Dream Journal

 Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

I really cannot believe we are nearly 

half way through March and it will soon be Easter....this year is flying by!!

Today I'm sharing with you my "Dream Journal" 

created using the Eileen Hull travel journal die, along with a mash up of lots

 different products that I have in my stash but have not had chance to use.

The journal was cut using mount board which then I painted with gesso...

Next I built up lots of layers of paint, I used a mix of distress and decomedia paints. 

I painted using my fingers that way you don't get the brush marks. I then rubbed away some of the paint and repeated the process.

I added a layer of Rangers crackle medium and left it to dry.

The centre is made up using rusty wire, torn text, old watch parts, an optical lense and an idea-ology star, a vintage key and the words are from 7dots studio (paint chips)

Using the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Merchant set (one of my new favourites!) I stamped in Archival ink, I also added some of the number remnant rub ons and a clock face to the lense.

I really didn't have any idea how the journal was going to end up (I never do!)....but I really enjoyed creating the layers for it. I will put it to good use and journal some of my many hopes and dreams...

Thank you so much for passing by the little shabby shed...feel free to leave a comment, I appreciate each and every one!

Have a great week!

Kaz

x

Documented...

 Hello friends

Hope you are good!

Today I want to share with you a large ETCETERA tag

by Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous 

These tags are a base for any mixed media project and they come in various sizes. The tags are made from a Thickboard and are perfect for altering or collaging.

(They and all the other items used on this post are available from Art from the Heart here)

I love vintage and wanted to create an old vintage look.....

So I covered my tag with gesso then applied several layers of Rangers texture (opaque crackle) paste

When it had dried I applied distress paint using a dabber (ground expresso) wiping away away the paint with a wet wipe.

The centre piece (some grey board) was given the same treatment, but I also added 

distress grit paste through some stencils to add more texture. 

The photograph is from my own vintage collection, 

I then added some stitching, a circle of rusty wire, a rusty old key and some words from big chat/chit chat.  The butterflies are from Tim Holtz  Botanical ephemera set and I added number rub-ons. 

To finish I added a quote chip and some stars 

I hope you like the project....as always feel free to leave a comment, 

I appreciate each and everyone!

Have a lovely week!

Bye for now 

Kaz

x

Tiny houses....

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

Happy May day to you!

Sorry Ive not been around much....

Life has been pretty hectic of late

and Ive been really busy enjoying some much needed

 family/friends time!

Today I thought I would share a couple of Tiny houses from Tim Holtz/Sizzix

I love creating with this die...

( one of my favourites!)

After cutting the die out, I gessoed the chipboard.

Next I painted with distress paint,

 when it was dry I sanded the colour back with some sandpaper to give a worn look.

I then painted them with vintage collage medium.

I mixed up some of the paper dolls with the botanical ephemera pack 

I then added some clippings for the words and some of the Idea-ology tape 

The stars are from Idea-ology too! 

The paper dolls were painted with distress paints 

I hope you like them!

As always feel free to leave a comment, I appreciate you popping by!

Have a lovely week!

Kaz

x

Dreams...

   

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

Wow it's  been such a busy couple of weeks here,

 I'm only just catching up with blogging, adding more chaos to my 

desk and finishing off some makes that have been waiting patiently for me to finish......

(I can't believe we are nearly half way through March!)

Today I wanted to share this vintage make...

I started of with a piece of 8x8 paper from paper stash from Dapper

I created several layers using gesso, collage medium and distress paints, I stamped in coffee archival ink,  using the ledger stamp set (Tim Holtz)

The image is from the Idea-ology Paper dolls.....

she was painted using distress paint and distress crayons.

The image is attached with 3D foam pads (sadly the picture doesn't pick it up too well)

The flowers/butterflies are from the Idea-ology ephemera packs....some really great vintage images!

The letters are also Idea-ology and were distressed using alcohol ink and distress paints

To finish I framed it using a Panel frame which I gave the distressed treatment added a mini crown to the image (how cute are they?! from Idea-ology) 

I also added an old vintage key from my own collection!.

I love vintage and thoroughly enjoyed getting stuck into creating this one!

As always feel free to leave a comment, I appreciate each and everyone.

Wishing you a fabulous weekend!

Bye for now 

Kaz

x

Memory....

Hello friends

Hope you are good!

I cannot believe how quick this week has flown by....

Time always flies when your having fun!

Today I'm quickly sharing this make...

I love, love, love using lots of layers of mediums to create texture and dimension.

I started by stencilling with Tim Holtz grit paste, I added some gesso, distress crayons, distress paint and lots of stitching.

The centre piece is a photo from Idea-ology photo booth, framed in an Idea-ology monocle...

I added lots of black cotton to circle it along with a 

vintage pocket watch frame (from my own vintage stash)

I stamped over parts of the page using Tim's Birch and pine set...and the stars were distressed and added randomly. (I stamped in Archival ink.)

