1. Bah Humbug!

   22nd September, 2024 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. I’m back to share my second make for the Tim Holtz idea-ology Christmas LIVE. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch the replay and see all the incredible inspiration makes over on Tim’s blog.

   
   A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is one of my favourite stories and Ebenezer Scrooge one of my favourite fictional characters. I think that’s where my love of top hats began. This is where the inspiration for this make came from. Let’s get into the details…

   
   First, I had to choose my base and as you probably know, I love a dome, and the idea-ology Reliquary Dome is one of my favourites. It’s large enough to really tell a story in. I painted the cork base with black soot distress paint and covered the top with paper from the idea-ology Christmas backdrops. This paper is giving serious humbug mint vibes! If you look closely you’ll see I cut some lines into the paper covered cork using the new tonic media ruler and tonic craft knife. These are to push the paper dolls and ephemera into.

   
   Last year Tim released an idea-ology paper dolls pack with his Christmas release and this dapper chap with his magnificent top hat was in that pack and it screamed Scrooge to me. I pulled it out with a couple of the paper dolls from the same pack which had ghosts of Christmas past and present vibes and coloured them with distress pencils and a water brush.

   
   I added a line of distress collage medium into the cuts and carefully pushed the paper dolls in.

   
   I used stickers from the idea-ology Christmas sticker book to help tell my story…

   
   The ghosts of Christmas past and present.

   
   I love this piece of ephemera from the idea-ology Christmas ephemera pack. I trimmed it, added some walnut stain distress ink to grunge it up and slid it into one of the cuts in the cork base. Using the craft pick I made a hole in the cork and added distress collage medium and then pushed in a quill from the idea-ology adornments quill and arrows pack.

   
   I added a candestick from the idea-ology 2023 The Manor set with a drippy candle and some candy cane twine.

   
   With my finger, I rubbed some picket fence distress paint onto the idea-ology pinecones and let air dry before adding them to the reliquary dome cork base with a little distress collage medium.

   
   Of course it wouldn’t be complete without a bottle, so I dripped uncharted mariner distress paint into an idea-ology tiny vial and let dry. I added a label, remnant rubs which I cut up to spell out “ink” and some twine. Finally I added the tiniest wax seal by dropping one drop of red sealing wax onto my non stick craft mat and using a pin head to push into the wax, removing once it had set. I carefully peeled the wax seal off the non stick mat and attached to the bottle with distress collage medium.

   
   Taking one of the book covers from the idea-ology Christmas ephemera pack, I made a mini book and attached “humbug” from the idea-ology Christmas stickers book to the front. I have a step by step on how to make the tiny books HERE.

   
   I added some more drippy candles to the cork base with distress collage medium.

   
   And to finish I wound twine around the glass dome several times and glued on an idea-ology Christmas shape seal which I painted with black soot distress paint, rubbing away some of the paint from the star and edges of the seal to expose the metal.

   
   Thanks for stopping by, let me know if you have any questions and Bah Humbug!
   Zoe

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2. Tim Holtz idea-ology Christmas 2024

   21st September, 2024 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. Happy idea-ology Christmas Day! I’m sharing my first make for the Tim Holtz idea-ology Christmas LIVE. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch the replay and see all the incredible inspiration makes over on Tim’s blog.

   
   I think you’ll all agree that the best piece in this years idea-ology Christmas line was the Santa Mugs. Oh how I love them. It was the starting point for this make, so let’s get into the details…

   
   First, I carefully broke one of the dividers inside the vignette card file box and then covered the inside and outside with paper from the backdrops pack. I added design tape to the front so you can’t see where the extra divider was removed from.

   
   I love this paper from the backdrops, it looks like an old cigar box.

   
   I added some of the cool new plaid paper from the backdrops pack to the inside of the vignette. I love that it’s so grunged up and I didn’t need to do anything to it.

