Celebrating 15 years of designing with Sizzix I’m going back in the vault to reimagine some of my frightful favorites.…
My new 2021 chapter 2 release with sizzix is filled with designs that include new fabulous florals, whimsical and wonderful…
Hi, friends! I have really spooky fun cards to share with you today, featuring new Halloween dies from Tim Holtz/Sizzix. Scrapbook.com sent these dies, and I had a lot of fun playing with them. You…
Celebrating 15 years of designing with Sizzix I’m going back in the vault to reimagine some of my favorites. The Vault…
Hello everyone! I'm back today with the remainder of my cards created for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 release. I have enjoyed creating with this release so much, as I know all of you will too! I did these cards back in October, November, so hopefully I can remember what I did! First up are two cards created with the Wildflower Stems #1 and Wildflower Stems #2 Thinlits sets. If you loved the previous Wildflower sets, you will love these slightly larger ones. I die-cut my flower shapes for this card out of Tim Holtz Mixed Media cardstock. I then covered my flowers with a light coat of Ranger's Crackle Paste. I let this air dry before colouring. I use a combination of Distress crayons, Distress Markers applied with a Watercolour pen. I apply a small amount of the crayon, then rub it into the crackled paper with a bit of water, usually using my fingers. Love how the crayons get into the cracks, highlighting them. I usually use a darker crayon in the cracks as it shows up a lot more. I think I used the Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage crayons (sorry I didn't write it down!). Patterned papers from Wallflower, and cardstock are layered, stitched for my card base. A bit of ephemera, vellum ephemera and Clippings Stickers go on next. A small frame die-cut with Stacked Baroque and Distressed Woodgrain cardstock, then treated with Distress Stain and Crackle paste to highlight my flowers is next. The ribbon is stained with Distress Spray Stain. These Wildflower Stems were die-cut from Mixed Media cardstock coloured with Distress Oxides. I believe I used Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, and Antique Linen. The background paper is also from Wallflower(TH93110) and cardstock. My sentiment is die-cut with Gold Metallic Kraft Cardstock and the Thin Sentiment Words Thinlits(661807) set, which sorry, I didn't realize has been retired. The Thin Alphanumeric Set is still available and a great 3/8" 121 pc set, same font! Using the Sizzix Sticky Grid sheets when lining up your letters, is a must have for me! I added a painted Butterfly Adornment(TH93689) and stained ribbon, along with stained Tim Holtz Mummy Cloth. I'm so attracted to these larger negative space (not sure if that's what you call them!) dies. I've always admired those paper cut artists, how I wish I had the patience and talent like them; so I guess this is the next best thing! When I have them in my hand, I'm always trying to think of different ways to use them. I had created a card a long time ago using this layout, so I thought why not with this Organic Thinlits die. This die does not have an outer edge, so you determine how big you want your border. I die-cut this out of a dark grey cardstock and cut out my two triangles on each end. Because this is a rectangle shape, you won't be needing part of the middle section. I just measured one side and marked the opposite side the exact same measurement. With my craft knife, I just cut across. This 6 x 6 card worked well for the size of triangles I ended up with (about 1/4" border). I just cut a strip of matching cardstock to adhere across the top, finishing off the triangles before adhering to my Wallflower patterned paper/cardstock mat. I also stamped and die-cut foliage from the Flower Jar Thinlits with matching stamps (CMS297). The butterflies and bee are from Entomology stamp set(CMS328) and Entomology Framelits set. These were lightly tinted with Distress Markers. Add in a Small Talk Occasions(TH93245)sticker and some dyed ribbon and Bouquet Findings (TH93569) to complete your card. This time, I used the Organic die in my background. I die-cut it with Distress Mixed Media Cardstock cut to measure the width and height of my Etcetera 8 x 4 1/2" tag. With no outer edge on this die, I can make it the exact size I want. I placed the die where I wanted the pattern to sit on my tag. Adhere this to your tag with Distress Collage Medium. I then applied Ranger's Crackle Texture Paste all over, trying not to apply too heavy so you don't lose the detail and dimension of the die-cut. In some of the recessed areas I wiped away a bit where I had too much and along the edge, I used more so the pattern blends into the edge. Once dried, use Distress Crayons to colour. I used Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, Forest Moss and Antique Linen. For my small frame, I die-cut with Stitched Rectangles and Distress Woodgrain Cardstock that was stained with Distress Stain Spray. I also applied Crackle Texture Paste to random parts of the frame, then coloured with Distress Crayons. A piece of Ephemera behind the frame completes it. I also die-cut a Flourish with the 3-D Flourish Impresslits Embossing folder in Mixed Media Cardstock, painted with Distress Paint. My pink coloured trim was die-cut with the 3D Mini Provincial Impresslits Embossing Folder. To finish off my tag, I coloured the Bouquet Flowers (TH93569), ribbon, and Mummy Cloth with Distress Spray stains, a piece of Fringe(93688) and adhered Clippings Stickers(TH93583) and a Botanical Paperie Butterfly(TH93554). That's the rest of my Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 cards. I have more to share from his Sizzix Chapter 2 release and all my projects for the Idea-ology Booth at Creativation, coming soon. Hope you come back to visit me! Make sure you check out the other designers who also created for Tim Holtz, he will be posting about that. Their projects are so amazing! Thanks so much for visiting, Jan
