The Crafty Corner With Janna

This week at TFJ Inspiration Ave we are creating to the them “It’s Ideal”. Here we are featuring many of the new Tim Holtz Idea-ology pieces. For my project I decided to highlight the vintage tape, collage papers, faceted heart, screw heads, and typed tags. For this vignette I wanted to create a fairytale scene. For full details check out the two part video set for tips and tricks and assembly process. Part 1: Idea-ology alteration tips and tricks Click  here   for video. Part 2: Vignette assembly process Click here for video. For the alterations I used: Distress picket fence crayon, typed tags, toadstools, crimson alcohol ink, distress glitter, paper dolls, collage medium, distress watercolor pencils tattered rose and tumbled glass, faceted heart, statue foundry wax, distress crayon walnut stain, Ranger distress crackle paint, collage paper, distress reinkers squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, festive berries, twisted citron, and kitsch flamingo, vignette box, distress pai...

Hello and welcome to TFJ Inspiration Ave. This week we are creating to the theme of “Stencil Sensation”. This week I am featuring seven different techniques to use with your stencils and one card project.  Here we will have a play with the latest Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Stencils. The seven techniques are: blending with distress ink and layering with sparkle paste, spritzing with sprays and stencilled in glazes, stencilling with distress crayon, stencilling with crackle paint, alcohol inks, stencilling with transparent texture paste, and stencilling with distress glazes.  To learn about these techniques watch video below.  Down below is a closer look at the backgrounds. Next we are going to dive into making a card with one of my favourite backgrounds from our technique play.  For this card I used: yupo paper, alcohol inks laguna, glacier, turquoise, and clover, distress black heavy stock, Idea-ology metallic sticker book, Idea-ology ephemera, and collage medium. ...

Hello and welcome back to the crafty corner. Today for TFJ Inspiration Ave we are creating with the new Tim Holtz Sizzix From the Vault Dies. I have selected from the vault watch gears and world travel to feature in my mixed media card today. For detailed video click here . For supplies I used: distress paints uncharted mariner, rustic wilderness, black soot, and tarnished brass, black soot archival ink, Sizzix from the vault watch gears and world travel, stamp set CMS395 the professor 2, mixed media paper, TH Ranger brayer, Idea-ology washi tape, metallic Kraft stock, collage brush, and collage medium. Today’s card will be focusing on the new from the Vault Sizzix Tim Holtz dies. We will also be exploring one of my favourite brayer techniques with distress paint.  First I coated a piece of distress mixed media paper with the distress paint uncharted and a collage brush. Next I put a couple drops of tarnished brass on the kraft mat and ran the brayer through it. Then with a light r...