Sunday, April 22, 2012

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE WORD?

This week's Simon Says Stamp and Show is all about words.  To be specific, your favorite word.  Words are such powerful things.  They can hurt and heal.  They can tear down or they can encourage.  So, choose your words wisely.  

I love words like CREATE, INSPIRE, ART and JOY but I think probably my favorite word is..... FAMILY.  When all else fails, our relationships and our families are our bedrock.  I am so thankful for the parents that I had who, by their example, taught me the meaning and the value of a "FAMILY". 


In honor of my favorite word, I have created this vintage "FAMILY" frame from a 6x6 piece of chipboard.

I began by cutting "FAMILY" out of the chipboard using Tim Holtz' Family Movers and Shapers.  Next, I cut out the Mini Vintage Cabinet Card on the left side of the 6x6 board.  I would use this opening as a frame for my vintage portrait.  I wanted this piece to look and feel like an old stone or tile square.  So, I began texturizing the basic chipboard first with some molding paste.  When that was dry, I brushed over it with Claudine Hellmuth's White Gesso.  When that was dry, I mixed Toad Hall and Snowflake Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Paint colors together to get a soft, sage greenish color for my background.


Here is a closeup of my background after applying the molding paste, gesso and paint colors.  I love the texture and the color!  I wanted more depth so I dabbed a cut piece of Cut 'N Dry Foam into just the Toad Hall paint and dabbed it onto the background to add some darker and lighter areas.


Finally, I repeated the dabbing of color onto the background.  Only this time, I introduced Old Gold Fresco Finish Paint to add a bit of shimmer and sophistication to what was looking like a piece of rough tile.  The picture shows the addition of the gold accent.


Here is my frame at the end of applying the texture and the paints.  Next, I heat embossed a design from Tim Holtz' Artful Artifacts stamp set.  I used Queens Gold Embossing Powder.  It is a wonderful antique gold color.


I stamped the entire design on the open area to the right of the frame.  Then I stamped portions of the design to the left corners.  I accented the mini cabinet card opening by heat embossing the gold around the perimeter.  Then I randomly heat embossed some of the outside edges of the frame in gold.  


Finally, I heat embossed "FAMILY" in the gold.  I think the gold embossing makes a dramatic difference on my frame.  I love it!


Next, I added a piece of black cardstock that was lightly dry brushed with some of the Old Gold Fresco Finish Paint behind "FAMILY" so that it would really pop.  I added my vintage portrait of the mother and her two daughters.  I think that picture, with it's sepia and black hues with the black behind "FAMILY" is a perfect combination.


The right side of the frame was the perfect place to add my vintage film reel.  This was made using Tim Holtz' Filmstrip Ribbon, his Mini Gears die cut and two small pieces of a dowel rod.  I originally made this film reel on my Red Letter Day 6x6 board I made for Simon Says Stamp and Show's challenge.  The four gears are cut from Grungeboard and colorized using Gathered Twig Distress Ink.  If you don't have this seasonal ink color, any brown ink will work.  I two pieces of dowel rod (approximately 1 1/4") and also distressed them with Gathered Twig. sized vintage pictures on my computer to fit the filmstrip ribbon and then glued them into place using Glossy Accents.  I backed the filmstrip with a piece of newsprint to hide all of the cut edges of the pictures.  Then I rolled both edges of the filmstrip onto the dowel rods and hot glued them in place.  Next I hot glued the gears onto the ends of the ends of the dowel rods.  I secured the top film reel in place using wire.  I secured the bottom reel in place with hot glue.  


This piece adds a lot of dimension to the frame and I love how the film strip plays off of the vintage portrait in the mini cabinet card cut out.  Finally, I hot glued a few vintage metal buttons on to the left side of the frame.

Now it's YOUR turn to immortalize your favorite word and enter it into our challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show.  You could be chosen as on of our TOP THREE entries for the week and you also have a chance to win our most generous sponsor's weekly prize of a ...


Check out the wonderful ideas and examples that my Design Teammates have waiting for you this week.  Their work is always incredible and this week is no exception!

Good luck and I can't wait to see your favorite word and how you capture it in an art form!



20 comments:

  1. Goodmorning my dear sweet friend, I love your piece of ART, loving your Word FAMILY, that is the most important thing in the world. Really love the colors that you have used and the film spools are just great and the image wow....thank you for sharing your precious word with us sweetness. Hugs Terry xxxx

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  2. I love your beautiful creation and especially adore that fab film reel, wow so cool. Annette x

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  3. Hi Candy. This an absolutely beautiful piece. I love the use of the dies to cut the frame and word family, followed by your use of paints/ medium's to create a vintage feel. The reel is fantastic and really adds dimension. Take care. Annie :)

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  4. You are so right Candy FAMILY is very precious and your creation immortalises that perfectly. I love love the texture on the frame and the gold embossing is gorgeous. Fabulous image in the cabinet aperture an the reel is a huge WOW factor, I love it and the images you have incorporated. FAB U LOUS! Tracy x

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  5. Wow, such dimension! I absolutely LOVE this piece! I don't have any molding paste...maybe some drywall quick-drying spackle would work?

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  6. HI Candy - high time I came and said hello! Firstly I love your word and thoughts - so very true indeed. The colours and texture on your canvas look fabulous - it's a great vintage photograph and your reel is brilliant. I wish you could see ALL the Paper Artsy paints - you'd luuurve them. Yes - you definitely need to plan that UK trip and time it with the PA crafty weekend! Have a good week and thanks so very much for all your loyal blog visits and uplifting words! And in about 8 weeks time I can finally choose pink or blue (well flowers or cars then...) x Sarah.

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  7. Hi Candy, this piece is just stunning, I love the colours, textures and especially that film real - great idea to use the gears. Gorgeous piece.

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  8. I LOVE this frame, all the work put into the textures and colors, fantastic. But my favorite is that filmstrip, I love it!!!

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  9. Rocking awesome! Love your word! That filmstrip is awesome!

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  10. Beautiful creation, Candy. That cabinet card was the perfect shape for your beautiful vintage photo, and I just adore the film reels and mini pics!

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  11. That film reel is genius, pure genius! Love the way the background came out, the colors are just fabulous!

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  12. This is utterly amazing. I am in awe. I wondered, where did she find those little tiny film wheels. Girl, your imagination is A-MAZE-ING. This is just spectacular. The texture and color you have on your frame is, well, I've run out of appropriate adjectives...so we'll stick with amazing here too. I love all the cutouts in the piece. Must go up to the Fun Room and try that out for myself. This is really beautiful work Candy. Color me a fan.

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  13. Oh, this is just scrumptious! I love your cabinet card and especially your filmstrip on the reels. Wow, amazing!

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  14. Super cool project, Candy! I love the metallic touches and what you did with the film strip...family... it's a treasured word to me too :)

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  15. I love this project, especially the film reel--I will definitely be trying that. Fabuloso!!

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  16. Such a fantastic idea, a wonderful project.

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  17. As always another fantastic and inspiring creation Candy! I so love the film reel you have created it adds so much to the finished piece. Such a beautiful tribute to the greatest thing in this world...FAMILY! thanks you for all of the encouragement and most of all for being such an inspiration! :)

    Amy*

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  18. This is amazing work Candy. I love the textured background and what a great idea for a film reel. I think I will be trying these techniques in the future. Thanks for sharing.

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  19. Cindy, I know this is an older post. But I love perusing your blog over and over. Your photography is spectacular and I think it is because of that your artwork is displayed to it's magnificent glory. Whenever I don't know what to do with myself. I come here for a visit. Thankyou

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