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Insect Charging Station

1st June, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello Friends. Hope you had a nice weekend. I wanted to share a sample that I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 2 launch. You can see all of the details on Tim’s blog.

Welcome to the funky insect charging station. This is a little tongue in cheek because to know me is to know that I never have a charged battery and often plug my charger in without it being connected to the wall outlet! I know I know… life on the edge LOL! A funny conversation I had in a group chat about my phone battery “sparked” the inspiration for this project (thanks me perps). Funnier still, I forgot to add the indicator circles on the gauges to show where the insects are at in their charging cycle, so you’ll see these red indicator circles appear in photos further down the post.

Cover an idea-ology vignette tray in gesso and distress texture crackle paste and allow to dry. I covered in a layer of mermaid lagoon distress paint and once dry, scribbled walnut stain distress crayon over the top and blended in with my finger to highlight the texture.

I added distress opaque grit-pate and covered with distress paint to create rust. You don’t need to paint the base of the tray as it will be covered in brickwork. I painted it when it was going to be used for another project and I changed my mind last minute, I do that a lot, but it’s ok, it’s just craft, there are no rules! 😉

Using the AWESOME brickwork 3D embossing folder and distress sprays to create the background. Check back this week for a tutorial on this, it’s so incredibly easy and the brickwork looks real because of the pitted detail that the folder creates. I can’t praise this enough, the 3D technology in embossing is just so cool. There’s also a brickwork tutorial on my friend Stacy’s blog Tattered Nest Designs, which is a different method and effect to mine, so definitely check that out.

Speaking of 3D embossing folders, the circuit folder was a new edition in Chapter 2 and I am obsessed with it. I’m starting to wonder if I can make anything without using it, even a tiny (how tiny) bit! 😉

The circuit folder looks fantastic when you emboss alcohol ink foil tape and cover with a layer of black soot distress paint and wipe away. I added paint dots with distress paint and a fine tip paintbrush. It takes a couple of minutes and is really relaxing.

I love the funky insect thinlits dies. They are so simple to assemble, just 2 or 3 pieces and you’re done.

I cut them from alcohol ink foil tape backed with cardstock to make them sturdy and painted with a layer of black soot distress paint, wiping away the excess and then painting the insect body with another colour of distress paint.

The base layers were all embossed with the circuit 3D embossing folder and mounted on adhesive foam.

I used the letter “O” from the alphanumeric thin thinlits dies (662226), cut from distress watercolor cardstock and covered with candied apple distress paint and a little walnut stain distress crayons to grunge. Using the same letter to die cut mica, I used the inner piece to give the appearance of glass. The gauge dial is cut from the Bigz voltage die and the numbers stamped with the professor 2 stamp set CMS373. You would think that Tim designed this stuff to go together or something. 😉

I included this photo so you could see the texture that distress opaque grit-paste makes. You have to apply it with your finger to get the really crusty look, but don’t panic!! it comes off with water or a baby wipe.

I mounted the circuit background to the base of the vignette tray with distress collage medium. Cutting sections of the brickwork, I mounted them with adhesive foam to give a little dimension and show peeks of the circuit background. Adding the insects and gauges to indicate where they are in their charging cycle.

Thanks for stopping by. I will be back with a step by step tutorial for this and some other styles of brickwork using the 3D brickwork embossing folder so clear some space on your desk ready to make bricks with me.

Zoe

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Funky Insects

6th May, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. Hope you’re doing well and having a nice week in your part of the world. I’m sharing a make that I created for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 2 LIVE launch. You can see all the details, makes and LIVE over on Tim’s blog.

I love the new funky insect (665364) thinlits dies. I used 2 of the 5 bugs on this specimen tag. I went full crackle background with this piece, scroll down to see a crackle texture paste how to…

I used a mini etcetera thickboard tag and idea-ology clipboard for this project.

Cover the idea-0logy clipboard and etcetera tag (not pictured) with a layer of speckled egg distress paint and set aside to dry.

Once dry, lightly sand, especially at the edges.

Using a palette knife, add a generous layer of distress crackle texture paste.

Continue adding paste until the background is mostly covered and set aside to dry.

