Mixed Media Card Plaque - Day 3

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Hello to all my sweet crafty friends!!  

DAY THREE...
of 7 posts in 7 days. 

Thank you Candy Colwell for nominating me!

This is a card I made - mounted on a free standing plaque.

  I began by pulling out some of the things I thought might be fun to use on the project. 

For the background, I knew I wanted to use a technique from Tim Holtz, The Compendium of Curiosities - Vol. 3. on page 48.

Here are some of the items I used in Tim's Layering Stencil, Monoprint technique.  I did three different types of backgrounds. 

I also used some of Tim's Kraft-Core "shattered" paper to mount these background on for a pop of extra color.  It comes in several different colors and is wonderful. Wish you could see it up close!

I stamped some flowers from Tim's Stampers Anonymous set Flower Garden - so sorry this picture is blurry but you can get the idea!!!  I also did a star but decided not to use it. 

I used three distress stain colors to paint my flowers. 

Polished Pewter

Aged Mahogany

Barn Door

I layered the flowers and cut some of the petals so the flower would stand up with lots of dimension.  Behind it is some tulle fabric flowers.  I painted some leaves with distress stain and topped them off with some antique linen distress stain.  

I used Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers and Botanical Remnant Rubs to add messages here & there.

Here you see some items from the Idea-ology Ephemera Pack - Vellum - Thrift Shop.  I die cut the birds from Sizzix Birds on a Wire Decorative Strip. 

All the metal embellishments are also from Tim Holtz collections.

You can't see it but the butterfly has a lovely black butterfly underneath it too!!  

And my dear sweet hubby prepped me a cedar board cut from our very own dead trees here at the ranch. 

I made this for a special friend. Everything has a hidden meaning - such as drive-in ticket... the gal I made this for drives over an hour to work every day and gets there very early, leaving very late.  Plus... in her day - going to the drive-in was a fun, special treat!!  

The ruler (Tim's ephemera) is because she and I are both very conscious of "measuring up" which seemed to go with Tim's "embrace imperfection" sentiment.  And underneath the chain - the small talk sticker says... "you can do anything but not everything"!

And sometimes we jokingly call her "fairy godmother" because she finds ways to "fix" things and make things happen that are astounding - so I added "make a wish"!! 

Those are Finnabair glass beads on the butterfly and I also added some of them to the center of the flower.  

There's a bit of crochet lace too - Prima Sand Lace.

Thanks bunches for taking the time to stop by.  

Hugs. j. 

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