Six Years Old...

Here we are again folks, back on the Monday morning bus! I hope you had a good weekend and found a little time to be creative. If like me, you can't resist vintage and shabby makes then maybe the new theme of "More than One Layer" at Simon Says Stamp & Show is right up your street.

I love working with lots of layers but I wanted to try something new to me and decided to see if I could work on a 12x12 sized base. I'm not a scrap-booker, and never will be, but the expanse of space was both appealing and intimidating!

After a think, I decided to start off by creating a tag as I really wanted to use my Girls Rule stamp and I also like to have a hint of a story or mood in my head. I stamped her onto torn and crumpled Kraft Glassine Paper in Jet Black Archival ink and then heat set the image.

You do need to heat set to ensure the ink becomes embedded into the paper.  I swiped a little Walnut Stain Distress ink over the wrinkles and attached it with eyelets to a stitched tag cut from Kraft Resist Paper Stash first washed with Picket Fence Distress Stain.

My layers are made up of embossed paper, chicken wire coloured with Alcohol ink, and a page from an old poetry book stamped with a Tim flourish. Lots of torn edges and Distress ink along the way of course...

and more layers of gessoed gauze, cardboard, crochet lace and an aged Idea-ology number. In the corner I added a snippet of text from the same poem, "You promised me high heeled shoes..." A matter of of great importance if you are just six...

More splashes of Idea-ology...  Ball chain, a strip of ruler ribbon and an inky Ornate plate which contains a typed scrap covered with Mica. Here you can also see the stitching and more stamped flourishes on the background paper.

I just had to add a few shabby flowers so I cut lots of the smaller Tattered Florals from old brown paper and used four layers for each one. I scrumpled them up, aged them with lots of Distress ink, before fixing them together with a brad. I also added a spritz of Perfect Pearls Mist for a little antique sheen.

I wrapped the tag in wire and brown string, adding a Philosophy tag which I 'rusted up' with Distress Embossing powder and Alcohol ink. For a contrast in colour I layered a music page scrap under the tag, adding a few butterflies and a trinket pin.

 I played around with the composition for quite a while before finally deciding to stick it all down - taking a quick photo beforehand to remember where it all went! I even added more lace, string and a button at the end... I set the whole piece on distressed corrugated cardboard as a sort of frame and for extra strength.

So there you have it, my first 12x12! Vintage layers galore... You could go for layers of paper, paint, stamping, fabric. Pile 'em up and on I say. Just take a look at all the ideas the Design Team came up with! Do join in as we love to see everyone's different creations. You could win this fabulous $50 voucher or maybe be one of our top three artists! I hope you enjoyed your visit, thanks for being here! See you soon,
Sarah.

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