21st February, 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 DARE TO RESIST …Autumn says, “For the next two weeks, as we break away from our Valentine creations, we’d love to see you incorporate a favorite resist technique in your vintage or shabby chic project. There are so many options, perhaps you will try something new. Whether it be gesso resist, Vaseline resist, alcohol resist, embossing resist, or watercolor resist, we dare you to resist!”
This challenge was the perfectly timed with the arrival of the new distress resist spray by Tim Holtz. Since seeing this announced on facebook LIVE, I have been dying to get my hands on a bottle to try out and I can tell you now, it’s AMAZING!!
Firstly it’s really important to use a box when spraying as this stuff sticks to everything. I have a collapsible spray box that I bought years ago, but you could use any cardboard box.
I went for a concentrated spray by squeezing the spray trigger really slowly, releasing bigger drops rather than a fine spray. I blasted with my heat tool (because I’m impatient). I then sprayed the background with frayed burlap distress spray and dried. I added a single spray of broken china distress spray to the center of the tag for a pop of colour!
Using the stamp platform I laid out stamps from the new Merchant stamp set (CMS331). I LOVE how the puddleds of resist resist the number stamps too!
I added a gadget gear which I grunged up using grit paste and distress crayon, a paper doll coloured with distress markers, quote chips, an adornment star altered with fire brick distress paint and several die cuts from the new Tim Holtz thinlits pocket frame!
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
Category Miscellaneous | Tags: Distress Ink,Paper Craft,Ranger Ink,Rubber Stamps,Sidekick,Sizzix,Stamp Platform,Stampers Anonymous,Tags,Tim Holtz | 14 Comments | Views: 894
20th February, 2018 by iGirlZoe
Hello, I’m back with some more cards that I made for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Creativation booth, this time showcasing the new Theories stamps.
These cards were incredibly simple to make. I created a distress ink wash background, added distress oxide over the top and stamped with distress archival ink using the Tim Holtz stamp platform. I stitched with a sewing machine, mounted onto sanded metallic kraftstock and a background made using the composition stamp from the new Composition and Lined set (CMS332).
Theories (CMS329)
I couldn’t help but colour in the hearts. Can you spot the teeny weeny one to the left of the balloon!? LOVE the almost hidden details to these stamps!
The sentiments in the set are amongst my favourites of Tim’s sentiment stamps. They are so versatile and I plan to use some in my planner.
I know I’m not alone in loving this stamp best from the set, (sorry other stamps)! You can bend the stamp to adjust the angle of the tightrope.
The perfect sentiment to accompany this image! Great for a good luck card.
This stamp made me laugh. Something about three clowns on a bike… (I decided they were definitely part of the circus)! 😉
Another cool sentiment and really versatile. Perfect for travel themed cards and journals.
I hope you’ve enjoyed these cards and thanks for stopping by.
Zoe x
Category Miscellaneous | Tags: Card Making,CHA 2018,CHA Show,Creativation 2018,Distress Ink,Distress Oxide,Paper Craft,Ranger Ink,Rubber Stamps,Stamp Platform,Stampers Anonymous,Theories,Tim Holtz | 6 Comments | Views: 1,412
19th February, 2018 by iGirlZoe
Thank you for the lovely comments you left during the creativation 2018 Tim Holtz blog hop. I hope you enjoyed hopping around the blogs. I was over the moon to make some card samples for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous booth at this years Creativation show. This week I will be sharing the rest of those cards.
One of things I love about getting new stamps, is mixing them with older (well loved) sets. Which is exactly what I did when making this card.
I used the Dapper stamp set (CMS267), one of my all time favourites.
I added a butterfly from the new Entomology stamp set (CMS328) and used the background stamp, which I am obsessed with, to create the background (below).
I blended brushed corduroy distress ink into a mixed media heavystock tag. Spritzed with water and dried with a heat tool. Then stamped the background stamp from the Entomology set with distress archival ink using the stamp platform. I added the lined stamp from the Composition and Lined stamp set (CMS332) using fired brick distress ink. I used the composition stamp from this same set to create the background under the tag.
The hat, coat and butterfly were stamped, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut. Adhered with distress collage medium, the butterfly just adhered by the center and the wings folded upwards slightly to give some dimension. The numbers are from the Mail Art stamp set (CMS339), stamped and then painted with picket fence distress paint and overstamped again to define the outline. This is the beauty of using the stamp platform.
I added a ruler from the idea-ology ruler pieces with an adornment index clip clipped over the end and adornment stars underneath.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my card and that it inspires you to create something.
Thanks for stopping by.
Zoe x
Category Miscellaneous | Tags: Card Making,CHA 2018,CHA Show,Creativation 2018,Distress Ink,Paper Craft,Ranger Ink,Rubber Stamps,Scrapbooking,Stamp Platform,Stampers Anonymous,Tags,Tim Holtz,Tonic Studios | 5 Comments | Views: 1,009
