Birds & Words

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Faux Cracked Glass

Greeting, artists!!  I have to say to all of you today that I am so enormously thankful and happy to be on this journey with you.  This is Challenge #30 (what????) and each one is more fulfilling than the last.  I can't believe I get to take this ride with all of you.

I want you to know I respect you so much, that I thoroughly enjoy reading your blogs and viewing your art.

I want you to know that ALL of you are:
Our challenge today is found on page 54 of Compendium of Curiosities Volume III.  What an amazing resource this book is!!  If you don't have your own copy, you'll need that to be eligible to win either:

the bounty of prizes, donated by Tim Holtz, for our Curiosity Crew winner
OR
a generous $25 gift certificate, sponsored by Funkie Junkie Boutique, for our randomly chosen winner.

Our Honorable Mention winners tell us it makes their day, too, to have their art recognized!
I used one of Tim's Corked Glass Vials for my featured Faux Cracked Glass piece.  The technique worked beautifully here.  I tapped (not rubbed, so as not to flake away the cracked pieces) the cracked medium with my blending tool loaded with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  Then I gave it a light spritz of water to move the color into the cracked areas.  I blotted it with a cotton cloth to remove some of the color from the outside of the vial.
I used the burlap from Tim's Textured Surfaces to cover a tag.  I bound my cracked glass vial to the tag with waxed linen and put a few sprigs of dried yarrow from our yard into it.  There are a few paper sprigs from Tim's Spring Greenery Decorative Strip Die from Sizzix and cut from Retro Grunge Paper Stash Pad, as a little extra filler.
My stamp is a brand new one, Bird Trio, from B Line Designs.  Their new release, Vintage Spring, has some gorgeous images!  I cut this image up a bit and added a sprig of flowers at the bottom right corner.  I also stamped and cut out the middle and right birds to layer and pop them up.

I used the Faux Cracked Glass technique on a Fragments square.  I colored this one with Teakwood alcohol ink.  A bit darker but it made a nice layering piece.
I LOVE these Flip Frames.  LOVE, seriously.  I rubbed Weathered Wood Distress Paint on this one with my fingers and then buffed it a little with a cotton cloth before it was dry.  Effortless, truly.  I love the shabby chic effect.  But you don't have to paint them at all, they are gorgeous as is.
I measured my hanging piece at 3 1/4 x 5 1/4.  It would have been SO smart to hang it in the frame before I did all my work on it, which I didn't!!  If I had, I would have trimmed it just a bit more at the bottom.  But it works just the same.

Grab your CC3 and go for it!  Check out Linda Ledbetter's blog for all you need to know about how to join in and don't forget to leave some love for the Curiosity Crew who, no doubt, are even now feverishly creating!


Happy creating and we'll be watching!!

41 comments:

  1. Cheryl...this is gorgeous! I really felt your heartfelt love in creating and being on the Curiosity Crew as I was reading your post. You have inspired me to pull my frame out if the box and DO something with it! I love how you have altered yours. It is beautiful. Your hanging tag with the faux cracked glass vial is beautiful...very "earthy" with that homespun touch. Love the burlap background and the sweet B Line stamp bird trio. Beautiful project!

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  2. Cheryl, Thank you so much for the wonderful inspiration you give us. You are so creative and I always enjoy reading the comments you leave on my blog. Your frame is beautiful and I love your little faux cracked glass with the twine wrapped around it and the yarrow from your yard. Love the little birds too. You are truly an amazing inspiration for me.

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  3. Cheryl...this is amazing. Your faux cracked technique is superb! beautiful as always...just like you! Love you girly.

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  4. So happy to see a project hanging in the flip frame - I purchased one and wasn't quite sure what to do with it! love how you painted it - and your hanging is lovely with that sweet crackled bottle of yarrow - the pretty cut out birds and blooming branch!

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  5. LOVE that little vase wired on! The whole project is just gorgeous Cheryl!

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  6. Heheheh - Cheryl - your comment and your Simply Amazing has me smiling big. What a sweet sentiment to share. Thank you. For sure - to me - YOU ARE the AMAZING ONE! I mean - hello - just take a look at this - yet another - INCREDIBLE creation. Wow. This is totally WONDERFUL. Your little bottle is just the PERFECT embellishment. Soooo Lovely. j.

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  7. Love this design Cheryl, just perfection.
    Hugs Brenda xxx.

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  8. oh this is just jaw dropping, i love all tims things and they are so easy to use and adapt to other ways of crafting, love your cracked vial x

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  9. Cheryl - all I can say is "Wow, just wow". You amaze me with your creativity. Kaycee

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  10. Haha! So sweet! Your sentiment is spot on! I love that you used the TH metal frame. It sure is heavy duty and holds up nicely. Love your little bottles and added tid bits! Awesome sauce! ~Niki

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  11. Such a beautiful way to use the new frame! I love the paint color hand-rubbed onto the frame. All the inside details are so gorgeous, from the burlap texture, the words,well everything! Love the B Line birds used on it too They are perfect! Of course the jar is so well done - love that it's a vase!

