12th November, 2017 by iGirlZoe
Hello friends! As some of you will know, I’ve been taking a little break from my regular Design Team position with Frilly & Funkie, until the new year. But today I am popping back to bring you a special SIDEKICK SUNDAY STEP BY STEP with Christmas gift tags using the new Sizzix Sidekick by Tim Holtz.
If you would like to see the step by step in full, pop over to Frilly and Funkie.
Have a great week ahead.
Zoe x
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Category Christmas, DT, Frilly & Funkie, Saturday Step By Step, Sidekick, Sizzix, Tim Holtz, Tutorial | Tags: | 7 Comments | Views: 1,260
7th November, 2017 by iGirlZoe
Hello friends. I’m delighted to join a group of talented crafters for the Tim Holtz holiday inspiration series. Throughout November and December Tim will be sharing projects to provide some inspiration to get you creative during the holiday season. Follow Tim on facebook and instagram and his blog for the recap each Saturday.
I wanted to share how I created the snowflake background using the new Sizzix simple snowflake texture fades folder by Tim Holtz.
Step 1: Emboss a piece of distress mixed media heasvystock using the new simple snowflake texture fades folder.
Step 2: Blend in faded jeans distress oxide.
Step 3: Blend a little vintage photo distress oxide over the top.
Step 4: Spritz with water and dry with a heat tool.
Step 5: Apply a little picket fence distress paint onto a non stick craft sheet. Pick it up with a blending tool and lightly dab over the top of the raised snowflakes. Set aside to dry.
The falalala is from the Christmas remnant rubs. There is also a falalala stamp in the holiday drawing set (CMS284).
The lamp post is cut from black classic kraft stock mounted onto chipboard. I used metallic kraft core for the lights. I sanded everything, (I always sand everything)! lol
The wreath is cut from classic kraft core and I die cut 2 ribbons, attaching the top one by the center only and bending the bow upwards to give dimension. I may have taken a sanding grip to it… lol
I picked up the vintage tidings thinlits dies really late last year and didn’t get a chance to use them, so they were top of my list this year. Die cut from metallic kraft stock. When sanded, (I told you), the gold lifts and reveals silver before revealing the kraft core. I always blend a little vintage photo distress ink over the top to grunge it up. Love this stuff!
I die cut a frame from metallic kraft stock with the stitched rectangle thinlits set and mounted over the top, using collage medium to adhere everything. I matted and layered metallic and classic kraft stock over paper from the Christmas mini stash, all by Tim Holtz.
Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget to catch up with all the projects from week 1 for more holiday inspiration. I’ll be back soon with some more holiday inspiration.
Cheers
Zoe
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Category Card, Christmas, Craft, Ideaology, Texture Fades, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Holiday Inspiration Series, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: Holiday | 9 Comments | Views: 1,781
31st October, 2017 by iGirlZoe
Happy Halloween friends! I’m popping back up, like a scene from a hitchcock movie, to bring you the full line up of projects I made for the Tim Holtz halloween inspiration series. Check out the other designers cool and creepy creations in week 1, week 2 and week 3 recaps on Tim’s blog.
Jack-O-Lantern
Pumpkin Patch
Claw Mark Coffin
Claw Mark Coffin (close up)
Then suddenly something strange happened…
A 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. Hope you all have a safe and happy halloween.
Cheers
Zoe x
Category Card, Craft, Halloween, Ideaology, Mixed Media Canvas, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 3 Comments | Views: 789
by iGirlZoe
Happy Halloween! The Tim Holtz Halloween inspiration series on facebook and instagram has wrapped up, but if you missed anything there are recaps for week 1, week 2 and week 3 on Tim’s blog.
I wanted to share this bone collector caravan before it heads to Halloween town. I didn’t do a step by step for this project, but I’ll walk you through it and share the few photos I took during the process, for those interested.
I sanded the outer panels of a vignette box with a sanding grip. Painted through a stencil with ground espresso distress paint. Once dry, stained the panels with walnut stain distress stain.
