Frameworks Mosaic Tutorial

Hello and welcome! I have a Sizzix tutorial to share with you today, made with Tim Holtz new Frameworks dies. These dies are so fun and very versatile.

I made an art journal page, but the technique works just as well on a card, tag or scrapbooking layout. I thought it would be fun to use the Frameworks die to get a mosaic look. A great base for that is Wendy Vecchi's Embossing Paste, which works both as adhesive and grout in this project. The Frameworks die that I used is the Honeycomb one, but you can get the same effect with any of the other Frameworks dies.

I worked in my Small Creative Journal and smeared gesso with a palette knife. A piece of paper had been embossed in the Honeycomb embossing folder and I pressed it repeatedly into the gesso to make a soft textured pattern. You can also use the embossing folder itself, but then you have to clean it immediately. I also wanted the random gesso effect on the embossed paper. Leave to dry.

Water down some Distress Paint and paint the page. Mist with water for even more texture. Leave to dry.

Die cut Honeycomb Frameworks from different papers and materials. I used: natural sticky-back canvas, Mirrored Sheet, wood veneer paper, dictionary paper, the embossed honeycomb paper from earlier, Eclectic Elements Fabric which had been glued to cardstock and various Tim Holtz patterned papers. These are the inside pieces, I will use the frame pieces in a tutorial soon.

Ink the edges.

Ink the honeycomb embossed paper with Tumbled Glass and wipe off with a moist cloth. The random spots of gesso resist the ink.

Smear Embossing Paste on your page in a medium thick layer.

Start placing your honeycomb pieces into the paste, leaving the same space between all the pieces. The paste doesn't dry too quickly, so you have enough time. I made sure to vary the materials. Press the pieces down a bit to make the paste come up in between them.

Continue until you have covered the paste. I left some paste uncovered because I thought it gave a cool look. Leave to dry.

Cover all the paper pieces (not the mirrors, wood, canvas, fabric or embossed paper) with Glossy Accents. This gives a great glossy look to them and even more interest and variation to the mosaic pieces. Leave to dry.

Ink the paste here and there with Gathered Twigs.

I stamped the background with a few Tim Holtz stamps. Here you can see the honeycomb texture in the gesso.

The sentiment was stamped on two Ribbon Flags. The stamp comes from a Darkroom Door set.

I added rub-ons to some of the tiles. The combination of different surfaces in the tiles makes for a very interesting project. The mirror pieces look like real mirrors (they are hard to photograph).

I just got Tim Holtz Bird Feather set and wanted to ink up this great bird stamp. It was inked with Broken China and Gathered Twigs, misted with water four or five times and stamped on watercolour paper.

The little bird is a Hero Arts stamp and was stamped in the same way as the larger one. The title was die cut with the Vintage Market Sizzlits die.
Thank you for looking!

Have a great weekend, I hope you get some time to be creative.

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Surfaces: Ranger Small Creative Journal; Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Collage Mini Paper Stash, Mirrored Sheets; Ranger Natural Sticky-Back Canvas; Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements Fabric; Tim Holtz Core'dinations Kraft-Core cardstock; Simon Says Stamp Birch Wood Veneer Paper; Canson Watercolour paper
Dies: Sizzix: Honeycomb Frameworks, Ribbon Flags, Vintage Market
Embossing folder: Sizzix: Bubble & Honeycomb
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz: Tiny Things, Bird Feather; Hero Arts: L'oiseau D5909; Darkroom Door: Love Birds
Ink: Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Tumbled Glass, Broken China; Archival Ink Jet Black; Stazon Jet Black
Paint: Distress Paint: Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap, Broken China
Medium: Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste; Golden Gesso; Ranger Glossy Accents
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Life Quotes Remnant Rubs, Words Remnant Rubs