Hello crafters! I hope you are well and that your weekend was good. We went on a bike ride to a lake where there were no other people and we even saw a very cute ermine. This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Not A Card challenge. Lots of options! I hope you will join us. Don't miss the last project by our April guest designer Tracey Sabella, with her blog Garden of Grace. I feel very lucky to live close to nature, in these days particularly, and I really enjoy my long walks. I often take a sketchbook with me and today I made a new nature sketchbook for myself, with a vintage theme. When making these types of books I avoid adding bulky items to the cover, since they might fall off or make it harder to just take the book along in a pocket. This sketchbook goes one step further since all the ephemera on the cover is coated with matte medium, creating something of a decoupage effect. I used one of Tim Holtz Salvaged Baseboards as a base for my book. I love the vintage book look. I also picked a paper from the Field Notes ephemera to give the theme to the book. Tear and ink the edges of the paper. I used only Vintage Photo for this project, which is a nice warm brown. Find additional ephemera pieces from Field Notes and Field Notes Snippets. Sand and ink the edges. Sand the edges of the cover and then glue the ephemera to the cover using Distress Matte Medium. I also added a bunch of Clippings Stickers. Ink the sanded edges of the cover and add more ink to the ephemera if needed. Now comes the fun technique. Scoop out a little matte medium and place in a container. You don't want to repeatedly put the paint brush into the ordinary container, since it might color the medium. The Distress Ink that is already on the cover will react with the matte medium and move around slightly. I also added Vintage Photo Distress Ink with my finger to some areas and rubbed it into the medium. This gives an instant vintage look to the cover in one step. As you can see on the paint brush in the photo, the matte medium is colored by the ink. Cut a piece of mat board for the back cover and cover it with natural sticky-back canvas. You can also use another piece of Salvaged Baseboard. Ink with Vintage Photo. Punch holes with a crop-a-dile and bind with Tim's Mini Book Rings. The best thing with making your own sketchbook is that you can use your favorite paper on the inside. I cut sketchpaper to 3.8 x 5.9 in. All the pieces are now 'baked' into the cover and will not fall off. It also gives a nice, solid feel to the book. Here you can see the effect of the ink that I added with my finger into the medium. It collected especially around the shape of the insect. Be careful to clean your finger so that you don't get medium onto your ink pad. An even better method would be to smear the ink on a craft sheet and pick it up from there. More fun ephemera pieces. I love to sit with the Clippings Stickers and pick out sentiments, and was particularly happy with the ones I found for this book. More sentiments and a beautiful insect. You can decorate the back cover too, but I usually like to keep it plain. Here is my new sketchbook waiting to be filled with nature moments and memories. You can of course make it in other themes too, but just changing the images and text. I hope you will join us this week in our Not A Card Challenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until next Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in. As you may know, the Simon Says Stamp Store have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge. We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together! Don't forget to follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. We also have a new hashtag #SSSUnitedWeCraft Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today! Take care! Happy crafting! Anna-Karin Supplies: * Please note: the links are affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.
Megan Whisner Quinlan shows you how to let your creativity soar as you make this beautiful journal spread using Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays & Tim Holtz Stamps.
Recycled mini book with Tim Holtz Theories stamp set
How To Make A Journal From Blank Cards This cute little junk journal is easy to make. All it takes is a few blank greeting cards. Here's how to make one of your very own. Gather Your Cards Gather some A2 Kraft Cards & Envelopes. You won't use the envelopes for this project, but save them for a future journal craft. Decide how big you want your journal to be. I used 8 cards for a total of 16 pages, including front & back covers. One More Card Now get one more card and cut it vertically into inch-long strips as shown. I like to use a trimmer for this, but you can use scissors, too. Hinges Fold each strip in half as pictured. A ruler can help with this to keep the fold straight. These strips will become your "hinges". Cut Off Hinge Ends Next, take one of your folded strips or "hinges" and cut off each end at an angle as pictured. Attach Cards Using Hinge Line up two cards folded ends touching. Apply craft glue to your hinge and glue it to one of the cards as pictured. Next, apply glue to the other side of the hinge and attach it to the other card. The hinge holds the cards together, kind of like a door hinge holds a door to a wall. Repeat this process for all of your cards until they form one large book. Don't worry about the hinges showing. Once you decorate your journal, you can cover them with papers. Done! Easy Peasy And you're finished! You have a blank card journal ready for your personal touch. Want to see how I decorated mine with a vintage "World Travel" theme? Click here. Click here to see how I decorated MY card journal.
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A Bigz die cleanly cuts thick materials, including cardstock, chipboard, fabric, foam, magnet, leather, metallic foil, paper and sandpaper (in limited use). Its wider size offers you more design options. Measuring 5.5 x 6 inches, this die is designed for use only with the BIGkick, Big Shot and Vagabond machines and requires the use of a pair of Cutting Pads. Includes 3 dies, approx. 4 x 2.625 to 3 x 2 inches.
