Hello friends! Welcome!
Happy Saturday and Happy New Distress Day!! I am so very excited to share this beautiful new color, Lost Shadow, with you today…
What an AMAZING live it was today! (To watch the replay CLICK HERE)
You can’t help but get excited while watching Tim introduce the color and all the wonderful ways that you can use it. Plus, seeing all the beautiful things that Paula, Zoe and Cheiron created, makes me so excited to play and get inky with it some more!
Can we ever have enough colors of Distress? Nope, I don’t think so!!
Here’s a peek at the projects that I created using this fabulous new color.

And a look at Lost Shadow…

I went in several different directions with these projects, and once I started playing, I just couldn’t stop.
You would think that a neutral color, like Lost Shadow, would get lost in the background (hence it’s name) but it totally doesn’t!!! It stands out and really is a color that we have needed all along! I hope that by seeing everyone’s samples today, you will agree!
To create this project, I used Lost Shadow Distress Spray Stains, Embossing Glaze, and inks, along with a selection of other distress colors. I haven’t created with the Distress Crackled Glaze technique in awhile, so I dug through my stencils and found the perfect one.
The Crest layering stencil (THS 161) was released this past Halloween and became a beautiful way to highlight Lost Shadow. The gray sprinkled and embossed over the urn and highlighted in the background is just gorgeous and gave me a royal feeling!

I started by adding Distress Crackle Texture Paste through a stencil onto a #8 mixed media heavystock tag, then while it was still wet, pinched and sprinkled on Lost Shadow, Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, Rusty Hinge and Unchartered Mariner Glazes, tapped off the extra powder onto a scrap of paper, then set the tag aside to dry and crackle. You’re basically painting or coloring with the powders, giving the piece a very organic and beautiful look. I love the fact that Distress Glaze is transparent and becomes like crazed glass once it is embossed.

Once it was dry, I embossed the powder and it turned into this!
Yumm-o, I never get tired of crackle and the effect the powder brings to the look!

I then spritzed the tag with water and spritzed on Lost Shadow Spray, Oxide Spray and added some drips and spritzes of Antique Linen Spray stain, then dried the tag with my heat tool. The combo of gray and drips of antique yellow gives the tag a very aged look.


Next, I rubbed a combination of Brushed Corduroy and Ground Espresso Distress Ink along the edges of the tag using a blending tool. I did this very lightly as I didn’t want to cover all the beautiful gray-ness up. Then, once the color was blended on, I took my Distress Sprayer and dripped water onto the areas that I had blended with ink to create a mottled look. The combo of Lost Shadow, Brushed Corduroy and Ground Espresso just tugged at my shabby loving heart, and I will definitely be using this combo AGAIN!

You can see in the photo below how the Brushed Corduroy and Ground Espresso combo, plus drips of water created a beautifully aged look.

The bee..moth..her royal bug ๐
Some people may see this bug as a moth, but my interpretation of it for this piece was most definitely a bee. The Entomology Stamp Set (CMS328) was the first thing I grabbed after I had created my tag and I knew the size of bug that I was looking for, and this one fit the bill, I just love how she turned out.
I blended some Lost Shadow distress ink, using both regular and oxide, onto a sheet of Distress Watercolor, then using Distress Embossing Ink and Gold Embossing powder, embossed the bee with my embossing gun. Then, using the Entomology Framelit set, cut her out.
I cut out 3 layers of the bee, one embossed with the details from the stamp, and the other 2 layers to place behind. This way I knew that she would really pop and be the center of attention.
Using a detail water brush, I added highlights onto her wings and body using a bit of Decayed Distress Mica Stain, that I brushed on to give her a blended and watercolored look and it also added some shimmer to her. I dried it very quickly with my heat tool (as to not re-emboss her body), then blended Ground Espresso Distress Ink over her legs and edges of her wings. This was done to all 3 layers of her, then she was adhered together.
I placed two tiny pieces of foam tape behind her first layered wings, then adhered her together with collage medium focusing the glue behind the center of her body so that when she was dry, I could ruffle out her wings and be sure that she would pop on the tag.

To add to the royal feeling of the project, I stamped, very randomly, some handwritten areas onto the background of the tag using embossing ink, sprinkled it with the Gold Embossing Powder and embossed it using my heat tool.
This handwritten font is from The Poinsettia Stamp Set (CMS426), but any handwritten background would work that you might have in your collection. If you’re like me, you have many handwritten backgrounds to choose from..they add the perfect vintage shabbiness to your projects!