Added an idea-ology Halloween baseboard to the inside back of the vignette box. All it needed was a little light distressing to the edges and adhered with collage medium matte.
As soon as I saw the paper doll witches, I knew they were going inside this idea-ology bird cage!
I covered the birdcage with a coat of distress grit paste and allowed to dry. Then rubbed various distress crayons over the top.
The background was created using (discontinued) picket fence distress crackle paint. Sorry to be a tease, it’s my reward for hoarding it. The witches were trimmed and mounted into the cage.
The banner was made punching paper from the mini halloween paper stash with the Tim Holtz banner paper punch.
I used white gel pen to colour the underside of the remnant rubs and letting dry before rubbing them onto the banner. Distressed the edges with a sanding grip.
Blended a little vintage photo distress ink into the edges of the banner.
I rolled the banner over twine, securing with distress collage medium. Drilled holes into the top of the vignette box and pushed the bones into the holes, again, securing with distress collage medium. Wrapped wire around the top of the bones and attached the twine to each side to hang the banner.
I just love these apothecary vials. I used the labels that come with them, sanded with a sanding grip and adding remnant rubs. I bent an adornment skull around a bottle and secured with distress collage medium. Finally added twine to the neck of the vials.
I altered the pulley wheels by adding grit paste allowing to dry, then dabbing on evergreen bough distress paint with a cotton bud and once dry, mushroom alcohol ink, also applied using a cotton bud. The bone collector word band had picket fence distress crayon added to highlight the text. I used a ring fastener and swivel clasp as the trailer tow. All adhered using distress collage medium, (I’m a total adhesive convert since creating this piece)! I even used it to adhere those skulls!
I have to make a special mention of the idea-ology skulls that I used in this project! The detail on them is incredible and yes, I admit it… I hoarded!!
I hope you enjoyed the walk through my bone collector caravan and it’s been “all the fun of the fair!”
Cheers
Zoe x
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Category Craft, Craft Tutorial, Halloween, Ideaology, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 3 Comments | Views: 1,446
24th October, 2017 by iGirlZoe
The Tim Holtz Halloween inspiration series on facebook and instagram has just wrapped up it’s final week. Hopefully you’ve been following, but if you missed anything, you can see the recaps for week 1, week 2 and week 3 on Tim’s blog.
I wanted to share this masked witch card that I made for the inspiration series. This was such a simple card to make, just using the witchcraft die cut as a mask. I die cut one from black classic kraft stock then used this for my Haunted Banner project.
I placed the mask over paper from the halloween mini stash and blending peeled paint distress ink over the top with a mini blending tool. Removed the mask, spritzed with water and added halloween clippings stickers.
Mounted the masked witch onto layers from the halloween mini stash. From the halloween words thinlits die set, cut “wicked” from a longer piece of black classic kraft stock and mounted over green classic kraft stock. Sanded the edges of each layer with a sanding grip, blended in vintage photo distress ink and stitched to finish.
I will be back soon sharing a walk through of the bone collector caravan I made for the Halloween inspiration series.
Cheers
Zoe x
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Category Card, Halloween, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 5 Comments | Views: 774
21st October, 2017 by iGirlZoe
With All Hallows’ Eve drawing near, I’m sharing this haunted banner that I made for the Tim Holtz Halloween inspiration series. You can follow along on Tim’s facebook and instagram with a weekly recap on Saturday on his blog.
Here’s how I made the jack-o-lantern banner…
Step 1: Cut a piece of black classic kraft stock 5 x 7 inches.
Step 2: Cut a piece of paper from the Halloween mini stash 4.5 x 6.5 inches.
Step 3: Cut a second piece of black classic kraft stock 4 x 6 inches.
Step 4: Cut a piece of mixed media heavystock 3.5 x 5.5 inches.
Step 5: Using the WRMK banner punch board, cut the ends to create a banner.
Step 6: Sand the edges of the large black classic kraft stock banner with a sanding grip and blend in vintage photo distress ink.
Step 7: Distress the edge of the halloween mini stash paper banner and blend in vintage photo distress ink.
