…if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude

Had to make a thank you and farewell combination card for a male colleague so I went with a CAS design featuring a Tim Holtz Mixed Media die and a chippie from Make It Crafty.

Went with the die cut design to fit the current challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies.  I’ve used this same design for a sympathy card too; it’s cased from a card I saw at a craft show demo.  A great way to use the mixed media dies and really effective yet elegantly CAS and perfect for male cards.

Over at Just Us Girls they are looking for ink blending so that’s what I did for the background to my die cut.  I used several shades of blue Distress Inks and then spritzed with water for a lovely almost ombre effect.  I used the same colours blended together over the chippie ‘thanks’, which I teamed with a printed sentiment.

As this card is CAS, blue and actually going out to a male I am also entering it in the current male challenge at Crafty Friends.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits ~ 661186 Mixed Media 3

Embellishments

Make It Crafty Chipboard ~ 3¼'' Thanks

Inks & Paints etc

Spica Pen ~ Clear

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Blueprint Sketch, Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Embossing, Salty Ocean & Tumbled Glass

Papers

Arches Watercolor Paper ~ 185gsm Smooth

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Prismatic Cardstock ~ Classic Blue

Challenges

Crafting with Dragonflies #84 ~ Punches and or Dies

Crafty Friends #61 ~ Man/Boy

Just Us Girls #401 ~ Trend Week (ink blending)

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…but Eternal Peace

Taking it right down to the wire with this month’s 12 Tags of 2016, but I got it done using a lovely stamp and die from Heartfelt Creations for my centre piece.

For the remnant rub resist I’ve used various remnant rubs that seemed to fit with the theme I’ve chosen of Remembrance Day.  I also chose my focal image of a poppy based on that theme, I’m making these tags to exchange with a friend at the end of the year and each one is themed to match the month it was made in.  It was easy doing the dimensional colouring technique with this image as there are matching dies and layers in different sizes.  So I coloured up two sizes of the poppies with Distress Ink Reinkers and, while still damp, used my Marion Smith Bloom Impression Tool to shape them like poppy petals.  For added dimension I filled the centre with Prills, had to colour these with Various Ink as I only have brown ones.

I don’t own any alphabet dies but I had two different ‘peace’ dies, neither was going to give me the same effect as Tim created but what’s a challenge tag without a bit of challenging paper piecing?!  I used the negative and then filled in the little bits to be able to see the letters.  I like the whole effect, using a Kraft tag so it is a slightly dirty colour background, the not quite easy to read, almost worn out lettering.  It all goes to the long drawn-out and difficult conflict this is made in honour of.  I finished off with a metal dove embellie, the symbol of peace, which I hightlighted with a Picket Fence Distress Crayon.

With the die cuts I am entering my tag in the current Friday Funday challenge at Jo’s Scrap Shack.  Over at Daring Cardmakers they are looking for tags so I am entering mine there too. 

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Heartfelt Creations Dies ~ Blazing Poppy

Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies ~ 661605 Vintage Tidings

Embellishments

Prills ~ Coloured with Various Ink 100

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings ~ Adornments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fasteners ~ Star

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs ~ Apothecary, Elements, Special Delivery & Words

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Flat Fabio ~ Tweedle Dee Denim

Ranger Archival Ink ~ Jet Black

Tim Holtz Distress Crayons ~ Picket Fence

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Black Soot & Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Distress Reinkers ~ Barn Door, Black Soot & Fired Brick

Tim Holtz Distress Stain ~ Broken China, Peacock Feathers & Salty Ocean

Papers

Arches Paper ~ Watercolor Smooth

Ranger Tags ~ #8 Kraft

Ribbons & Trims etc

Tim Holtz Trimmings ~ Linen Ribbon

Stamps

Heartfelt Creations ~ Blazing Poppy Petals

Challenges

Daring Cardmakers ~ Creating Gift Tags (Step away from the cards no. 2)

Jo’s Scrap Shack Friday Funday #166 ~ “Cut it up”

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 ~ November

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You’re surely not too fresh these days

I’ve got my October tag for the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 to share today.

Seems fitting to have done up a Hallowe’en themed tag on Hallowe’en itself and a fun way to spend a day off from work.  Although I have Tim’s Monster die I decided to mix this up a bit and use his Zombie die, for the dimensional monster technique, as my tag is going out to a friend who loves zombies.

I used Tim’s Woodgrain Texture Fade to create a rotting flesh like texture to the zombie’s skin.  I coloured my foiled cardstock first with Distress Paints but wasn’t overly happy with the result so then went in with some Distress Crayons and got a much better look.  I particularly like the zombie’s face with the very patchy and uneven colour that works really well for a zombie.

I didn’t have any Hallowe’en ephemera so I made my patchwork collage using pieces cut from Graphic 45 Rare Oddities designer paper.  For my embellies I went with a skull and crossbones I made myself from 2015 and 2016 Boneyard embellies.  To help the two Boneyard pieces match I covered the bones with Crazing Distress Collage Medium and then rubbed in some Black Soot Distress Crayon.  Given zombies are indeed an oddity I used that Word Band and secured the other end with a brad from last year’s Rare Oddities’ set.  Finished off with some Halloween Trimmings for a spooky Hallowe’en tag.

I’m entering my tag in the current Hallowe’en challenge over at Glitter and Sparkle and Country View’s all things spooky challenge.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits ~ 660961 Zombie

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades ~ 656644 Bricked and Woodgrain (Woodgrain used)

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings Brads ~ Regions Beyond

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings ~ Boneyard 2015 & 2016

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings Word Bands ~ Incantation

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paperie ~ Reinforcers

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium ~ Crazing & Matte

Tim Holtz Distress Crayons ~ Antique Linen, Black Soot, Candied Apple, Festive Berries, Peeled Paint & Picket Fence

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Aged Mahogany, Black Soot, Fired Brick, Forest Moss, Picket Fence, Scattered Straw & Shabby Shutters

Papers

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities ~ Brews and Potions, Cabinet of Curiosities & Frightfully Sweet

Ranger Tags ~ #8 Kraft

Ribbons & Trims etc

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings ~ Halloween

Challenges

Country View ~ All Things Spooky 

Glitter and Sparkle #212 ~ Halloween

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 ~ October

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