   
   Let’s talk about this Santa Mug… WOW! WOW! WOW! They are available on pre-order, shipping early October and I’m telling you, they’re going to sell out, so please, if you want them, don’t wait. I think Tim absolutely knocked this out of the park and I may or may not have stocked up on a few extras for my museum collection! 😉

   
   I altered an entire pack of idea-ology confections by rubbing walnut stain distress crayon over each piece with my fingers.

   
   I shortened the candy canes, keeping the excess pieces for one of the other bottles. I rubbed more walnut stain distress crayon over the Santa mug and spritzed with a little water, rubbing with my finger to make him really grungy.

   
   Covered corked vials with alcohol ink and rock candy glitter and added ephemera pieces which were grunged with distress ink and added some remnant rubs.

   
   I created tiny wax seals by dropping a single bead of red wax onto my non stick craft mat and pushed a pin head into the wax and pulled it out once the wax had set. I peeled the wax seal off the non stick craft mat and glued onto the bottle with a dot of distress collage medium. Cute right?!

   
   I added confections to each of the bottles and glued into the vignette card file with distress collage medium.

   
   In the bottom of the vignette card file I added tiny vials with more of the Christmas ephemera and a word tag, which I added lumberjack plaid distress crayon to and then wiped the surface to reveal the metal 25 and edges.

   
   I did the same to the sweets word tag, clipping the ring off the side and gluing to a book I made with a book cover from the Christmas ephemera pack. I have a step by step on how to make these tiny books HERE.

   
   I added a baseboard piece to the back of the vignette card file with 3D foam so the bottles would sit nearer the front of the vignette.

   
   Finally I added a piece of ephemera to the inside of the pull handle on the top of the vignette and my confection box was complete.

   Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions.
   Zoe

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3. Skullball

   14th September, 2024 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. Sharing my final make from the Tim Holtz Vault Christmas Collection 2024 LIVE. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch the replay and see all the incredible inspiration makes over on Tim’s blog.

   
   Welcome to “Skullball” a popular winter game played by snowmen everywhere…

   
   Credit where credit is due, about 24 hours before I was due to ship my makes, Tim text me a “heads up” that the top hat from the Vault Coffin Box fit the new snowman “Shrub” from Vault Winter Wishes… Thanks Tim! <3

   
   Now obviously you can make this hat Christmas themed with the addition of a little holly or creating a Christmas backdrop, but as I had the Vault Coffin Box set out… I had to include these cool skulls.

   
   I used the alphanumeric from the Vault Coffin Box set to create “Skullball” cut from distress watercolor cardstock, inked with distress ink and adhered to the card with distress collage medium. I used 3D foam squares to raise a couple of the skulls to stack them and added one at the base of the card to look like it had rolled off the pile of skulls. I love that the skull fits in Shrubs hand.

   
   This is a great way to transition from Christmas making back into Halloween makes again. Bring on the skulls…

   Thanks for stopping by and for all your kind comments and encouragement here and on my social media platforms. Let me know if you have any questions.
   Zoe

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4. Peace on Earth

   13th September, 2024 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. I’m back once again sharing a card I made for the Tim Holtz Vault Christmas Collection 2024 LIVE. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch the replay and all the incredible inspiration makes over on Tim’s blog.

   
   As soon as I received my Vault Christmas collection dies, I knew I had to pull out my globe from the Vault World Travel set, released earlier this year. It’s perfect for the “Peace” sentiment from the Vault Holiday Classics set and the Santa’s sleigh and reindeer from the Vault Holiday Magic set.

   
   I die cut the globe from distress watecolor cardstock and dragged the pieces through a distress ink wash and once dry, assembled using distress collage medium. I used 3D foam squares to raise the globe off the card slightly. These were placed behind the continents to keep them hidden. The Santa’s sleigh and reindeer were cut from idea-ology black kraft stock and mounted onto several layers of distress kraft heavystock and again mounted onto 3D foam suqares.

   
   “Peace” was die cut from the Vault Holiday Classics set from idea-ology metallic kraft stock and sanded and inked the same way I have done my previous makes on the past couple of blog posts. “On Earth” was cut from the Alphanumeric Label die set and mounted onto an etcetera trim with the top piece die cut using the Decorative Trims die set and embossed with the 3D Lumber folder.