To finish I added some Idea-ology Remnant rub-ons and the words are from

 the new releases of Idea-ology called Clippings...

I really appreciate you passing by, please feel free to leave a comment!

Im sorry its such a short post....hope to be back very soon!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Kaz

x

Curious boys...

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

Its been a super busy week here,

but I actually cleared my desk at the start of the week in a bid to be more organised....

it lasted 2 days.... I cannot find a thing! 

Sigh....I'm resigned to the fact that I will never be tidy and I'm completely hopeless at being organised!

After all the excitement of the Creativation show, the postman bought me some happy mail             (available here)....as soon as I saw this sizzix die, I knew it would be in my shopping basket! Its called "Tiny Houses" by Tim Holtz....I think its one of my favourites ever!

The die not only cut but scores too, so makes it really easy to assemble, I covered my chipboard in Tim Holtz paper stash, then ran it though my machine.

I assembled the houses and stuck them down with collage medium

I then added lots of layers of distress paints, gesso, vintage medium and distress crayons to create a really grungy look.

Next I selected my Paper dolls ( Idea-ology) I chose these two brothers and painted them using distress paints.

I then Layered them on top of some cogs (Idea-ology) added some Remnant rub-ons, washi tape, a star, ruler for a chimney and words from  the clippings stickers 

(All the Idea-ology and mediums are available from Art from the Heart here)

Nearly forgot...Those butterfly wings are from the new Idea-ology ephemera packs...you may need them too!

As always feel free to leave a comment, I really appreciate each and everyone!

Have yourselves a great weekend!

Kaz

x

Heart & Soul

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

Wishing you a very Happy Valentines day...

A quick post today to share a project I made a while ago

I used an Idea-ology vignette panel as a base, covered in an original

 french bank statement from 1922.

I then took a laser (photocopy) copy of a photograph of one of my vintage photos and created a image transfer onto the panel.

I then added lots of layers, ephemera, old key, cogs, old buttons, etc.

I used distress paints and inks to distress the panel.

To finish I made a frame from an old ruler and placed the panel in the middle 

The word is from the New Tim Holtz Quote chips and as it's valentine's I added some hearts.

As always feel free to leave a comment, I really appreciate you taking time out to comment.

Have yourselves a lovely week!

Bye for now 

Kaz

x

Collection No 5

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

I've not had the best start to February.....

We've had an un-welcome visitor in our home AKA The Lurgy!

Its been very quiet as I have Laryngitis, Yuk, (although my family are enjoying the peace!)

Hoping its finally on its way back to where it came from!

 ( btw a big thank you for all the lovely messages on my Facebook/insta pages)

Today I want to share a Panel frame from Idea-ology that Ive been working on....

As you all know I love to create grunge, so this was right up my street!

 I used lots of gesso, distress paints and distress crayons to get that grunge look!

I then embellished it with lots of Idea-ology and some of my own vintage finds

The word 'collection' is from the New Idea-ology quote chips, I added some stitching to mine

The base is one from the base boards (also Idea-ology) I grunged this up using paints distress crazingand distress crayons, then I added a few remnant rub-ons 

I coloured the salvaged doll with alcohol inks in espresso and pebble, gave her some wings from the ephemera pack and crowned with that cool crown.  She is framed in an Idea-ology baroque frame

I hope you like what Ive created, please feel free to leave a comment, I really appreciate each and everyone.

If you have Facebook I have a  "Little Shabby shed page" (link on sidebar) You can keep up to date with all my blog posts there too!

Thanks so much for popping by!

Have a great week!

Kaz 

x

(P.s. check out Art from the heart for your Tim Holtz supplies here)

Ranger Designer Challenge at Creativation

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

A very special post to share with you today...

As you may know last weekend saw the Creativation (formally CHA craft trade show) took place over the pond in Arizona, wow it looked AMAZING 

(I so want to go even more now!!)

Last November, Tim  and Ranger invited me to take part in the Ranger Designer challenge that takes place in the Ranger booth, this year the theme was "The Evolution of Distress"

I was assigned with one of my favourite products....Distress Crayons!

It was such an honour to be asked.... it was a pinch me moment!

I'm so thankful to share the experience with some amazing designers and friends

(Huge thanks to Tim, Emma, Paula, Kath, Zoe, Vicky, Anita, Kassa,

 Dyan, Dina, Shari,  and the fabulous other designers)

I was so exciting seeing everyones take on the distress line.

We were sent one of the new Stampers Anonymous large tag Thickboards

as our base.  I stencilled using Tims stencils and Rangers texture paste and gesso. 

I then got busy with lots of the Tim holtz distress crayons

I added lots of layers to an Idea-ology clipboard and added a pocket watch (Idea-ology) filled with a heart and key 

The numbers are Remnant rub-ons and the tape is also Idea-ology.

