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Tim Holtz Christmas Box

19th December, 2022 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends, I hope you’re well and enjoying December. I’m sharing a Christmas gift tag box I made for the LIVE launch of the newest member of the Tim Holtz Distress family, Lumberjack Plaid. You can see this Christmas gift tag box and the other new color makes over on Tim’s blog.

I was inspired by Tim’s demo during the LIVE launch of his Christmas stamps and had just enough time to make and ship it for the new distress launch. It’s a simple make that you could complete in an afternoon. You could also do a little compartmental making each evening or when time allows. If Christmas is not your jam, it’s easily adapted to a Halloween, spring or an every day gift tag box. Let’s get into the details…

Using the technique Tim demoed, stamp panels of paper to cover a large vignette box. Add a word plaque from the idea-ology Christmas line with picket fence distress crayon rubbed in and add hardware heads to finish. I used distress collage medium to attach everything.

The inside of the vignette box is sprayed with lumberjack plaid distress ink spray and dried with a heat tool. Add a piece of striped stamped cardstock to the bottom of the vignette box and use the etcetera tag trims and decorative trims dies to create dividers. These are the scalloped edged trims, glued into place with distress collage medium.

Create envelope or gift box seals with the switchlits seal and darling stamp set, watercolored with distress pencils. The seals were cut from distress kraft heavystock and a couple sprayed with lumberjack plaid distress ink spray and the others from idea-ology metallic cardstock. The darling stamps are the perfect size for the seals.

Stamping in lumberjack plaid distress ink, create some tags to add to cards and gifts. The sentiment stamps from the new darling stamp set fit perfectly onto a tag cut from the chapter 3 thinlits collector die set. Grunge up some idea-ology candy canes and tie with string. Stamp and fussy cut to create ephemera, I took stamps from vintage holidays and department store stamp sets. An idea-ology tiny clip will hold them together neatly in the box.

Another technique I took from Tim’s demo to create these card toppers/gift tags using the new vintage label thinlits dies + bold tidings mini and plaid + nordic stamp sets, stamped in lumberjack plaid distress ink of course.

Using the postale thinlits die set from chapter 3 with the darling stamp set and distress watercolor pencils, create some mini cards.

The mini envelopes were created using the postale thinlits set cut from kraft envelopes that you can find here.

Here’s how you make them…

Take a 5×7 inch kraft envelope and use a letter opener, ruler, palette knife to open the envelope. Trim away the flaps, leaving you with the center of the envelope which perfectly fits the postale envelope die. Run the die through your machine.

If you’re short on time or have no use for spare pieces of kraft paper don’t open the envelope, simply place the postale envelope die over the front of the envelope and die cut through it.

Assemble the envelope, then open the flap and spray one side with lumberjack plaid distress spray and once dry, stamp with the plaid stamp from plaid + nordic stamp set in black soot distress archival ink.

Create a file pocket to store tiny pieces of ephemera and blank notecards. Cut a folder using the specimen thinlits die set and stamp with stamps from vintage holidays stamp set in lumberjack plaid distress ink and black soot and vintage photo distress archival inks. Stitch the sides by hand or with a sewing machine to create the pocket.

Confession time… I repurposed this from my Christmas Charcuterie! I was a little pushed for time and this was perfect for my gift themed box. I think it’s cute to add a little trinket to the box.

I took the “some assembly required” photos for Mario aka MacGyver, who kindly assembles makes which travel better internationally disassembled. If you wanted to make a Christmas box for a gift, you could send it disassembled and wrapped in tissue with an assembly photo.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope this has been helpful and let me know if you have any questions.
Zoe

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December is here…

2nd December, 2022 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends and happy December! I’m so happy it’s here. I love December and get so excited to crack open those tiny doors on Advent Calendars and decorate for Christmas without anyone grumbling about it being too early. I think December has a smell to it too, today it’s a yummy vanilla candle from day 1 (yesterday) of my Rituals Advent calendar. We take Advent Calendars pretty seriously in this house!