   
   The card background is distress watercolor cardstock stamped with the Music and Advert CMS358 stamp set and mounted onto idea-ology black kraft stock and sparkle classic kraft stock, with a distress kraft heavystock card.

   This was actually a really quick and easy card to make and would be perfect to make for friends and family who live across the globe.

   Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions.
   Zoe

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5. Tim Holtz Vault Ice Skates

   11th September, 2024 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends! I hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed the Tim Holtz Vault Christmas Collection party. A big thanks for your kind comments for my makes across my social media platforms, I really appreciate the support and encouragement. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch the replay and all the incredible inspiration makes over on Tim’s blog.

   
   Today I’m sharing a make using the gorgeous new ice skates from the Vault Winter Wishes set. I’m so happy these came back and I love the new size and the design tweaks that Tim made. It’s hard to improve on perfection but Tim manages every time.

   
   For the base I used an etcetera tag in the small size, covered with a sheet of idea-ology kraft stock in brown with the edges sanded using the Ranger sanding disks that fit the mini blending tool. I embossed distress watercolor cardstock with the 3D Tree Rings embossing folder, blending in frayed burlap and walnut stain distress ink and spritzing with broken china distress oxide spray. I mounted the embossed background onto idea-ology black kraft stock, edges sanded and inked. I then used 3D foam squares to attach it to the etcetera tag, which raised it a little to give a small ledge for the Christmas alphas to sit on (see next pic).

   
   “Christmas” was die cut from the new Vault Seasonal Sketch set in idea-ology metallic kraft stock and mounted onto black kraft stock, offset slightly to give a shadow and several layers of distress kraft heavystock. I sanded and inked the letters with walnut stain distress ink to give an aged look and glued them to the tag using distress collage medium.

   “Wish” was cut from the Vault Holiday Classics set and altered the same way as “Christmas.” I mounted “WISH” on 3D foam squares to raise it from the background so I could thread twine through the letters to hang the laced up skates from. I use 3D foam squares from Simon Says Stamp, they’re my go to and I’ve linked them at the bottom of this post.

   
   These skates though!! I love them and the new size and the skate blade and heel come as separate dies, which makes it easier to create. I cut the skates from distress watercolor cardstock and inked the heel die cut in walnut stain distress ink. The skate blades were die cut from idea-ology metallic kraft stock and altered as described in this post above. I glued the pieces on with distress collage medium. I laced up the skates with twine and hung them from the WISH die cut.

   
   I die cut lots of foliage from the Vault Holiday Classics set and coloured with distress ink. I used distress paint to colour the berries to make them pop and there’s less chance of red transfer onto the white skates, which can happen when using ink. I used the shaping tool set to give the foliage dimension and then created mini bouquets, securing them with hot glue and then placing them behind the skates.

   
   I mounted the skates onto the tag with 3D foam squares to give the foliage “room to bloom!” 😉

   
   Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions.
   Zoe

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6. Tim Holtz Vault Winter Wishes

   8th September, 2024 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. I’m back again today sharing a card I made for the Tim Holtz Christmas Vault Collection LIVE. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch the replay and all the incredible inspiration makes over on Tim’s blog.

   
   The OG Ice Flake Bigz die was my favourite snowflake that Tim had ever designed so I was delighted to see it return in the Vault Collection Winter Wishes die set as a thinlits die.

   
   I die cut the ice flake twice, once from distress kraft heavystock and once from idea-ology metallic kraftstock. The kraft heavystock is the base layer with walnut stain distress ink blended in. The top layer I sanded, exposing the kraft core and then blended in walnut stain distress ink. I cut “snow” from the alpha set in Seasonal Sketch and layered several times, sanding and blending in ink like the ice flake.

