Happy Friday everyone! Yes it's another post with THE birds. The "CRAZY" adorable Birds that is! Did you hear the exciting news from Tim Ho...

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After a bit of a hard time the past 3 weeks I treated myself with the lovely stamp set from Stampers Anonymous by Tim Holtz. I was extremely happy, that I got them at all in Germany, where we get all new things 1 year later usually. So just before the weekend I got my…

Hello everyone.... I can't believe so much time has passed and I haven't updated my blog... I have certainly been coloring the la...

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****** Happy Dance! This card was the Headline at The Paper Players! YAY! *** YES!!!! I could not resist any longer! I broke down a...

Hello friends!  I'm so happy you've stopped by today!  I'm really excited about the NEW Sizzix thin die set for Tim Holtz "Crazy Things" Stamp set!  The collaboration with Tim Holtz, Sizzix and Stampers Anonymous is a HOMERUN in my book!  I've made several cards using the NEW Crazy Things die set and I had so much fun! The new dies cut out all of the images from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous "Crazy Things" stamp set!  The details of the balloon strings are incredible!  I love that the hearts can be used as a trio or you can break them up and use as singles.  He looks so handsome in his glasses and bow tie... Looks like that broom stick is flying away with all the Halloween candy! {wink} It's very easy to match up the stamped images with the coordinating dies. Most of the backgrounds have been achieved with second generation stamping and water droplets. You could easily make the glasses into sunglasses with a little bit of a metallic. All of the birds and accessories have been colored with Distress Inks, a Waterbrush and blending tool. The precision and intricacy of the dies just amaze me! Look at how teeny tiny that pencil is!  The combinations are endless, I can't wait to play more with all of these stamp & die combinations. I hope you have been over to Richele's blog!  She has made so many great Bird Crazy cards with the great new Crazy Things dies too, go take a peek!!!   I have listed links for all the products that I used in making my Bird Crazy cards below.  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day! xx Bobbi

Hi friends…..today I want to share the coloring technique I've been using on my Bird Crazy projects. I have totally fallen in love with the...

Last week, my friend Nance ( SoulStampin' ), invited me to her crafty room to play. I decided to take my NBUS Bird Crazy stamp set tha...

Hello! These birds got me CRAZY! Let me tell you something! I am not the bird type! I DO NOT LIKE BIRDS! Unless they are outside my window... but there's something about these... they were driving me CRAZY. Tim Holtz,...

I made this little 4 X 12 canvas because I wanted to play around with these Tim Holtz stamps. After stamping, coloring, then cutting out these adorable birds I needed something to display them on and found this little canvas in my scrap room.

I made this card using some of my thinlits dies by Tim Hoiltz. I love my new bird crazy and mixed media thinlits dies.  Its hard...

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Bird Crazy Tim Holtz stamps

Hi Everyone! This is the last post for January so that means it's the last  Crazy Bird  in my Crazy Bird series for January using the Tim...

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It has been a year of occasions and celebrations, so I thought I'd share some of the cards I have made using Tim Holtz' Bird Crazy stamps.

Hello!  I wanted to make a Thank You card for my sister, who recently did something very special for my family (but mostly for me - LOL!).  I thought a spring-themed card would be nice and it gave me an excuse to use my recently-acquired TH Flower Garden rubber stamps, along with one of the…