It's time for another Just Add Ink challenge and this week we've a sketch for you to play with. Curiosity killed the cat, they say, so the very curious felines I've used on my card are in grave danger! I cut two of each of the cat dies and layered them, then added googly eyes to make them even more curious and adorable. The hexagons were cut from scraps I had on hand which were made with inks and mica stains and they have a lovely sheen. The plaid die and clear enamel dots give the white background interest without drawing attention away from the focal point. Did you notice how the tails look like question marks? 😂😂😂 Love that! Materials used: card - black, white, watercolour, Capri (Kaisercard) Tim Holtz dies - Mischievious, Stacked Hexagons, Layered Plaid other - distress inks, distress mica stains, Dimensionals, craft foam, Big Shot, googly eyes, Label Stickers - Thoughts (TH), crystal clear enamel dots (Altenew) Check out what my team mates have done with this sketch over on the Just Add Ink blog and if you're inspired to create, we'd love you to share it with us. Thanks for stopping by. Cheers Kerry
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It's no secret that one of my favorite new die releases from Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations is the Planks die. I can't wait to see what everyone does with this die. It's just so much fun! I made a short video discussing the die and various media you can cut with it. Then below the video are some still shots of some of the things I discussed. I hope you find this to be informative and helpful as you work with this delightful steel rule die. Use texture fades and cardstock to make a raised woodgrain. Add interest by sanding the raised portions, then inking it to make it look like the paint has worn away from the raised woodgrain. This is a faux woodgrain technique using paint and ink on Mixed Media Heavystock. This is a technique I learned from one of Tim's demos a few years ago. First swipe Distress Paint across the surface in one direction to make a faux wood grain pattern. The once the paint is dry you either blend in Distress Ink or cover it with Distress Stain. Wipe away the ink/stain with a slightly damp cloth to remove the ink/stain on the Distress Paint. You can also use any of the various Woodgrain stamps available. Here are two sets I used with three different woodgrains from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. I used Wallpaper and Wood CMS126 and Birch and Pine CMS280. For a fun technique that was inspired by a few pieces I found on Pinterest here - To get the worn floral wall paper on wood plank look, I colored some Distress Woodgrain Cardstock with a medium Distress Oxide color. I believe this one was Vintage Photo. Then I collaged some of the yellow roses from the Floral Collage Paper using Distress Collage Medium. Once it was dry, I used a sanding block to distress it by sanding the whole piece in a circular motion, wearing away the collage paper and revealing the wood grain in places. I love the way the sanding lightened and distressed the color on the collage paper. I cut the piece into strips a little wider than 1/2" and cut them all on the one long thin plank. Be sure to keep them in order when you cut them and then when you die cut them or it is tough to piece them back together. Here is another close-up to show the distressed look with the sanding. This is the end result in a simple card. As I showed in the video, here are some samples I had previously done just with plain half inch strips of Woodgrain cardstock, but I reworked them with the Planks die cut pieces and they just add so much more character! The photo on the left is the old version, and the reworked card with the planks is on the right. See how much more character is added when using the Planks die instead? The original card, the one on top, I used 1/2" strips of woodgrain to piece together to make a table. On the reworked card below it, I used the thin plank die and cut several into pieces and then put them together to form a table with delightful gaps and chunks missing. This distressed Plank die table is so much more interesting than the plain strips I used before. Below are some of the cards I made for Creativation 2018 using the planks die with a link to each blog post where I explain how I made them. Aloha Wander Time to Explore Hello I hope that you love the new planks die as much as I do and I can't wait to see all the creative things you all make with it!
Celebrating 15 years of designing with Sizzix I’m going back in the vault to reimagine some of my frightful favorites.…
when it comes to adding a little dimension to your favorite die-cut florals or stamped images the right tools can make all the…
Celebrating 15 years of designing with Sizzix I’m going back in the vault to reimagine some of my favorites. The Vault…
MY NEW 2023 HALLOWEEN RELEASE FROM SIZZIX IS FILLED WITH WICKEDLY WONDERFUL DESIGNS THAT INCLUDE ARTSY LEAVES, BIG FRIGHTS,…
Celebrating 15 years of designing with Sizzix I’m going back in the vault to reimagine some of my frightful favorites.…