   
   The background is distress watercolor cardstock stamped the music stamp from Music and Advert CMS358 stamp set in frayed burlap. I layered onto idea-ology black kraftstock and idea-ology sparkle kraftstock and the card base is distress kraft heavystock. I added some industrial strips which I fussy cut from metallic kraftstock embossed with the foundry embossing folder, sanded and inked.

   Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions.
   Zoe

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7. Tim Holtz Vault Christmas 2024

   7th September, 2024 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. Tim Holtz has officially kicked off the Christmas season by opening the vault once more with his awesome Christmas Vault Collection from Sizzix. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch the replay and all the incredible inspiration makes over on Tim’s blog.

   
   I can’t tell you how much I love the Vault Christmas Magic set. Lucky for me, I loved and collected the OG (original) cityscape sets, but I love that others have the opportunity to own a cityscape set too. For those of us who have the OG’s, we have a new size available which will be perfect for giving depth of field when layering with the other cityscape dies.

   
   I used an etcetera tag in the small size for the base of my project. Adding distress watercolor cardstock sprayed with distress spritz and blending in walnut stain distress ink with a mini blending tool.

   
   The Vault Christmas Magic set has a small moon based on the OG big one from the Moonlight die set, that I used here, which I mounted onto 3D foam squares. I added clouds from Halloween Vault collection die set Fright Night, I love that the clouds are so atmospheric. And of course I added Santa and his reindeer flying over the city. All die cut from distress watercolor cardstock and inked with OG distress.

   
   I wanted a layered city so die cut the cityscape multiple times from distress watercolor cardstock and dragged it through a distress ink wash of black soot and frayed burlap with lots of water spritzed over the top. I layered and staggered the cityscape die cuts so the buildings looked different. Once I had the placement I was happy with, I took a photo on my phone so I could remove them and refer to the photo later when adhering them to the tag. The background in the above photo wasn’t the one I went with, it was too dark so I made another using distress spritz.

   
   I cut a second set of cityscape die cuts from idea-ology metallic kraftstock and layered offset behind to give the appearance of lit windows. Starting from the top and working down the tag, I attached by adding 3D foam squares at the bottom of each row so the top of the die cuts sat up and away from the tag. I added each layer and then trimmed the excess with my scissors. Ignore the other random things on my desk. I was making multiple samples at once, you can see a skull from the skullball card which I will be sharing, along with my other makes, over the next few days. I’m also still using my new Glass Studio Mat which I LOVE.

   
   The moon, santa sleigh, clouds and cityscape were cut from distress watercolor cardstock and inked with distress ink. For the lamp posts, wreaths and vehicles, I used idea-ology kraft cardstock which I sanded using a mini blending foam and sanding disks and blended in walnut stain distress ink. The lamp posts were mounted onto a couple of layers of die cut distress kraft heavstock to give them more stability. The idea-ology kraft cardstock appears to be a little bolder and I liked that it gave the piece more dimension as these items were in the foreground.

   
   I used the decorative trim die to cut a trim that fits the etcetera thickboard trims to mount Merry Christmas onto, cut from the Alphanumeric Labels dies. These letters were cut from idea-ology metallic kraftstock, sanded, inked and overlayed over idea-ology black kraftstock. The decorative trims die is one of my most used dies and an unsung hero. I used to have to trace around the etcetera trims and fussy cut! Having these dies has been a game changer.

   
   I am OBSESSED with this little truck. It’s going to appear on every card and gift tag I send out this Christmas. I love the siding to it. Tim absolutely ROCKED every detail of this set!!

   
   I mounted a tree on top of the car, I wish I had tied string around it to secure it to the car as there could be an accident if the driver has to hit the breaks! lol

   
   A big thanks for the kind comments during the LIVE, your support and encouragement means a lot. And a MASSIVE thanks to Tim for always being prepared to listen and delivering the most inspiring products to create with.

   Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions.
   Zoe

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8. Tim Holtz Christmas Box

   19th December, 2022 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends, I hope you’re well and enjoying December. I’m sharing a Christmas gift tag box I made for the LIVE launch of the newest member of the Tim Holtz Distress family, Lumberjack Plaid. You can see this Christmas gift tag box and the other new color makes over on Tim’s blog.

