Hello friends. I hope you had a Happy Halloween. I managed to visit Tivoli for a couple of hours last week, we went late and had the place almost to ourselves. Tivoli have worked really hard to make it a safe guest experience and we can’t wait to go back to see it decked out for Christmas.
We watched a gigantic pumpkin being carved and they had dressed the annual jack-o-lantern, that hangs over the entrance, with a mask! Inside the park the lights were as beautiful as ever and there was the perfect atmospheric sky with an almost full moon casting a magical light over the pirate ship. So many great memories and so many great pumpkins. 😉
We have been staying safe at home for so much of this year and truly appreciate the time we do get to enjoy being “in the wild” even for just a few hours. I’m looking forward to packing my bags and traveling again as soon as it’s safe to do so. I wanted to share this sample I made for Creativation using the Baggage Bigz die (664439) from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 release.
I created a quick colour coded guide, in case it helps those new to die cutting or needing some “first build” guidance. You can of course customize this anyway that you wish. I added a red box to the first picture to show which portion of the die needs to be cut twice. I mounted the finished versions onto card to keep as it’s a great quick reminder for me when I want to build some more. I plan to make some travel journals from past trips.
I used an etcetera thickboard tag as my base and covered with some paper from Tim’s idea-ology paper stash, sanding the edges and blending in distress ink. I die cut the baggage out of grungeboard that I’ve been hoarding. Sanding the edges and blending in a little distress ink. I wanted to create the look of vintage trunks, so added some tiny fussy cut travel labels out of paper from the Tim Holtz paper stash.
I added a thickoard trim which I added letters to from the alphanumeric tiny text upper thinlits die set (664406). I added Phoenix as that’s where Creativation was held.
I also added an idea-ology compass coin and game spinner, plus the year… it’s one we won’t forget in a hurry!
I die cut the globe thinlits die (660214) from idea-ology metallic kraft-stock, sanded and blended with ground espresso distress ink. A chippy red painted adornment arrow and a couple of idea-ology hardware heads and my tag was finished.
Thanks for stopping by, I will be back tomorrow with a project made using the new paper village thinlits dies.
Zoe
Fantastic, thanks Zoe, I haven’t made this yet but with your super helpful instructions I’ll be having a go very soon. Love it! Can’t wait to create 🙂
So glad you had a smashing few hours at Tivoli. It looks awesome, it’s nice to have a little bit of “normal” right now isn’t it. xx
Your beaten-up and weathered suitcases have the perfect look of well-travelled luggage. The tiny labels are wonderful – just brilliant altogether. Glad you had such a great time at Tivoli – it must be even more magical at Christmas.
Alison x
Looks like it was “pumpkin” everything there in Tivoli…glad you had a great time…Looking forward to the paper village project, on to Christmas…
Thank you so much for the tutorial on using the Bigz Baggage die. So helpful. Love your composition, I was wondering where you found all the travel stickers. Loved Tivoli when I visited, didn’t think about it being open in the fall/winter. Looks fabulous.
Hi Zoe,just lovely Where is Tivoli? Is it NY? Best, Lee
Tivoli looks pretty amazing, it must be wonderful seeing all those carved pumpkins.
The baggage looks great cut from grungeboard and I love how you added all the labels. Hopefully we can all get back to some kind of normality next year, including some travel! Anne xx
I love how you can make anything look old and worn. It’s inspiring! Thank you for the color guide to the luggage…it’s very helpful!
So happy you both were able to make it to Tivoli….It felt like we were right there with ya MFS!
Soon as it’s safe to travel, pack your 💼 and I’ll pick you up in Phoenix! 🤎
LOVE these pumpkin photos…looks like such an awesome place, and so cool you had it to yourself. LOVE your baggage…lol…and love the idea of the travel journals. Awesome project!