We are putting our Christmas decorations up and have some special traditions when we do, things we eat and listen to. I really love the Christmas traditions that I have adopted over the years and every year I think I must document those traditions and the special moments. This year I finally decided not to wait another year and lightly follow December Daily using my Tim Holtz idea-ology products and a Heidi Swapp planner to document my December.

I’m using a planner from Heidi Swapp and Tim Holtz Mini Trimmer and Distress Collage Medium. I fussy cut with EK scissors linked below. I also use an Epson XP8505 printer. It’s a European model and a fair few years old but it’s been low maintenance and it prints beautiful quality photos. This was a printer equivalent to a model that Ali Edwards recommended years ago on her blog. It’s pretty reasonable on ink cost wise and easy to use, I have zero patience for printer antics! ZERO!

I gather all my dimensional idea-ology in a muffin tin like Tim does. It helps being able to see it all when I’m making.

This basket is known as the Christmas idea-ology paperie. Ready for me to dip in, to document December.

My sweet husband even got behind documenting December by staging this festive photo outside of a department store in central Copenhagen after Advent Calendar shopping.

If you would like to follow along or even document some of your own December traditions, whether you celebrate Christmas or simply enjoy the coziness of winter, join me. I’ll be sharing here and on instagram.

I’ve linked to some of the items that I’m going to be using to document December.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Zoe

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Seasonal Distress

10th October, 2022 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends, hope you had a wonderful weekend. Did you see the Tim Holtz LIVE launch on Saturday? Tim showcased the new Ranger Seasonal Distress products. If you want to see the fantastic demo with so many tips and techniques, it’s over on Tim’s blog.

I am properly obsessed with the new Distress Gray Woodgrain Cardstock and used it to make a small pillow box ready to fill with some treats to gift. I’m equally a smitten kitten for the Distress Snowfall Grit-Paste and since discovering how vintage the Distress Mica Stains can look, I’m regretting not stocking up on last years colors. Fortunately next season, last seasons palette will return and in the meantime I stocked up, but I saved you some. 😉

I used this awesome “Tim Holtz Back From The Vault” die set, “Pillow Box & Tags” to create the pillow box.

PLEASE NOTE: This die set is ONLY available from Create and Craft TV and go on sale on Tuesday 11th October at 4PM+ 8PM UK and Wednesday 12th October at 8AM UK, while stocks last. They ship international, please see website for details.

I die cut the pillow boxes from Distress Gray Woodgrain Craftstock, lightly blended walnut stain distress ink over the top and once dry, added a strip of scor-tape to the connecting edges ready to assemble.

I die cut distress watercolor cardstock with the new Modern Festive dies.

I spritzed the die cuts with the new Fresh Balsam Distress Mica Stain, dried, sanded and blended in walnut stain distress ink.

I used dies from the AWESOME Chapter 3 dies by Tim Holtz. The tag is from the Collector set and the numbers are from the Specimen set. I absolutely love having these die sets in my collection and have them permanently in my die cart because I’m constantly reaching for them. I cut the tag from Distress Gray Woodgrain Cardstock.

I inked up the Festive Modern die cuts and once dry, added some of the new Distress Snowfall Grit-Paste. This is the perfect amount of sparkle for this glitter hating grunge lover!

I added some of the idea-ology Christmas Droplets which I covered in mushroom alcohol ink.

NOTE: If you add alcohol ink to these droplets and rub, it will remove the base color. I happen to like this because it makes it look imperfect and grungier, but if you don’t want that, just drop the alcohol ink over the top and walk away.

I added some string around the box which I tied the tiny 25 tag to.

Don’t be fooled by the name Modern Festive or the glimmer of the Seasonal Mica Stain and the sparkle of Snowfall Grit-Paste; all can be vintage grunge. These tiny boxes were so quick to make and you could add the greenery to a gift box, tag, card, to give a few suggestions.

Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions.
Zoe

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Christmas Cutouts

2nd October, 2022 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends, hope you’re having a nice weekend. I’ve been humming Christmas tunes all day, probably because of the amazing Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas LIVE launch yesterday. You can watch the replay and see all of the incredible makes over on Tim’s blog.

I loved the Christmas cutouts set as soon as I saw it. I love the tiny scene you can build. I decided to make a little box that can be filled with gift tags that you could have on hand during the Christmas season or gift to someone who loves handmade, but may not be a maker themselves. And of course you can make them pretty pretty or grungy.

