Christmas Wishes...

 Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing a project that I did for Inspiration Emporiums Challenge "in disguise" and Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge hosted by Linda Ledbetter.  Challenge number 13 is a challenge found on page 35 of Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities Volume Three book.  If you don't have this great book you can find it here and Tim Holtz will even sign it for you!!!  This challenge is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium who have a wonderful $50 gift voucher to give away to one lucky winner. Also, the Curiosity Crew Pick wins a fabulous pack of goodies from Tim and Mario!  Now,here is my take on this "Worn Cover" challenge.

  For my worn cover I wanted to have a Christmas theme.  I had a lot of fun designing this because the worn covers are like a blank canvas you can do whatever you want with them.

  If you look closely it looks like snow falling.

 I hung some cute little charms off my bow.

  This is what the back of my worn cover looks like I just wanted it to look like snow falling.   If you look closely you can see a bit of a silver shimmer mixed in with the different shades of blue on my snowflakes.

 To start with I used texture paste and Tim Holtz speckles stencil and just added what looks to me like snowfalling on my worn cover.  I just used the lower half of the stencil because it has a much lighter speckle consistency, I didn't want it to be heavy.

 I cut out the large layered snowflake with some distress watercolor cardstock.

 I added color to my snowflake using tumbled glass, broken china, faded jeans, weathered wood and pumice stone distress markers with a water brush.

 Once I was finished with that I ran my snowflake back through my die cut machine using the texture fade that is accompanied with the die.

 To really accent the pattern I used some brushed pewter distress paint just on my finger and lightly ran it across the raised portion of the snowflake.

 And then shaded the edges of the snowflake with pumice stone distress ink and a blending tool.

 I cut the prancing deer out of grungeboard and painted the antlers with antique linen and the body with gathered twigs distress paint.

 After I let the paint dry, I took a sanding grip and lightly sanded the deer to expose some of the grungeboard under the paint.

 I used walnut stain and a blending tool to ink the exposed grungeboard.

 I die cut the words "Christmas Wishes" out of #04 Kraft-Core cardstock.

 Here's a little tip that I learned from Tim Holtz.  After cutting out an intricate pattern you want to leave it in the base it was cut from, to do your sanding.

 It is so much easier this way and you don't tear up that intricate pattern near as easily.

 Now to color my snow, I used all of the same colors that I had used on the large snowflake, a water brush and a cloth for drying.

 Using the brush end of the marker I just added a tiny bit of color to each flake,  then went behind with the water brush to spread the color.  You will probably need to use your cloth to pick up excess moisture or any intense color that you want to lessen.  To finish it off, I went behind with my heat tool and gave it a quick dry.  Okay... I know what you're probably saying "you're crazy that's going to take forever" really it doesn't it goes pretty quickly ;)

 I added a little sparkle to my snow with a touch of brushed pewter distress paint and a fine paint brush.

 I added a little bit of color to my worn cover with pumice stone distress ink in a blending tool.  I mainly just concentrated on the corners and edges just to accent.

I took a gumdrop and adhered it to a typed charm with glossy accents,
so I could hang it from my swivel clasp (that's my in disguise piece).

 I added a Christmas idea-ology wreath to my prancing deer, the grungeboard is very bendable so it's easily done.  I attached the large snowflake to my worn cover with foam dots.  I attached Christmas Wishes and the prancing deer with glossy accents.  To finish it off, I added a hand dyed bow and some charms on a swivel clasp to the spine.  In weeks to come, I'll be creating some inside pages and sharing them with you as my Christmas Wishes.

Now remember to enter your "In Disguise" themed projects over at Inspiration Journal and one lucky winner will be given a very generous $50 gift credit, to spend at Inspiration Emporium.  You can find all the supplies I used at Inspiration Emporium via the links below. Remember to use my coupon code - vintagemuse - to save 10% on your order.  I am also entering this into The Mixed Media Monthly Ribbon Challenge.  I hope you enjoyed my Tim Holtz Worn Cover, it was a lot of fun to create!   If you have any questions or if there's anything I missed please let me know I love your comments!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time!

Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Large Worn Cover - Chronicle	Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Ring Binder - Large	*Pre-Order*Sizzix - Thinlits Die Set 17PK - Holiday Words: Script	*Pre-Order*Sizzix - Bigz Die w/Texture Fades - Layered Snowflake	*Pre-Order*Sizzix - Bigz Dies - Prancing Deer	*Pre-Order*Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Adornments, Snowflakes
*Pre-Order*Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Gumdrops	*Pre-Order*Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Tidings Tokens	Ranger - Texture Paste, 3.9 fl oz	Tim Holtz Collection Stencils - THS021 - Speckles	Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Tumbled Glass	Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Pumice Stone
Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Weathered Wood	Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Faded Jeans	Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Broken China	Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Walnut Stain	Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Pumice Stone	Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Spun Sugar
Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Brushed Pewter	Tim Holtz - Distress Paints - Gathered Twigs	Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Antique Linen	Tim Holtz Water Brush - Detailer Tip	Tim Holtz - Distress Watercolor Cardstock, 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"	Tim Holtz - Core'dinations Kraft-Core - 12x12 Kraft-Core No. 04
3L - Scrapbook Adhesive - 3D Foam Squares - Assorted - Black	Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Adornments - Christmas	Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Crinkle Ribbon - 10 yards	Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Swivel Clasps	Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Type Charms	Ranger - Mini Ink Blending Tool
Tim Holtz - Vagabond Machine	Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies Accessory	Sizzix Accessory - Standard Cutting Pad - 1 Pair

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