Traveler's Journal with Cathy Potosky

Happy September everyone! I'm not saying fall yet, a few more days of summer is okay with me now that it's not 35 degrees here.

My project is a travelers journal, using the Eileen Hull die. This one is going to a friend with some inserts I created.

I started by spraying my cover (and my desk, phone etc) with Dylusions sprays and a Prima Bloom colour for the shimmer. When that was dry I stenciled in white and hickory smoke using a couple of TH stencils. I found a piece of canvas in my stash, stenciled that in Dylusions paint to add a pocket on the inside of my cover. I moved all those aside to dry.

I pulled out my SRTC chipboard pieces and got them ready for the cover. I used the small and medium size from the  Dandelion Seed Stems set. I embossed the flower part with Emerald Creek Soft Fallen Snow and did the stems with Finnabair Wax in Emerald.

Using the Dylusions Calypso Teal I painted my Barbed Wire Heart Frame and prepped my butterfly from the Butterfly Swirl Combo and covered it with mixed media medium, waited for it to be tacky then foiled it in blue.

Now that all my pieces were ready and dry, I could put all my items on my journal.

I attached my dandelion pieces first because I wanted them to be my focal point. I then added a few rub ons, a couple of stamped images and I set a little brad into melted embossing powder.

I love the dandelions. And the sparkle from the Soft Fallen Snow was just the right touch. On my inside pocket I attached my barbed wire heart with Glossy Accents so it would hold well on the fabric.

On the back cover I attached a glassine envelope to hold little bits in. I wanted the tab to stay "closed" so I attached my foiled butterfly to it. Pretty touch and just enough to keep the flap down.

And one last close up, my dandelions! 

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Dandelion Seed Stems

- Barbed Wire Heart Frame

- Butterfly Swirl Combo

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Embossing Powder: Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder, Baked Texture - Patina Oxide Embossing Powder and Brads

- Dylusions: Dylusions Spray - Lemon Zest, Pure Sunshine, Squeezed Orange, Vibrant Turquoise & Fresh Lime and Dylusions Paint - Calypso Teal

- Rebekah Meier Mixed Media Medium and Three Tags Stencil

- Artful Maven November Stamp Set

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Paint - Hickory Smoke and Picket Fence

- Tim Holtz Ideaology: Glassine Envelopes, Canvas Substrate, Quote Chips, Mini Motivational Stamp Set and Rub Ons

- Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous: Wildflowers Layering Stencil and Swirls Layering Stencil

- Ranger Ink: Foil - Vintage

Thank you all for stopping by and make sure you head over to get your chipboard pieces for your next project!

- Cathy

Top Hat with Cathy Potosky

Happy June everyone! Hope the month has been treating you all well and you're ready for the summer. And in the summer, it's a good idea to wear a hat to keep that sun off your head.

With that in mind, my project this month features the Top Hat as the base. It's one of my favourite pieces and you can dress it up in so many ways.

I used collage medium and TH Correspondence paper as my base layer and then embossed the whole hat with the Baked Texture Vintage Beeswax. I then went back over it with different Baked Texture Embossing Powders for some more layers. After it was completely cooled, I added mixed media medium with a stencil and once it was tacky, I foiled it with Champagne foil from DecoArt.

Once I had my base ready I started adding my colour to my other pieces. I used 1 of the Butterfly Mix and 2 pieces from the Butterfly Swirl Combo

On one butterfly I covered it with white gesso before I added Ken Oliver's Liquid Metals for colour, on the second butterfly I used the Liquid Metals straight on the chipboard and I love the bit more muted colour I got. 

Another one of my favourite pieces is the butterfly swirl. This piece was painted with Dylusions, Finnabair Wax and Liquid Metals.

I used Glossy Accents to attach my butterflies. Once they were in place I added the TH quote chip and a few TH Baubles that I dyed with alcohol ink.

Here are a few close ups of the finished project. I love the shimmer.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Top Hat

- Butterfly Mix

- Butterfly Swirl Combo

Other Supplies Used:

Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Baked Texture Embossing Powders by Seth Apter in Vintage Beeswax, Chunky Rust, Patina Oxide and Ancient Amber

- Ken Oliver Liquid Metals: Emerald, Coral, Peridot, Quartz and Turquoise

- Dylusions Paint: Laidback Lilac and Dylusions Mica Spray - Crushed Grape

- Finnabair Antique Brilliance Wax: Amethyst Magic and Aged Bronze

- Rebekah Meier Mixed Media Medium

- TCW Rebekah Meier Mini three Tags Stencil

- DecoArt Foil: Champagne

- Tim Holtz/Ideaology: Quote Chips and Baubles 

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Alcohol Ink - Amethyst and Turquoise

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back to see what the DT has to share with you. And don't forget to get your favorite pieces from Southern Ridge Trading Company, you can never have enough chipboard!

Cathy

Canada Traveler Journal Pages with Karen Bearse

Karen Bearse here today with the first bit of my Canada Travel Journal Pages. I worked on the inside covers & the cover of the first booklet. The great thing about this book is the booklets are removable.

Sadly I do not know if these papers are still available. I can’t find my recently purchased travel papers for the moment but did find these in my stash from years ago. Sorry about that but you can use whatever papers you have to create the same sort of look.

My chippies were coloured with Distress Oxides & covered with clear emboss.

The maple leaf in the center was painted white & stenciled using Mixed Media Medium. When it was dry and the gel was clear foil was rubbed on using my finger.

To see the original post on how to make this book you can go here. Thanks for joining me for my little update! See you soon.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Fall Leaves

- Canada 150 Set

Other Supplies Used:

- Rebekah Meier Mixed Media Medium
- DecoFoil Transfer Sheets
- Distress Oxide & Inks
- Reminisce Maple Leaf paper
- Beary Patch Sanded Wood paper
- Canada Stickers Titles   

- Karen