I used the curio box bigz XL die which is still available and linked at the end of the post. I cut from distress kraft heavystock to give a nice sturdy base and top. I secured the word dies from the Christmas Cutouts set with tape and ran it through my machine.

I covered the sides with candied apple distress paint mixed with a little ground espresso distress paint.

I cut a second curio box top from idea-ology backdrops christmas paper to line the inside of the top.

I cut a piece from the same paper to line the base of the box.

The inside lining of the curio box gives you a base to glue in letters so they’re inset.

I cut them from the new seasonal woodgrain black cardstock. I set aside the outer piece to make a tag with later. I cut the center shapes from the seasonal woodgrain white cardstock and glued them into place with distress collage medium.

For the top of the box I embossed a piece of distress kraft heavystock with the new Tree Rings 3D embossing folder. I simply added gathered twigs distress ink to the top of the embossed tree ring.

I added the embossed piece to the top of the box and decorated with some of the cutouts inked with distress ink. The houses were cut from idea-ology metallic kraftstock, sanded and inked with walnut stain distress ink.

Box Side Panels

I made some little gift tags to fill the box with. I cut the mini tree ring (twice) using the bigz die, still available and linked at the end of the post. I carefully cut away the inside with a craft knife and embossed the center piece with the Tree Ring 3D embossing folder.

I used the complete piece as a base and reassembled the other pieces on top. You could slip a piece of ribbon between if you wished. I punched a small hole in one side and added an idea-ology o ring to thread onto ribbon.

I should add that the mini tree ring bigz die comes with an embossing folder to specifically fit the tree ring. However, the 3D embossing folders are so incredibly detailed, it was worth the extra effort to use the new Tree Ring 3D embossing folder.

I used leftover idea-ology metallic kraftstock from the cutout houses and backed the PEACE outer cut from seasonal woodgrain black cardstock used for the inserts on the side of the box top. I used the new Layered Tags and cards cut from the postale chapter 3 die set to create mini gift tags and cards.

I will be sharing more gift cards/tags later in the season.

Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions.
Zoe

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Mr Frost

7th January, 2022 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends and Happy 2022. I took some time away over Christmas to relax with my guy who took some much needed vacay days. We watched some good TV, ate like kings, built a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, completed some home projects and celebrated with friends over zoom. I enjoyed taking time out to rest and now that the first crazy busy week back to reality is done, I’m ready and excited to have some making time this weekend. I hope you’re taking some making time for yourself and what better day to make than on Tim Holtz’s Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM!

It feels like a long time ago in “maker years” but when I first saw the Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas dies, I LOVED Mr Frost. He just looks like he’s causing trouble. Like maybe he wouldn’t melt when he was supposed to! Remind you of anyone? LOL

I made this framed panel for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas LIVE launch. You can see the replay and all the makes over on Tim’s Blog. Here’s a few of the details for my make…

I created a background by spraying antique linen distress spray, edging with walnut stain distress ink and adding drops of snow flurries mica spray.

Using a palette knife, spread distress crackle texture paste through a stencil, I used the hocus pocus stencil, one of my faves.

Soak your stencil right away, I use a “lasagna pan” (thanks Mario). Followers of Tim and Mario’s Saturday LIVES will know exactly what I mean! 😉

Once dry, place the stencil back over stars and brush a layer of vintage distress collage medium over the top and remove stencil and soak the stencil again. Once the background is dry, place the stencil over once more and rub with distress crayon and blend with your finger. You can do the second and third steps without the stencil but it maybe helpful for beginners and I do this because I find it keeps my background cleaner.

I altered an idea-ology framed panel. Cover the frame with a layer of white gesso. Once dry, dry brush with iced spruce and vintage photo distress paints. Next add distress crackle texture paste and set aside to air dry and crack. Finally rub distress crayon into the cracks and blend with your finger.

Mr Frost is a mutli-layer die that makes assembly really simple. The black buttons, mouth and nose are simply a layer underneath the top layer which I sprayed with black soot distress spray. It’s much easier than gluing on all those tiny pieces.

