Thursday, February 17, 2011

COMPENDIUM OF CURIOSITIES CHALLENGE #32 - INKING AND STAMPING MASKS

The Compendium of Curiosities Challenge this week is INKING AND STAMPING MASKS.  I guess my tag reflects my thoughts today....TIME IS FLYING!
I can't believe it is already almost the end of FEBRUARY!  I can't believe it's 2011!  I can't believe it's almost 3:30 and I have not even THOUGHT about starting dinner!  (smile)  My family is all getting together for dinner tonight...and I'm cooking it! Oops...I better quite playing and start thinking about doing something "responsible"!
We can't divulge how to do the technique, but I can tell you how I did the rest of the tag.  I started by stamping the weathered clock stamp onto a blank tag.  Then I did the technique of inking and masking.  The background color of the tag is Broken China Distress Ink.  I used a large harlequin pattern as my background behind the clock face.  I stamped my wings with Stazon Timber Brown on a separate piece of cardstock and sprinkled Queens Gold and Copper embossing powders over the stamped image.  I heat embossed the wings.  I am a little disappointed that not more of the fine detal of the winds came through.  Note to self:  next time, use a super fine detail embossing powder! Then I inked around the edges of wings with black.
 I inked around the edge of the tag with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and hit just the very edges of the tag with a black cats eye ink pad.  Next I rubbed Timber Brown ink over some ivory cardstock and then sprinkled it with the embossing powder mix.  I heat set it.  Then I die cut "Time Flies" using Tim Holtz' "Vintage Market" letters.  I inked around the edges of the letters with a black cats eye ink pad and glued them in place.
Next I heat embossed the flying birds (another Tim Holtz stamp) behind the weathered clock face using the same embossing powder mix.  I also tapped around some of the edges of the tag with embossing ink, sprinkled it with the embossing powder and heat set some embossing powder randomly around the edges of the tag.
I trimmed the wings to fit my clock and glued them into place.  I used Black Diamond Stickles to accentuate part of the weathered clock face and let it dry.  Finally, I added matching ribbon to the tag and a piece of antique brass chain for added interest.  I added a lock and key to the chain.  The lock and key were silver so I tapped them with Ginger Alcohol Ink to change the color to more of a copperish tone.
Make time to PLAY...it's SOUL FOOD!  Speaking of food...I need to start fixing supper! 

21 comments:

  1. Your time piece is just amazing! Love all the details and colors!

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  2. Your work just blowa me away every time I come here. You are so very talented and created and want to thank you for sharing your beautiful projects with us!

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  3. Gorgeous, Candy! I love the gold embossing, really stands out!

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  4. Wow! Love everything about this Candy! Great design! x

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  5. Hey...thanks so much for the post. I wasn't so sure about this one. Glad to get some positive comments! :)

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  6. Hi Donna. Thank you for leaving a comment! I appreciate it!

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  7. Hey Lori...thanks, GF! You are always so sweet to leave a comment! I appreciate them so much!

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  8. Wow Kathy~~ YOU totally made my day! THANK YOU so much for your inspiring comment! I truly mean that. I wasn't so sure about this tag...so your comment means even more. :)

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  9. Terry...thank you so much for stopping by my blog and checking out my challenge piece. I really appreciate your taking the time to leave a comment. Love YOUR work!!

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  10. Great tag, I know what you mean about time flying. How can we slow it down. Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm off to check out some more of your blog.

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  11. Love your tag, putting wings on the clock just genius!

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  12. This tag is wonderful - love the colors and sparklies!

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  13. oh WOW!!! Gorgeous tag!! very elegant!! =)
    Hugs, SannaS

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  14. Hi Wendy...thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate that so much! ... And thanks for following me. :) I am going to follow your blog, too! I love your work! :)

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  15. Hi Marlene! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog..and for leaving such a nice comment! :)

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  16. Hey Barbara...thanks for leaving a nice comment on my blog. I appreciate it very much.

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  17. Hey SannaS...thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a message! Glad you liked me tag. ;)

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  18. Candy, this is a spectacular tag! You did a wonderful job with the masking, and constructed a beautiful work of art around it. I love all that sparkly gold! Time certainly does fly, and let's hope it always brings such pretty things to admire!

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  19. Linda...you are always so encouraging and complimentary in your comments. I truly do appreciate your time and your thoughts. Thank you so much!

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  20. Stunning card, and I totally agree, where is this year flying off to?!! PS: Thanks for your lovely comment on my card :)

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