Christmas house globe

Hi everyone p,

Back to Christmas cards today. Used the new Festive Print stamp set and Tapestry folder from Tim Holtz, Stampers Anonymous and Sizzix.

Embossed the folder with black ink and then dragged a red ink pad over top to hit all the high points of the embossing.

Stamped the globe on white card stock, die cut with a stitched circle die and then added clear rock candy glitter to the circle edges.

Added a glitter gel pen to the tops of the sentiment letters.

Well that’s it for my card today and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Products used:

Festive Print CMS472

Tapestry embossing folder 666388

Lumberjack Plaid and Black Soot distress inks

Distress clear Rock Candy glitter

Sakura glitter pen

Trick or Treat

 Hi everyone,

One still can’t have enough Halloween creations

I used a new die, stencil and the black opaque texture paste.

I started with an Etcetera Cathedral window piece and popped out the middle piece and kept the arch.

I used a stencil over the arch which was ink blended with Distress Iced Spruce and Black Soot. I added a bit of black opaque to the edges of my arch

The card panel base is an embossing folder sprayed with Mica spray and a black ink pad swiped over top

The brick wall is a mini embossing folder inked with Distress inks

The figure was die cut and sprayed with Phantom Mist mica spray

 

I used Etcetera strip pieces to elevate my framed piece and give it some depth

I added an Idea-ology bat, sentiment and tinsel

Products used:

Halloween Night 666384

Fractured stencil THS171

Arched embossing folder 665459

Mini Brickwork folder 665462

Etcetera Cathedral Window THETC 015

Distress Mica stain sprays

Idea-ology

The Dead of Night

 Hi everyone,

When I ordered all the new Etcetera release from Stampers Anonymous I wasn’t sure what piece to start with first. Well what I did was start with the base for my project which is one of the 5.25” x 7.25” pieces from the rectangle set. To create my frame I went with the outside frame piece around the mosaic tiles set - the long rectangular piece.

Here’s what I finished with 

I covered the base panel with a piece from the Layers Idea-ology backdrops. I left it the way it was inking only the edges with black ink. The piece is a nice dark blue floral with bits of light blue which I thought was nice to set the mood for the rest of my piece.

I painted the long rectangle frame with purple paint and used my sanding disk to scuff up the edges.

My orange background is also an Idea-ology Layers background which I sprayed with Distress Burning Ember mica spray. It give a nice shimmer to the piece.

I also added a stencil to my orange background and chose a light colour of ink to blend over top. I wanted just a subtle effect.

For the bat etcetera frame pieces I painted them with black paint and then sprayed them with Distress Iron Gate mica spray. I added them with tack nails.

I added Idea-ology Design tape to the top and bottom edge and also on the bats on edge side.

Die cut the fence with silver metallic card stock and all other pieces were cut with regular card stock.

I added 2 word chip sentiment pieces with a little tape under each one, a star and flower both inked with black alcohol ink, a bone, mummy cloth and a mask to the skull and gravestone.

Well that’s it for my Halloween make today and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous Etcetera ETC019, ETC020

Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Bat Web trims ETC024

Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous Shatter stencil THS014

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Halloween Night 666384

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Graveyard Colorize 666383

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween baseboards TH94252 (sentiments)

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween design tape, star, flower, mummy cloth (died gray), tack nails

Idea-ology Backdrops #5

Distress Mica spray - Burning Ember, Iron Gate

Distress paint - Villainous Potion, Black Soot

Alcohol ink - Black 

Sister witches

Hi everyone, 

Well the summer is rolling along and the next fun time coming up is Halloween 🎃 I have already started making some Halloween cards and today I have a fun tag to share.

I started by embossing a piece of white Distress heavy stock paper and embossed with an embossing folder.

I then blended different colours of Distress inks and crayons to the tag and gave it a few flicks of black paint.

I die cut all the elements for my tag and began adding them to my tag.

I gave the witches green alcohol inked hats on silver sparkle alcohol ink card stock.

The ends of the witches brooms were done with snips of mummy cloth that I had dyed with Distress ink.

I added Distress Crypt paste to the edges of the tag which were already darkened with Black Soot Distress ink.

The pumpkins were Spiced Marmalade Distress ink with the matching embossing glaze over top.

I added an Idea-ology metal spider to which I added Sterling Foundry wax

Well that’s it for this tag and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Products used:

Halloween Night 666384

Big Frights 666381

Mosaic 666156

Frightful Things 664209

Distressinks - Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves, Spiced Marmalade, Crushed Olive, Gathered Twigs

Distress Crayons - Hocus Pocus, Jack-o-Lantern, Bubbling Cauldron, Black Soot, Walnut Stain

Hats - Limeade Alcohol ink and Silver Sparkle alcohol ink card stock

Broom tips - mummy cloth

Pumpkins - Distress glaze Spiced Marmalade 

Moon - Distress glaze - Squeezed Lemonade 

Idea-ology sentiment and spider with Sterling Foundry wax

Best day ever

 Hi everyone,

Been a while since I posted here but I do have a card to share with you today.

I started with my turquoise background using the Deco Arch stencil and applying 3 different colours of Distress inks.

I then added another stencil over top and using black ink,

I die cut the bottom part of the panel with a sentiment die and layered a piece of dark brown card stock underneath.

I used an embossing folder for the base and added Walnut Stain distress ink over top.

The bird, flower and wood pieces were added to the card. I had these in my stash from previous projects.