I added Mr Frost with adhesive foam to give some additional dimension and to lift his arm to hold the star…

I added a star from the Vault Series Holiday 2021 die set which I glued into Mr Frost’s twig hand! I did try a tiny light inside the star but it didn’t really show up, BUT, you could make one from vellum and add a tiny light or a cluster of tiny lights.

That hat though!

Thanks for stopping by. It’s World Snowman Day on January 18. I hope you’ll join me for a day of fun making and I’ll have some giveaways here on my blog and on instagram.

I wish you a very healthy and happy 2022 and don’t let anyone melt your snowman!
Zoe

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Christmas Candy Store

16th December, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends! I hope you’re having a wonderful December and finding time to do some fun festive things. I’ve been busy decorating and getting ready for Christmas, but I thought I would take a quick break and pop in and share my Candy Store using the gorgeous new Tim Holtz Christmas idea-ology. You can catch the launch replay and makes over on Tim’s blog.

I love candy cane everything and my obsession runs deep (think pumpkins)! I was very excited to see this years Christmas idea-ology release with candy cane stripes appearing in the backdrops, ephemera and the amazing confectionery! This was the starting point for my candy store. So grab a big cup of hot cocoa and a candy cane and let’s get into some of the details…

I covered an idea-0logy vignette shrine with papers from the Christmas backdrops set. I love the size of the backdrop papers and the Christmas selection is simply delicious, you may want to pick up 2 packs, one to use and one to stroke! Just saying!!

I created a couple of shelves for my vignette shrine using etcetera thickboard scalloped trims and the matching trims thinlits dies. The trims die set allows me to die cut trims that perfectly cover the thickboard pieces, game changer for me as I used to cut them by hand. Use distress collage medium to glue into place.

I covered the side of the vignette shrine in matching paper from the Christmas backdrops pack. I love how weathered the paper looks. YUM!

I covered the roof by die cutting roof panels with a die from the village collection thinlits die set from idea-ology kraft stock and embossing with the lumber 3D folder. Glue into place with distress collage medium and cover with distress mica.

It truly is a wonderful life and I love this word plaque from the Christmas set which I added to the vignette shrine by hammering in 2 of the stakes from the vignette hardware set. I added a little picket fence distress crayon to the word plaque.

For the top shelf I added some of the idea-ology tiny vials which I crackled. I have a how to on a previous post, see here (I skipped the alcohol ink step). I added idea-ology ephemera and remnant rubs to the bottles and painted the bottle corks with a picket fence distress paint wash for a wintry twist. I filled the bottles with seed beads, added a little twine and a gingerbread piece, all from my stash.

I added a Christmas tin top and baubles to the middle shelf. To the tin top I added a piece of Christmas mini flair and a piece of ephemera.

To grunge up the idea-ology Christmas tin top, I scratched and added a little translucent distress grit-paste and once dry, rubbed in distress crayon which highlights the scratches.

I rolled idea-ology baubles in the distress snowfall grit-paste from the distress holiday texture set and glued together in a stack with distress collage medium.
TIP: Make sure your inky fingers are clean to prevent ink transfer.

For the lower shelf I really went to candy cane town and added a candy cane from the ephemera set using adhesive foam to mount it onto the back of the shrine, ready to add the bottles in front of it.

I crackled a bottle from the idea-ology corked vials set and used the glass dome from the idea-ology snowglobe, turned upside down to create a candy bowl. I added a sticker from the christmas sticker book which I burnished onto the glass using distress collage medium. I added candy cane twine that I saved from some Christmas gifts last year and finally added the gorgeous new idea-ology christmas confections. I grunged them up with distress crayon and glued them into place with distress collage medium.

I used one of the vial labels from the new idea-ology snippets ephemera set which I completely swooned over! I LOVE labels! I added some red seed beads I had in my stash to the bottle and cut a sticker with candy down to size and added on top of the label. Finally I pushed a star from the idea-ology mirrored stars set into the cork and covered everything with distress mica, held in place with a little brush of distress collage medium first.