Hi there Here are a few links to my posts in which I have done either full on Tutorials or taken step out photos to show you how I created a project. Steampunk Journal Cover: Altered Life size Dress form:
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This cling mounted rubber stamp set, Halloween Sketchbook, is designed by Tim Holtz and is part of the Halloween Collection for Stampers Anonymous. This stamp set features seven Halloween images and phrases to go along with each. These stamps will adhere to acrylic blocks and can be used with your favorite inks, markers, embossing powders, and other crafting mediums (sold separately). These stamps can be used for cards, scrapbook pages, tags, journals, and other paper crafting projects. Some of these images and phrases include a ghost and BOO TO YOU, a cauldron and TOIL + TROUBLE, a zombie and STRANGERS HAVE THE BEST CANDY, and more.
I am excited to share the Traveller Folio I created and taught for Country View Crafts at the end of January. It was a fabulous hard working day with a huge amount to cover but everyone got close to finishing so that they could go home to add photos etc to personalise it totally to their own taste. There are more photos on the Country View Crafts Project Blog including photos from the day itself. I just need to add my own photos now don't I? I am in Birmingham for the Stitches Trade Show, catching up with AVJ and CVC teamies as well as other friends I have made during this amazing artful and blogging journey. Enjoy your week. hugs Brenda xxx
Hi folks...today I'm sharing the travel journal I made with the Idea-ology Collection Folio from Tim Holtz and the "Around The World" Colle...
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Today I'm sharing this little accordion album I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix booth at Creativation 2017. This is a TINY project, made with the smallest vignette box, about the size of a matchbox. The Small Tattered Florals dies work beautifully with the Mini Detailed Butterfly. I created a "bumper" from chipboard, which I adhered to the inside of the box lid to keep it from moving around when the book was closed. I layered the accordion fold to this bumper, with the ribbon closure sandwiched beneath the bumper. I made a second panel and mounted to the top for added dimension. The flowers were made with inked patterned paper, bundled over a bit of string. I embossed the edges of the vignette with gold for contrast. The butterfly was colored with various Distress embossing powders. I found it quite easy to add the powder strategically and loved the result. Simple stamping and tissue tape adorn the inside of the accordion book. I hope you are inspired to use your vignette panels in new ways today. Thank you so much for your visit. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter
Here it is - the 23rd challenge for the Compendium of Curiosities III - the Collection Folio found on Page 34 of Tim's third book! I will confess I was a bit nervous about taking on this challenge on as it looked like quite the task! However, it has turned out to be one of the most rewarding challenges I have done! I decided I would use my maternal grandmother, Eunice Blanch Wood, as my inspiration as she was truly one of the strongest people I have ever known. She was also kind, loving, faithful and patient, attributes that I will always remember. I was also blessed to be the granddaughter she wanted to have her photos, so I have lots of wonderful photos to work with. It was hard to fit them all in! Here is the cover of the folio: I originally resisted using Tim's Wallflower Stash as I use it quite frequently, however, it is truly my all-time favorite paper and I couldn't bear not to use it for this project! Don't ever discontinue it, Tim! I removed the elastic closure and covered the entire folio with the paper with the exception of a few of the "fold-over" areas. I then cut out my favorite picture of my grandmother with an oval die and oval scalloped die and mounted it on green and brown card stock. I used Tim's Alterations Typeset die to cut the letters for her name. After this was done, I reattached the elastic closure through the designated holes, adding a Word Band to the top before threading it through the last hole. Now it's time for another confession! I tend to generally "play it safe" with colors and textures. However, I finally decided I needed to step out of my comfort zone and go crazy! I did this with the inside piece of the folio that the photos and ephemera are attached to. Here is what it looked like when I started: I used Tim's Frameworks Trellis Die as well as the Latticework stencil along with Peeled Paint, Antique Linen, Forest Moss and Gathered Twigs Paint. The fun then began! I have to admit that it took me two full days to put this together, however, I wanted it to be extra special. I also had lots of photos I wanted to incorporate. You certainly don't have to put as much as I did into this project - just select a theme you like and go for it! For the inside cover of the folio I used one of Tim's Mini Cabinet Cards and placed my grandmothers baby's picture in it! I always laugh when I see it as she looks so startled. I used this photo for the first challenge and turned the photo into a birthday card. I die cut a banner from Tim's Sizzix Alterations Tattered Banners strip and hand wrote her birthdate. To finish this cover I added two photos of the farm where she was born in Alva, Oklahoma. On the right side I sandwiched two new Elementary Flashcards, one that said "family" and the other "story" over the first cascading flap. These Flashcards have such wonderful words on them! Love them! On the right hand side of the second cascading flap I attached two photos of my grandmother's