3rd April, 2016 by iGirlZoe
Hope you’re all having a wonderful weekend. I’m sharing my version of this month’s Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2016.
I’ve had the distress mosaic kit for a while but hadn’t taken the plunge before now because of an irrational fear of uneven shapes. I’m a Tetris wizard, but disordered shapes make me want to straighten stuff… Okay, let’s underplay the craziness. 😉
Once I got started I was cutting my paper scraps at the weirdest angles! Figuring out how to fit them together was so fun, like a disordered jigsaw puzzle.
I removed most of the distress ink from the butterfly as I LOVE the exposed grout. Who knew white could be so grungy?! I’m hooked!
The technique that Tim uses on the new woodgrain cardstock is AH-MAZING! It’s SO simple and SO effective. See the technique here…
I used the new lady rose stamp set! I stamped, fussy cut and watercoloured with distress markers.
Thanks for stopping by, you can see all the techniques for this months tag on Tim’s blog.
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30th March, 2016 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
This challenge is hosted by Cec (CW Card Creations), who has chosen the theme
HIP TO BE SQUARE! …Cec says, “Let’s go retro and make a project influenced by the brighter colours and/or images and patterns of the hippie era of the late 1960’s/early 1970’s. Your project must either be square or include at least one square element.”
I was born in the mid 70’s so don’t remember much about the 60’s and 70’s first hand. Looking back through childhood photographs, there seemed to be a LOT of orange!
After some image searches on 60’s and 70’s fashion I stumbled upon an old ad for Pan Am which reminded me of a Tim Holtz wood backed stamp (below).
I stamped onto distress watercolor cardstock, watercoloured with distress markers and fussy cut my flight attendant.
I cut a sheet of paper from the Tim Holtz correspondence paper stash, stitching, distressing and inking the edges with a little vintage photo distress ink, (there HAD to be a little brown)! On top I layered distress watercolor cardstock, embossed with the globes texture fades folder and inked with faded jeans and salty ocean distress inks (…and a teeny weeny bit of vintage photo)!
For my something square, I blended fossilised amber and rusty hinge distress inks through the tiles stencil by Tim Holtz. Once completely dry I placed the stencil back over the top and stamped with various stamps from the correspondence set.
I covered the plane from the adornments set with picket fence paint and when nearly dry, rubbed off to give a distressed look. I added salty ocean distress paint with a fine paintbrush to resemble the Pan Am planes.
I wanted my flight attendants head to be in the clouds, but the mini cloud looked too small, so I die cut 2 and stuck them together! To hide the join and give a more texture I added texture paste.
From the correspondence paper stash, I cut these instructions, hiding the word “sheet” under the skirt so it looks like flight safety instructions. The star die cut was covered in tarnished brass distress paint with some remnant rubs from the correspondence set added.
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.
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17th March, 2016 by iGirlZoe
Happy St Patrick’s Day! I’m celebrating early with an extra shot of espresso in my morning coffee and my take on March’s 12 tags of 2016 tag.
I used a heart from the Tim Holtz mini hearts movers and shapers die set to cut the four leaf clover. I freehand cut the stem. I can’t even begin to tell you how scary freehand cutting is for me! I’m totally a “right tools for the right job” kind of crafter!
The “No 9” are die cut with the Tim Holtz cargo numbers die set, (one of my favourite die sets of all time)! The “9” is the number of the apartment we are lucky enough to be moving to in Copenhagen’s North Harbour in June.
Thanks for stopping by, you can see all the techniques for this months tag on Tim’s blog.
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16th March, 2016 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
This challenge is hosted by Sue (Stamping Sue Style), who has chosen the theme LET’S MAKE IT A TRIO! …Sue says, “One of the things I love to do is work in 3’s on a project, 3 tags, 3 panels, 3 arches etc…. so for this challenge I’d like to see projects including 3 of something, and this does need to be the main focal point of your project.”
Mine is a trio of victorian tea cups all stacked up after a lovely afternoon tea party. The cracked die cut reminds me of the cracks in the glaze of old tea cups. The background is stamped with the new Tim Holtz doily stamps as it reminds me of a vintage table cloth. Here’s a step-by-step…
Ink the stamp with distress inks, lightly mist with water and stamp onto distress watercolor cardstock. I used the new Tim Holtz doily stamp set and distress inks in antique linen, iced spruce, frayed burlap, vintage photo.
