16th September, 2018 by iGirlZoe
Hello friends. I hope you’re having a nice weekend and finding some time to create. I’ve got a SATURDAY SHOWCASE (on a Sunday) over at Frilly and Funky, showcasing some of the new Tim Holtz Halloween products.
If you would like to see more details, pop over to Frilly & Funkie.
Have a great Sunday.
Zoe
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Category Frilly & Funkie, Halloween, Saturday Showcase, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 8 Comments | Views: 3,289
7th September, 2018 by iGirlZoe
I am hosting the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog and have chosen the theme HABERDASHERY, “A haberdasher is a person who sells small articles for sewing, such as buttons, ribbons and zippers. For this challenge create a vintage or shabby chic project including items found at a Haberdashery.”
I know I’m not the only one obsessed with the Stampers Anonymous Inventor stamp sets by Tim Holtz; and this was the perfect set for my hosted Haberdashery challenge.
I covered heavystock with distress spray stain and stamped with the scissors from inventor 3 set, using the travel stamp platform. I mounted a frame die cut with the stitched rectangle thinlits set and embossed using the new 3-D foundry texture fades embossing folder. I simply blended in a little distress ink into the heavystock and adhered with 3D foam.
I added a charm from the assemblage tags set and idea-ology mini fasteners.
The new craze and planks background stamp set is fast becoming a staple. Although they were part of the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween release, I will definitely using them throughout the year. The craze stamp was stamped onto heavystock and a little pumice stone and vintage photo distress ink blended over the top. I added some messy zig zag stitching to secure the piece of Tim Holtz fabric I used underneath. With a final layer of burlap, the card was finished.
I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Thanks for stopping by.
Zoe
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Category Assemblage, DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 8 Comments | Views: 928
22nd August, 2018 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for the funkie side of the design team to share our projects for the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
The current challenge is hosted by team member Sara Emily who has chosen the theme BACK TO NATURE …Sara Emily says, “Having just returned from our annual trek to the mountains of West Virginia where we observed so much natural beauty on our hikes, I couldn’t help but make my challenge nature themed. You can make anything you like, from a card or tag to altered art, just be sure to include a natural element in your vintage or shabby chic project. Think real twigs, leaves, shells, pebbles. Or you could include a die cut or a stamped or stenciled image representing a natural object.”
When I first saw this challenge, my mind immediately turned to the botanical and lumber 3D texture fades embossing folders by Tim Holtz. I was a little late to this 3D party and WOW had I been missing out! It’s a game changer and I can’t wait to see what’s coming next…
I decided to throw caution to the wind and added opaque crackle texture paste directly to the botanical 3D texture fade folder! Take a piece of heavystock, add iced spruce and hickory smoke distress spray, water and dry completely. Run through inside the folder once first without paste. The second time you add the opaque crackle texture paste. You have to move quickly and when you peel the heavystock back the embossed portions will have crackled texture paste on and the flat areas tear a top layer of heavystock away. I then added antique linen distress spray and water and let it wick around the raised areas and dried with a heat tool. I embossed a third time, this time stamping the reflections stamp directly onto the flat portions of the folder. The stamped text then transfers onto the background and as the stamp is backwards, the text is the right way up once stamped. Cool right?!
I wanted the majority of the background to be visible so added a few focal point elements. I added an idea-ology gear which my DH kindly sawed in half for me, as well as an idea-ology measurements and quote chip, all covered with mushroom and pistachio alcohol ink and rusty hinge distress crayon. I added a charm from the assemblage pearl sunburst set. I LOVE the assemblage range from Tim Holtz and you don’t have to just use them for jewellery making (just saying)! The center pearl was way too bright for my card so I added a drop of mushroom alcohol ink and slid an idea-ology mini fastener in the holes either side of the assemblage piece to give it a slightly more industrial look.
The frame I cut from heaystock using the Tim Holtz stitched rectangles thinlits die. I then embossed the frame using the lumbar 3D texture fades embossing folder and coloured with distress ink. I mounted onto idea-ology classic kraftstock and burlap from the idea-ology textured surfaces pack.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Zoe
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Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Mixed Media, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 10 Comments | Views: 1,082
8th August, 2018 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for the funkie side of the design team to share our projects for the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
The current challenge is hosted by team member Suzz who has chosen the theme AUGUST …Suzz says, “I am hosting the current challenge and it is inspired by the month of August. In doing a little online research I learned that the month of August was re-named for Augustus Caesar. He was the first Roman Emperor and was very proud of the influence he had on the architecture of the country. For this challenge I am asking you to be inspired by marble, arches or columns. You will need to create a vintage or shabby chic project using some type of marble effect, arches or columns.”