Everything is better with lights… so I covered a bottle in distress collage medium and once dry, distress crackle paint. I filled the bottle with tiny lights and then used the end of a paintbrush to push stuffing filler into the bottle to diffuse the lights. This was an idea I got from Tim last year when he did that awesome crystal ball, see Tim’s Blog for details. I didn’t use anything to wrap my tiny lights around like Tim did, I simply thread them through a hole I made in the back of the vignette shrine and up into the bottle. I attached the battery pack to the back of the shrine and the wire is hidden behind he back of the bottle. I cut the loop off the snowflake with wire cutters and glued it onto the front. I love this light diffusing idea, thanks Tim!

I’m going to carry on decorating for Christmas. This year I’m making my own garlands and trying to get the kind of lights I want for them is proving rather tricky, but I’m persevering because it’s all about that perfect twinkle! 😉

Thanks for stopping by.

Zoe

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Jolly Santa

6th December, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. Happy December. I thought I would pop in with a little Ho Ho Ho and share one of my makes for the Tim Holtz Christmas stamp release, all the details, replay and inspiration makes are over on Tim’s Blog.

I love Santa and this stamp from the Jolly Santa CMS442 stamp set stole my heart. He really is a very jolly looking Santa indeed!

I crackled up an etcetera thickboard tag, you can see the how to for the crackle on a previous post, click here. I added idea-ology velvet trim and tiny bells, hung from a hook clasp. The holiday greeting was stamped from the Jolly Santa stamp set in distress archival ink, fussy cut and mounted onto the tag with adhesive foam.

I stamped the text from Jolly Santa onto plain collage paper with distress archival ink and pasted it on with distress collage medium. I love how the collage paper “melts” into the background when you add collage medium. If you want to give it a more vintage hue, add vintage collage medium.

I used distress reinkers to watercolor the santa, which I had stamped with distress archival ink. I blended in a little walnut stain distress ink and spritzed with water. I fussy cut the santa and mounted with adhesive foam.

I added a frame and more stamps from the jolly santa set using distress archival ink and covering with a layer of vintage collage medium.

You could easily adapt this to a card, but I think it’s so fun to have a gift with a massive gift tag and bells on.

Thanks for stopping by and happy making.
Zoe

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The one that Tim finished…

21st November, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends and welcome to the final day of my week of Christmas makes. Thanks for hanging out with me for the week and for all your kind comments, it means a lot. This post is aptly titled like an episode of “Friends” because this make is representative of friendship.

I made this Christmas display dome (with a little help from my friend) for the Tim Holtz Christmas idea-ology launch. You can see all the details, replay and inspiration makes over on Tim’s Blog.

I was suffering from a little bit of maker burn out after a 12 week maker marathon. I was tired and one of my makes wasn’t working and what I thought would take me 3 hours, took 3 days, which left me short on time to finish this one. I somehow threw a dome together in under 30 minutes and with the paint and collage medium just about dry, the Fedex truck rolled up. But it wasn’t finished and as soon as I had shipped it, I wished I hadn’t!

An email later asking Tim not to include this dome in the LIVE and he offered to help even though it was on the eve of the LIVE and he must have been pretty busy. But like in the movies on Christmas eve, it brought it’s own magic and a little later Tim sent me a beautiful photo of my transformed dome.

It’s a perfect example of how idea-ology can transform a piece, and that craft friends are the best friends. Plus I get to keep the Holtz/Hillman collaboration piece! LOL This one was most definitely #mypile and thanks to Mario, who packed it up with his usual care and shipped it back to me. Big thanks to Tim for adding his special brand of magic and friendship… and that freaking incredible word plaque …and mica flakes …and candy cane string …and a little pixie dust!

Thanks for stopping by (for a week)! Please take time and make yourself a Christmas dome and even better, make one with a friend, either in person or virtually. I hope you’ll share what you make and celebrate this season of magic, friendship and making.

Zoe

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Vault Series Christmas 2021

20th November, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Happy Saturday friends. Day 6 of my week of Chrismas makes and I feel ready to bake some Christmas cookies and put up my Christmas tree. I’m sharing one of my makes from the launch of Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas die release. You can see the replay and all the inspiration makes over on Tim’s Blog.

