Grungeboard Rusty Flowers with Blockhead Sentiments

Hi Dreamers,
I am back after a nice weekend.  The weather was nice and had a nice visit with my brother.  I also spent quite a few hours working on a group of cards for submission.  Those went out in the mail today!  Yeah.  Now, I have four custom order cards for my BF to work on this week.  Now, for today, I have some fun projects made with Grungeboard.  The designers on the Blockheads Design blog, have been showcasing grungeboard this month.
I used a technique in the Tim Holtz's book Compendium of Curiosities- Rusted Grunge.   I thought it would be fun to make some rusty flowers.  LOL.  The flowers are pre-cut Ranger Grungeboard.  You could use any shape for this technique.  I made a Birthday card with matching tag, and another tag.  Let's look at the card first.

Materials List:
Stamps: 
Happy Birthday (Verses Full Sheet or as a single) and For You (Daisies Half Sheet) both from Blockheads.
Ink:
Shabby Shutters, Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks -Ranger
Sienna Archival
Embossing Ink ( I used Emboss It)
Other:
Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder
Manila Pre-Cut Tag
Ribbons
Pearls
Rust, orange, and black CS

Instructions:

• Rusty Flowers (per Compendium of Curiosities): Cover grungeboard with embossing ink and heat emboss with Vintage Photo Distress embossing powder.
• When cool, rub off some of the unmelted crystals. 
• Apply Barn Door and Spiced Marmalade ink over the embossing powder on the flowers. Use Shabby Shutters on the stem.  This just adds a bit more color.  You could do this before the embossing too.  I did not think of it until after the embossing was done.  

• Make a card from orange CS layered with black CS.  Glue flowers to the CS.  
• Add ribbon
• Stamp the sentiment with Sienna ink and add to card.

Matching Tag for a gift bag or wrapped package.

• Cut a tag from black CS.
• Add the flowers and sentiment.
• Cover a grungeboard butterfly with Spiced Marmalade ink and add to tag. 

• Stamp sentiment with Sienna
• Tie the ribbons through the hole
• Knot a piece of ribbon and wrap around.

 A closer look at the rust.

I used three more of the rusty flowers on another tag.  I made a garden-like background on this pre-cut manila tag.

• Apply Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters ink to the tag.  Apply a little bit of Vintage Photo to simulate a horizon type line.
• Glue the flowers to tag.
• Tie the ribbons.
• Add a few tiny pearls.

Super close look at Garden Tag.

So, another fun way to use Grungeboard.  How do you like to use grungeboard?  If you missed my Grungeboard Pins, take a look here.


Challenges for my Rusty Flowers:
Simon Says Stamp: birthday
City Crafter: birthday
Tuesday Alchemy: garden and gold---my gold is rusty.  LOL
Make My Monday: create your own background--my garden tag
Unstampables: no stamping and anything but a card
Stamping for the weekend: anything but a card


Oh, guess that is it for me today.  I will be back tomorrow with a pretty folded tag card with ribbon tie.  Sound good??.. Hope you are having a great day!  Love ya.
Karen

Steampunk Owl and Distress Embossing with Blockhead Stamps

Hi Dreamers!
Happy Saturday!  Long live the weekend!  I am continuing my new found love for Distress Embossing Powder today.   Today's project has a "not in the real world" kind of theme.  Let's enter the realm of fantasy with this Steampunk Owl.

Materials List:

Stamps: All From Blockheads Stamps

Steampunk Owl - Fringe Folktales

Pen Nib - Victorian Invention

Sexton - Stargazer

Inks:

Embossing Ink

Dusty Concord and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks

Cobalt Archival Ranger

Distress Markers

Distress Embossing Powder

Pre-cut white tag (3 1/8 x 6 1/4")

Black Satin Fabric scraps

Jewelry Findings

Mini Safety Pin

Instructions:

• On a pre- cut white tag or a tag cut from CS (3 1/8 x 6 1/4") stamp the sexton with embossing ink.
• Heat emboss with Distress Embossing Powder.
• Let cool completely and then rub off the granules that don't melt.  Gives a nice distressed looking image.  
• Distress the entire surface of the tag with Distress inks.

• Stamp the Steampunk Owl with Cobalt ink
• Color the owl with Distress Markers
• Stamp the Pen nibs with Frayed Burlap Distress ink

• Add a strip of black satin fabric tied in  knot to the bottom of tag
• Tie another strip in a knot at the top threading the fabric through the hole
• Pin a clock to the black satin with a mini safety pin

And, how about a few fun challenges for my Other worldly Steampunk Owl??!!

Creative Moments bloggers challenge: neutral colors and anything goes

Corrosive challenge: put a pin in it

Crafts and Me: vintage

Paper Play time: use some brown

Simon Says stamp and show: what are you known for!---always use fibers.

Isn't this owl just the greatest!  I love it.    So totally whimsical!!  Have a great weekend!!  Love ya.

Karen

Blockheads Stamps with Distressed Embossing

Hi Dreamers!
We are experiencing very cold temperatures here in good old Michigan.  Sooo, I wanted to make something sun shiny and warm.  And, I am in a "tag" making mood lately.   I made these three using Blockhead stamps and Distress Embossing Powder.  Actual size of the tag is 2 1/2" x 5".

Materials List:

Stamps: Whimsical- Take Flight Set from Blockheads

Inks:Embossing ink

Distress Ink: Frayed Burlap and Crushed Olive

Distress Embossing Powder

#5 Size Manila Tags -Inksentials

Fabric Scraps

Jewelry Pieces

Brad

Instructions:

• Stamp the Moth and script stamps  on the tags with Embossing ink
• Heat Emboss with Distress Embossing powder.  It will turn a lighter color when it is heated.

• Let the powder cool
• When cool, brush off the pieces of the powder that don't melt.  The Distress powder is designed to do this.
• I used two colors of embossing powder on the tag below

•  Apply the Distress ink to the tag

• Add strips of fabric to  the tags.  Tie them in knots or bows through the holes in the tags.
• Add some jewelry pieces and a large brad

The Distress Embossing powder gives a really muted look.  The colors get lighter when heated so keep that in mind when selecting your colors. 

Here is a mega close up so you can see how the Distress embossing looks.   I love this look...it is just perfect for vintagey projects.

And, how about a few super fun Challenges!!
Simon Says Stamp and Show: what are you known for--I almost always add fibers/fabric/ribbon!
Anything but a Card: tie it up
365 Cards: skewed
Crafty Catz Weekly: anything but a card
Craft-room Challenge: monochromatic
Papertake Weekly:Tie up loose ends-a bow on card

Well, that's it for me today.  I will be back tomorrow with some cards that went to Operation Write Home.  See you then!!  Love ya.
Karen