For this challenge I concentrated on the marble effect as I utterly love the distress paint marbling technique.
I embossed a piece of black cardstock using the new Tim Holtz 3D texture fades embossing folders. I rubbed rusty hinge and metallic distress crayons over the top using my finger.
I created my marbled background, (see the technique on Tim Holtz blog). I stamped the hat and suit from my officially favourite stamp set ever, dapper (CMS267), onto the background and fussy cut. I also stamped the inventor 2 stamp set (CMS341), and this time added clear embossing powder over the stamped image and melted with my heat tool.
I stamped the complete inventor stamp but I didn’t want to use the lightbulbs, so I cut them out to save for another project. This was so simple using the Tim Holtz Tonic glass media mat, cutting ruler from the media tool set and craft knife. The glass media mat is a total game changer for me and YES you can cut on it and YES my GMM does have some tiny scratches on it, but it’s a tool, not a crystal decorative plate! 😉
As you can see, the 3D mechanics background covers the cut out perfectly and I get to keep the light bulbs for another project. I added an idea-ology foundry adornment, which I weathered with a little mushroom alcohol ink. I cut a slit in the hat and slipped in an arrow I had leftover from another project which I added remnant rubs to.
I added a quote chip that I sanded and blended a little vintage photo distress in onto. I added some chains to the suit and hat, which I attached with idea-ology mini fasteners. The background mounts are edged with idea-ology design tape.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Zoe
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Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Miscellaneous, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 10 Comments | Views: 1,598
25th July, 2018 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for the funkie side of the design team to share our projects for the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
The current challenge is hosted by team member Kathy who has chosen the theme PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES …Kathy says, “ Summer is a great time to travel. For this challenge, create a vintage or shabby chic travel themed project. Think folded maps, cruise ships, road signs, compasses, passports, trains, planes or automobiles. As long as your project features a travel theme, you’re headed in the right direction.”
Having recently spent a week in beautiful rural France with family, I was very much in the mood for this theme.
I was still playing with the new Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift-ink, so decided to incorporate that into my challenge project.
I needed several cards so made a background for each cityscape stamp, plus a spare for testing. I dropped alcohol ink onto my glass media mat, added a few drops of alcohol blending solution and swiped yupo heavystock through it.
I wanted to experiment and see if I could use the lift-ink to create a ghost background by rubbing the lift-ink off immediately after it was stamped to smudge the image and create a light background in the shape of the stamped image.
I then stamped over the top with archival ink to give the detailed stamped image, but this time left to air dry, (FOR HOURS)!
It’s still possible to smudge the image it you rub it… So, I created a frame using the stitched rectangle thinlits dies to prevent the image being touched (and smudged) too much. I’m all for “workarounds” 😉
I used the traditional lift-ink technique to lift stamped images from the correspondence set (CMS225). This set reminds me of the vintage steamer travel trunks covered in labels, perfect for this theme.
I added “LONDON” cut from metallic kraft stock with the alphanumeric thinlits die which has become a firm favourite for me, it just seems to always fit and I love the font.
The mounts, from top to bottom:
– stitched rectangles thinlits die cut frame from classic kraft stock
– metallic kraft stock
– heavystock embossed with the 3-D lumber texture fades
– scrap card covered with design tape
– classic kraft stock
– kraft card with numbers stamped from the purveyor stamp set
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Zoe
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Category Alcohol Lift-ink, DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 11 Comments | Views: 976
11th July, 2018 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for the funkie side of the design team to share our projects for the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
The current challenge is hosted by team member Cec who has chosen the theme “B” HAPPY …Cec says, “Create a shabby chic or vintage project that makes you happy and features birds, bees and/or butterflies. You must use at least one of these things with wings and it must have a place of prominence on your creation but if you wish to use two or more, please feel free to do that.”