   
   I was inspired by Tim’s demo during the LIVE launch of his Christmas stamps and had just enough time to make and ship it for the new distress launch. It’s a simple make that you could complete in an afternoon. You could also do a little compartmental making each evening or when time allows. If Christmas is not your jam, it’s easily adapted to a Halloween, spring or an every day gift tag box. Let’s get into the details…

   
   Using the technique Tim demoed, stamp panels of paper to cover a large vignette box. Add a word plaque from the idea-ology Christmas line with picket fence distress crayon rubbed in and add hardware heads to finish. I used distress collage medium to attach everything.

   
   The inside of the vignette box is sprayed with lumberjack plaid distress ink spray and dried with a heat tool. Add a piece of striped stamped cardstock to the bottom of the vignette box and use the etcetera tag trims and decorative trims dies to create dividers. These are the scalloped edged trims, glued into place with distress collage medium.

   
   Create envelope or gift box seals with the switchlits seal and darling stamp set, watercolored with distress pencils. The seals were cut from distress kraft heavystock and a couple sprayed with lumberjack plaid distress ink spray and the others from idea-ology metallic cardstock. The darling stamps are the perfect size for the seals.

   
   Stamping in lumberjack plaid distress ink, create some tags to add to cards and gifts. The sentiment stamps from the new darling stamp set fit perfectly onto a tag cut from the chapter 3 thinlits collector die set. Grunge up some idea-ology candy canes and tie with string. Stamp and fussy cut to create ephemera, I took stamps from vintage holidays and department store stamp sets. An idea-ology tiny clip will hold them together neatly in the box.

   
   Another technique I took from Tim’s demo to create these card toppers/gift tags using the new vintage label thinlits dies + bold tidings mini and plaid + nordic stamp sets, stamped in lumberjack plaid distress ink of course.

   
   Using the postale thinlits die set from chapter 3 with the darling stamp set and distress watercolor pencils, create some mini cards.

   
   The mini envelopes were created using the postale thinlits set cut from kraft envelopes that you can find here.

   Here’s how you make them…

   
   Take a 5×7 inch kraft envelope and use a letter opener, ruler, palette knife to open the envelope. Trim away the flaps, leaving you with the center of the envelope which perfectly fits the postale envelope die. Run the die through your machine.

   
   If you’re short on time or have no use for spare pieces of kraft paper don’t open the envelope, simply place the postale envelope die over the front of the envelope and die cut through it.

   
   Assemble the envelope, then open the flap and spray one side with lumberjack plaid distress spray and once dry, stamp with the plaid stamp from plaid + nordic stamp set in black soot distress archival ink.

   
   Create a file pocket to store tiny pieces of ephemera and blank notecards. Cut a folder using the specimen thinlits die set and stamp with stamps from vintage holidays stamp set in lumberjack plaid distress ink and black soot and vintage photo distress archival inks. Stitch the sides by hand or with a sewing machine to create the pocket.

   
   Confession time… I repurposed this from my Christmas Charcuterie! I was a little pushed for time and this was perfect for my gift themed box. I think it’s cute to add a little trinket to the box.

   
   I took the “some assembly required” photos for Mario aka MacGyver, who kindly assembles makes which travel better internationally disassembled. If you wanted to make a Christmas box for a gift, you could send it disassembled and wrapped in tissue with an assembly photo.

   
   Thanks for stopping by, I hope this has been helpful and let me know if you have any questions.
   Zoe

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9. December is here…

   2nd December, 2022 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends and happy December! I’m so happy it’s here. I love December and get so excited to crack open those tiny doors on Advent Calendars and decorate for Christmas without anyone grumbling about it being too early. I think December has a smell to it too, today it’s a yummy vanilla candle from day 1 (yesterday) of my Rituals Advent calendar. We take Advent Calendars pretty seriously in this house!

