Tammy Tutterow

Glitz Design| Love Nest Traveler Canvas

Finally, I have a project featuring Glitz's Love Nest to share.  I think that this is probably my second favorite project that I created for the show, definitely my favorite Glitz project.

I created a stretched box canvas decor piece with a travel theme.  I used one of the new distress stamps that has a vintage style map pattern. (If you haven't seen Glitz's distress stamps, you really need to!)  I stamped the image randomly on this gorgeous blue print paper that has a script on it.

After covering my canvas with the stamped paper, I began piling on fun accents.

Glitz has delicious new packs of tulle to match the collections.  I added a band of brown tulle around the canvas.

The base of my layers is a vintage map print from the collections book print ephemera packs.  I layered it on a piece of chipboard and adhered it to the canvas with foam adhesive squares.  Next I added this wonderful ticket transparency.

I stamped the same map print on two pink fabric covered brads.

The centerpiece of the whole canvas is this cardstock sticker.  It inspired the whole theme.  I love the sentiment.  Oh, by the way, that awesome birdcage image is also available on a stamp!

Under the sticker is another bit of book print and one of the really cool cardstock ephemera pieces.

The leaves, crystals, and flowers are all by Prima.  The metal charms are Tim Holtz Ideaology and Vintaj.

That officially wraps up my CHA show and tell, I guess I better get to work creating some new things to share!

BasicGrey Marjolaine| Walk With. . . Canvas

And here is the lovely BasicGrey Marjolaine.  I love the combination of soft blues and greens.  For this collection, I created decor piece on a stretched box canvas.

I added a stitched border to a piece of pattern paper and adhered it to my painted canvas.  I trimmed the lace paper from the collection to fit the canvas.  I cut a piece of clear acrylic to match the lace.  I adhered the lace to the acrylic and then adhered the assembled piece to the paper covered canvas with adhesive foam squares.

I added a quote to a journal paper using letter stickers.  I adhered the matching transparency over the letters and adhered it.  I adhered both to a piece of chipboard and adhered it to the lace with adhesive foam squares.

I embellished over the journal card/transparency with a combination of dimensional stickers and cardstock stickers.

To give the cardstock sticker stem and leaves extra strength, I layered it on pattern paper and cut it out leaving an extra border around it for contrast.

I painted the canvas with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Traditional Tan paint.  Interestingly, I brushed it on in a criss cross pattern by chance.  You could actually see those brush stokes in the first coat.  I thought it was interesting looking so I stopped at the first coat and left the effect.  I added a touch of Distress Ink to the edges.

Tomorrow I am back with another Glitz project.  I hope you will come back by to check it out!

BasicGrey Curio| Find Your Wings Canvas

Every time CHA rolls around and I get ready to post any project samples I have created, I debate, do I share my favorite project first or do I save it for last.  I give it way more thought than you would imagine.  I am a terrible over thinker of all things.

This time, I think it was an easy choice, I am sharing it first.  Mainly because I love this project.  I am fairly certain that it is my most absolute favorite thing I have ever made.  Not only do I love the project more than any other, I think that this new collection from BasicGrey, Curio, may be my new all time favorite BasicGrey line.  And yes, for those of you that know me well, means it tops my long standing favorite LilyKate, which has held that place for what, four years?

Okay, so here it is, my most favorite creation ever made with the super amazing BasicGrey Curio (warning, I am sharing tons of photos of this one):

The base is a 12x12 stretched box canvas.  I used Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Medium to decoupage paper to the top and sides.  I got it super soppy so that it was kind of wrinkly and meshed right in with the canvas.  Per Once dried I sanded the edges to give them an aged and worn look.

The frame on the front is a page from an old vintage photo album I had.  It was in terrible shape and falling apart but had these awesome frame pages.

On this piece, I needed it to be a bit longer than it was on the piece of pattern paper and also wanted the wings to lift up. so I trimmed around the butterfly and added a piece of vintage paper underneath.  Unless you look super close, you almost can't tell it is two pieces of paper.  (When you see the piece of pattern paper I cut this from you will get what I did, I think.)

I had these old Prima flowers in my stash from several years back.  I am so glad I kept them because they were a perfect match.  I have used those Jewel Box leaves on other projects, I love them so much, I think I could use them on every single thing I make!

I added Glossy Accents to these letter stickers to give them some shine and an epoxy look.  The ledger paper underneath is from the 6x6 mini pad from BasicGrey's Basics Collection.  The rub-on is one of BasicGrey's Bling It On rub-ons.

I love how peeled and worn the paper looked after sanding.

The office tab is from the Basics collection also.  I love how well the elements from that line blend in with this one.

The butterflies are clear and cut out from the clear sheet of the Take Note Journaling Cards and Transparencies from this collection.  I added floral wire to the backs of them to adhere them and make them able to hover over the surface a bit.

The pattern on them was printed in gold so I used aRanger Inkssentials Cut & Dry Nibs dipped in different colors of Tim Holtz Distress Inks to hand color the images.  I also added rub-ons and crystals from the Bling It On rub-ons for this collection.

