{"product_id":"diy-forgotten-garden-specimen-board-project","title":"DIY Forgotten Garden Specimen Board Project","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was love at first sight when it came to the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tim-holtz-forgotten-garden-cling-mount-stamp-set\/\"\u003eForgotten Garden Cling Mount Stamp Set\u003c\/a\u003e. They reminded me so much of all the dried flowers and greenery I use in my projects, and I knew I needed them. My first inclination was to stamp them on shipping tags to use them as gift tags, but as soon as I stamped the first flower, a new idea formed. Seeing the flower on the tag reminded me of a specimen board, and I immediately knew I wanted to make my own version of one.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother product I\u003cspan lang=\"JA\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003eve been wanting to play with is the set of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tim-holtz-idea-ology-worn-wallpaper-scraps\/\"\u003eWorn Wallpaper Scraps\u003c\/a\u003e, and I thought they\u003cspan lang=\"JA\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003ed pair nicely with the stamps. To begin, I tore the Worn Wallpaper Scraps into smaller pieces, and adhered them to a canvas using gel medium. When the gel medium dried, I applied washes of white and crème acrylic paint the canvas. I then applied white paint through a stencil to give everything a bit more texture. I still felt like the canvas needed a little something extra, so I quickly scribbled on it with a pink oil pastel as well as a charcoal stick. I stamped two more images onto stamps and colored all of the images in with watercolors. The tags were two white for my liking, so I submerged them in a coffee bath for about 20 minutes, and then sprinkled coffee grounds onto the tags. Once dry, I brushed the grounds off the tags to reveal a mottled effect I really enjoyed. To finish, I used wooden pushpins to attach the tags to the canvas. With so many fun designs in the Forgotten Garden Cling Mount Stamp set, I\u003cspan lang=\"JA\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003em eager to make another specimen board on an even larger scale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Projects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45452543623319,"sku":"PROJ-1363","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/5546\/3319\/files\/20240824_trending_02__01163.1724789313.1280.1280.jpg?v=1746794350","url":"https:\/\/stampington.live\/products\/diy-forgotten-garden-specimen-board-project","provider":"Stampington \u0026 Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}