Farm Life art journal spread with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Down on the Farm".

For this challenge I had a big wooden barn/farm door as my inspiration. But only a door is a bit plain, so I decided I wanted a piece of the farm itself in the project as well, therefor I needed to make an art journal spread. I started with the wooden door. I made it with the Lumber 3D Embossing Folder. And I used 3 different shades of Distress Oxides for this: Ground Espresso, Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo. Sprayed some water of it to oxides the inks.


 

The walls of this farm were plastered, but over time large pieces have crumbled down and the bricks  became visible. I gave the stucco color with Distress Oxide Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke and I applied some cracks with an old Crackle stamp along with Hickory Smoke Ozxide. I made the bricks with the Slate stencil and Texture Paste that I colored black with Distress Paint Black Soot. After I applied the Texture Paste, I gave it extra texture so that it looks even more like bricks.

 

After the Texture Paste was dry, I went over it with Distress Oxide Pumice Stone to make the bricks lighter and to make the texture stand out better. I kept the inside of the farm simple. I tried to draw it in perspective, but I'm not good at it. I'm better with stamping and building up layers of colors and stuff ... LOL!

 

 

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SUPPLIES:

Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil SLATE THS085	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon BLACK SOOT	Tim Holtz Distress Black Soot Paint	Tonic EBONY BLACK Nuvo Crystal Drops
Sizzix STICKY GRID SHEETS 2.5x4.5 Sidekick 663532	Tim Holtz Sizzix WORD PLAY Bigz XL Die Alphabet 657837	Tim Holtz Sizzix LUMBER 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder	Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black Premium Ink	Tim Holtz Idea-ology SANDING GRIP REFILL	Tim Holtz Distress Paint PICKET FENCE Ranger
Dylusions Ink Sprays - Black Marble	Grafix INCREDIBLE WHITE MASK 2oz. Liquid Frisket	Prima-Marketing-FIREBIRD-Art-Alchemy-Metallique-Wax	Ranger Foil Cardstock	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2018 ENTOMOLOGY CMS328	Impression Obsession Cling Stamp WOODEN PLANK CC177
RESERVE Tim Holtz Sizzix GARDEN GREENS Thinlits Die	Aleene′s Tacky Glue	Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE	Idea-ology Paper Dolls	Sizzix - Tim Holtz - 3/4 Inch Alphanumeric Thinlits Dies	3M 2 INCH WIDE POST-IT TAPE 36 Yards White Masking
Zig Watercolor brush	Prismacolor BLACK WATERCOLOR PENCIL WC2935	Sakura WHITE GELLY ROLL Medium Point Pens Set	Tim Holtz Distress Tattered Rose Marker	Tim Holtz Distress Dusty Concord Marker	Tim Holtz Distress Faded Jeans Marker
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDO55815	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Ranger TDO56041	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide VINTAGE PHOTO	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide WALNUT STAIN
Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad-PUMICE-STONE	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TDO56294	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad-MOWED-LAWN	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad EVERGREEN BOUGH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide PEELED PAINT

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Hugs,
Sandra