A Vintage Journey Challenge- Just Stain It

A Vintage Journey have a new challenge 'Just Stain It'

use Tim Holtz Distress Stains any way! on any project!!

Here's what I did with them

I love distress stains such an instant easy application and to so many surfaces creating multiple effects
I decided to decorate a Tim Holtz Configurations Book

I made the paper covers by applying the ink to water colour paper, I wanted a vintage damask effect so started by layering lots of different stencils and colours
Bundled Sage, Stormy Sky, Honey Gold, Peacock Feathers,Rusty Hinge, Pumice stone my favourite as It casts a warm grey edge to other colours

I used Tim Holtz honeycomb, Prima damask and Heidi Swapp trellis along with stencil made from Tim Holtz framework trellis die
Rubbing the inks through really quickly and at times lightly to get more texture and spritzing with water and dabbing colours back with a baby wipe and Kitchen paper

Once dry I took a large damask stencil CWS Brocade and coloured through with Black Soot, Walnut Stain and Chipped Sapphire

 

Then applied the same stencil but sifted slightly and applied metallics distress stain Burnished Brass to create an overlay with a shadow

Then splattered walnut stain spritzed with water and the stood up to let the drips flow

This created a really soft watery distress look, all the effects are much softer on drying

I used the Birds & Baubles Wallpaper & Wood Weathered textiles Tim Holtz stamps on the covers

 Same technique used on the back cover

I painted the areas of the box that would be exposed and then applied the papers with glue and distressed around the edges with Pumice stone and Walnut Stain Distress Stains and blended with a wet wipe

A piece of braid to hide the join on the spine and coloured this with Pumice Stone, Walnut Stain and Burnished Brass distress stains

The front cover was decorated with a frame and flourishes covered with metallic embossing powder

The interior of the box was sealed with washi tape, covered with DecoArt Media Matte Medium and painted with Quinacridone gold, Burnt Umber and Carbon Black, the base of the compartments were lined with papers using Tim’s Faux suede technique using the same colours as above but with more green tones

A variety of embellishments were covered with DecoArt Carbon Black, then highlighted with Burnished Brass distress stain

The Background of the Heart was created using the Guilded Kraft Glassine technique using Distress Stains 

The Oval and Heart embellishment crackle effect produced using the DecoArt Media Crackle Glaze and then a coat of Media Ultra-Matt Varnish which removes the shiny gloss effect

I hope you have enjoyed my project, any questions please ask

Please pop back to A Vintage Journey and check out the other Design Team Projects and we look forward to seeing your Challenge Projects

Jools x