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  12. What a SWEET sentiment to share w so many ppl!!! And, while U mentioned wishing u fitted the piece beforehand shares that as a Tip for others. I also want one of those frames but wasn't sure if it was just an 'empty' needeing to be completed or if it was to show off other pieces- and U explained it. I keep saying "When I get the chance..." but it took me almost 18 months to get around to the Clock!! Frankly, though, your FC glass piece on here is absolutely PERFECT looking hanging in there!! While I am not a paper bird lover (we have lots of live birds in nests in little houses for them here)... I love how U added layers to give them depth. Very cute, indeed!!

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  13. Your post is so thoughtful and true. A beautiful thought and a gorgeous project. Love your cracked vase and the way you wired it on -- fabaroonie!

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  14. Cheryl, I love this beautiful creation and the message is perfect. What a wonderful home decor piece, and even more special since you added a personal touch with that dried yarrow from your yard. Love that. So lovely! Now you've got me wanting to rush out and get a flip frame.

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  15. Oh, NO--Cheryl, you are completely and SIMPLY AMAZING!! And WHAT? Those are little dried yarrow blooms from your yard?! I LOVE THAT!! This is a wonderful home décor piece--It's generating lots of oooh's & aaaah's from me!! :) :) XOXO-Shari

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  16. You are right! I too have enjoyed all the simply amazing projects this past year! Including your projects! Such a beautiful framed piece. Love that you added the 3d jar too! Those the the cutest little birds!

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  17. Amazing is the right word to describe your project, love it!

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  18. Every time I vist your site, I am in awe at the beauty you create! And I always go away with a longer list of things I MUST have!

    Using tjis hanging frame is just right for those stoppered bottles. Gotta get one of tjose frames! And fragments! And B Line stamps!

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  19. Love how you used the little glass bottle as the focal point in your shadow frame. Darling...

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  20. Woow, Cheryl, this is fantastic! What an amazing idea to wired the cracked bottle! I love everything about your amazing project!
    Branka x

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  21. I love this project and may just try something similiar!

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  22. Fabulous project, Cheryl! Love your little Faux Cracked Glass bottle! Pretty frame! Happy Weekend!

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  23. You are pretty amazing yourself - you and your DT Sisters have provided us with the most amazing inspiration! This creation is just brilliant and I love how you treated the frame too and the little flowers in the vase look so beautiful.... Anne x

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  24. You are pretty amazing yourself - you and your DT Sisters have provided us with the most amazing inspiration! This creation is just brilliant and I love how you treated the frame too and the little flowers in the vase look so beautiful.... Anne x

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  25. Yep I am with Anne, your design is pretty amazing! Love the contrast of the burlap and faux cracked glass in that wonderful frame xx

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  26. This is sooooo cool! I haven't tried one of the Flip Frames yet but I can see I MUST!

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  27. I love how you put all these pieces together! Thanks!

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  28. And your cracked glass is simply amazing! I love that you added the Fragments as a CG element, too! Your bottle looks great, and as usual, I wish I had looked at your blog before trying the technique! I would have saved myself a lot of frustration with a simple spritz! Will I ever learn?

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  29. Fabulous piece, love the little cracked jar with the tiny flowers and rusty wire. I have one of these Tim frames and can you believe I had forgotten about it until I saw your fabulous piece, must hunt it out. Gorgeous composition, love this. Tracy x

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  30. What an elegant piece you have created for your home. I love how well your cracks turned out and the colour you chose to tint the bottle is perfect.

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  31. I love this piece! The dried Yarrow is such a nice touch, and I love how you wired the vial in.

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  32. Love the flip frame! Your little crackled vial is perfect!

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  33. I can only admire this frame, .... just great! Thank you for your beautiful inspirations.

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  34. Gorgeous, love the idea with the flip frame, many thanks for this beautiful inspiration!

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  35. Aaah Thank you ... so special ! It's an honor to be traveling this CC3 Journey with all of you ! Fabulous flip frame/message and the vial is so pretty !


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  36. Cheryl, I love the simplicity and elegance of this piece; it's truly a show-stopper. This challenge is bringing out some amazing work!

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  37. Wow this is a lovely piece for your home. Those sweet little birds look so cute. The faux glass technique really looks attractive. Jan x

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  38. Looks great! The added flowers in the jar is perfect.

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  39. Cheryl, very pretty! Your crackle came out so perfect! Love it!

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  40. Cheryl, I love how you altered the flip frame...your faux cracked glass technique looks great on the corked vial. I love how you used the weathered wood on the frame. Great inspiration!

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