21st July, 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 new Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift-ink.
If you would like to see more, pop over to Frilly & Funkie.
Have a great weekend.
Zoe
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Category Alcohol Lift-ink, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Saturday Showcase, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 6 Comments | Views: 1,010
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
29th June, 2018 by iGirlZoe
Hello friends. Between summer house guests, my birthday and the continued gorgeous weather we have been having in Copenhagen, I have been away from my craft desk for a couple of weeks. The arrival of the much anticipated 3D texture fades had me RUNNING back to my desk…
The foundry 3D texture fades folder and inventor 2 stamp set were a match made in heaven.
The background is distress mixed media heavystock pulled through frayed burlap distress ink and vintage photo and hickory smoke distress oxides.
Using the travel stamp platform I stamped a stamp from the inventor 2 stamp set (CMS341) and coloured using vintage photo distress oxide and a water brush.
The background (bottom to top) is layererd kraft cardstock with remnants design tape and evergreen bough distress oxide, black classic kraft stock, metallic kraft stock embossed with the foundry 3D texture fades folder with distress crayons rubbed over the top, classic kraft stock and the stamped heavystock on top stitched with my sewing machine.
I finished it by adding alphanumeric thin thinlits dies cut from metallic kraft stock and sanded with a sanding grip.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.
Zoe
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Category Ranger Ink, Sidekick, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 4 Comments | Views: 817
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: 1,907
24th January, 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 fellow funkie team member Suzz (Suzz’ Stamping Spot), who has chosen the theme 2018 – THE YEAR OF… …SUZZ says, “Welcome to a brand new year! I am not very good at New Year Resolutions but I do like to think about what I want to focus on in the New Year. To help me do this, I pick a word that is my word for the year and try to use that word to keep me focused on what is important. The challenge to you is to pick a word that will be your inspiration for 2018. Create a vintage or shabby chic project that includes your word of 2018. The word can be part of a sentiment, phrase or stand alone on your project as long as it is featured somewhere in your art.”
Much like our lovely host Suzz, I’m not very good at new years resolutions, so it took me a while to find a suitable word. I wanted to combine travel and time, as this year I plan to do more of one and get better at keeping the other. Then I stumbled upon the “expedition” word band and it was a match! Expedition can be a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose (travel) and it can also mean promptness or speed in doing something – promptitude (time). OMG I love that word! “Promptitude!” I digress, which only adds to my time keeping issues!
…I’m a work in progress…
I have been desperate to use the new Tim Holtz inventor stamps and it was perfect for the challenge. I had to use my favourite stamp from the Tim Holtz Dapper set as well (of course)!
I used faded jeans and brushed corduroy distress inks and a waterbrush to watercolour the hat and suit. I added the expedition word band and globe from the adornment souvenir set.
I confess I am a little addicted to these adornment index clips. I altered it by adding picket fence distress paint and, once dry, adding archival distress ink. Wendy Vecchi has this brilliant technique on her blog.
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.
I will be back to share the samples that I made for this years Creativation (CHA). Thanks for stopping by.
Zoe
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Category Card, DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 10 Comments | Views: 784
11th December, 2017 by iGirlZoe
Happy Holidays friends! Whether you celebrate Christmas or just enjoy the magic of the festive season, I hope that you have found some inspiration from Tim Holtz’s holiday inspiration series. Check out all SIX incredible weeks of festive follies over from week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5 and week 6.
Here’s the recap of my holiday makes…
Tim Holtz Inspired December Daily
Another big thank you to Tim Holtz, Mario Rossi and Paula Cheney. And a big thank you for the lovely comments you have left over the past few weeks, here and on social media. Merry Christmas!
Zoe
Category Card, Christmas, Gift Card Holder, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Sidekick, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Holiday Inspiration Series, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 3 Comments | Views: 783
8th December, 2017 by iGirlZoe
I’m bringing you my final piece for the Tim Holtz holiday inspiration series. I hope you’ve been following along with Tim on instagram and facebook throughout November and December. If you’ve missed anything, you can catch up with all the inspiration on Tim’s blog from week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5 and week 6!
As there are only 17 sleeps until Christmas, (yes, I’m counting), this is a nice quick and simple way to give your gifts a little personal touch with a gift adornment!
Using the Sizzix gift tag thinlits die and sidekick, as well as the Stampers Anonymous holiday and stripes stamp set to create the background. I added foil and vintage photo distress ink to the edges and vintage twine to the top. Then decorated…
..die cut from the festive berries thinlits set, christmas paper doll, metallic holiday sticker and mercury glass stickles.
..die cut from the christmastime village thinlits set and metallic holiday sticker.
..die cut numbers that came with the Sizzix sidekick (LOVE THESE), christmas remnant rubs and stickles mercury glass.
..die cut from mini festive greens thinlits set edged with mercury glass stickles, idea-ology bells covered with red pepper alcohol ink and metallic holiday sticker.
…Okay, I literally couldn’t stop myself from making another gift card holder, decorated in a similar way as the gift adornments and adding holly form the mini festive greens thinlits set and christmas ephemera.