Everything was added to a white card and the edges inked with brown ink.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻❤️

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Deco Arch stencil 

Tim Holtz Digits stencil

Tim Holtz Tree Rings embossing folder 

Tim Holtz Brushstroke Flowers, Mini

Tim Holtz Bold Text #1

Tim Holtz Vault Series: Halloween 2021

Distress inks

Enjoy the journey

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using a bunch of Tim Holtz Idea-ology and a Sizzix die and Stampers Anonymous stencil and also a stamp set.

I started with a white panel and blended Distress Prize Ribbon ink over top. I

I added some Distress Icicle Crackle paste over a few areas.

When that was dry I lightly sprayed the panel with a bit of Blueprint Sketch Distress spray stain.

I die cut the butterfly with white card stock and blended Prize Ribbon Distress ink over top. I added gold metallic rub-on lightly to the raised areas.

I added bits of Idea-ology from different ephemera sets on to my card.

The whole panel was mounted on to a sheet from the Idea-ology Backdrop #4 pack and then mounted to a piece of gold striped metallic card stock.

I also added a quote chip for my sentiment and an Idea-ology metal star coloured with Prize Ribbon crayon.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻❤️

Supplies:

Sizzix / Tim Holtz Butterfly 3-d Impresslits 

Stampers Anonymous Digits stencil and Ultimate Grunge stamp set

Distress Prize Ribon ink

Distress Blueprint Sketch Spray Stain

Ranger Prize Ribbon crayon

Idea-ology ephemera, metal star and quote chip sentiment 

Gold rub-on

Spring is coming

 Hi everyone, 

Today I have a rather large Spring tag to share with you. That bird is a big bird so I needed the space😀

I started by creating my bird and egg first. I then went onto the background of the tag.

I used a stencil and some Distress inks. Then I added a layer of Distress paste off top.

In different places I added some stamped writing and images to the background. I also distressed the edges of the tag with my Tim Holtz distressing tool.

I added an Idea-ology flower to the tag which I had coloured with Distress crayons. I had die cut the letters Spring from a piece that I had alcohol inked and had added silver foil to.

The butterfly is an ephemera Idea-ology piece. 

You can see the crackle in the photo above and below.

I die cut some branches and foliage. I also added trim to both the top and bottom of the tag.

The tag was mounted to a piece of cork and clipped at the top with an Idea-ology clip.

I added an Idea-ology sentiment and the numbers 2 and 0 were die cut signifying the first day of Spring for 2023.

You can see the Icicle paste crackle below.

Well that’s it for today and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Alphanumeric die

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Bird and Egg die set

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Holiday greens die set

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Fall Foliage die set

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Alphanumeric Bold die set

Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous Floral stencil

Distress Icicle crackle paste

Distress inks

Tim Holtz Idea-ology

Ranger alcohol inks

You do you tag

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a tag to share using the beautiful Blossom die from Tim Holtz/Sizzix.

I started by creating my tag background using Distress spray stains and a Mica spray stain.

I added a brick stencil with Distress texture paste.

Each layer of the flower was created by smooshing the colours on using my glass mat. I added the ink pad colour to my mat, spritzed with a bit of water and then smooshed on the colour.

 

I stamped a sentiment stamp with black ink to different sections of the tag.here and there.

Added a label sticker from Idea-ology and some brown pearl embellishments and that completes my card. Thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Tim Holtz / Sizzix Blossom die

Stampers Anonymous Ledger Script stamp, Bricked stencil

Idea-ology Label stickers - Thoughts, Mummy cloth

Distress sprays - Peacock Feathers, Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain

Distress oxide spray - Salvaged Patina

Distress Mica spray - Tarnished Brass

Distress inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Wild Honey, Walnut Stain

Fun specimen slides/tags

 Hi everyone,

Well Valentine’s Day is behind us now   so I thought I would work on something a little different. Making some little specimen slides. There are 12 in all.

I started by die cutting each slide and then spraying it with Distress Spray stain and then I used the matching ink pad colour to colour the background for each slide. I also added a few sprays with Lost Shadow Distress spray.

I ran the background piece through my corrugating roller. I then added a few drops of water to each piece.

I added an Idea-ology Ephermera or layer piece to each slide before adding a piece of acetate over top.

For the frame around the die cut word or number I sprayed a piece of card stock with Distress Mica sprays in Brushed Pewter, Antique Bronze and Tarnished so as to give the a metallic finish. I added a strip of brown card stock behind the word or number piece before adhering with tape.

On the top right corner I added an eyelet in either silver or copper and then attached an Idea-ology loop pin.

The word on the left of each slide is an Idea-ology Chitchat sticker.

Below is a photo to see all the Idea-ology sticker words on each slide.

Below are the 12 slides attached with Jute rope.

Here they are stacked.

I had so much fun making these and I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks so much for stopping by🙏🏻

Supplies:

Tim Holtz /Sizzix Specimen die set 

Idea-ology Layers, Ephemera packs

Idea-ology Loop pins

Eyelets

Jute rope

Distress Spray and ink pads - 

Squeezed Lemonade 

Twisted Citron

Carved Pumpkin

Kitsch Flamingo 

Salty Ocean

Rustic Wilderness 

Saltwater Taffy

Rusty Hinge

Blueprint Sketch

Wilted Violet

Candied Apple 

Cracked Pistachio 

Lost Shadow

Distress Mica sprays - Antique Bronze, Brushed Pewter, Tarnished Brass