I LOVE the vault series. Both the Halloween 2021 set and this Christmas 2021 set. I really hope that Tim and Sizzix release more of these die sets. I love that “new to Tim Holtz” makers can now own these gorgeous dies and the more seasoned Addicts can add them to our collections.

Speaking of collections. I used the older (but still available) alphanumeric tiny upper dies mixed with the new festive bouquet and vault series christmas 2021 dies. I love how my die collection works together and how fun it is to mixy matchy the old and new. Let’s get into the details of this make…

I took an idea-ology framed panel and covered the frame with a layer of white gesso. Once dry, I dry brushed with iced spruce and vintage photo distress paints. Next I added distress crackle texture paste and set aside to air dry and crack. Finally I rubbed distress crayon into the cracks.

I created a background on a piece of distress watercolor cardstock. I painted on layers of gesso and distress paint and stamped with distress archival ink. I stitched a border with my sewing machine before adding to the panel base and mounting the frame over the top.

Using my Dremel Micro I drilled a hole where I wanted my light to sit for the street light.

I only wanted 2 lights so I cut and discarded the excess. I love that you can cut the idea-ology tiny lights, just remember to cut the right end! I thread the lights up through from the back and secured the battery pack to the back of the framed panel.

I die cut the street light from the vault series christmas 2021 thinlits die set several times, glued the layers together and sprayed with black soot distress spray. Added a piece of vellum covered with fossilized amber distress paint to the back of the die cut.

Die cut several more street lights, glue together and cut the center bar out and mount underneath the light die cut pictured on the right. There’s an easier way to add layers by using a piece of fun foam! Tim shared this game changing tip with me after I had made this but you can see the how to here.

Place the street light over the tiny light and once you’re sure it fits, glue into place with distress collage medium.

Die cut the carolers, spray with black soot distress spray and add adhesive foam to the back of the die cuts. I left one side without foam as it was sitting it over the top of the other caroler and the foam was under his leg.

I mounted the carolers in such a way that the guy doesn’t look like he’s running off somewhere by hiding his “running off” leg behind the lady. I added the wreath and bow to the street light, the bow was coloured with seasonal mica spray to match the star. I love that Tim and Ranger released these seasonal mica sprays and crayons. Can’t wait to see what’s to come next year.

I created some snowballs by adding snowfall grit-paste to idea-ology baubles. Making sure your hands are ink free, put some snowfall on your fingers and roll the bauble between them. Lay on your non stick craft mat to dry. Repeat until you’re happy with the look.

I added scallop thickboard etcetera trims which I treated with the same technique as the framed panel. I glued them with distress collage medium and added idea-ology hardware heads to each end. This created the shelf for the carolers, street light and snowballs to sit on.

I added a star cut from the vault series christmas 2021 die set and sprayed with seasonal mica spray and splattered with picket fence distress paint.

I die cut some foliage from the festive bouquet thinlits die set and sprayed with seasonal mica spray.

Thanks for stopping by.

Zoe

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Cozy Christmas Snowman

18th November, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. Welcome back for day 4 of my week of Christmas makes that I’m sharing with you. I wasn’t kidding about loving the new Cozy Christmas stamp set by Tim Holtz. You can see the stamp launch and other inspiration makes over on Tim’s Blog.

I do love that you can use these stamps in parts and pieces. I decided to make a mini card to go with an envelope I had created that was the wrong size for my curio box cards (which I will be sharing tomorrow).

I used distress reinkers to watercolor onto distress watercolor cardstock. I stamped the cozy christmas stamp in black soot distress archival ink. I love this ink as it’s permanent when dry and perfect for watercoloring over.

I created this envelope using my mini envelope punch board. I added frayed burlap distress oxide spray, some of the seasonal mica and then dried with my heat tool. I added crackle texture paste through the hocus pocus stencil and once dry, added vintage collage medium through the stencil onto the stars.

I liked the envelope so I decided to make a tiny card to fit. That’s the great thing about having the cardstock and these tools, you can customize anything. I used the envelope as a template to cut an envelope liner using some leftover idea-ology paper I had. How fancy right?!

Seriously?! How cute is that snowman with his pot for a hat? I love him.

Thanks for stopping by

Zoe

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