Once dry, blend antique linen distress ink over the entire background. Edge with vintage photo distress ink and spritz with water.
Spread texture paste through a stencil using a palette knife. Immediately sprinkle embossing powder over the texture paste and tap off excess. Set aside until the texture paste has dried completely, then melt the embossing powder with a heat tool.
Add remnant rubs or stamped numbers to the background and sand with sanding grip to give a distressed look.
Cover manila cardstock with foil tape. Die cut with cracked mixed media 3 die. Trim until happy with the shape.
Die cut mini tea time cups with the Tim Holtz dapper paper stash. Mount over the cracked die cut with adhesive tape or liquid adhesive. Only adhere the cracked die cut under the cup so it sits slightly above the background at the edges. I added one of the new idea-ology mini plaques.
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.
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11th March, 2016 by iGirlZoe
Hello! I’m delighted to share the second of the samples that I made for CHA 2016 for the Tim Holtz booths. It’s been a couple of months since CHA, but I was supposed to be this month, so things have been unusually busy in my world. My move has been pushed back a couple of months, so I’m catching up! I’ll share my “adventures of a traveling crafter” another time…
This sample was created for the Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix booth and focused on the new Gadget Gears 2 Bigz die.
I die cut grungeboard and foil tape covered grungeboard with the new Gadget Gears 2 die. I covered the foil tape with black soot distress paint, wiped away the excess and applied teakwood and rust alcohol inks with an alcohol ink blending tool. The plain grungeboard I blending vintage photo distesss ink over and sanded gently. I then blended over a little walnut stain distress ink and sanded again to give a worn look.
This super cool background paper is from the new dapper paper stash by Tim Holtz. It’s gorgeously industrial and I love that one of the gears fits over the printed inner gear. I distressed the edges of the paper, inked with vintage photo distress ink and spritzed with water to age. I also added inked and distressed small talk stickers.
Finally, I used the distress marker spritzer and ground espresso distress marker to add the spackle. I am still just as obsessed with the distress marker spritzer as I was the day I got it. If you haven’t got one, trust me, get one, they are SO SO SO fun!
The background layers are denim from the new adhesive backed textile surfaces. I frayed the edges and adhered over kraft cardstock which I stamped an industrial image onto from the steampunk stamp set, (all by Tim Holtz of course)! 😉
I overlapped some of the gears and added idea-ology mini gears to the center of the largest gear. They are a perfect fit! I also added new idea-ology hex fasteners! These are absolutely my favourite new thing and I am stocking up on them! The Gadget Gears 2 die works perfectly with the original Gadget Gears die too.
A big thank you to Paula, Mario and Tim for inviting me on this journey and to you for stopping by to take a look.
CHA Product previews and BTS from the show are on Tim’s blog. Many of the new products are shipping now or available for pre-order.
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2nd March, 2016 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
This challenge is hosted by Nancy (Tattered Treasures), who has chosen the theme LAYER IT UP …Nancy says, “Let’s add dimension this time around. Simply create any type of vintage or shabby chic project featuring multiple layers.”
I used a mix of papers, pastes, paints and metal embellishments to create the layers.
For the first layer I covered a piece of leftover paper with the new Tim Holtz plain tissue wrap. I brushed on multi medium matte using the new collage brush. I LOVE this brush, it made applying the adhesive so easy.
I just got the new crazing collage medium and had to use it right away! Using a palette knife I spread it through a stencil and set aside to dry.
I rubbed a distress crayon over the top to highlight the crazing detail! Awesome right?!
Admittedly I was looking for any excuse to experiment with the new distress crayons. The consistency is quite soft and I wasn’t sure if I could use them with a stencil, but it worked fine. I rubbed the crayon directly onto the stencil and then smudged into the edges with my finger.
I cleaned the stencil and placed it back over the crayoned area and then spread transparent texture paste through the stencil to seal the crayon.
I made some ephemera with the Tim Holtz Correspondence stamp set.
Finally I added an adornment arrow covered in candied apple distress paint, tied with a piece of trailing twine.
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.
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17th February, 2016 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
This time it’s my turn to host the challenge and I’ve chosen the theme LOVE IS IN THE AIR! “Create a vintage or shabby chic project with love as the central theme. Think hearts, cupid, love and romance in whatever colour palette your heart desires.”
