It's Time

 

Today Bleubeard and I have been honored to be the Guest Designers for Try it on Tuesday.  We consider it a fabulous honor and look forward to sharing our entry with you.

I'll start at the beginning, because you may have already seen the completed entry if you have come from the Try it on Tuesday blog.  The first thing I did was fussy cut many clocks.  Once cut, I laid them down using pale mint green house paint.  I had no gesso and didn't want to use my gel medium, so paint was my alternative choice.

In addition to the clocks, I also included two old calendar pages from years past, three fortunes referencing time, and two postage stamps with clocks on them.

For once I was smart and tested all the shimmering mists before I added them to the page.  Some were too dark and would have obliterated the clocks.  You can see I used both commercial and my handmade shimmer mists.

I masked some of the embellishments because the clocks were all I wanted to color.

I added the various spray mists

and took a few photos so you could see the results of misting.

Here is the completed entry.  Not the best photo in the world, so I will provide lots of close-ups.

I wish this had shown up better in the final spread.

As I explained above, I began by laying down pale mint green house paint, over which I placed the fussy cut clocks, fortunes, and postage stamps.  

 

After masking and spraying, I added the computer generated words, the lovely Memory Makers clock (upper left), and real clock hands, over which I covered with a gifted gold circle.  The die cut letters (T, M, and E), created from various leathers, were chosen for their texture.  The "I," created from a wood mounted red rubber stamp called Pocket Watch, was stamped on paper, then adjusted in Photoshop to fit the size of each of the words.

Thank you for joining me today.  Bleubeard and I are delighted you stopped by and are very grateful to Jo and the wonderful design team at Try it on Tuesday for inviting Bleubeard and me to be their guest designer for Time.