Step 8: Sand the edges of the small black classic kraft stock banner with a sanding grip and blend in vintage photo distress ink.
Step 9: Ink up the ledger script stamp with hickory smoke distress archival ink. Stamp onto the heavystock banner using the stamp platform. Stamp a second time using a very light layer of vintage photo distress archival ink.
Step 10: Blend in antique linen distress ink.
Step 11: Blend in pumice stone distress ink.
Step 12: Blend vintage photo distress ink into the edges.
Step 13: Sew the edges of the mini stash and heavystock banners with black thread.
Step 14: Gather the banner pieces ready to assemble.
Step 15: Adhere using distress collage medium matte.
Step 16: Punch 2 holes in the top of the assembled banner.
Step 17: Die cut the jack-0-lantern thinlits die from a heavystock tag.
Step 18: Blend tea dye, forest moss and brushed corduroy distress ink and splatter with a distress sprayer.
Step 19: Once dry, spritz rusty hinge distress marker over the die cut with a distress marker spritzer.
Step 20: Die cut Halloween, jack-o-lantern base and a cobweb from black classic kraft stock. Sand and blend in vintage photo distress ink.
Step 21: Place the cobweb die cut over the banner and trim any overlap with mini scissors.
Step 22: Adhere the cobweb with distress collage medium matte.
Step 23: Add the halloween die cut with hex fasteners. Adhere the 31 die cut and add mini book rings to the holes at the top of the banner.
Step 24: Add the jack-o-lantern die cut with adhesive black foam.
Step 25: Die cut the witchcraft die from black classic kraft stock, sand with a sanding grip and blend in vintage photo distress ink with a mini blending tool. Blend peeled paint distress ink onto the heavystock banner (top one), stamp a sentiment from the monstrous set and adhere the witch with distress collage medium matte.
Step 26: Die cut the feather and raven die from black classic kraft stock, sand with a sanding grip and blend in vintage photo distress ink with a mini blending tool. Blend weathered wood distress ink onto the heavystock banner (top one), stamp a sentiment from the monstrous set and adhere the ravens with distress collage medium matte.
Step 27: Die cut the scarecrow die from black classic kraft stock, sand with a sanding grip and blend in vintage photo distress ink with a mini blending tool. Blend wild honey distress ink onto the heavystock banner (top one), stamp a bat and 31 using the idea-ology cling foam stamps and adhere the scarecrow with distress collage medium matte, bending the base of the scarecrow to mirror the curve of the banner.
Step 28: Die cut the haunted house and halloween word die from black classic kraft stock, sand with a sanding grip and blend in vintage photo distress ink with a mini blending tool. Blend tea dye distress ink lightly onto the heavystock banner (top one), stamp a bat and the crescent moon from the haunted house set and adhere the haunted house and beware banner, plus an adornment spider with distress collage medium matte. Paint fossilized amber distress paint inside the haunted house’s windows.
Run string, twine, burlap, ribbon or chain through the mini book rings attached to the top of the banner and hang. Why not make one each year and write the year on the back or make a feature of it on your banner. A great way to practice techniques and track your creative progression.
I hope you enjoyed this step by step and have been enjoying the inspiration series so far. Don’t forget to check out the other designers projects from the series. I will be back next week sharing some walk throughs and close ups of the other projects I have made for the inspiration series.
Cheers
Zoe x
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Category Craft, Craft Techniques, Craft Tutorial, Halloween, Ideaology, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 16 Comments | Views: 5,849
16th October, 2017 by iGirlZoe
Have you met Mr Pumpkinhead? He’s a bit of a merchant… of what though, we don’t know ….and don’t dare to ask!!
Thank you so much for your kind comments about this card I made for the Tim Holtz Halloween inspiration series. Here’s a step by step to show you how he was made…
Step 1: Cut a piece of distress mixed media heavystock 3.25 x 5 inches. Cover with antique linen distress ink using a blending tool.
Step 2: Blend in a little mustard seed distress ink.
Step 3: Squish broken china distress ink onto a non stick craft sheet and spritz with water using a distress sprayer.