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new black cabinet cards and baroque frames by Tim Holtz. When I put them together that die cut heart appeared! Seriously! I didn’t even have to die cut it from the love struck die set and cover with candied apple distress ink! It just appeared! 😉
I die cut the cupid from the new adhesive backed textile surfaces by Tim Holtz and blended with distress ink. I also used it under the baroque frame but this time covered with picket fence distress paint and overstamped with a sentiment stamp from the handwritten thoughts set with potting soil archival ink. The baroque frame was aged using cracked pistachio distress paint and gold mixative alcohol ink. I sanded the cabinet card and blended vintage photo distress ink into the sanded portions. *TIP: If you won’t see the back of the cabinet card, split the card and keep the back for another project.
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.
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16th February, 2016 by iGirlZoe
Hello! I’m so excited to share the samples that I made for CHA 2016 for the Tim Holtz booths. It was such a dream to be asked and I won’t pretend it wasn’t completely thrilling when the box of new products arrived in the post.
This sample was created for the Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix booth and focused around the new texture fades plus sign embossing folder.
I covered manila cardstock with foil tape and embossed with the plus sign folder. I cut out the center to create a frame, fussy cutting around the plus signs. I then covered with black soot distress paint, wiped away the excess and applied alcohol inks to give an ionized metallic look, (see technique here).
I die cut “Genuine” from the thinlits friendship word set and mounted over idea-ology linen ribbon.The frame was mounted over the new idea-ology linen. This stuff is super cool and adhesive backed which makes it so easy to use. I added a fussy cut found relatives card and mounted onto a sheet of paper from the new Dapper paper stack.
A big thank you to Paula, Mario and Tim for inviting me! I’m still convinced that I will wake up at any moment!
CHA Product previews and BTS from the show are on Tim’s blog. Many of the new products are shipping now or available for pre-order.
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12th February, 2016 by iGirlZoe
Hello! January disappeared in a flash and I suspect that February might go the same way! This week has been hectic getting things organised for our move next month and my rope is a bit threadbare. I definitely needed some art therapy and Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of 2016 was just the ticket.
I’ve worked a lot with metal and gears in the past month so I opted for a softer, more romantic feel for this tag.
I cut distress watercolor cardstock with the framelits tag die by Tim Holtz and followed his technique from this months 12 tags of 2016. I spritzed with ground espresso distress stain marker and the distress marker spritzer tool.
I followed the second technique from Tim’s remix technique 12 tags of 2016, using a couple of different stencils and liquid plantinum embossing powder from Ranger ink.
I followed a technique I saw on Paula Cheney’s blog, (check out her awesome vintage style), and covered an adorned arrow with weathered wood distress paint and gold mixative alcohol ink. Love the antiqued look, thanks for the inspiration Paula.
I adhered foil tape to manila cardstock and die cut with the new Tim Hotlz thinlits mixed media 3 set. I dabbed a little mushroom alcohol ink onto one of the new mini plaquettes! I love love love these!
You can see all the techniques for this months tag on Tim’s blog.
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3rd February, 2016 by iGirlZoe
It’s Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
This challenge is hosted by Jenny (Pushing The Right Buttons), who has chosen the theme ENJOY YOUR EMBOSSING …Jenny says, “For this one you need to make a vintage or shabby chic project of your choice and remember to include some embossing. Use your favourite embossing methods (wet, dry, heat, or any other techniques you want to share) – just enjoy your embossing!”
I created 2 tags using both heat and dry embossing. I cut hearts with the Sizzix heartfelt bigz die by Tim Holtz. The tag backgrounds were created by cutting manila and kraft surface with the framleits tag die and lightly tapping a Tim Holtz background stamp and covering with embossing powder. I used clear powder over potting soil archival ink by Wendy Vecchi on the manila tag and silver embossing powder over distress embossing ink on the black kraft surface. I stitched the edges of both tags and attached a wordband that had been alcohol inked, with twine.
To create this heart, I used the faux graniteware starter kit and archival inks by Wendy Vecchi. I added Tim Holtz idea-ology gears with alcohol ink applied to give an aged look. This was mounted onto the new idea-ology adhesive backed textile surface by Tim Holtz, which I stitched.
The second tag I dry embossed the foil covered heart with Tim Holtz Gears texture fades folder. I used the technique demonstrated in last months 12 tags of 2016 and added cracked pistachio distress paint and alcohol inks to create a faux patina. This was again mounted onto the new idea-ology adhesive backed textile surface by Tim Holtz, which I lightly inked and stitched.
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.
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