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Monday, August 26, 2013

Craft It Up & Link It Up - Anything Goes

For my challenge and giveaway at Do More With Less, click HERE


I am excited to be posting today as a guest designer for the second week of the Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party hosted by Tara of Craftin Desert Divas!! Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party and you could win fabulous prizes!!

This linky party theme is Anything Goes. The sponsors for this challenge are:

KaDoodle Bug Designs - $15 giftcard
Robin's Nest - $10 giftcard
Cardz TV - Stamp set of choice

The more you link up, the better chance you have to win. Visit Craftin Desert Divas for all the rules and to play along.


My project today was inspired by Tim Holtz's August tags. I used his techniques to create a travel wall hanging. I started with a piece of heavyweight cardboard and painted it black. I then ripped a map from an old atlas, crumpled it up and soaked it in a mixture of TH Walnut Distress Stain, Old Paper Distress Stain and water. Once it dried, I used Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium to adhere it to another piece of heavyweight cardboard and attached it to the black. The corners are TH Idea-ology Metal Page Corners.


I followed Tim's instructions (HERE) for the tags, but used watercolor paper instead, and I used his new stencils on the background. The images were adhered to thin cardboard painted black.


I am entering this in the following challenges:
  1. Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party
  2. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday - August Anything Goes
  3. Sunday Funday - August Linky Party
  4. Just B Creative Crazy - Just Because Linky Party
You have one week left...I hope you will Craft It Up & Link It Up!!

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35 comments:

McCrafty's Cards said...

This is absolutely fabulous Lisa I love the images and the colours.
Kevin xx

Unknown said...

wow Lisa, you always put so much into a project, this is super fabulous, the background is amazing and love those metal corners! hugs

Life and Knits said...

Lisa, this is fabulous! I love the images and of course the inking.

Have a fabulous week!!

Susie

jessica said...

This is so super AWESOME Lisa!! Loving the whole travel theme and of course using Tim Holtz is just AWESOME too!!!
Thanks for sharing my friend and have a GREAT Monday!

Karon said...

Oh wow! Lisa, this is fabulous! Love all the images - amazing! TFS and have a wonderful week.

Sherrie K. said...

What a beautiful wall hanging! The travel theme is so awesome! The texture and dimension is beyond incredible!! THe background using the torn maps from an atlas is genius! I love the look! Fabulous job on this..as ALWAYS so inspiring my friend!!
Have a super day and stay cool-It's gonna be a scorcher here!
Sherrie K

Maureen Morton said...

Loving this kool vintage vibe, Lisa! What fun images and you used great colors. I'd love to see this in person to appreciate the texture that I know is there. Very wonderful!

paperpapier said...

the distress ink effect is looking very cool..love the vintage feel it gives to the manly wall hanging.

~Tammy~ said...

Congrats on your guest design spot! This is fabulous! You deserve every design spot that comes your way!!!

Gwen said...

Congrats on the guest designer spot, you deserve it!! You are amazing and so is this project! You make me want to go buy all the Tim Holtz stuff! but then you would have to come teach me how to use it!!!!

tellana said...

Lovely retro style piece of art! It would look so great on the wall of a masculine room.

Creations by Shirl said...

Another fantastic masterpiece Lisa... love the vintage flair to it....

Karen said...

My sweetest friend, what an incredible idea to make a travel wall hanging! It's perfect for your family. :o) It turned out fantastic. I love the map background and the marvelous corners. The tags are complete perfection! You create backgrounds like none other, my dear Lisa. The stencils/stamps were used so brilliantly. They look like actual mementos from your travels. :o) Amazing work as always, my super talented friend! I wonder what you'll treat us to next. :o)

Hugs and blessings!

Beebeebabs said...

Love your wall hanger you did a great job as always tfs!!!

I'm a Little Teapot said...

Congrats on the design spot!

The project is totally wicked! Love how the TH tags were the inspriation...great idea!

Rhonda Miller said...

Wow, this is amazing.

Kathy Salido said...

This is a fabulous wall hanging Lisa!! I especially love the train since both my husband and son work for the railroad!!

Norma said...

Oh my word my friend, this is a fantastic home decor hanger!! You always add such amazing details to your projects! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and have a fabulous week!!
Hugs,
Norma

Unknown said...

Very cool! You always have such amazing techniques to share :)

Best crafty wishes!
Amber
Staying Crafty

Davi said...

OH Fabulous hanging Lisa! I love the images for the 4 modes of transportation and colors! Cool corners on the too :) Really outstanding! Hope you have a great week :)

Mary Ann said...

This is awesome,love your hanging,Very Pretty!!!Have a good evening!!!

Tanya~Studio 5380 said...

This is beautiful Lisa! It makes me dream of traveling the world over - think I'll start with that awesome cruise ship...lol! I love the vintage look of all the images, but that ship just calls my name!

Jill said...

VERY CUTE! I also wanted to let you know I emailed you info about the hop on Friday:) Any questions, let me know:) So excited!! Smiles, Jill

Missy said...

This is SUPER cute!! I really, like the vintage look you always achieve Lisa!!

Missy said...

This is SUPER cute!! I really, like the vintage look you always achieve Lisa!!

Indy's Designs said...

Love these tags! So vintage, so awesome!
Hugs,
Deb

DIANA L. said...

These are all super - great job Lisa
Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes August Linky Party. Have a great weekend my friend
DIANA L.
dianamlarson.blogspot.com

Nana said...

What a beautiful wall hanging. I love the vintage look. Your techniques are amazing my friend.
Have a creative day.
Hugs Nana
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yyam said...

Oh wow. I want one of these hanging in my room. Soooooo cool! :)

Diane said...

Creative~creative~creative!!! You keep enabling of things to have...love the stencils and awesome colors you have used....another masterpiece my friend!!

Shelly said...

Okay it's incredible! I love this style and feel of this project! Not to mention the color is fantastic.
Hope you are having a wonderful week, weather ok? I hope so :)
Shelly

Migdalia said...

Fabulous & Fun!!
Have a wonderful day my friend,
Migdalia
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Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Gorgeous, love the colours and the vintage style images
Lindsay xx

Jayne said...

Fabulous project Lisa. Aren't the stencils great to use?

Esther said...

Super wall hanging Lisa!!! Love the images and the color you used!!! Perfect for a guys "man cave"!!!!!!!!

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