Hello friends. Happy Happy Sunday! Was that the best Tim Holtz New Distress Day or what?! Did it blow your distress loving socks off? It did mine!! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing comments and excitement for the newest member of the distress family, Prize Ribbon. It’s such a beautiful vintage blue and there’s literal magic that happens when this distress wicks. If you missed the LIVE launch party you can catch up on Tim’s blog.
I get so excited about new distress launch day that I can’t sleep the night before, it’s like Christmas. I’m very grateful to make alongside Cheiron, Paula and Stacy for the LIVE launch. My maker remit is new color + brown so I was able to “just do you” and I did just that here and pulled out my all time favourite stamp set, distinguished CMS371. I wanted my dapper gent to be dressed in his prize ribbon best attire for launch day.
That’s where the idea for the prize ribbon came. I had already made a cactus tag (on my blog tomorrow) and used an idea-ology adornment prize ribbon on that tag, so I went looking through my stash for a prize ribbon that would fit between the hat and suit. Can we just stop for a moment and look at prize ribbon ink wicking! I blended a little ground espresso into the edges but that is pure prize ribbon magic right there. The number was from the new matchbox bigz die accompanying thinlit set, it just fit perfectly.
Unfortunately (for you if you don’t own it) the die I used was at the back of my Tim Holtz Museum collection (tours start 2023). The mini trophy and prize ribbon movers and shapers die (659444) is long retired, however, one of the addicts from the THA group has already found one on eBay so they are still out there if you’re willing to search. No complaining about my using older products though please, I have been buying and collecting for a long time and I (and you) should always be able to mix and match the old with the new, that’s the beauty of investing in craft tools.
I used a #8 etcetera thickboard tag. Covered with white gesso and then idea-ology collage wrap which I stamped on using the backgrounds from the distinguished CMS317 stamp set and the farm CMS303 stamp set. There’s a really nice prize ribbon stamp in the farm stamp set for those now seeking prize ribbons.
I used the new trim dies from chapter 3 to die cut a leftover strip of woodgrain cardstock I had used for another project. I sprayed with water and then sprayed with prize ribbon distress spray stain and let it wick and run between the grain. You can see in places where the color looks almost navy! See… chameleon. LOVE it! The keys are from the idea-ology keys adornments set, added with twine that I wrapped around the tag.
I sprayed a piece of mummy cloth hoarded from last years idea-ology Halloween release with prize ribbon distress spray stain. I love to use this all year so I stock up a bit at Halloween and then hope and cross everything that it comes back the following year!
This is pure prize ribbon with no other distress mixed. It has such a vintage french vibe. I LOVE IT!!
It feels so good to be able to say PRIZE RIBBON. It’s such a tightly held secret that I dare not speak it’s name until release day for fear of accidentally letting the distress out of the bag. So welcome to the distress family prize ribbon, you are vintage perfection and you are a keeper.
Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be back tomorrow either with my prize ribbon cactus post or to edit when I’m coming back, because I’m running late LOL … Either way, see you tomorrow and have a great Sunday!
Zoe
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I 💙💙💙 your makes Zoe! You have so much enthusiasm and confidence. Please continue to use the old with the new. Most of us THA have invested a significant amount in our stash and we need to USE it.
Thank you for your awesome tutorials! The makes are just beyond wonderful! I love how you combine so many wonderful elements to your creations that just make them pop! Keep up the great work!
Fantabulous, Zoe, what an exciting use of the latest Distress range.
Love it when you use the old stuff, even when I don’t have it…LOL. Absolutely love all your Prize Ribbon makes…each such a work of art…can’t decide which to make first when my inks get here…hubbies shop won’t be getting them until this week…can’t wait…I’m so blue just waiting for you…LOL…promise, I won’t sing anymore.
I absolutely love this project!! I’m so excited to get this new color; there are never enough blues in my art box!
What a beautiful make, Zoe!! I love how you mix the old with the new!
Would love to see a tutorial on the Funky Cactus card.
Zoe–I LOVE LOVE LOVE that you mix in old products with new! Even if the old products are unavailable, it makes me think investing in new products is worth it if I can use them again and again in the future. I zoom in on your creations as there are so many glorious details, but not overboard. Gah! Love the balance of your makes. Thanks for sharing!
I always love your stunning makes Zoe and this is again a stunning one! Your inspiration is endless.
The new colour is amazing and I can’t wait to play with it.
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful day.
Zoe you are my fav maker. I also am
Grateful that you incorporate old and new. I realize sometime it is strategy to only use the current new products, but hey that is so wild considering it’s a wonderful thing to have built up a stash and to have examples of them coming together is the best. Beautiful work as always.