Next up, I cut out and embossed the round seal (Sizzix Seal Switchlit Embossing Folder) using the pinked edge onto pieces of Distress Kraft Heavystock. I cut out 4 layers from Kraft Heavystock and 1 layer from watercolor paper that had been spritzed with Lost Shadow Spray Stains.
I blended the edges of all the seals with Ground Espresso Distress Ink using a blending tool.
For the watercolor seal layer, I used my finger and lightly applied “Gilded” Foundry Wax onto the pinked and dotted embossed edges, then heated it to set the wax.
I adhered the other round seals together using collage medium, blended the edges with Ground Espresso then applied Guilded wax and heated it up with my embossing gun to set the wax. I added a “Gilded” cross to the bottom (from the idea-ology Milagros adornments) by punching a small hole and using a jump ring then adhered a small vintage gem to the cross.
The crown of the bee is a tiny vintage seal that I had in my collection, thanks to a junkin’ trip.. ๐

Here’s a close-up look at the seal in the photo below.
You can really see how the layers of the bee and seal make a bold statement and show off all the royal like details of the tag.
I adhered a tiny number sticker “154”, from the idea-ology clipping stickers, then, applied a bit of the Decayed Mica stain around to frame it by using a detail water brush.
The phrase “her immortal beauty” (from the Tiny Text Halloween CMS409) was stamped using Black Soot Archival Ink, onto a scrap of paper, trimmed and placed on top of her little layered wings.
I love how the tiny crown looks as though it is hovering right above her and that she is reaching to place it upon her head!

I spritzed some seam binding ribbon with water, then spritzed it with both the Lost Shadow Spray Stains, Decayed Mica Spray and some drips of Antique Linen, then dried it with my heat tool. While drying it, I crinkled it with my hands to give it an aged and worn look. If you’re looking for a more detailed tutorial about the seam binding ribbon CLICK HERE. It is my favorite way to create matching ribbons for all my projects.

Using my sewing machine, I stitched the ribbon very randomly around the edge of the tag leaving lots of whispy threads behind, then adhered it to a #8 Etcetera Tag. I tied some of the additional ribbon to the top of the tag in a bow, then added the seal and bee to the front using foam tape.
I crinkled up the thread bits and ribbon edges by rubbing my fingers with a little collage medium, then rolling the string and ribbon in-between my fingers to create the tattered look. This is a great way to keep the crinkled distressed and shabby look.

With that, my project was complete! I hope you enjoyed reading through the steps and give Lost Shadow a try! I don’t think you will be disappointed. It is just a beautiful addition to the Distress family and will surely be making more appearances throughout my future makes.

Also, be sure to stop by again as I’ll be sharing more of the projects that I created for the LIVE very soon!
Have a great weekend!
Creatively yours,
Stacy
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Thank you so much for this inspiring make!!! ๐ love it the moment I saw it on the Live today! How sweet & personal was Tim’s story behind the name!? Really resignated with me and felt teary ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฒ
What an inspiring make! Loved it the moment I saw it on the live today! What a sweet and touching story Tim shared behind the name. Really resonated with me, so personal and genuine. Just like Tim ๐๐ฅฐ๐ฅฒ
Such beautiful vintage feel to this project. The new neutral is a fabulous addition to your pallette. thanks for all the pictures and details from your desk love what you made as ever xox
Every project you put your hands to is just gorgeous. This is beyond beautiful!
To Bee or not to Bee, that is the question, and the answer…is definitely a BEE.I just love your Queen Bee in all her glory and shabby to perfection.
Stunning! Each and every project you created! Thank you for sharing!!
Hello Stacy,
Your project is ofcourse awesome again. I am a follower on your Blog such a long, long time.
The new color is amazing, isn’t it, I am a great fan from Vintage colors so……. ๐
I jus’t ordered the whole set last night, it’s coming in the shops in the Netherlands so time to play next week ๐
Have a nice Sunday!
Ellen
Wow. Such a beautiful art piece. I love the distress glaze with the crackle paste. Thanks for explaining all the details and photos.
Stacy, your style is THE essence of all things Tim Holtz! BRAVO!!! โค๏ธ
This has to be the most gorgeous tag I have ever seen! I would love to watch you craft.
Oh, Stacy, there are not words to describe this make!!! Your talent never ceases to amaze me. You are such a compliment to the Tim Holtz product line. Timโs โLiveโ today was super awesome as usual and his little take on the name โLost Shadowโ and Peter Pan about had me in tears. I totally loved all your makes today, Tim has some SUPER fantastic makers!!!
Stacy,
Simply spectacular. Thank you for the post and all the close up pictures! Love Love Love
Just beautiful! LOVE the gorgeous tag…..
Just beautiful! LOVE the gorgeous tag…..I really like how the crackle comes through the glaze.
This is beautiful. Than you for sharing your imagination. I love love love the little crown. Ideology needs to make them. Just a thought.
I loved this piece as soon as Tim showed it and I am so glad you made this tutorial! I will definitely try to make it! Your pieces are always so special. Just gorgeous!
You never cease to amaze me with your artistic talents, Stacy. Thank you for sharing this very detailed tutorial on how the art happens. Love it!
Your tutorials are so detailed and amazing! This project is the bee’s knees! ๐๐
You always spark my imagination! I love your pieces! They are all absolutely fantastic! Thank you for sharing.
You used so many interesting techniques to achieve this spectacular vintage looking tag. Thank you for your tutorial. I’ll be referring back to this entry as I try some of these on my own cards. Thanks too for all your great inspiration.
This is simply an amazing work. Iโm awe-inspired. Thank you for sharing the details. ~Jamie
Beautiful beautiful work. I love the layers. It works as a bee but Iโm positive it is a cicada. We have them ever summer here in the south. They are one of my favorite insects and I love it in this set.
Absolutely gorgeous.