears. I used a clock key that I found in the jewelry section of Michael's and poked it thru the Clock Hands and Photo Reel.

The clock hands are set at 10:04 as a tribute to Back to the Future as requested by the hubby. I really enjoyed this fairly simple project. If you love heat embossing then you will definitely enjoy it as well. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! ~ Jennalee

The Witching Hour

Hello!! Jennalee here today. Don't you love when you get inspired by the piles that accumulate on your work table? That's how this project came about. I had a couple of the Pocket Watches from the assorted size pack setting out and on top of them, I had thrown a test cut of a witch die cut. When I saw them sitting there together it made me think of the witching hour. 

Cut background circle for clock from Worn Wallpaper. Stamp spider web using VersaMark and heat emboss with Charred Gold.  

Heat emboss the clock face using Hammered Metal embossing powder. 

Heat emboss the pocket watch using Rocky Road Baked texture. Two layers of powder gave the perfect textured finish and coverage. 

Emboss clock hands with Ranger Sticky Embossing Powder. While powder is still hot sprinkle on orange glitter. For the best coverage work in small sections as the Sticky Embossing Powder dries quickly. Once the orange glitter has set distress using Vintage Photo Distress Crayon. Heat emboss brad with Charred Gold.  

Sand Quote Chip and distress with Distress Inks. 

Adhere two layers of black cardstock and die cut witch from Tim Holtz's Sizzix Witchcraft die. Die cut another witch out of a flocked piece of patterned paper. From the patterned paper witch cut out the hat and dress and adhere to the black cardstock die cut. Color in face and hands with Peeled Paint Distress Oxide. Heat emboss the broom handle with bronze powder. For the bristles of the broom heat emboss using Dirty Sand Baked Texture. Add detail with blending tool and Black Soot Distress Oxide. 

Dye seam binding using Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide and Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Tie a fluffy bow around the top of the pocket watch. Attach witch to front of clock using foam squares and adhere Quote Chip on top of witch.

Thanks for stopping by and spending a few minutes with me today. I'm looking forward to a weekend of creating and sneaking in some candy corn, it's not just for props!! 

Happy Creating ~ Jennalee