Welcome to the Creativations 2018 – Tim Holtz Blog Hop and Give Away! …and welcome to my blog! I’m delighted to have been invited to join such a talented group of designers on this exciting blog hop hosted by Richele Christensen. If you’ve just come across from the lovely and talented Chelle Fowler’s blog, you’re right on track.
I was lucky enough to make a few samples for the Stampers Anonymous booth at this years Creativation with Tim Holtz wonderful new stamps and stencils. Today I want to share a close-up look at the shaker card that I made.
I used the new entomology stamp set (CMS328), one of my favourites from the new release, not least of all because of that background stamp! Can you believe how many stamps Stampers Anonymous crammed onto one stamp sheet?!
I also used the new hive stencil (THS105)! I love the total lack of symmetry and organic look to it.
I stamped the bee a bunch of times onto distress watercolor cardstock with black soot distress archival ink. Watercoloured fossilized amber over the body and a light wash of tumbled glass over the wings, using distress markers scribbled onto a non stick craft sheet and picked up with a water brush.
Yes I fussy cut all these bees! I find fussy cutting so relaxing, it’s my jam (or honey in this case)!
I created the background by stamping that gorgeous background stamp from the entomology set onto distress heavystock with hickory smoke distress archival ink and covering with a frayed burlap distress wash. Spread texture paste through the hive stencil, and once dry, blended in fossilized amber and brushed corduroy distress inks.
I die cut a postage frame from idea-ology substrate sheet, adhered acetate to the underside with distress collage medium and mounted over strips of black adhesive foam. Using the new ornate trims stamps set (CMS326) to create a cute vintage border.
Finally I mounted the shaker card over metallic and classic kraft stock (sanded of course). You can see the shaker card “shake it” over on my instagram.
Next on this blog hop is the very lovely and talented Joy Kennedy.
Hope you’ve enjoyed my shaker card and that this blog hop inspires you to create.
Zoe x
PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES!
There are a few prizes to give away. Just leave a comment on all the different blog hop posts for a chance to win! The more blogs you leave comments on, the better your chances of winning.
Comments must be posted by midnight PST on Tuesday, February 6th.
Winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 7th on Richele’s blog
BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS…
IDEA-OLOGY
Paula Cheney
Vicki Evans
Emma Williams
Cathie Parreco
Kaz Hall
Jan Hobbins
Jenny Marples
SIZZIX
Tami Bastians
Audrey Pettit
Mou Saha
Richele Christensen
STAMPERS ANONYMOUS
Kath Stewart
Cheiron Brandon
Stacy Hutchinson
Chelle Fowler
Zoe Hillman (you are here)
Joy Kennedy
Bobbie Smith
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Lovely shaker card!
This is so cool looking!
Winner winner chicken dinner! great idea for a shaker card, hopefully Tim will make the di for this.
Amazing, you deserve a medal for all that fussy cutting š love this project, what a fun idea!!
Zoe, this shaker card is just fabulous!! I love honeybees and this is absolutely out of this world cool!
Bravo!!
Maybe Sizzix will consider making a die set for this stamp set, I am not very good at fussy cutting. I am afraid I would have a bunch of bees with no legs…LOL…LOVE THE SHAKER CARD!
Just fabulous – from the textured honeycomb to those wonderful bees – this is simply perfect!
Alison x
I canāt believe you cut all those bees out! Thanks for selling the Entomolgy set and being yet another enabler todayš. I love it!
I just love those bees! The shaker card is great – still shaking my head about you fussy cutting all of those š Thanks for sharing!
OMG… a Shaker Card with fussy cut bees !! Zoe you ROCKED this; I KNOW Tim was blown away !!
So, so, so clever! So glad you joined us this year…your cards were wonderful! xx
AMAZING! This has got to be my favorite project yet! So rich in color and style. I love the Bee theme and how it blends so well.
OMG! I am speechless! It’s the first time I see the shaker with bees! What a hiper creative way of thinking. This is absolutely surprising! The background is stunning and so perfectly vintage! This is totally beyond fantastic. Thank you for sharing this project. Thank you for the chance to win prizes, too. Hugs, Marzena
wow thank you for sharing love it!
What a fun card! I can’t believe you cut out all of those bees by hand – glad it’s your jam! Totally worth it though since this is really fantastic.
I have loved this card since the moment I first saw it! The background with the hive stencil is gourgeous! And I also love the postage frame die, it makes a very nice frame. Cool with the bees in the shaker card.
Thus is just wow. Love it.
Fantastic idea to make a shaker card from this stamp set! Absolutely love your creations – thanks so much for sharing!
Awesome! I love the background!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, Zoe … what you’ve done with this piece is absolutely adorable. Love it all.
Happy art-ing!
xo
SuZeQ
Oh my….Zoe…this shaker card is sooo amazing! Plus all that fussy cutting to me is a huge amount of gorgeous work (because unlike you I’m terrible at it)…Outstanding! Hugs
So creative such a great idea.
So creative!! Love this card!
I love shaker cards and love the bugaboos
Wow, this is so cool! I love the little bumblebee, and I bet you had so much fun coloring each one! Good you love fussy cutting! And what fun to make the shaker with the honeycomb texture. Perfectly shaded and wonderfully framed–a real treat to see! You are amazing! Hugs! Sara Emily
Wow! Great job!
Those bees have my heart. Great job! Xo
Super fun shaker frame!
Bugs arenāt really my thing, but it looks like I will have to get that set for the background stamp! Plus, this card is the coolest shaker Iāve seen so I may have to have a go at it. Good thing I also love to fussy cut!
What?! A bee shaker card, thatās fantastic!!!
Love your Bee shaker card and i would have cramps in my hands fussy cutting all those little bees. Anyway thank you for sharing your card and the list of products is so helpful
First of all…amazing card. But that you fussy cut allll those bees…amazing in its self!!
Love the stenciled look and all the bees!
I love this and because of what you did I have to have the entomology stamp. Love them bugs! Last year was the year of the butterfly but this year is the year of the bugs!
I canāt stand fussy cutting but I sure do admire the end result.
Like so many others have said – wow – the precision, the colours, the layers – I can almost hear the buzz, or is that my brain buzzing with possibilities. Thank you.
Great blog hop. So many great ideas. thanks as always for sharing.
Laughing – fussy cutting is your jam/honey!!!! Love this card – especially since it’s a buzzing shaker and cutting out all those bees is an act of love!
Great shaker card. It looks amazing. Thanks so much for sharing..
What a fun idea making a shaker card using this stamp set! So unique!
I loved that card! I was craving to shake it when I first saw it!! OMG, how much time spent on fussy cutting… But the result is gorgeous! Congrats! Really inspiring too!
Let it beeeee! Nice card!
I adore this! Love how you placed the bees!
What a clever use of the stamp and stencil! Love your shaker card. Thank you for sharing your process.
This is such a fun shaker card. Love those bees!
This is my favorite so far! The little bees with such detail are certainly the stars of this great card! Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
Such amazing project. So very inspired!!!ā¤ļø
This card is bee-utiful!!!! and ingenious…come on!!!! all those bees shakin’ in a honeycomb!! I’ve never made a shaker card but I’m going to have to make this one…Love it! Thanks, Zoe! You ROCK!
So much inspiration!!! Shakers rock!!!
Love this stamp set– it’s the only one I preordered — love seeing all the ideas!