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Home Décor
Four Seasons Nature Clock
By: Bea Rosenleaf
Trailblazers
Mixed Media Team Designer
What better home décor project than a nice clock to keep track of your day? This
project is so versatile. Can you envision a family picture or your child’s
picture on this project? Changing the theme is as simple as changing the color
and picture!!! Come join me in the studio, and I’ll show you how to make this
cute little project!
Supplies:
Any photograph printed on glossy photo paper
(I printed this photo at 8”x10” and cut it down)
Goodness of God Stamp Set (The Angel Co.)
1 sheet light-weight Vellum Paper (The Angel Co.)
Bazzill Paper
1 sheet Copper (weave texture)
2 sheets Palo Verde (grass cloth texture)
1 sheet Black Cardstock (unknown)
Scrap of Glossy White paper
Winchester Soar With It Collection Paper: 1 sheet Distressed Stone (The Angel
Co.)
Adirondack Ink Pads: (Ranger)
Eggplant
Meadow
Terra Cotta
Stonewashed
Distress Ink Pad: Black Soot (Ranger)
Copper Embossing Powder (Ranger)
2-Grunge Board Elements Flourishes-any pattern (Ideology)
Tim Holtz’s Texture Hammer and Mat (Ideology)
Tim Holtz’s Ruler (Ideology)
Copper Acrylic Paint (Folk Art)
Charms – 3 butterflies, 3 bumble bees, 1 sun (Local Bead store)
Clock (Walnut Hollow) Found at Michael’s
1-AA battery for clock operating
1¼” Square Punch (Creative Memories)
Circle Cutter – set at 4 ¼” (Fiskars)
Self-healing Cutting Mat
Scrap piece of text weight paper
Drywall Tape
Paper Cutter
Paint Brush
Eucalyptus Walnut Ink (Tsukineko)
Misting bottle with Water
3-D Crystal Lacquer (Sakura) (Can also use Glossy Accents or Diamond Glaze)
1 sheet of ¼” Foam Board (Michael’s)
Scissors
Adhesive
Craft Sheet or something to protect your work surface
Heat Gun
Paper Towel and Baby wipes
Cotton Balls or Sponge
Craft Knife
3-D Pop Dots
Zots Mini Adhesive Dots
Vellum Tape (3-M)
Elmer’s Glue (Wal-Mart)
E-6000 Adhesive (Michael’s)
Small Fall-colored Silk Leaves (unknown)
Instructions:
Let’s do the messy stuff first!
1. Take the scraps of glossy white paper and prepare the ink areas large enough
for each of the tree stamps. Apply Terra Cotta, Eggplant, Meadow and Stonewashed
ink to the glossy cardstock using a cotton ball.
2. Ink each of the four tree stamps with Black Soot ink and stamp over each of
the colored glossy cardstock prepared in Step. 1. Set aside to dry.
3. While the trees are drying, cut four (4) 1⅜” squares from the Copper
cardstock. Punch four 1½” squares from the black cardstock.
4. If the trees aren’t dry yet, use the heat gun to speed dry the ink (it takes
a while for distress inks to dry on glossy paper). Punch each tree out using the
1¼” square punch.
5. Layer each tree onto the copper squares and then onto the black squares with
adhesive. Set aside.
6. Set the craft mat on the work surface for the next few steps. Take the piece
of Palo Verde cardstock and cut down to 8”x10”. Mist lightly with water and
quickly spray on the Eucalyptus Walnut Ink using a swiping motion. You should
have some fine misted ink and a few larger spots of ink. Let set for a minute
then use a paper towel to pat dry. Set aside to dry. Clean off the craft mat
before going to the next step.
7. Cut a piece of drywall tape to fit across the background
and for pieces on the base
(It’s sticky stuff!). Lay the drywall tape on the craft mat. Using the Eggplant
ink pad (remove the cover), ink up the drywall tape by swiping the ink pad
across the drywall tape. Next. take the copper embossing powder and randomly
sprinkle over the drywall tape. (Since the tape is sticky, you do not need to
use any other medium for the embossing power to stick.) Take the heat gun and
melt the embossing powder. You should have some heavier embossed areas than
others, which creates a pleasing texture. Set the piece of drywall tape aside
and clean the craft mat.
