FAMILY – ATB

hello everyone!! diana here again with my latest  Art on the Block piece!!

i must say i am a little or a lot addicted to them  but i have to say i was warned prior to even getting my hands on them that i would be there are so very many things one can do with them. you so need to check them out here on the Artist on the Block page as well as the many many examples shown here on Eileen Hull’s pinterest page and of course here on Sizzix page

so on to my creation this month.

i started out using one of my Sizzix movers and shapers Tim Holtz design dies, family and cut it out of a piece of mat board. i had a bit of issue with it but a quick email and figured it was probably just from the layering of the mat board so i was a little gentler and it seemed to work.

so i coated it in tattered rose and picket fence crackle paint and set it aside to dry

i love all the cracks!! so antiquish!! (yes probably not a word but you know what i mean right!)

next it was time to do some stamping. i tried to think of all the words for ‘family’ i could come up with an i stamped away using black archival ink. i then used a bit of tea dye distress ink on my blocks and then did a quick cover of utee

i of course ended up getting lost in the whole process.

i know i used Eileen’s Trinity’s flower die by Sizzix which i inked and crumbled and inked again prior to attaching to the top of the ATB

i also used some rub ons from tim holtz which i put under one of the drawer pulls

i used some crinkle ribbon which i dyed using some distress reindeers

and added a bit of tulle and twine to complete my flower

i love how this project turned out. it is going to look perfect along side my other ATB’s

i figure i can do a whole shelf of them with candles to light up my art room

the lid is easily removed by using the drawer pull to place a battery operated tea light inside

one can always place the lid to the side i guess!!!

i love how this turned out!!

for more amazing Artist Trading Block creations be sure to stop by The Artist on the Block. And don’t forget that this month Art with Heart challenge is “Anything Goes”! Share with us your art for a chance to win a die of your choice from the brand new Eileen Hull Sizzix collection Vintage Kitchen when it is released in December