"Never underestimate the power of a die," Tim Holtz said. Indeed, this typically-Christmas die turned into just what I wanted for a winter baby shower card.
I used the Sizzix Countryside die by Tim Holtz, along with colored Stampin' Up! cardstock including Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, and Purple Posy. Background cardstock behind the image is SU's glossy white, giving the snow a shine (hard to see in photo). Pale blue is Bazzill's Icy Mint smooth cardstock. White background is Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb.
Stitched rectangle is part of Paper Rose nested stitched rectangle dies. The saying is my own creation printed from a laser printer.
I'm entering this at Inkspirational Challenges #281 using the theme New/Welcome.
"Never underestimate the power of a die," Tim Holtz said. Indeed, this typically-Christmas die turned into just what I wanted for a winter baby shower card.
I used the Sizzix Countryside die by Tim Holtz, along with colored Stampin' Up! cardstock including Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, and Purple Posy. Background cardstock behind the image is SU's glossy white, giving the snow a shine (hard to see in photo). Pale blue is Bazzill's Icy Mint smooth cardstock. White background is Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb.
Stitched rectangle is part of Paper Rose nested stitched rectangle dies. The saying is my own creation printed from a laser printer.
I'm entering this at Inkspirational Challenges #281 using the theme New/Welcome.
We're throwing our daughter and her fiance an engagement party between Christmas and New Year's Eve. I'm also throwing a bridal shower for a friend this summer. Both brides love the woodland theme for their wedding. I decided to hand make a banner featuring lots of Tim Holtz goodies.
It's almost Christmas and my crafting is finished. Now I cook (I wish I was half as comfortable with that as I am with papercrafting.) Happy Holidays!
We're throwing our daughter and her fiance an engagement party between Christmas and New Year's Eve. I'm also throwing a bridal shower for a friend this summer. Both brides love the woodland theme for their wedding. I decided to hand make a banner featuring lots of Tim Holtz goodies.
It's almost Christmas and my crafting is finished. Now I cook (I wish I was half as comfortable with that as I am with papercrafting.) Happy Holidays!
Today, I'm over on the Poppystamps blog with a cute little treat holder. It's ideal for tea bags on little wrapped chocolate candies. Tea may be an overlooked gift at this time of year.
Today, I'm over on the Poppystamps blog with a cute little treat holder. It's ideal for tea bags on little wrapped chocolate candies. Tea may be an overlooked gift at this time of year.
Check out my Instagram reel today to see how I made this card.
Since the die cuts themselves have such great etched detail, I began by cutting them from heavyweight watercolor paper (140lb Canson XL).
Check out my Instagram reel today to see how I made this card.
Since the die cuts themselves have such great etched detail, I began by cutting them from heavyweight watercolor paper (140lb Canson XL).
I'm always so inspired by the Tim Holtz Live videos. I learn so much and sit in awe at what his makers create. After bingeing several and finding some amazing deals on Tim Holtz dies at Hobby Lobby, I decided to enter the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. My favorite maker, Emma Williams, always creates my favorite makes as a challenge team member and Tim Holtz maker. I'm also entering the challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers (don't you just love that name!) Their theme is old and the old type I used is how I applied the theme.
I started with Vicki Boutin's 140lb Foundations cardstock. This stuff can take any amount of layers without much if any warping. I was amazed. I cut a 6 x 8" piece out and sprayed on Distress Sprays in Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap, plus Iced Spruce in Distress Oxide Spray. Next, I smooshed my cardstock into some Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide mixed with water on my glass mat.
Next, I tried out the technique of using Micro Distress Glaze as a resist. I dabbed on some glaze through the Tiles and Splotches stencil at the top and bottom. Then I smooshed it into Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide on my glass mat. I couldn't really see the resist, but later I smooshed it into Evergreen Bough Distress Ink and the resist showed up much better. I stamped with Gina K Black Amalgam Ink using the Stampers Anonymous Faded Type stamp set in 2 places.
I cut the cardstock down into a tag shape and added a hole with a reinforcer punched out from Bazzill's Dark Kraft cardstock colored with some Pumice Stone. Finally, I got the idea to paint with Ranger's gold Foundry Wax through the Harlequin stencil. I was thrilled with how easy that was and how well it turned out.
For the centerpiece, I started with the dragonfly from Funky Insects (my 'steal' from Hobby Lobby). I cut it from watercolor paper and used Distress Inks in Rusty Hinge, Frayed Burlap, Evergreen Bough, Cracked Pistachio, Antique Linen, and a touch of Cracked Pistachio Distress Embossing Glaze on it. Next I cut the Sizzix Switchlit Seal and cut it from Bazzill's Dark Kraft paper and rubbed some Foundry Wax over the raised edges. I punched a 1.75" circle from Tim Holtz's Idea-ology Cool Kraft Stock, sanded the edges and smooshed a little Pumice Stone ink through the Harlequin stencil. I glued the circle to the seal. I sandwiched a piece of dyed cheesecloth I got from an Etsy seller years ago between the seal and a piece of Idea-ology Memoir Ephemera.