When I saw this challenge, I immediately reached for the entomology stamp set by Tim Holtz. I used the background stamp from this set to stamp in hickory smoke distress archival ink and then stenciled brushed corduroy distress ink through the honeycomb stencil. I used the merchant stamps to randomly add numbers and swiped the card through frayed burlap distress spray.
The letters were cut from classic kraft stock using the alphanumeric thinlits dies.
The bees were stamped directly onto the card background using the travel stamp platform. They were stamped a second time onto heavystock and a piece of acetate. Cutting the body from the heavystock and adhering over the acetate wings.
I added one more bee and hand drew the line.
The background is design tape with distress oxide over the top and splashed with white paint. The metallic kraft stock is embossed using the foundry 3D texture fade.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Zoe
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Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ranger Ink, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 6 Comments | Views: 1,171
30th May, 2018 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for the funkie side of the design team to share our projects for the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
The current challenge is hosted by team member Autumn who has chosen the theme LAYERS OF LACE …Autumn says, “Lace, oh so lovely lace! Whether you add delicate layers of fine lace, or tattered and torn crocheted lace, we’d love to see you add dimension and depth to your vintage or shabby chic project with lace. Perhaps you have a favorite lace stamp or will choose to lace something up, we’d love to see your creations inspired by this topic.”
Lace always makes me think of fabric and sewing and this gave me the idea of creating a trinket box to store my sewing kit in. Truth be told, I’m not a huge fan of lace, or at least I thought I wasn’t when I sat down to make this challenge. Hats off to our fabulous host, Autumn, because I’ve since been doing a little online browsing for vintage lace! Oh Autumn, you’ve created a monster…
I painted the largest of the nest of vignette boxes by Tim Holtz with a layer of gesso inside and out and set aside to dry. Next mixed weathered wood and iced spruce distress paint and applied a layer to the vignette box, again setting aside to air dry.
Once the paint was completely I dry sand portions of the vignette box and lightly rubbed gathered twigs distress crayon on with my finger. Taking some of the new Tim Holtz worn wallpaper, I sanded with a sanding grip, tore the edges and blended in frayed burlap distress ink and then adhered to the sides of the vignette box with distress collage medium.
I added some vintage lace to the bottom edge of the box, added box feet and idea-ology adornments ribbons and bows and vignette accents. In order to get all of the hardware to match, I rubbed a little german silver gilding wax over the top with my finger.
The trinket box lid was made using a vignette frame. I love these new vignette frames, they come in packs of 4 and perfectly match the packs of vignette boxes. I’m going to be stocking up on these for sure! I painted with the same distress paint mix as the base (iced spruce and weathered wood) and set aside to dry. I removed the sandpaper from my sanding grip and gently sanded portions of the frame exposing the wood underneath the dried distress paint. I rubbed gathered twigs distress crayon over parts of the frame.
For the background I created a background wash with iced spruce and hickory smoke distress oxides and frayed burlap and walnut stain distress inks. Using a travel stamp platform, I stamped the dress form from the inventor 3 stamp set (CMS342) and watercoloured parts of the dress form with the iced spruce and hickory smoke distress oxides using a water brush.
The card was mounted under the frame and I used Tim Holtz design tape (renmants) to cover the backside of the vignette frame.
I adhered a piece of worn wall paper to the inside of the vignette box and filled with my sewing kit.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Zoe
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Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 9 Comments | Views: 910
26th May, 2018 by iGirlZoe
Hello friends. I hope you’re enjoying your weekend, (a nice long one for many of you), and finding some time to create. I’ve got a SATURDAY SHOWCASE over at Frilly and Funky, showcasing the Tim Holtz Ticket Booth Stamps and accompanying Framelits dies.
If you would like to see more, pop over to Frilly & Funkie.
Have a great weekend.
Zoe
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Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Saturday Showcase, Sidekick, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tags, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 5 Comments | Views: 1,906
16th May, 2018 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for the funkie side of the design team to share our projects for the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
The current challenge is hosted by team member Kathy who has chosen the theme SURF’S UP! …Kathy says, “Who’s ready for a little sand, a little sun and a little surf? Let’s take this challenge for a stroll beside the shore! Create a vintage or shabby chic project with a beachy theme. Use ocean colors and beach images to add a fun seaside feel to your project.”
