Going Round in Circles

8 years ago

Hello! We’ve definitely fallen into autumn! The leaves are yellow and you can hear the crackling of them blowing along the ground when the wind blows. The days are a comfortable temperature but it’s definitely cooler. I’ve been trying to enjoy this weather because before I know it I will be dragging out jackets, mittens, hats, and scarfs. After two weeks away from my craft room I made a return this weekend! Yea!! This weekend I worked on the current challenge for the Frilly and Funkie Blog – Going Round in Circles. The challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

My circles involve this lovely muffin tin that I found a couple of weeks ago. I bought it thinking I could use it for a future project and, as it happens, the future came sooner than I thought! For some reason the muffin tin reminded me of Christmas which is the time that I do quite a bit of baking. With that in mind, out came the box of the new Tim Holtz Christmas goodies and I started working on my muffin tin. Part of this project was just trying out new things – techniques, colors, and embellishments.

I decided to leave the muffin tin “used” coloring and sought to accent it with greens, reds, and neutral colors. I played with alcohol inks (colored the baubles, the deer, the wreath, and the pinecones), acrylic inks (my version of peppermint candies and the star on the tree), embossing powder, micro beads, stickles (I even tried to put stickles on the deer to make it a fawn), and the new Tim Holtz Paper stash and ephemera! I had these fabulous rusted jingle bells from the Funkie Junkie Boutique and covered them in matte gel to seal them and keep the rust from smudging anything! And, at the last minute I decided to use the door knobs for the holes on the side of the tin which I attached the ribbon so the muffin tin could hang on the wall or the door. The new papers in the paper stash are quite fun, the word stickers are really nice (love the font and colors), and the pinecones are going to be a new favorite!

I hope you enjoy my circles and my first Christmas/holiday project of this year!

Items Used for this project:

• Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idealogy (Mini Plaquettes, Corked Vials, Tiny Vials, Baubles, Decorative Deer, Jingle Brads, Adornments (Wreaths, Pine Cones, Ice Skates, Curio Knobs, Tree Lot (Small)), Jute String (Christmas), Metallic Stickers (Holiday Talk), Letterpress, Ephemera Pack (Festive); Prima Finnabair Mechanicals (Mini Stars); Prima Finnabair Art Ingredients (Micro Beads (Copper) and Melange (Art Pebbles);
• Dies: Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits (Dimensional Stars and Holiday Greens Mini); Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz Die (Tattered Poinsettia); Tim Holtz Sizzix Movers and Shapers (Mini Cardinal and Poinsettia);
• Mediums: Ranger Stickles (Rose Gold, Christmas Red, and Frosted Lace); Prima Finnabair Art Basics Soft Matte Gel; Ranger Embossing Powder (Red Tinsel); Versa Mark marker;
• Paper: Tim Holtz Core’dinations Paper (Antique Linen, Forest Moss, and Numbers 28 & 33) & Metallic Collection; Tim Holtz Ideology Paper Stash (Tidings);
• Ink/Stains: Tim Holtz Distress Markers (Gathered Twigs); Tim Holtz Distress Stain (Mowed Lawn); Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs); Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks (Pesto and Carmel);
• Paint: Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic Paint (White and Ruby); Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint (Metallique Gold Rush);
• Miscellaneous: Buffalo Snow Flurries; Sprinkles from my baking drawer; Rusted Jingle Bells (from the Funkie Junkie); Jute ribbon;