Finally, I added Tim Holtz saying stickers (can't remember the line) and a tiny piece of ephemera from Field Notes to the tag and tied a rust-colored ribbon aged with Pumice Stone ink to the top.
Whew! It was a lot of work, but fun and educational.
I'm always so inspired by the Tim Holtz Live videos. I learn so much and sit in awe at what his makers create. After bingeing several and finding some amazing deals on Tim Holtz dies at Hobby Lobby, I decided to enter the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. My favorite maker, Emma Williams, always creates my favorite makes as a challenge team member and Tim Holtz maker. I'm also entering the challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers (don't you just love that name!) Their theme is old and the old type I used is how I applied the theme.
I started with Vicki Boutin's 140lb Foundations cardstock. This stuff can take any amount of layers without much if any warping. I was amazed. I cut a 6 x 8" piece out and sprayed on Distress Sprays in Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap, plus Iced Spruce in Distress Oxide Spray. Next, I smooshed my cardstock into some Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide mixed with water on my glass mat.
Next, I tried out the technique of using Micro Distress Glaze as a resist. I dabbed on some glaze through the Tiles and Splotches stencil at the top and bottom. Then I smooshed it into Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide on my glass mat. I couldn't really see the resist, but later I smooshed it into Evergreen Bough Distress Ink and the resist showed up much better. I stamped with Gina K Black Amalgam Ink using the Stampers Anonymous Faded Type stamp set in 2 places.
I cut the cardstock down into a tag shape and added a hole with a reinforcer punched out from Bazzill's Dark Kraft cardstock colored with some Pumice Stone. Finally, I got the idea to paint with Ranger's gold Foundry Wax through the Harlequin stencil. I was thrilled with how easy that was and how well it turned out.
For the centerpiece, I started with the dragonfly from Funky Insects (my 'steal' from Hobby Lobby). I cut it from watercolor paper and used Distress Inks in Rusty Hinge, Frayed Burlap, Evergreen Bough, Cracked Pistachio, Antique Linen, and a touch of Cracked Pistachio Distress Embossing Glaze on it. Next I cut the Sizzix Switchlit Seal and cut it from Bazzill's Dark Kraft paper and rubbed some Foundry Wax over the raised edges. I punched a 1.75" circle from Tim Holtz's Idea-ology Cool Kraft Stock, sanded the edges and smooshed a little Pumice Stone ink through the Harlequin stencil. I glued the circle to the seal. I sandwiched a piece of dyed cheesecloth I got from an Etsy seller years ago between the seal and a piece of Idea-ology Memoir Ephemera.
Finally, I added Tim Holtz saying stickers (can't remember the line) and a tiny piece of ephemera from Field Notes to the tag and tied a rust-colored ribbon aged with Pumice Stone ink to the top.
Whew! It was a lot of work, but fun and educational.
How could I resist combining a snowglobe with a gingerbread house? Two sets of Poppystamp dies helped me create this sweet scene, featured on their blog on November 12. I started with the cottage and cut it from 4 different colors of cardstocks: red, white glitter, Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar to represent gingerbread, and two from yellow. I trimmed the door off the honey-brown one. I cut another cottage from red paper and snipped off the door to use.
I loved the idea of having a window in the door and was thrilled to see that I could put the red door upside down onto the cottage die and cut a window out of the door (yes, tweezers and reading glasses were critical for this).
I went over the door with a clear glitter pen. I used the window inlays from my two yellow cottages and inset them into the honey-brown cottage and the red door. Before I added the frosted roof, I used a white gel pen to doodle on the cottage, making it look like icing. Once the cottage was complete, the rest was easier. I die cut the fence and the tree from the same honey-brown cardstock and used my white gel pen to add snow. I cut two snow mounds from the snow die that came with the Cottage Globe die, one from white cardstock, the other from glitter cardstock.
How could I resist combining a snowglobe with a gingerbread house? Two sets of Poppystamp dies helped me create this sweet scene, featured on their blog on November 12. I started with the cottage and cut it from 4 different colors of cardstocks: red, white glitter, Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar to represent gingerbread, and two from yellow. I trimmed the door off the honey-brown one. I cut another cottage from red paper and snipped off the door to use.
I loved the idea of having a window in the door and was thrilled to see that I could put the red door upside down onto the cottage die and cut a window out of the door (yes, tweezers and reading glasses were critical for this).
I went over the door with a clear glitter pen. I used the window inlays from my two yellow cottages and inset them into the honey-brown cottage and the red door. Before I added the frosted roof, I used a white gel pen to doodle on the cottage, making it look like icing. Once the cottage was complete, the rest was easier. I die cut the fence and the tree from the same honey-brown cardstock and used my white gel pen to add snow. I cut two snow mounds from the snow die that came with the Cottage Globe die, one from white cardstock, the other from glitter cardstock.