One of the many things that I love about the beach is the beautiful scenery. So many different textures from the grainy and wet sand, breaking waves, bubbles in the tide, drift wood, sea shells, seaweed… I wanted to include texture in my project to convey this.
I took a medium etcetera tag from the Tim Holtz idea-ology range and covered it with white gesso using a palette knife. I was quite “hap-hazard” about it to create a nice random and uneven texture. Once dry I applied a layer of matte distress collage medium with a distress brush. This created more texture in the form of brush lines. It also gives a slightly slicker surface to push the distress crayons around.
I removed some of the distress crayon with a baby wipe to create highlights. I stamped with the newsprint stamp (CMS266). I didn’t use my Tim Holtz stamp platform this time as I wanted the stamp to misprint where the gesso was heavier.
With some encouragement from my friend and design team mate Jenny, I finally used a piece from the idea-ology worn wallpaper pack! It really is almost too beautiful to use! I tore the worn wallpaper into pieces and adhered to the etcetera tag with matte distress collage medium. Blending in vintage photo distress ink and distress crayon.
I used one of the found relatives cards, which I coloured with distress markers. I love the very subtle colour the distress markers can give on these cards, that looks as if it were once more pronounced and has faded over time. I mounted one of the new Tim Holtz idea-ology baseboard frames over the top. I didn’t alter the frame at all. Look how beautifully vintage it is straight out of the package.
I added a stamped and fussy cut star fish from the mini blueprints #6 stamp set (CMS196) and painted using antique linen distress ink and a water brush. I also added a die cut from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Holidays Green thinlits die set and a shell I collected from the beach.
This was the perfect sentiment for my tag using a sticker from the snarky small talk stickers set. This is definitely a motto I personally follow! 😉
This new idea-ology vignette accent was the perfect accent for the base of the baseboard frame. I’m going to need more of these, they are simply gorgeous!
An alternative idea would be to use one of your own holiday snaps in place of the found relatives card. I am going to hang this as a home decor piece for the summer.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Zoe
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Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tags, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 7 Comments | Views: 613
18th April, 2018 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for the funkie side of the design team to share our projects for the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
The current challenge is hosted by team member Cec, who has chosen the theme ELEGANT JEWELS …Cec says, “Let’s make a vintage or shabby chic project in jewel tone colours such as deep purple, emerald green, jade green, burgundy, bright turquoise to name a few AND to make your project extra special, add some sort of jewel or gem, which can be anything from a dollar store find to a piece of broken jewelry.”
Confession, I had to message one of my design team mates to ask for an explanation of jewels tones, (in distress colour terms of course)! Horrified at the total lack of muted brown tones I went about trying to figure out ways to add brown! Ha Ha (true story)!
I used mermaid lagoon distress oxide to simulate lagoon blue tourmaline gemstones. I added oxide to my glass media mat, spritzed with water and dragged a distress mixed media heavystock tag through, drying with a heat tool. I then went back and tapped parts of the tag into the beads of oxide on the mat. I blended mermaid lagoon distress oxide through a stencil with a blending tool and added walnut stain to the edges…
There was a helpful suggestion to use walnut stain (at the edges). I decided “edge” is a relative term and could mostly cover all those hideous brights with brown! It will be no surprise to you that I wear brown tinted sunglasses, similar to rose tinted, I see the world through a beautiful brown lens. 😉
I am so obsessed with the new idea-ology milk caps by Tim Holtz that I had to talk myself into covering it up with an idea-ology quote token. I added picket fence distress crayon to the quote token and a rhinestone gem to the hole, with stonewash alcohol ink added. A little rusty hinge distress paint was added to the idea-ology adornment stars, (still one of my favourites) and everything glued into place with distress collage medium.
I used my sidekick to cut some foliage from classic kraft stock and sanded with a sanding grip. I added rhinestone gems to compliment the challenge theme. These were mounted over the outline of a stitched circle, coloured with rusty hinge distress ink and over a strip of design tape. I want to add that I had the stitched circle leftover from another project and wouldn’t have added the foliage if it wasn’t so easy to do so with the sidekick. I so often add die cuts where I wouldn’t if I had to get my full size die cutter out.
I added a paper doll, coloured with distress markers.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Zoe x
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Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Sidekick, Sizzix, Tags, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 14 Comments | Views: 685
I was there in the afternoon.