Step 4: Tap the heavystock into the ink. Dry with a heat tool.
Step 5: Blend a little vintage photo distress ink lightly over the background.
Step 6: Edge with walnut stain distress ink.
Step 7: Spray big water droplets over the background. Dry with a heat tool.
Step 8: Tap the heavystock into the broken china droplets again if required.
Step 9: Blend more vintage photo distress ink over the background.
Step 10: Edge with more walnut stain distress ink, this time blending a little further into the center.
Step 11: Spritz with water and immediately pat dry with kitchen roll (paper towel) to lift the ink and leave a bleached spots.
Step 12: Stitch around the edges with a sewing machine.
Step 13: Using the Tim Holtz stamp platform for exact placement, stamp the gear stamp from the dapper stamp set in potting soil archival ink.
Step 14: Lightly swipe the edges with a black soot distress archival ink pad to give the background a kind of vignette.
Step15: Stamp the hat/suit and merchant stamps from the dapper and pumpkinhead stamp sets using the Tim Holtz stamp platform, with black soot distress archival ink on mixed media heavystock.
Step 16: Make masks for the pumpkinhead stamps by stamping onto a sheet of plain paper and fussy cutting.
Step 17: Cover the pumpkinhead stamped image with the corresponding mask. Turn the stamp upside down overlapping the bottom of the stamp and stamp again.*
Step 18: Move the stamp down and stamp a third time.*
*The additional stamping under the pumpkinhead creates a shadow that will create a neck to sit under his suit.
Step 19: Fussy cut the merchant stamped image with tonic mini scissors.
Step 20: Blend a little antique linen distress ink over the top. Edge with potting soil archival ink.
Step 21: Watercolour the hat and suit with faded jeans and rusty hinge distress markers using a water brush.
Step 22: Fussy cut and edge with vintage photo distress ink.
Step 23: Watercolour the pupkinhead with rusty hinge and fossilized amber distress markers.
Step 24: Fussy cut, creating a neck to slip under the shirt and edge with vintage photo distress ink.
Step 25: Using a distress spritzer tool, spritz gathered twigs distress marker over the pumpkinhead.
Step 26: Adhere the pumpkinhead onto the card and mount the hat and shirt over the top and the merchant sign underneath.
Step 27: Blend vintage photo distress oxide ink into the edge of a kraft card, spritz with water to oxidize the ink and dry with a heat tool.
Step 28: Using a sanding grip, sand metallic kraft stock and blend in vintage photo distress ink.
Step 29: Sand the edges of classic kraft stock and blend in vintage photo distress ink.
Step 30: Blend vintage photo distress ink into the edges of the cork.
I hope you enjoyed this step by step and have been enjoying the inspiration series you can follow along on Tim’s facebook and instagram with a weekly recap on Saturday on his blog. Thank you so much for the lovely comments you’ve been leaving here and on social media on my inspiration series projects.
Cheers
Zoe x
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Category Card, Halloween, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series, Tutorial | Tags: | 3 Comments | Views: 1,094
13th October, 2017 by iGirlZoe
I am back with a couple more samples that I made for the Tim Holtz inspiration series. If you follow Tim on facebook and instagram you may have seen the inspiration series with seasonal projects by lots of talented designers. There’s a recap each Saturday on Tim’s blog.
Today I’m sharing a monster mash of cards made with the incredible new Stampers Anonymous Monstrous stamp set for the inspiration series. To see the rest of this monstrous conga line, check out the Monstrous Makes post on Kath Stewart’s blog.
I used the Tim Holtz stamp platform to ensure a nice bold image. Using the label frame stamps as a base, stamp with black soot distress archival ink and fussy cut. Stamp the newsprint background stamp over the top. Blend Vintage photo distress ink into the label and spritz with water to get the distress ink to react.
Stamp the monstrous heads with black soot distress archival ink and watercolour with distress markers. Fussy cut with tonic mini scissors and adhere with 3D foam.
Stamp the monstrous sayings onto the bottom in black soot distress archival ink.