family. I used an Industrious Frame from the new Gallery set to frame her parents' wedding picture. Some photo corners from the same set were used in all four corners of the family photo. I used the Alpha Parts: Newsprint letters to spell out the word "Family" at the top of the photo. For the back of the second cascading flap I added two more photos which I adhered to not only the flap, but also the reverse side of the photos on the opposite side. I used the Life Quotes Remnant Rubs to add some words. The right side of the third flap features my Great-Grandmother Mamie. I used a library pocket I had in my stash. I laid it on its side and covered part of it with paper from the Wallflower Stash. After placing the photo on a brown mat, I adhered it over the paper and added some Alpha Tiles to spell out her name. I tucked in a tag I colored with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks and stamped with a B-Line Designs Gorgeous Fabric background. I added another Elementary Flash Card and then a Remnant Rub from the Botanical set to the card. I finished the front of the flap die by cutting and adding a Tim Alterations Distressed Doily die cut and fussy cutting a rose image from the Wallflower Stash paper (one of my favorite things to do). The last touch was the addition of an ephemera piece from the Emporium Ephemera Pack. Close up of the tag: I used the reverse side of the third flap for one photo plus another Flash Card and some fussy cut images from the Wallflower Stash paper to create a nature collage. I also stamped the tag on the reverse side with a stamp from Wendy Vecchi's The Beauty of Art stamp set. Here's a close up of the reverse side of the tag: On the right side of the fourth flap I used two large #10 tags. I adhered a reduced size copy of my grandmother's graduation certificate to the top tag. I used two B Line Designs stamps for the bottom tag, Women are like Buttons and Button Collage that I stamped lightly with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Another photo was placed on this tag along with a Life Quotes Remnant Rub, Stencil Mark and Chit-Chat sticker. Both tags were finished with a strip from the Industrious Gallery Stickers, two bows made from Crinkled Ribbon, a Ring Fastener and a Graphic 45 Shabby Chic key. Another Flash Card with an image from the Botanical Remnant Rubs can be found in the center of the flap. The left side of the fourth flap features two #8 tags to which have been added Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress inks and adhered to the larger #10 tags on the opposite side. I decorated the tags with another photo, my grandmother's wedding announcement, a flower from the new Emporium Ephemera pack, two bows made from burgundy seam binding that was crinkled, an photo is an oval frame from the Industrious Gallery Stickers with a photo, a Flash Card with a Botanical Remnant Rub and a metal key (sorry - not sure where this is from) and a floral stem from Nature Adornments. The left side of the fifth flap was adorned with photos of my mother and uncle in Industrious Gallery Frames and finished with words from Chit-Chat stickers. The back of the library pocket on the opposite side was decorated with another photo and Label Letters spelling my mother's name. I also attached a gingham ribbon bow by Creative Impressions to the tag front. Here's a close up of the tag front: Finally the back of the tag was stamped with a border from Wendy Vecchi's The Beauty of Art set and a stamp from Wendy's new Art and You set. Close up of the reverse side of the tag: Finally, the last flap was adhered to the back of the folio and a large photo of my grandparents on their honeymoon was placed on top. A later photo of my grandmother was adhered to the top inside flap and a photo with me in it was adhered to the inside bottom flap and a fussy cut image from the Paper Stash was glued over the photo and onto the paper. I had to move from my small studio to the dining room table to spread everything out for this project. Here is what it looked like (I'm embarrassed to say): I would bet that many of you can confess to the same thing! Am I right? Wow, that was a much longer post than I had intended, however, there are so many details I wanted to share with you. Now it's your turn to create something beautiful with this wonderful Collection Folio and share it with us. As usual, head on over to the lovely Linda Ledbetter's site, read the rules for the challenge and start creating! For this 23rd Challenge, Inspiration Emporium is sponsoring a shopping spree in the amount of $50.00 for one randomly chosen winner. Tim and Mario have a fabulous prize package for the winner of the Curiosity Crew Choice. Good luck to everyone and have fun! Susan
Let me help you learn how to make a collagraph with scrap matboard. Here are all the basics with video tutorials and process photos!
See how create these easy fabric notebook covers using the Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements Embark Substates canvas fabric.
Scrapbookingpapper - Tim Holtz Backdrops Volume 3 från Tim Holtz. Förpackning med 24 stycken ark där ark har olika tryck på båda sidor. Pappret är ca 80 gsm. Formatet på arken är 15,2 x 25,4 cm (ca A5 bredd och ca B5 på höjd). Kul att använda i en Bullet Journal, scrapbooking, kort och olika former av papperspyssel.
I made the cutest Junk Journal out of actual "junk" and then filled it with Tim Holtz ephemera and Paper Dolls in a magazine collage style... whoo whoo! Here are my best tips and ideas for how to make your own fun junk journal!
"Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?" is about as perfect as you can get. I racked my brain coming up with the best way to teach art skills.
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