1. Tim Holtz Rotary Media Trimmer

   23rd March, 2023 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends, hope you’re well, nearly weekend! I recently received a Tim Holtz Rotary Media Trimmer and I wanted to let you know what I thought. I’m not going to go through all of the features because I think Tim more than covered that during the LIVE, so I highly recommend you watch that as Tim shares a lot of education during his demos.

   
   I have to be honest, I’ve never had much luck with rotary trimmers. They wouldn’t cut straight, but would always cut me when it came time to change the blade, which was expensive and often difficult to find. BUT… this being a Tim Holtz designed Rotary Trimmer, I knew it was going to knock my socks off, and of course it did and here’s why it did…

   
   First and most importantly, it cuts straight, and I can spot a crooked line a mile away without my glasses. I am not a fan of crooked and I hate nothing more than a trimmer that won’t cut a straight line! Now don’t be fooled by the blade carriage wobble. I touched that thing and it wobbled and I wondered how I was going to politely tell Tim it sucked! LOL But you gently press that blade carriage and it engages and you will get the straightest cut even on the thinnest paper strips. Also you don’t have to change the blade but in case you feel compelled to, there is a replacement blade carriage and even comes with the tool you need to change it!

   
   I need to trust that I’m going to get a straight cut because I almost always trim what I make at the end. Having put all the love and time into a make, you need to trust your tools. I didn’t even hold my breath, I cut with total confidence! If you have one, you’ll know. If you get one, you’ll see what I mean.

   
   Look at the tiny paper strands it cut. It cut through 2 sheets of distress mixed media heavystock covered in idea-ology backdrop papers, collage paper, ephemera, glue, texture paste and remnant rubs. It glided through effortlessly.

   
   I also wanted to see how it would trim some of the things I use in my makes that I would want a straight cut for, one of them being the idea-ology filmstrip.

   
   Perfect cuts and easy like a hot knife through buttah! It cuts through idea-ology transparencies and other acetate easily too.

   
   I’m a big fan of the Traveler’s Company, traveler’s notebooks and wanted to create a few inserts to add to my notebook. Creating a cover from the large sheets of distress mixed media heavystock, which easily fit in the generous sized 12.5 inch (31.5cm) trimmer.

   
   I use copy paper for inside the notebook insert and easily trimmed 10 sheets at a time. It made it so quick and simple.

   
   I was so happy adding it into my traveler’s notebook. I can’t wait to make more of these now.

   
   I haven’t used another trimmer since I took this out of the box. It’s lightweight and strong, easy to carry, looks good and doesn’t take up a huge footprint on your desk. It glides when it cuts and makes this really cool swoosh swoosh sound! You can tell I LOVE it right?! I can’t recommend this enough, it ROCKS… but only until you engage the blade! 😉

   I’ve added a few more photos and details of the idea-ology I used on the traveler’s notebook insert below…

   
   I cut distress mixed media cardstock to create the cover of my traveler’s notebook insert. Covering with the new idea-ology photographic collage paper and paper from the backdrops volume 4 and 5 packs. Adding some distress opaque crackle paste through a mini stencil and covering with distress collage medium and walnut stain distress crayon. I added one of the photomatic photos with the border removed. I LOVE these!

   
   I added the idea-ology filmstrip with glossy accents over some palette collage paper.

   
   Remnants rubs for the win! Adding the remnant rubs to my make is my favorite part. It brings it to life! I also added trims design tape and labels from the classic labels stickers, all from idea-ology.

   
   I love this piece from the idea-ology 2023 ephemera pack. I added it to the bottom of my insert cover with distress collage medium and a piece on top from the collage strips pack cut with the trimmer.

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

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2. Witches Potting Shed Part 2

   9th December, 2022 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends, hope you’re doing well! I had the best of intentions to get these posts finished before Halloween, but alas, December arrived! I make for the dark side all year though and there’s nothing to stop you adapting any of the things I share to any season, so grab your broomsticks witches and let’s continue this flight…

   Remember that the seasonal products are one and done for the season so grab anything you need to last you. To see all the incredible makes, head over to Tim’s blog for the LIVE replay.

   
   Today I’m sharing part 2 of the witches potting shed made for the LIVE launch. You can see the introduction and close ups in my first post. Let’s get into the details…

   POTTING SHED, CAULDRON + GATES
   

   
   In Part 1 I talked through preparing the vignette box.

   
   To create the shelves for the potting shed, cut pieces from the idea-ology Halloween backdrops with the decorative trims thinlits die. These dies perfectly fit the etcetera thickboard trims, I used scalloped edged with the corresponding dies. Use distress collage medium to glue the die cuts to the thickboard trims.

