We are super excited to have Tammy Tutterow from Ranger Ink as our Guest Designer this week. You are going to fall in love with her and her work!
Hello everyone! My name is Tammy Tutterow and I am thrilled to be a guest here sharing a tutorial for a project I made with Petaloo Color Me Crazy products colored and Ranger Inks. I am a huge fan of the Tim Holtz Distress collection of products by Ranger! I couldn't wait to try them out on the fun Color Me Crazy products!
For my project, I created a small decor piece that can double as a card. It mixes soft vintage feminine colors and textures with some fun steampunk ornate details.
To recreate my project, you will need the following supplies:
- Petaloo: Color Me Crazy Med/Minis 1533-000, Med Leaves 1536-000, Butterflies 1539-000, Chipboard Gears 1581-006; Chipboard Keys 1581-008
- Dies: Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Postage Stamp Frame 658572
- Stamps: Hero Arts Leafy Vines CG509
- Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Broken China, Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick, Victorian Velvet; Ranger Ink Archival- Jet Black
- Stain: Tim Holtz Distress Stain- Tarnished Brass, Brushed Pewter, Antiqued Bronze
- Markers: Tim Holtz Distress Markers- Walnut Stain, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint
- Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology- Crinkle Ribbon, Word Band, Wire Pin, Cabinet Card Frame
- Surfaces: Ranger Ink Manila Tag #8; Muslin; Cotton Batting; Mat or Chipboard
- Tools: Ranger Ink- Non Stick Craft Sheet, Heat It Craft Tool, Ink Blending Tool, Mister Bottle; Tim Holtz Sanding Grip
- Adhesive: Ranger Ink- Pop It Foam Squares, Wonder Tape; Xyron Glue Stick; Helmar 450QD
Begin by applying different colors of metalic Distress Stains to the chipboard gears. While the stain is drying, sand and ink the edges of the Cabinet Card Frame. Adhere a large gear to the top right and lower left frame openings extending past the outside edges of the frame.
Use a glue stick to adhere a piece of muslin to a piece of cotton batting. (I used a scrap of muslin that I dyed using Distress Stains. You can see the tutorial here: http://tammytutterow.com/2011/08/tuesday-tutorial-distress-stain-muslin/) Die cut the assembled piece of fabric/batting using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Postage Frame die. Stamp a floral design on the front of the fabric piece using archival ink. Accent the stamped design with Distress Markers. Machine stitch around the edge of the die cut fabric piece.
Die cut a second frame from mat or chipboard. Adhere the fabric piece to the mat board piece. Adhere the assembled postage frame to the Cabinet Card using adhesive foam squares. Be sure to not put any adhesive in the frame opening so that the frame can be used like a pocket when finished.
Color a length of Crinkle Ribbon using water and the Distress Ink colors you plan to use on your flowers. Crinkle the ribbon and dry it. Use the ribbon to attach a Word Band to the front of the Cabinet Card. Wrap the ribbon around the card above the large gear and tie it in a bow on the left side of the card. Add a decorative pin to the knot in the bow.
Color two medium sized chipboard keys with any color of metalic Distress Stain. Adhere the two keys to the fabric piece, one on the upper left edge and one on the lower right edge. Adhere a medium sized gear just above the Word Band.
To color the leaves, brush over the leaves with Peeled Paint Distress Ink using an ink blending tool. Brush over the raised areas of the leaves with Vintage Photo Disress Ink using an ink blending tool.
Mist the leaves with water to blend the ink. Blot the water with a dry cloth and dry using a heat tool.
To color the flowers, choose a light shade of ink (Squeezed Lemonade shown). Dab the ink onto the flower using an ink blending tool.
Select a second, darker color of ink (Scattered Straw shown). Lift and hold the top layer of petals. Use an ink blending tool to blot the darker color on the lower petals.
Dab on a dark brown ink (shown Vintage Photo) randomly onto the flower.
Mist the flower with water to blend the inks.
To add extra color accent, highlight the area close to the center of the flower with a Distress Ink Marker (Mustard Seed shown). The color will wick on the wet flower.
Dry the flower using a heat tool. You may find it helpful to hold the flower with tweezers as you dry it.
Adhere two leaves and two medium sized flowers to the lower left corner of the fabric piece.
Adhere two medium sized flowers to the fabric piece; one above and one to the right side of the first two flowers. (Second set of flowers colored with Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, and Wild Honey Distress Inks.) Adhere a leaf to the top of the two keys so that only the top scroll part of the key shows.
Adhere two small flowers to the fabric piece, one above and one to the right of the firs and second set of flowers. The new set of flowers should overlap onto the leaves covering the keys. (Third set of flowers colored with Broken China Distress Ink and Mustard Seed Distress Marker.)
Add a final small flower to the fabric piece overlapping onto the gear in the center of the cluster above the Word Band. (Fourth flower colored with Victorian Velvet and Worn Lipstick Distress Ink and Mustard Seed Distress Marker.)
Tuck additional gears into the flower clusters and under the edge of the frame to balance out the design.
Adhere a small gear to the upper right corner of the fabric piece.
Color a large butterfly with Wild Honey and Scattered Straw Distess Inks using an ink blending tool. Use a Walnut Stain Distress Ink Marker to color the center of the butterfly around the beads. Mist with water to blend the inks. Dry the butterfly with a heat tool. Adhere the butterfly to the fabric piece overlapping onto the gear.
Use an ink blending tool to apply Distress Inks to a #8 manila tag. Stamp the tag using the stamp used on the fabric. Add a stamped sentiment or journaling to personalize the tag. Slide the tag into the top opening of the Cabinet Card.
Thank you so much for checking out my project! I hope you love it as much as I do! I am so in love with the way the Color Me Crazy flowers took the ink. The colors are so vivid and vintagey at the same time with such wonderful texture!
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