Before…

After…

Rub walnut stain distress crayon into the background with your finger, working it into the cracks and wipe excess from the surface with a damp cloth. The cracked paste may flake off and to that I say “thank you!” You can paint a layer of distress collage medium matte or vintage on top to stop further flaking. The vintage distress collage medium will give a nice vintage tint.

Run alcohol foil tape through your machine with the new 3D circuit embossing folder (665372), adding fossilized amber distress paint to portions of the embossed circuit background. Blend vintage photo distress ink into distress cracked leather cardstock ready to add to the etcetera tag.

Cover the edges of the etcetera thickboard tag with the alcohol foil and cracked leather. I ran more alcohol foil tape through the foundry 3D embossing folder (662717) and added this to the top of the idea-ology clipboard so it had a welded look.

Drill holes where the clipboard will sit and push the long screws from the idea-ology vignette hardware set in through from the back and idea-ology hitch fasteners added to the top.

This is how your base will look, ready to add your funky insects.

The funky insects are very easy to put together and each comes on a separate die plate, making it even easier to see which piece goes with which insect.

Die cut circles from the steampunk parts bigz die (664185) cover with distress paint and ink, sanding back and drying between layers for a grunge effect.

I painted vintage distress collage medium onto the wings of the bee and once dry, rubbed walnut stain over the top to pick up the brush strokes.

The new Tim Holtz shaping kit to creates real dimension, as used here for this ladybug.

One of the wings became detached during handling, but it worked perfectly under an idea-ology optical lens with a little frayed burlap distress to colour the solo wing.

I love the alphanumeric tiny type upper thinlits dies (664406).

Finally, I added some leather and silk cord, bent to look like insect antenna.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of your week.

Zoe

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The Park

2nd March, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello Friends. I hope you’re well. Can you believe that it’s already March?! I’ve been so busy that I’m not sure February happened but I am finally getting caught up with my blogging.

This home decor piece I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 release using one of my favourite dies from that release, The Park (665204). I imagined the opening scene of Mary Poppins when the East wind blows her in over the rooftops of Cherry Tree Lane with her open umbrella.

I started with an etcetera thickboard tag – small, which I covered with a layer of picket fence distress paint wash (just spritz water onto distress paint and mix with a paintbrush). It will be absorbed into the tag so you can still see some of the kraft poking through, which I like. I stamped the music strip stamp from the poinsettia CMS426 stamp set with hickory smoke distress archival ink. Once dry I spread distress crackle texture paste through the sparkle stencil THS132 and set aside to dry and crack.

I die cut distress watercolor cardstock and idea-ology metallic kraftstock from the cityscape skyline thinlits die set (661810). I sprayed the watercolor cardstock die cuts with black soot distress spray and dried. I sanded the metallic kraft-stock die cuts and blended in walnut stain distress ink. I mounted the watercolor cardstock over the metallic kraft-stock, offsetting slightly to create a drop shadow. I used a little adhesive foam to give the cityscape some dimension.

I drilled a hole through the etcetera tag using a Dremel micro tool and the mini drill accessories kit. I make sure the hole is big enough to pull tiny lights through from the back of the tag.

I attach the battery pack to the back of the tag so it’s out the way, making sure the batter pack opening is toward you. I used velcro strips to attach mine but you could use double sided adhesive tape or distress collage medium. TIP * Don’t attach it to the back until you’ve finished your project or it will sit unevenly on your work surface.

I die cut a large circle from distress watercolor cardstock and sprayed lightly with antique linen distress spray and water. Blended in hickory smoke distress ink to the edges. I put adhesive foam squares around the underside of the moon creating a ring for the lights to sit inside. I gathered the lights into the center of where the moon was going to be and then placed the moon down, carefully tucking in any lights attempting to escape. I used adhesive foam to add the the park die cut. The umbrella comes separately so I added it to her hand with distress collage medium and put adhesive foam under the top of the umbrella.

It created this pretty firefly type effect behind the watercolor cardstock and raised the moon up enough to fit the lights and give the tag dimension.

Next I added the letters “MP” which will now forever more be “Mario Poppins” after Tim called it out during the LIVE! I die cut idea-ology blackout and metallic kraft-stock with the new alphanumeric stretch upper thinlits dies (665206) I added these with distress collage medium.