Hello friends! I'm so happy you've stopped by today!  I have a couple of fun projects made with the New Tim Holtz Sizzix Bird Crazy Thinlits dies and I'm really excited to share them with you today!  First up is my Bird Crazy Tree house.  What better place to put a bunch of birds, than a tree house…right!  This Bird Crazy stamp set always puts a smile on my face, anytime I see something made with them!  So, when I found out Tim had come out with a coordinating Bird Crazy Sizzix Thinlits die set, I was just elated!   The detailed cutting of the stamped images with the dies from the head, all the way down to the tiny legs and feet just amaze me!  Tim Holtz has an awesome video here, all about the New Bird Crazy Thinlits Dies! Each Bird Crazy stamp (stamps are sold separately) has three Thinlit dies that will coordinate with it.  One for the entire image, another for eyes/nose and a third for the wing or wings.  So you stamp your image 3 separate times, so you get one full image to die cut and then one set for the eyes and one set for the wings to die cut. The Thinlits are so easy to use and match up exactly to the stamped image.  Also, if you don't already have the Sizzix Precision Baseplate you will definitely want it.  One pass through my Vagabond and that is all it took, the images cut out cleanly and perfectly!  I'll give you a quick highlight on how I put this tree house together.  I painted my wooden base collage with Black Soot, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Rusty Hinge and Spiced Marmalade Distress Paint.  After paint had completely dried, I used a sanding grip to distress the layers of paint.  I measured and cut inserts for each opening out of Ranger Mixed Media cardstock.  I apply Texture Paste on my cardstock insert using the Woodgrain stencil, then let air dry.  After all of my pasted inserts were dried, I colored with Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo Distress Spray Stain, a little water and dried with a heat tool.  Then used Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool to highlight.   The grass is diecut from the "Mini Airplane and Cloud" die set.  Then colored with Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint Distress Spray Stain and a little water then dried with a heat tool.  The butterflies are from the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Small Butterfly Punch and Distress Watercolor Cardstock. All of the birds are stamped on Distress Watercolor Cardstock with black Archival Ink.  Then diecut and colorized with a variety of Distress Inks and a blending tool.  The hardware is a couple of Idea-ology pieces, the Clock Keys and Faucet Knobs.  I thought I would share with you, where I found my wooden base of my tree house.   I was perusing my local Michael's craft store, when I came across this unfinished wooden piece.  I thought it's perfect, there's just enough spots to put all my birds!  I just had to make a fun little Bird Crazy card too!  The base of the card is black Kraft Core cardstock,  sanded to expose some kraft.  I made a Distress DIY InkPad with Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans reinkers.  Then stamped the dot background on Distress Watercolor Cardstock using the Dots Background Stamp and the blue Distress DIY ink pad.  The stars are from Tim Holtz Sizzix Small Star Punch and the Thinlits Star Shape Strips die.  The bird is stamped on Distress Watercolor Cardstock using the Bird Crazy stamp set and black Archival Ink.  Then die cut with the Bird Crazy coordinating Thinlits dies, then colored with Distress Inks and a blending tool.  I diecut the word "celebrate" from the Handwritten Celebrate Thinlits collection using black Kraft Core.  I shaded all of my paper pieces with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and a blending tool, then distressed with a little water and dried with a heat tool.  I sewed a border around the dot background.  Then added a couple of Remnant Rubs.  Last but not least, using the Distress Markers Spritzer and a Hickory Smoke marker, I added some splatter to the background.  Doesn't that little bird just make you smile, it sure does me! :)  I have listed links for all the products that I used in making my Bird Crazy Treehouse and card below. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day! xx Tim Holtz Collection - CMS212 - Bird Crazy Tim Holtz Collection - CMS220 - Dots & Floral Tim Holtz Sizzix Paper Punch-Small Star Tim Holtz Sizzix Paper Punch-Small Butterfly Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits-Shape Strips Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits-Handwritten Celebrate Sizzix Movers & Shapers Magnetic Dies 2pk - Mini Airplane & Cloud by Tim Holtz Archival #0 Pad - Jet Black Tim Holtz® DIY %u2013 Distress It Yourself Ink Pad Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Reinkers - Faded Jeans Tim Holtz - Summer Distress Ink Reinker - Salty Ocean Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Reinkers - Mermaid Lagoon Tim Holtz Distress Marker Spritzer Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Hickory Smoke Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Squeezed Lemonade Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Mowed Lawn Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Salty Ocean Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Hickory Smoke Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Fossilized Amber Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Walnut Stain Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Vintage Photo Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Fired Brick Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Seedless Preserves Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Spiced Marmalade Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Mustard Seed Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Salty Ocean Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Ripe Persimmon Tim Holtz - Mini Distress Pad - Mowed Lawn Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stains - Gathered Twigs Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stains - Vintage Photo Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stains - Mowed Lawn Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stains - Peeled Paint Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Spiced Marmalade Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Black Soot Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Rusty Hinge Tim Holtz - Distress Paints - Gathered Twigs Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Walnut Stain Tim Holtz - Distress Watercolor Cardstock, 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Ranger Mixed Media Cardstock Tim Holtz - Core'dinations Kraft-Core - 12x12 Kraft-Core No. 24 Dina Wakley Media - Palette Knife Ranger - Texture Paste, 3.9 fl oz Tim Holtz Collection Stencils - TH023 - Woodgrain Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Flash Cards, Elementary Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Clock Keys Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Faucet Knobs Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Remnant Rubs, Special Delivery Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Sanding Grip Ranger - Mini Ink Blending Tool Inkssentials Mister Scrapbook Adhesives - Thin 3D Foam Squares, 217 pcs, Black Ranger - Heat it Craft Tool Dina Wakley Media Brushes - 4 Piece Set Inkssentials Glue N' Seal - 4 oz. 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