   
   We are putting our Christmas decorations up and have some special traditions when we do, things we eat and listen to. I really love the Christmas traditions that I have adopted over the years and every year I think I must document those traditions and the special moments. This year I finally decided not to wait another year and lightly follow December Daily using my Tim Holtz idea-ology products and a Heidi Swapp planner to document my December.

   
   I’m using a planner from Heidi Swapp and Tim Holtz Mini Trimmer and Distress Collage Medium. I fussy cut with EK scissors linked below. I also use an Epson XP8505 printer. It’s a European model and a fair few years old but it’s been low maintenance and it prints beautiful quality photos. This was a printer equivalent to a model that Ali Edwards recommended years ago on her blog. It’s pretty reasonable on ink cost wise and easy to use, I have zero patience for printer antics! ZERO!

   
   I gather all my dimensional idea-ology in a muffin tin like Tim does. It helps being able to see it all when I’m making.

   
   This basket is known as the Christmas idea-ology paperie. Ready for me to dip in, to document December.

   
   My sweet husband even got behind documenting December by staging this festive photo outside of a department store in central Copenhagen after Advent Calendar shopping.

   If you would like to follow along or even document some of your own December traditions, whether you celebrate Christmas or simply enjoy the coziness of winter, join me. I’ll be sharing here and on instagram.

   I’ve linked to some of the items that I’m going to be using to document December.

   Let me know if you have any questions.

   Zoe

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10. Seasonal Distress

    10th October, 2022 by iGirlZoe

    

    Hello friends, hope you had a wonderful weekend. Did you see the Tim Holtz LIVE launch on Saturday? Tim showcased the new Ranger Seasonal Distress products. If you want to see the fantastic demo with so many tips and techniques, it’s over on Tim’s blog.

    
    I am properly obsessed with the new Distress Gray Woodgrain Cardstock and used it to make a small pillow box ready to fill with some treats to gift. I’m equally a smitten kitten for the Distress Snowfall Grit-Paste and since discovering how vintage the Distress Mica Stains can look, I’m regretting not stocking up on last years colors. Fortunately next season, last seasons palette will return and in the meantime I stocked up, but I saved you some. 😉

    
    I used this awesome “Tim Holtz Back From The Vault” die set, “Pillow Box & Tags” to create the pillow box.

    PLEASE NOTE: This die set is ONLY available from Create and Craft TV and go on sale on Tuesday 11th October at 4PM+ 8PM UK and Wednesday 12th October at 8AM UK, while stocks last. They ship international, please see website for details.

    
    I die cut the pillow boxes from Distress Gray Woodgrain Craftstock, lightly blended walnut stain distress ink over the top and once dry, added a strip of scor-tape to the connecting edges ready to assemble.

    
    I die cut distress watercolor cardstock with the new Modern Festive dies.

    
    I spritzed the die cuts with the new Fresh Balsam Distress Mica Stain, dried, sanded and blended in walnut stain distress ink.

    
    I used dies from the AWESOME Chapter 3 dies by Tim Holtz. The tag is from the Collector set and the numbers are from the Specimen set. I absolutely love having these die sets in my collection and have them permanently in my die cart because I’m constantly reaching for them. I cut the tag from Distress Gray Woodgrain Cardstock.

    
    I inked up the Festive Modern die cuts and once dry, added some of the new Distress Snowfall Grit-Paste. This is the perfect amount of sparkle for this glitter hating grunge lover!

    
    I added some of the idea-ology Christmas Droplets which I covered in mushroom alcohol ink.

    NOTE: If you add alcohol ink to these droplets and rub, it will remove the base color. I happen to like this because it makes it look imperfect and grungier, but if you don’t want that, just drop the alcohol ink over the top and walk away.

    
    I added some string around the box which I tied the tiny 25 tag to.

    
    Don’t be fooled by the name Modern Festive or the glimmer of the Seasonal Mica Stain and the sparkle of Snowfall Grit-Paste; all can be vintage grunge. These tiny boxes were so quick to make and you could add the greenery to a gift box, tag, card, to give a few suggestions.

    Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions.
    Zoe

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