I added some rope ribbon from my stash to the top of the tag to finish.

With the tiny lights switched off.

When you break it down into sections, this is actually a simple piece to make and you could adapt it and make it smaller to fit onto a card. I hope this inspires you to try and make something yourself.

Thanks for stopping by…
Zoe

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Salvage

22nd February, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello Friends. Welcome to the first day of the new week. Today I’m sharing a sample I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 release. If you missed the LIVE you can catch up with all the action on Tim’s blog.

I love this submarine from the wacky transport 1 thinlits die set (665220). It made me think of the little subs from the beginning of the Titanic movie, which inspired me to light it up.

I painted an etcetera thickboard tag with speckled egg distress paint and once dry, sanded some of the paint away.

Using the bubbling thinlits die set (665211) to die cut distress watercolor cardstock.

I cut twice and mounted one on top of the other to give some depth and sprayed with frayed burlap distress stain and blended in pumice stone distress ink.

Then glued it on with matte distress collage medium and trimmed to the edge of the tag.

I die cut some more submarines and pulled through a frayed burlap distress ink wash and cut them. Also die cutting some greenery from the holiday greens mini thinlits dies (661597).

I blended in various distress inks, the frayed burlap background wash creates dark patches under the distress ink and makes it looks aged.

I added opaque distress grit-paste and painted with frayed burlap and pumice stone distress paint.

I placed the submarines like wreckage at the bottom of the tag and fixed into place with adhesive foam and tucked greenery in between. I think the grit-paste looks like barnacles.

I drilled a hole in the back of the etcetera tag using my dremel micro tool and fed idea-ology tiny lights through, trimming excess from the open end of the strand. I mounted the submarine onto adhesive foam over the tiny lights.

I added vellum to the underside of the sub for frosted windows to hide the tiny lights.

I stamped the octopus from the sea life stamp set CMS304. Yes I fussy cut this, it’s a fussy cutting nightmare and I enjoy fussy cutting but so worth it. But please Sizzix, PLEASE, could we have a framelits die for this sucka. 😉

I added some white and glitter pen highlights to the suckers and mounted onto adhesive foam.

I stamped glitch CMS405 stamps onto the side of the submarine after I had mounted it. I put the entire tag onto my large stamp platform and stamped and fortunately it worked out.

This would be a really fun home decor make for a kids room and you could add more lights to the wreckage at the bottom of the tag.

Thanks for stopping by.
Zoe

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Christmastime

16th December, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello there! I’m back today sharing this festive tag I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3 release. You can see details of the release on Tim’s blog.

Christmastime (664731) thinlits die set was one of my favourites from the release. It’s incredibly easy to assemble and you can change it up to suit your style. Let’s get into it…

I created a frame with the stitched rectangles (661189) thinlits die set cut from distress watercolor cardstock.

I used the new falling stars (663732) thinlits die to cut the background, I moved it down and cut again to add more stars. I added vellum underneath the distress watercolor cardstock.

Running adhesive foam to the edges of the frame to create a box, I added tiny lights behind the vellum and thread one light through to sit under the street light. I used vellum underneath the lamp die cut.

I painted a small etcetera thickboard tag with picket fence distress paint and created a stencil from the falling stars (664732) thinlits die. Using a palette knife, I spread distress crackled texture paste through the stencil and set aside to dry and work its crackly magic.

The alphanumeric shadow numbers (664808) thinlits dies were the perfect accent for the top of this tag and I love that you can still see the crackle star detail through the cut out.

I used distress spray ink to create washes to drag the die cuts through and then dried with a heat tool. There isn’t many pieces so assembly is very simple.

The merry christmas sentiment is die cut from an older thinlits die set, Home for the Holidays (662419) and spritzed with ground espresso distress ink spray.

This reminds me of the first time that my husband and I went to get a real Christmas tree 12 years ago in Switzerland. We took it home on the bus and carried it the rest of the way. It is such a sweet memory.

Thanks for stopping by and check out Tim’s blog to see the other makers samples.