This cute dragon fly rub-on was the perfect color and adds a bit of whimsy.

The clips are also from the Curio collection.

Ahhh, I love it!  This one really pained me to pack up and ship away!  I hope that it gave you a bit of inspiration!

Tomorrow I will be back with more CHA sharing so I hope you will come back to see what else I have been creating!

Tattered Angels Educator: Faux Canvas with Resist

I shared this a couple of days ago on the Tattered Angels Educator blog. Since I have had some behind the scenes work happening on my site and couldn't add any new posts, I couldn't share it here. Now that I have the green light to post again, I will get caught up and add some new things I have been saving. . . ---------------------

I love when I get the opportunity to sit down with some favorite products and just experiment and see where they take you. That is what I did yesterday. I had a vague idea of where I wanted to try but no real plan. I had been wanting to see what would happen if I combined Claudine Hellmuth Studio Sticky Back Canvas and Multi Medium with assorted Tattered Angels goodies. I decided to try a resist technique.

To create my resist design I used a Glimmer Screen combined with multi medium. I laid the screen on the canvas and held it in place while I brushed on the medium. I used both brush strokes and blotting with a foam brush to apply medium to all of the open spaces of the screen. I lifted the screen as soon as I was done apply the multi medium. I continued placing it around my canvas until the entire surface was covered. A word to the wise, wash your screen as soon as you are done while the multi medium is still wet. If you let it dry you will have to scrape and peel it off. It comes off, but washing is much easier!

Once the multi medium was dry, I sprayed the surface of the canvas with Vanilla Breeze Glimmer Mist. The Glimmer Mist puddled on the areas covered with the multi medium and soaked into the canvas in the non-coated areas.

I used a cloth to wipe away the puddled excess. The speckling on my canvas in the white areas are small spots that I missed coating with Multi Medium or where my coats were too thin. Since this was my first attempt at this type of technique I wasn't sure what I would get or the right application technique to use. I actually like the effect since it makes it look more distressed. In the future, if I wanted a crisper look, I would be sure that all of my multi medium was applied more evenly.

Next, I added stamping. I used a tree top from the Blossom Trees stamp set and stamped using Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I chose distress ink because I wanted a very subtle image. I also wanted an ink that would easily wipe off of the multi medium. I tried several other inks on a piece of scrap and found some would not wipe off very well. Distress ink wipes completely off of the resist and stays put on the exposed canvas.

I used a wet baby wipe to remove the distress ink from the white resisted areas.

I used a inexpensive wood photo frame purchased for under $2.00 at a local craft and hobby store to give my canvas a base and create the look of a stretched canvas.

I wrapped the frame tightly with the Sticky Back Canvas. It has adhesive on it already that seemed sufficient to hold it in place, but I added a few staples at each corner just to be safe.

I finished by embellishing the canvas with ribbon, Glimmer Chips, a distressed tag, and a Tattered Trinkets key.

I used the Tattered Traveler Glimmer Chip alphabet to add the word HOME on my tag. I painted each letter with Golden Goddess Glimmer Glam and then added a nice thick coat of Glossy Accents.

It is impossible to capture how amazing Glimmer Glam looks under Glossy Accents. It is like liquid gold! 

Flashback Friday: Mother Daughter Friends Altered Canvas

designed January 2008

Ahhhh, this project makes me smile.  I made it the year my daughter Anna was a senior.  When we had her senior pictures done (by the awesome Holly McCaig) she insisted on including me in one.  I really do not like having my picture taken, I am probably the most self-conscious uneasy person in front of a camera.  But I agreed and we ended up with one of my favorite photos of us together.  I always smile when I see it.  It is kind of bittersweet looking at this project because I included a photo of us together when she was just a week old.  When I look at the two I feel a bit sad for the years that are gone and a bit confused about where they went.  Somedays it feels like it was just yesterday that she was that wee baby in my arms and somehow we are nearly 20 years later and she is away at college making her own life.  They simply grow up too fast.  sigh.  If I could go back and slow down time and have more moments with this sweet girl I would. I am choking myself up. . .  so anyway, about the project. . . This project was for CHA and features the Sultry collection from BasicGrey.  It was one of those projects that I sat down with no real direction and ended up with something pretty cool.  I could have gotten a similar look in probably a less complicated way, but the process was fun and just evolved along the way. I started out with a box canvas and ended up turning it into a shadowbox.  I had no real plan when I started, I just sat down with stuff and let it take me somewhere.  After painting the canvas, I adhered thick chipboard to the inside to give the front surface strength so I could cut through it.  I added pattern paper to the front and then cut an opening.  I added rub-ons to a  piece of plexiglass and adhered it to the opening on the inside of the frame.  I covered all of the wood framing with pattern paper on the inside.  For the inside back, I covered another piece of chipboard and added photos and embellishments and adhered it to the back of the frame.  On the front I added rub-ons, chipboard elements, buttons, brads, and sticker letters.  I think the whole project turned out so soft and pretty looking and probably way more simple and less complicated than it was.