supplies: (ranger) craft sheet, distress ink/fired brick/walnut stain/frayed burlap/vintage photo, distress crackle paint/rock candy, ink blending tool, archival ink/jet black, glossy accents, #8 tag; (idea-ology) grungeboard, corners, trimmings, seasonal paper stash, sanding grip, texture hammer, tiny attacher; (stampers anonymous) calendar stamps; (sizzix alterations) base tray, carved ornaments, joy movers and shapers, gingerbread, winter wonder; (tonic) scissors, paper distresser; (misc) wire, adhesive, pine, paint brush
(step 1): ink a piece of grungeboard with fired brick distress ink by rubbing direct to paper.
(step 2): pour a puddle of rock candy distress crackle paint on craft sheet.
(step 3): load paint brush with crackle paint.
(step 4): brush a thick layer over the inked grunge. *the crackle will begin to mix with the distress ink and since distress inks are reactive with water, the crackle actually becomes that color.
*set aside to dry – make sure you have a thick layer. you can see how the distress inks move around inside the crackle paint creating darker more conentrated color areas.
*this is why it's important to pour the crackle on your craft sheet and use a separate brush. the color would have contaminated your entire bottle of rock candy.
*once crackle has dried and cracked – check it out! by mixing the rock candy crackle with the inks this creates a much more intense glazing effect.
now we're ready for a little die cutting action – video style…
(step 5): once ornament is cut, ink the edges with walnut stain distress ink using ink blending tool. *isn't that joy word so cool inside there?
(step 6): tie a bow around the top of the ornament.
(step 7): twist a piece of silver wire together.
(step 8): bend into a hook and slide behind ribbon on to ornament.
(step 9): place a tag over the area of background paper to add to your tag and trace around tag. *i used my seasonal paper stash.
(step 10): cut paper to size of tag. *you could die cut this tag shape also if you have the tag & bookplates die.
(step 11): adhere paper to tag.
(step 12): place tag on scrap paper and sand edges with sanding grip to distress the edges.
(step 13): stamp december stamp on scrap tag with archival ink and let dry.
(step 14): cut out calendar.
(step 15): tatter the edges with a paper distresser.
(step 16): ink the calendar with frayed burlap distress ink using ink blending tool.
(step 17): ink edges of calendar with vintage photo distress ink using ink blending tool.
(step 18): apply glossy accents to back of ornament.
(step 19): adhere to tag – hold in place to dry.
(step 20): sand metal corners with sanding grip to expose the metal and give it a little shine.
*sanding removes some of the antiquing and reveals the base metal color.
(step 21): secure corners to tag with texture hammer. (*see how to steps for this on tag #8)
(step 22): attach calendar to tag with tiny attacher.
*in the details: the look of vintage crackled glass for this ornament using the rock candy distress crackle paint creates a holiday shine like no other. the addition of a scrap of pine and some pine cones accent the december calendar perfectly. i love the simplicity of this tag too…
of course since it's the last tag i thought why stop now??? so check out this other video…
(gingerbread): ink the edges of the cork/grungeboard gingerbread with vintage photo distress ink using ink blending tool. perfect!
(gingerbread): remove backing from sticky back canvas and attach canvas "frosting" to the gingerbread.
*attach gift card to gingerbread and adhere gingerbread to tag to embellish. what a great way to give a gift card don't you think? gotta love that base tray…
(snowman): brush on multi-medium all over grunge snowman.
(snowman): pour glass glitter over snowman and let dry.
*attach to tag and add some baubles for a little wintery sparkle. i love the idea of being able to put a word inside the snowman body – all about the base tray…