Zoe

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Distinguished Framelits

10th December, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. If you’ve been tuning in weekly to the Tim Holtz facebook LIVE Saturday demos, you will have seen the new Sizzix framelits sets; Snarky Cat and Distinguished.

And if you know me, even a little, you probably know I love a hat and when the distinguished CMS371 stamps set were released I put hats on everything and I have fussy cut A LOT of hats, so I went a tiny bit hatty over having framelits to match my favourite ever stamp set. I was very lucky to have an advance copy of the distinguished framelits set as one accidentally (but not so accidentally) fell into a box that was being shipped to me! It’s not been easy keeping it under my hat. But now the cat is out the bag (I’m stopping I promise), let’s get to the banner panel details…

The base layer of my banner panel is the new distress kraft heavystock. It’s 130gsm and perfectly solid as the base, but I stitched through it with ease. The next piece up is idea-ology blackout kraft-stock, sanded mounted onto adhesive foam. The top layer is the new distress mixed media white heavystock. Oh this stuff is magic! The ink just acts differently on it to the mixed media heavystock. If you try it, I think you’ll understand what I mean. I stamped the background stamp from the professor 2 stamp set, this stamp is rarely off my desk at the moment. I added a label that I stamped onto the kraft stock and fussy cut. Finally I added a banner frame that I die cut from kraft stock and painted with ground espresso distress paint and sanded back. Everything is edged with ground espresso distress ink. I keep reaching for this instead of walnut stain at the moment. I think maybe ground espresso is my “winter brown”.

I added a piece of mica over the top of the label, which I glued into place with distress collage medium under the banner frame. I broke pieces away from the edges and you get this grungy tattered look.

I die cut and then stamped (yes in that order) the hat and suit. Check out the LIVE on Tim’s blog to see the great hack that his good friend Joy Kennedy showed him. It’s an absolutely brilliant technique, thanks Joy and Tim, this is a game changer and not just for these framelits, but for all the others in my collection too.

Like this moth die, cut from the entomology set using the matching framelits die set and using the same technique. Whilst I love fussy cutting, I can’t tell you how many times I had cut the antenna off bugs before these dies.

Look at the cut on the suit jacket. I’m a very very happy crafter!

I used this display hanger from the idea-ology range to hang my banner panel. I dabbed on picket fence distress paint and when dry, added a little ground espresso distress paint with my finger. I added remnant rubs to the label sticker that comes with the hanger and added the epoxy bubble sticker over the top, also comes with the hanger.

Thanks for stopping by, if the distinguished framelits dies are still available when you’re reading this and you would like to have a set, please don’t delay. Once the stock is sold out, they won’t be manufacturing more. I say this simply so you don’t miss out, especially if hats (or cats) are your jam,

If anyone wants me, I’ll be over here making Christmas cards. Check out Tim’s video on his blog!

Zoe

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Tim Holtz Feathered Cardinal

4th December, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. I’ve got some super exciting news. As part of the DieCember celebrations over at Simon Says Stamp, they are giving away this beautiful Tim Holtz feathered cardinal thinlits die with any Tim Holtz brand purchase! I know! I squealed too!

This beautiful Tim Holtz feathered cardinal thinlits die is free with any Tim Holtz brand purchase from Simon Says Stamp, while supplies last. If you wish to add one to your collection, please do not delay.

Please note that when you add a Tim Holtz product to your shopping basket, the die will automatically be added, (while supplies last).

Let’s get into how I made this guy, his name is Cecil and is it just me, or does he look like a troublemaker? Have you noticed that Tim designs his birds, owls, animals with a look in their eyes? …just sayin! #troublemaker 😉

I die cut the feathered cardinal from distress watercolor cardstock and pulled the pieces through an ink wash on my glass media mat. Simply spray distress ink onto the glass media mat (2 sprays and 1 of water) and then dragged the cardstock through the inky wash and dried with a heat tool.

Next I blended in distress inks using a mini blending tool.

This is a very easy build, just 5 pieces and a little distress collage medium.

For the background, I dragged a piece of mixed media heavystock through the same ink wash and dried with a heat tool. I added some droplets that I picked up from the non stick mat portion of my glass media mat, the non stick mat makes the best ink droplets ever!! I added a background stamp from the music and advert CMS358 stamp set, stamped in distress archival ink.