8. Apply two 3-D pop dots to the back of the grunge board flourishes and set on
the craft mat. This will free up your fingers having to hold them down while
painting them! (A tip from Tim Holtz, himself!) Paint with the Copper Metallic
paint. When the paint is dry (shouldn’t take too long), remove the pop dots from
the back and lightly mist with water. Set on the mat that comes with the texture
hammer and hammer the flourishes using the bumps head until satisfied with the
distressed look. Wipe off the water with paper towel. Using a cotton ball, ink
with Black Soot and lightly rub over the flourishes to give them an old copper
look. Set aside. Clean off the craft mat and set aside.
Finishing the Project:
1. Decide what part of the photograph to use and cut down to a 5” height and 6”
width. Cut 3 horizontal pieces 2” wide.
2. Cut 3 pieces of Copper cardstock 2 1/8” x 5 1/8” and 3 pieces of black
cardstock 2¼”x5¼”. Lay er
these as shown in the finished project photo. Set aside.
3. Using a scrap of text-weight paper, cut a circle out with the circle cutter
(set at 4 ¼”).
4. Fold the circle in half and then fold the half circle in half again. You
should have 4 quarters in the circle when opened. Fold the circle back up and
punch a hole on the center point using a ¼” hole punch. When circle is opened,
there should be a hole in the very center. This is the hole for the clock to fit
through. Set aside for now.
 5.
Take the piece of distressed stone looking paper and cut to 8”x10”. Turn over so
the print side is down and tear the edges (doing this on the back side will not
create a “white border” on the printed side). See photo showing how to do this.
Apply adhesive to the back side and layer to the piece of green cardstock. This
is your background piece that everything else will be layered onto.
6. Layer the piece of drywall tape across the background piece created in Step 5
and trim with scissors.
7. Take the circle created in Step 4 and using the centering ruler, center at
the top of the background piece. Lightly mark the center circle on the
background piece and a mark at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock marks. Remove circle.
8. Before applying adhesive to the 4 trees, set on the background piece in the
following manner: Stonewashed tree (winter) at 12 o’clock; Meadow tree (spring)
at 3 o’clock; Eggplant tree (summer) at 6 o’clock; and the Terra Cotta tree
(autumn) at 9 o’clock. (Please note: there is an error on the original project.
The Spring and Summer trees are placed opposite of what they should be.) Take
the second hand from the clock package and holding it on the center circle, move
it around making sure the trees are arranged to fit the length of the hand. When
everything is laid out suitably, apply adhesive to the trees and adhere to the
background.
9. Adhere the grunge board flourishes on either side of the clock section using
Crystal Lacquer. (A little bit goes a long way, so don’t over-do!)
10. Using the centering ruler, find the center of the background piece at the
bottom. Apply the 3-D pop dots to the back of the center panel of the photograph
and center about 1/8” from the bottom.
11. Use regular adhesive and adhere each side panel of the photograph about ¼”
from each side of the center panel and ½” from the bottom.
12. Use the computer to generate the quote and print out on the piece of vellum.
Tear around the quote. Attach the piece of vellum over the picture using the
vellum tape.
13. Attach the charms with the Crystal Lacquer. (You may find using a pair of
tweezers will help in setting the charms).
14. Measure two pieces of foam board: one 8”x10¼” and one 10”x6”. Cut out with a
craft knife.
15. Take the 8”x10¼” piece of foam board and attach the panel with the clock and
photo. Cut a piece of the green cardstock 8"x10" and adhere
to the back of the
 piece.
Make sure you align the pieces to the top of the board, leaving the bottom ¼”
exposed.
16. Take the 10”x6” piece of mat board (base), find the center of the board by
using the centering ruler, and draw a line 8” long and ¼” wide. Cut this out
with the craft knifetaking care not to cut through the bottom layer of board
covering the foam.
17. Take a piece of the green Bazzill paper and measure a piece 10”x6” and cut
the same size hole in it as in the previous step. Adhere to the base panel.
18. Using Elmer’s glue, or E-6000, apply to the hole in the base and insert the
clock panel. Let dry thoroughly.
19. Using the remainder of the drywall tape prepared in Step 5, arrange in a
pleasing manner on the base.
20. Using Elmer’s glue, carefully apply to the gimp and adhere around the top of
the clock and around the base. (See photo for placement.)
21. If desired, use silk leaves and glue with Crystal Lacquer around the base to
look like a crisp fall day with falling leaves.
22. Following the manufacture’s directions, mount the clock to the panel and
insert the battery.
23. Sign your work! Now sit back and admire your handiwork!
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