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Designer Series Distress Stickles
“Live the Life” Canvas

Skill Level: * *

Use Distress Stickles and Distress Crackle Paint to create a handsome mini collage.

Created by Tim Holtz

Materials List:
• Designer Series Distress Stickles - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo
• Tim Holtz® Distress Crackle Paint - Weathered Wood
• Tim Holtz ® Distress Ink Pads - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain
• Adirondack® Paint Dabbers - Pitch Black
• Archival™ Ink Pad - Jet Black
• Inkssentials™ Non-Stick Craft Sheet
• Inkssentials™ Ink Blending Tool with Foam
• Inkssentials™ Glossy Accents™
• Grungeboard™ Basics, Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
• Grungeboard™ Elements, Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
• Word Keys, Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
• Sprocket Gears, Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
• Game Spinners, Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
• Jump Rings, Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
• Creative Muse Stamp Set, Tim Holtz® Collection by Stampers Anonymous, www.stampersanonymous.com
• 4" x 4" Canvas, Canvas Concepts, www.canvasconcepts.com
• Foam Tape
• Cardstock
• Scissors
• Screw Eye
• Small Glass Bottle
 

Instructions

(1) Shake Distress Crackle Paint and remove brush cap. Apply a medium coat of paint to canvas and allow to dry and crack.

(2) Stamp “Live Your Life” onto cardstock with Jet Black Archival Ink and let dry.

(3) Cut out individual words with scissors.

(4) Ink words with Ink Blending Tool by tapping on Antique Linen Distress Ink Pad and swiping tool across paper.

(5) Apply Antique Linen Distress Stickles over words by squirting some on the top of the words and smooth out with finger. Let dry.

(6) Remove Grungeboard Flourishes from sheet and ink with Vintage Photo Distress Ink using Ink Blending Tool.

(7) Apply Vintage Photo Distress Stickles to Grungeboard pieces using nib directly from the bottle. Let dry.

(8) Stamp “Umbrella Man” onto plain Grungeboard sheet with Jet Black Archival Ink and let dry.

(9) Cut out image from Grungeboard with scissors.

(10) Ink edges of cut image using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and Ink Blending Tool.

(11) Once painted canvas is completely dry and crackled, apply Pitch Black Paint Dabber to “Bird on Wire” stamp by dabbing it on and lightly dragging dabber across stamp.

(12) Stamp onto canvas and lift off. Let dry.

(13) Adhere Grungeboard “Umbrella Man” and Flourishes to canvas with Glossy Accents. (Note: pieces can hang off of edge of canvas since it is Grungeboard.