I die cut a frame from the stitched ovals die set (661188) and some branches from the ghost town die set (664194) which I blended with distress ink. These are definitely my favourite of the small branches, they’re really twiggy. The dies are still available online, I’ve seen them on Amazon if anyone is looking for them. I also die cut some foliage from the mini holiday greens die set (661597).

I mounted the cardinal inside the frame on adhesive foam and added a sentiment from the tiny text christmas CMS424 stamp set.

Finally I mounted the card onto idea-ology metallic kraft-stock and used distress kraft heavystock for my card base, at 130gsm, it’s a really sturdy card base.

I seriously love this die and it’s going to make an appearance on my Christmas cards, tags and gift wrap this year. I hope you’ll celebrate DieCember over at Simon Says Stamp and grab yourself a feathered cardinal die, before they fly away!

Zoe

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Monsters Reunion Christmas Edition

3rd December, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. It’s December and I finally have to let go of Halloween, but maybe just one last nod in that direction as I move into my merry makes! Did you catch the Tim Holtz facebook LIVE on Saturday? It was the final part of the four part Christmas LIVE demos. You can catch up on all the fun on Tim’s blog.

It’s been a monster of a year (see what I did there) and Saturday’s with Tim and Mario have been a bright light. I am so very grateful for all the work they have dedicated to bring us hours and hours of creative inspiration and much needed escapism. The 4 part Christmas demos have definitely charged my Christmas making batteries.

During Saturday’s LIVE Tim showed this cool paint and stamp technique. It’s such a quick, easy and fun technique and looks incredible on kraft! I highly recommend that you watch the video demo but here’s a quick run down…

Using sticky grid to hold it in place, I put a #8 size tag, (best cut from kraft heavystock with tag dies), onto my travel stamp platform. I placed the stamp onto the tag and when I was happy with it’s placement, I closed the lid and pushed down to make sure the stamp was attached to the lid. I inked up the stamp with distress archival ink and stamped once.

I left my tag in place to paint as I was only doing one of each and removed the lid of the platform while I painted. If you are doing multiple tags you would just make sure they were positioned in the same place when you stamped the second time.

I used distress paint to paint over the stamped image, not worrying about covering the detailed lines. I know it looks like a hot mess here, but wait for it…

Once the paint was dry, I inked up the stamp again with distress archival ink and stamped over the top.

I stamped santa hats and candy canes from the mini crazy bird and things CMS250 stamps. I would have die cut them with my matching framelits dies using the great hack from Joy Kennedy that Tim showed in a previous Saturday demo, but I couldn’t put my hands on them so I fussy cut.

I cut the candy cane in half and added a piece to each side of his hand to look as those he was clutching it.

I added a hat and instantly these stamps became “Christmas Edition” 😉

I blended distress ink into the tag and used the distress sprayer to add water droplets. Using a palette knife I spread distress texture paste through the flurries THS151 stencil and set aside to dry. Finally I stitched around the edges of the tag with my sewing machine and added a little of the idea-ology velvet trim, which is DIVINE! I’m pretty sure it’s sold out everywhere and I’m not surprised. If anyone sees any… let me know! 😉

Thank you Tim for inspiring me to make these. I was asking for Monsters Reunion Christmas edition stamps and Tim told me to stick a Santa hat on the ones I had! LOL So I did and then I couldn’t stop! This is what happened… 😉

Monsters Reunion CMS381 Stamps + Mini Bird Crazy and Things CMS250 Stamps

I was going to stop there but why stop when I had last years STAMPtember set to play with too.

Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2019 Stamps (not available) + Mini Bird Crazy and Things CMS250 Stamps

Thanks for stopping by and for hopefully smiling at the silliness. Adding a candy cane and a santa hat can make everything Christmassy.

Zoe

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Winged

24th November, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. It’s been a while since my last post! I’ve been getting ready for Christmas and making, but I wanted to share a card I made for the Tim Holtz Chapter 4 Sizzix launch. If you missed the facebook LIVE, you can catch up on all the fun over on Tim’s blog.

I’m such a fan of the 3D impresslits folders, having them cut and emboss together in one pass is so cool and the new winged 3D impresslits folder (664248) from chapter 4 is my new favourite, the detail is insane.