For the Frankenstein card, die cut claw marks into the label, lift and ink the edges with vintage photo distress ink. For the Dracula card, die cut a cobweb and adhere over the top of the stamped label. Both using dies from the new sizzix thinlits dies by Tim Holtz.
The card mounts are some of my usual favourties, kraft card base, metallic kraft stock, classic kraft stock, corregated card and cork from the idea-ology surfaces pack. All sanded with a sanding grip and blended with vintage photo distress ink. The Dracula card cork was washed with candied apple distress marker using a water brush.
I hope you enjoyed the walk through and have been enjoying the inspiration series so far, don’t forget to check out the other designers projects and cards from the series. Thanks to Tim, Paula and Mario for inviting me to be part of this amazing experience and to you for stopping by.
Cheers
Zoe x
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Category Card, Halloween, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 5 Comments | Views: 1,232
10th October, 2017 by iGirlZoe
I am delighted to have been asked to make some samples for the Tim Holtz inspiration series. If you follow Tim on facebook and instagram you may have seen the inspiration series with projects by lots of talented designers. There’s a recap each Saturday on Tim’s blog.
Today I am sharing a home decor piece that I created for the inspiration series featuring these wicked sisters…
I covered a burlap panel with a sheet of paper from the Halloween mini stash. Created a background wash with water and rust alcohol ink. Blended walnut stain distress oxide through a stencil and around the edges. Stitched with a sewing machine and adhered to the background.
The new Halloween typography is fantastic for spelling out themed words, such as “wicked!” The Thomas F. Little Undertakers ephemera is from the new Halloween ephemera pack, torn and inked at the edges. I stained a ruler with collage medium vintage! CONFESSION: this was my first time using it and WOW! I added an adornment index clip, weathered with alcohol ink and archival ink and added a halloween clippings sticker, (addicted to these). Added a piece of twine from the halloween trimmings to give a pop of colour amidst the brown. 😉
The detail on these owls from the adornments halloween set are incredible. I covered it with black soot distress paint and when almost dry, buffed off the raised portions with a soft cloth. Then added rusty hinge distress paint to the eyes using a pin. I added mushroom alcohol ink to the chain, hanging from the index clip, to take off the shine. Mushroom alcohol ink makes everything vintage, I love the stuff!
I love adding these clippings stickers to my cards and projects. I admit to having stocked up on the Halloween ones and plan to use them throughout the year. I just love the layer of comedy they add and adhered mine to the witches from the paper dolls ancestors pack. Added rusty hinge distress marker to their brooms and witch hat bands.
Thank you to my dear husband, who sawed through these large idea-ology gadget gears for me, which I added grit paste to the gear and once dry, went over it with rusty hinge, peeled paint and walnut stain distress crayons. I finally “stepped away from the glossy acccents” and tried collage medium matte and was very impressed, that gear is stuck down tight and the excess glue shrunk when it dried, so no glue residue around the gear!
For the final touch I added some cheesecloth stained with rusty hinge distress spray to the corners of the burlap panel with collage medium matte and edged the burlap panel with rusty hinge distress paint.
I hope you like my burlap panel and have been enjoying the inspiration series so far, don’t forget to check out the other designers projects and cards from the series. Thanks to Tim, Paula and Mario for inviting me to be part of this amazing experience and to you for stopping by.
Cheers
Zoe x
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Category Halloween, Ideaology, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz Inspiration Series | Tags: | 10 Comments | Views: 856
7th October, 2017 by iGirlZoe
Hello friends! I hope your weekend is off to a good start. I’ve been taking a little break from my regular Design Team position with Frilly & Funkie, until the new year. But today I am popping back to bring you a SATURDAY STEP BY STEP with a Halloween themed card using some of the new Halloween stamps by Tim Holtz.
If you would like to see the step by step in full, pop over to Frilly & Funkie.
Have a great weekend.
Zoe
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Category DT, Frilly & Funkie, Ranger Ink, Saturday Step By Step, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz, Tutorial | Tags: | 7 Comments | Views: 618
I was there in the afternoon.
