‘Sizzix’ Category

  1. Inventor 2

    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…

    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Inventor 2
    The foundry 3D texture fades folder and inventor 2 stamp set were a match made in heaven.

    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Inventor 2
    The background is distress mixed media heavystock pulled through frayed burlap distress ink and vintage photo and hickory smoke distress oxides.

    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Inventor 2
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Inventor 2
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Inventor 2
    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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  2. Layers of Lace

    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.”

    iGirlZoe: Layers of Lace
    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…

    iGirlZoe: Layers of Lace
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Layers of Lace
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Layers of Lace
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Layers of Lace
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Layers of Lace
    The card was mounted under the frame and I used Tim Holtz design tape (renmants) to cover the backside of the vignette frame.

    iGirlZoe: Layers of Lace
    I adhered a piece of worn wall paper to the inside of the vignette box and filled with my sewing kit.

    iGirlZoe: Layers of Lace
    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

     


    Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 9 Comments | Views: 911

  3. Tim Holtz Ticket Booth

    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Ticket Booth
    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Ticket Booth
    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Ticket Booth
    If you would like to see more, pop over to Frilly & Funkie.

    Have a great weekend.
    Zoe


    Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Saturday Showcase, Sidekick, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tags, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 5 Comments | Views: 1,907

  4. Surf’s Up!

    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.”

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!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.

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!
    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! 😉

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!
    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!

    iGirlZoe: Surf's Up!
    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

     


    Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ideaology, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tags, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 7 Comments | Views: 613

  5. Elegant Jewels

    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.”

    iGirlZoe: Elegant JewelsConfession, 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)!

    iGirlZoe: Elegant Jewels
    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. 😉

    iGirlZoe: Elegant Jewels
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Elegant Jewels
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Elegant Jewels
    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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  6. Tim Holtz Flower Jar

    7th April, 2018 by iGirlZoe

    Hello friends. I hope you’re enjoying your weekend and finding some spring sunshine, as well as some time to create. I’ve got a SATURDAY SHOWCASE over at Frilly and Funky, showcasing the Tim Holtz flower jar stamps and matching framelits dies.

    iGirlZoe: Saturday Showcase Tim Holtz Flower Jar
    If you would like to see the step by step in full, pop over to Frilly & Funkie.

    Have a great weekend.
    Zoe

     


    Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Saturday Showcase, Sidekick, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 1 Comment | Views: 1,285

  7. Bloomin’ Marvellous

    4th 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!

    I am hosting the current challenge and have chosen the theme BLOOMIN’ MARVELLOUS, “As spring pokes it’s head through the frozen ground, let’s celebrate the season and create a vintage or shabby chic project with flowers as the focus and in vintage muted pastel tones, (no brights).”

    iGirlZoe: Bloomin MarvellousI love it when Stampers Anonymous and Sizzix get together to create framelits die to match stamps for the Tim Holtz line! When I set the theme for this challenge, I had the “Flower Jar” sets in mind!

    iGirlZoe: Bloomin Marvellous
    I also absolutely love Tim Holtz’s design tape… well in truth, I absolutely love to collect it, but I rarely ever use it because it’s SO nice! But I finally feel ready to use a teeny weeny bit and created a background mount using scrap cardstock with design tape around the edges.

    iGirlZoe: Bloomin Marvellous
    I stitched over the design tape and created a foreground using distress oxides and a stamped image from the etcetera stamp set (CMS302). To create the scratches I used a stamp from an older set, slight alterations (CMS060), stamped in frayed burlap distress ink.

    iGirlZoe: Bloomin Marvellous
    I distressed the foreground edges with a paper distresser tool, blended in walnut stain distress ink, stitched and mounted onto the design tape edged background.

    iGirlZoe: Bloomin Marvellous
    The flowers were created using the flower jar stamp set (CMS297) and framelits flower jar die set. I used distress markers, a waterbrush and my trusty sidekick. I will be back on Saturday with a “Saturday Showcase” for Frilly & Funkie, showcasing the paired flower jar stamps and framelits, along with a step by step for this card.

    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

     


    Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Sidekick, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 16 Comments | Views: 2,673

  8. Holiday 2017

    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.

    iGirlZoe: Holiday 2017
    Here’s the recap of my holiday makes…

    iGirlZoe: Fa La La La
    Fa La La La

    iGirlZoe: Joy to the World
    Joy to the World

    iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz Inspired December Daily
    Tim Holtz Inspired December Daily

    iGirlZoe: Tis the Season
    Tis the Season

    iGirlZoe: Oh Starry Night
    Oh Starry Night

    iGirlZoe: O Christmas Tree
    O Christmas Tree

    iGirlZoe: Holiday Gift Card Holder
    Holiday Gift Card Holder

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    Tidings of Comfort and Joy

    iGirlZoe: It's A Wrap
    It’s a Wrap

    iGirlZoe: It's A Wrap
    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

  9. It’s a Wrap!

    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!

    iGirlZoe: It's A Wrap
    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…

    iGirlZoe: It's A Wrap
    ..die cut from the festive berries thinlits set, christmas paper doll, metallic holiday sticker and mercury glass stickles.

    iGirlZoe: It's A Wrap
    ..die cut from the christmastime village thinlits set and metallic holiday sticker.

    iGirlZoe: It's A Wrap
    ..die cut numbers that came with the Sizzix sidekick (LOVE THESE), christmas remnant rubs and stickles mercury glass.

    iGirlZoe: It's A Wrap
    ..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.

    iGirlZoe: It's A Wrap
    …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

     


    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

  10. Tidings of Comfort and Joy

    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    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).

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    Step 11: Line up the ribbon with the bow and glue the ribbon onto the pocket with distress collage medium.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    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.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    Step 13: Bend up the tabs on the gift card insert very slightly.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    Step 14: Slide your gift card in from the bottom.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    Step 15: Push the insert into the pocket and you’re done.

    iGirlZoe: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
    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

     


    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

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