See what I mean!! WOWZER!

I cut 3 wings from one piece of 4.25 x 5.5 inch distress watercolor cardstock. Even in the raw you can see the depth of the embossing!

I tried blending in a few of my favourite shades of brown.

For the background I used a palette knife to cover the cardstock randomly with white gesso. Allowing to dry, I then added a tap of speckled egg distress oxide and a little distress opaque grit-paste here and there. Once dry, I blended in distress ink and a little walnut distress crayon with my finger.

I added some remnant rubs and a top hat and suit jacket from the distinguished CMS371 stamp set which now has a matching framelits die set, available while stocks last so don’t delay.

I stitched the card with my sewing machine and mounted onto idea-ology blackout kraftstock and distress cracked leather cardstock. I love the new cracked leather cardstock looks like real leather when covered with distress ink.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you make some time to make.
Zoe

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Home Sweet Home

3rd November, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. Have you seen the new Paper Village thinlits dies? I am totally in love with them!! I made this sample for the Tim Holtz facebook LIVE Sizzix chapter 4 release. If you missed the LIVE you can catch up on all the fun over on Tim’s blog.

With many of us staying safe at home this year, home really is sweet. I created a gift tin as an idea for a new home gift using the new Paper Village thinlits dies (664741) and the yummy new distress cracked leather cardstock.

Here’s how I made it…

– Coat the inside of an idea-ology trinket tin with a thin layer of distress collage medium.
– I tucked dictionary pages into the tin.
– Once dry I trimmed the edges and added gesso to parts of the dictionary page using my finger.
– Allowing to dry between layers, I added distress texture crackle paste and once it had dried and cracked, rubbed distress crayon in with my finger.

I die cut a frame using the Trinket Frames Bigz die (664186) from the distress cracked leather cardstock with vintage photo distress ink blended in. I also die cut a piece of chipboard which I mounted under the cracked leather to give the die cut some height. I blended some ground espresso distress ink into the edges and glued it into the lid of the trinket tin. This die is so cool and made to fit both sides of the tin.

Using the Alphanumeric Tiny Type Upper (664406) and Lower (664407) thinlits dies, I die cut the distress cracked leather cardstock and added “home sweet home.” The strip of stars was created using the Star Trim impresslits folder (663297).

– To create the house I die cut distress cracked leather cardstock, using painters tape to hold the windows in place as I ran the die cuts through my sidekick.
– I blended vintage photo distress ink to both sides of the die cut house and added a piece of dictionary page to the back wall of the house as this will be seen through the windows and door.
– Using scor-tape to attach the front and back pieces of the house.
– Adding the roof using distress collage medium. I made sure the roof sits forward and is flush with the back of the house so it will sit against the back of the tin.

Using the etcetera thickboard scalloped trim, I created a shelf for the house to sit on. I covered this with distress cracked leather cardstock, can you tell I LOVE this cardstock? I found the perfect idea-ology thought token that made me think of a porch light being left on to light the way home.

I added a key from the idea-ology keys adornments, with thread wrapped around it. If you were buying a new home or moving in with someone you could add a real key instead to make it more personal.

The outside of the tin was grunged up using scraps of dictionary paper, cracked leather cardstock and gesso, distress crackle texture paste and distress crayons. To stop the crackle texture paste from flaking off the shiny trinket tin, I covered with a layer of distress vintage collage medium. I love the brown tint it gave the gesso and texture paste.

I dyed an idea-ology finial with vintage photo and ground espresso distress ink and sanded back. I added chain and an o ring from the idea-0l0gy swivel clasps, removing the clasp and adding tiny keys from the keys adornments set. All of which I covered with picket fence distress paint. I added a piece of black thread from the halloween trimmings pack.

I added an idea-ology finial to the base of the trinket tin using distress collage medium. The trick is to stick it and walk away. The glue shrinks as it dries and creates a really good bond, but you gotta walk away and not come back 10 times to see if you can just move it! LOL

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you found this useful and it’s inspired you to make something. You could easily add tiny lights through the back of the tin and with a little holly and some mica or glitter it would make a cute Christmas piece.
Zoe

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