Those that follow my blog regular will know that I love to add my own vintage finds, so I added these cool scissors, keys, washers and an old ruler.... 

And here it is next to Tims in the Ranger booth!

(and yes I did let out a squeal when I saw it!)

Heres a video filmed at the show by scrap time so you can see the other designers inspirational work.

I will be back soon with some more of the samples that I created for the Idea-ology booth which I can't wait to share with you!

Feel free to leave a comment, I really appreciate you popping by xx

Hope you have a fabulous week

Kaz

x

Art from the Heart here in the UK will be stocking the new releases go check them out here

Me and you...

Hello friends...

Hope you are all good!

It's getting to that really busy time of the year....

eekkk, so many things to sort, buy, organise

I always find December a bit of a challenge!

I'm not a big fan of christmas, don't get me wrong i love the day,

 but really don't like the build up to it....

I'm actually thinking I may hibernate for the whole of December!!

Anyway before I squirrel away.......I wanted to share this quick make with you

I created it with a left over tag

The tag was covered in old text paper, dried then I applied a coat of gesso through Tim holtz stencils, along with adding some off cuts of vintage lace....

When it had all dried I applied distress paint and distress crayons to get a nice wash of colour...

I then added some splashes of black soot.

The photo is from Photo booth (Idea-ology) framed with a wooden frame from my stash, I also added some paper flowers that also I coloured with distress crayons.

 To finish,  I layered the tag onto some parcel paper, then backed it onto a cabinet card (Idea-ology)

I then added some stitching and the words from chit chat (Idea-ology)

As always feel free to leave a comment, always great to hear from you....

December is a super busy month....so not sure when I will get chance to blog...

don't worry, I'm sure I will pop back over the festive season to share a make or two!

Have a great week!

bye for now 

kaz 

x 

Discover.....

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

I wanted to share a piece Ive been working on over the last few days...

Its been one of those makes where I didn't know

where I was going with it....

but eventually after lots of mugs of tea, some pulling of hair I was happy with how it turned out

I created the background using a mix of gesso and texture paste through Tim Holtz stencils

I coloured the background with distress paints and crayons

I added some background strips by sewing them in,

I then added some ripped up cheese cloth, wire and old washers and bolts

The centre piece is a n Idea-ology pocket watch, painted and filled with a star from the Tim Holtz ephemera pack and more wire

To finish I added some of my own vintage keys, a vintage pocket watch key and some big chat words

I also used a couple of stamp set Tim Holtz, correspondence, Halftone and rings and Mixed Media 2 sets and stamped randomly with black archival ink.

As always feel free to leave a comment, I really do appreciate you popping by

Enjoy your weekend...

bye for now 

Kaz  

xx

Dreams...

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

A quick post to share with you this recent make,

(actually I'm procrastinating......

I have so much to do but you know how it goes...the jobs can wait!)

I recently created some grungy backgrounds for another project.... this was one of the off cuts, 

so instead of throwing it away I filed it under one of the very messy piles on my desk and knew it would come in handy!

I used gesso through some Tim holtz stencils, when dry I 

coloured with distress paints and distress crayons.

To add some extra details, I hand stitched into the card and used my trusty sewing machine

 to sew the edges to frame the card.

The photo is Idea-ology  (photo booth) framed with an Idea-ology Baroque frame, which was coloured with black soot distress paint and a gold sharpie pen.

I hand stitched the quote in place and stamped stars and numbers

from the Tim Holtz (correspondence stamp set)

To finish I added a large (Idea-ology) arrow and layered it onto card

As I said earlier, this was  an off-cut, 

which may of easily been thrown away....

maybe  you could create a save it pile and join me in the very messy desk brigade!

Right I really do need to get busy!

Feel free to leave a comment, always great to hear from you!

Have a great week

kaz

x

Autumn....

Hello friends

Hope you are all good!

November is here and the temperature has certainly dropped, brrrr!

The leaves are just beautiful at the moment, 

I collected some beautiful leaves from our Acer tree in our garden....

and I wanted to incorporate them in some journal pages  

I used lots of layers of gesso, texture paste and grit paste

through a variety of Tim Holtz stencils

(THS 061,070,068)

I used distress paints ( wild honey, walnut stain) along with distress crayons to add layers of colours to match the leaves.

I also used some rust pastes by finnabair to colour the background, star and arrow.

I added some rusty wire to frame the photo, words and the star 

The text stamp is Tim holtz (Ledger script) 

I also used the Patchwork pieces set,I stamped using coffee archival ink.

Ive left some areas blank as I may journal some thoughts onto it later...

I hope you like.... feel free to leave a comment, i appreciate each and every one xx

Have a lovely weekend 

kaz x