Thanks so much to Tim Holtz, Mario Rossi and Paula Cheney for inviting me to be a part of this years seasonal team and for all of their hard work, guidance and support. Thanks to all of you for your kind words of encouragement. I will be back on Monday with a recap of all my holiday inspiration series makes. Hope you have a great weekend.
Cheers
Zoe
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Category Christmas, Craft, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Sidekick, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Holiday Inspiration Series, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 6 Comments | Views: 1,146
4th December, 2017 by iGirlZoe
Hello friends. I’m back today with another gift card holder I made for the Tim Holtz holiday inspiration series. If you’ve been following Tim on instagram and facebook throughout November and December, you will have seen his holiday inspiration series. If you’ve missed anything, you can catch up with all the inspiration on Tim’s blog from week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4 and week 5.
Part of what I love about the festive season is there’s so many reasons to get creative. I love to use the seasonal products in my stash to make matching stationery. As my current obsession is with the gift card package die, I thought I would make another gift card holder to match a card I made for the holiday inspiration series and uses only 2 additional products, (idea-ology wood slices and the gift card package thinlits die).
Step 1: Die cut 2 pieces of kraft cardstock and the rest distress mixed media heavystock using the Tim Holtz Sizzix gift card package thinlits die. The bow and ribbon die cuts were sprayed with frayed burlap distress spray stain and the mini tag I didn’t end up using but put into my december daily stash.
Step 2: Fold the pocket and secure to a non stick craft mat with tape.
Step 3: Secure the mini plaid stencil over the top and blend candied apple distress ink through the stencil.
Step 4: Blend in vintage photo and walnut stain distress ink into the edges and stitch with a sewing machine.
Step 5: Apply distress collage medium to the side tables, fold and glue into place.
Step 6: Follow steps 3 and 4 on the package topper, (the long kraft cardstock piece from step 1).
Step 7: Adhere the package topper to the gift card insert with distress collage medium.
Step 8: Place the gift card insert onto the Tim Holtz Tonic stamp platform and secure in place with magnets. Stamp the tree stamp from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous great outdoors stamp set with peeled paint distress ink. Slide the insert to the right, keeping it butted up against the top and keep stamping.
Step 9: Place the bow and ribbon die cuts onto the Tim Holtz Tonic stamp platform and adhere with a pin prick of distress collage medium. It will easily pull away afterwards and the magnets won’t get in the way. Stamp with the background stamp from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous sparkles and christmas stamp set.
Step 10: Stamp a sentiment over the trees. This will be hiding under the gift card for the recipient. You could add “congratulations” – “thank you” – “happy birthday” – “happy anniversary” for a non holiday gift card holder.
Step 11: Line up the ribbon with the bow and glue the ribbon onto the pocket with distress collage medium.
Step 12: To decorate the pocket, I stamped the wood slice from the great outdoors stamp set and used a 3/4 inch paper punch to punch the center and adhered to a wood slice with distress collage glue. Die cut greens from classic kraft stock with the Tim Holtz Sizzix festive greens thinlits set. Add idea-ology baubles dyed with red pepper alcohol ink.
Step 13: Bend up the tabs on the gift card insert very slightly.
Step 14: Slide your gift card in from the bottom.
Step 15: Push the insert into the pocket and you’re done.
Thanks for stopping by. I will be back with my final project for the holiday inspiration series on Friday. Hope you have a great week.
Cheers
Zoe x
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Category Christmas, Gift Card Holder, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Holiday Inspiration Series, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 6 Comments | Views: 1,753
1st December, 2017 by iGirlZoe
Hello friends. With December here, like many of you I am getting ready to celebrate Christmas and have been making cards and buying gifts and gift cards. I wanted to share this gift card holder I made for the Tim Holtz holiday inspiration series. Follow Tim on instagram and facebook to see inspiration throughout November and December. You can catch up with all the inspiration so far in week 1, week 2, week 3 and week 4.
Giving a gift card can seem less personal than an actual gift, so why not make it personal by making a gift card holder. I created this one using the products and techniques from my oh starry night card, with the addition of the Sizzix gift card package thinlits die.
I die cut the package base from metallic kraft stock and the bow and ribbon from distress mixed media heavystock. You can see how the background was created HERE.
I added festive greens under the bow, like on the matching card. I adhered an idea-ology fluted star in the center of the bow which I aged with picket fence distress paint and mushroom alcohol ink.
Again, I wanted to mirror the products and techniques from the card, so I chose one of the smaller Christmas paper dolls. This one just seemed to fit, I blended in some vintage photo distress ink to take away the white edges and adhered with distress collage medium.
I added a sentiment from the Stampers Anonymous holiday postmarks stamp set and slid my gift card into place.
You could tuck the gift card holder inside the card, but I feel like the gift card holder could do with it’s own box… I will definitely make some more of these, and not just for Christmas!
Thanks for stopping by. I am excited to be doing December Daily this year for the first time using my handmade album. I’ll be sharing my pages on instagram. Hope you have a great weekend and I’ll back back here on Monday.
Cheers
Zoe x
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Category Christmas, Gift Card Holder, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Holiday Inspiration Series, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 5 Comments | Views: 2,182
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