Hello friends. Anyone know what day it is? It’s Sunday right?! Speaking of days, who’s been counting down until Saturday? I know I have! Whilst we wait, I wanted to share a card shown during the first Tim Holtz Saturday facebook LIVE, which by the way was 7 weeks ago! Wowzer that’s a lot of techniques and inspiration. I’m so grateful to Tim and Mario for all the time they dedicate and work they put in to bring us this weekly treat.
This year at Creativation Tim Holtz released a new bigger Professor stamp – Professor 2 (CMS395) and he both stole our hearts and the show! I stamped him onto plain collage paper with distress archival ink. Using a detailer waterbrush, I painted a line of water around the edge of the professor and gently tore away the excess paper. I then burnished it to the background with distress collage medium.
This grungy background was created using distress spray stains, lots of water and rubbing until the paper pilled away. As a side note, because the distress surfaces are designed to take water so well, it took some doing! I dried it so it was really crispy and added walnut stain distress ink to the edges and worn portions.
I used the new digits stencil (THS145) with black soot distress ink blended through. This stencil is so awesome!
I also had a chance to briefly play with the new distress cracked leather cardstock. I swiped the surface through a walnut stain distress ink wash on my glass media mat, drying between layers. I added a little black soot distress ink over the top to make it look weathered, worn and water damaged. Really looking forward to trying out some of the techniques shown by Tim Holtz that were inspired by Ann Sullivan Barnes using the distress cracked leather cardstock.
I love love love the new idea-ology factory tags. I distressed with a little iced spruce distress paint and frayed burlap distress crayon. I attached it with an idea-ology mini fastener over a fussy cut stamped image from the mini glitch (CMS405) stamp set.
Thanks for stopping by and see you at the facebook LIVE party tomorrow…
Zoe
I do like the new Professor stamp set. He is soooo big. Love what you have done with him Zoe! Great little piece.
Yep, just as good and grungy as I thought.
Love this piece and the fact that you generously share how you make the fabulous backgrounds for which you are so famous! This one is especially spectacular! And just as a side note, I love the addicts group and the fact that you are the cheerleader for all things “Tim!” Thanks to all admin for the “care and feeding” of this group! See you tomorrow at the usual (for now) Tim time!
Grungy goodness at it’s best…wonder what they have cooked up for us tomorrow. Tim said it was not to be missed…hummmm…can hardly wait…love that you called it the facebook LIVE Party…it is a party…of like minds and obsessors… did I just make up a word…LOL…see you tomorrow…wouldn’t miss it!!!
This is SO COOL!!! Love love LOVE IT! that pilled paper…DANG!! I’ve got to try that! Thanks for always inspiring me and so many, Zoe!! ♥️ Hugs!!
Love this look!
Hi Zoe, LOVE this! How you did that grungy background is awesome and so inspiring and also love the way you used the glitch stamps. Incredible work, as always!
Have a great weekend and see you at Tim time
Lisa xx
OMGosh…. these are fabulous! That leather piece of FABULOUS… is just that… FABULOUS! WOW. Thank you so much for sharing. I”m going to have to get that cracked leather Cardstock! Stay safe and well. Faith over fear. If we stay strong we will all get through this together.
Fabulously grungy background!!!!!!!!!!!