   
   Thread tiny lights into the vignette box through holes drilled in Part 1. I simply glued the lights behind where the bottle would sit so it lit up the bottle, (see next photo).

   
   Cover an idea-ology tiny vial with alcohol ink, I added a spider from the idea-ology Halloween Adornments pack. Cover the spiders back with a drop of envy alcohol pearls ink and tie it to the bottle with twine. The tiny lights glued behind the bottle give it a creepy glow. I added a little moss with distress collage medium to hide the wires.

   
   Using meadow alcohol ink to dye the idea-ology bubbles, I swirled them in a cup and used the packaging they came in as a “bubble drying station!”

   
   Thread a set of Halloween tiny lights in green up into the vignette box and through the back of the cauldron. I use a Dremel Micro tool to make the holes and don’t forget to wear your safety glasses for drilling. Glue the tiny lights into the bottom of the cauldron and add one large bubbles and then begin adding more bubbles. I use glossy accents to attach them as it dries clear. You need a little patience with this as the glossy accents take a little while to dry, but worth it.

   
   Add distress crypt-paste to the edges of the cauldron. Once dry I painted with black soot and then added peeled paint distress paint to highlight, allowing it to dry between layers. I added a sticker from the idea-ology curiosities sticker book.

   
   I added another sticker from the curiosities sticker book under the shelf above the cauldron. These curiosities stickers help tell the story.

   
   I love having new larger skulls in the idea-ology Halloween line. I wanted to show the size comparison so used this years and last years together. I LOVE how creepy and dark the 2022 skulls are!

   
   Every potting shed needs pots, so I added a couple of tiny terracotta pots. They are real terracotta, I bought them from Switzerland 10 years ago. I’m sure you can get similar from hobby stores and if not, maybe we could ask Tim, “wouldn’t it be cool if…” 😉

   
   On another shelf I added a couple of books made using the book covers from the Halloween ephemera pack. I added another bottle, this time dyed brown, with a label from the same ephemera pack. The drippy candle is back lit by a clear tiny light from the same set as the onea sitting behind the green spider bottle.

   
   Using a piece from the vignette hardware pack, I hung a birdcage. I used pliers to bend the cage bars and added a piece of mummy cloth to the bottom and a crow made using the Halloween ephemera. Glue 2 crows either side of a piece of fun foam and fussy cut.

   
   I added gates to either side of the potting shed using distress collage medium to attach to the edges of the vignette box. Adding distress grit paste to the gates with my finger and once dry, dry brushed black soot distress paint over the top. Once dry, I used bronze Gilders Wax to highlight.

   
   Finally I wrapped a chain around the gates and added a lock from the locks and keys set. I rubbed distress collage medium onto the gates with my fingers and then added moss and left to dry.

   
   Thanks for stopping by, I hope you found this post helpful and it has inspired you to make. Let me know if you have any questions.

   Back soon with the next installment in the witches potting shed…
   Part 3 – Bone Garden, Barrel + Urns

   Zoe

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3. Jack Sparrows Crypt

   15th August, 2022 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. Hope you’re doing well. Did you catch the LIVE launch of the Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress products? You can watch the replay and Tim’s amazing demos over on his blog. Please note these products are seasonal, so if you want them and it’s in your budget, I recommend you don’t wait, especially not for the Crypt-Paste with me and Tami B stocking up like it’s the grit-paste apocalypse.

   
   I was delighted to see “Crypt-Paste” back in a bigger pot, the single serve pots were not enough for this grit-paste loving girl! The crypt-paste is bittier and grittier and it spreads like butta and as I had the bigger pot I decided to go to town with it and create a Tombstone fit for a pirate!

   
   I took an etcetera mini tombstone overlay and trims from the etcetera bat web trims set and covered the pieces with a white gesso wash. Once dry, I added crypt-paste to the parts of the tombstone that would show.

   
   Using more of the trims from the bat web trims set, mount onto the back of the base of the tombstone to create a shelf to sit idea-ology pieces on later. I covered the crypt paste with hickory smoke distress paint. I love that the translucency of the crypt-paste means you don’t get white showing through and it really is grittier.

   
   The new Skulls 3D folder is nothing short of amazing. You don’t fully appreciate the depth and detail of the 3D until you have it in your hands and can’t quite believe one pass in a folder gives you THIS!! Make sure you check out Tim’s YouTube replay to see what he did with this folder and the black woodgrain surface! WOW!

   I covered a piece of distress watercolor cardstock with a hickory smoke distress paint wash and set aside to dry. I embossed with the Skulls 3D folder then dry brushed white gesso onto the raised parts.

   
   I adhered the 3D skulls background to the tag part of the tombstone overlay and added the tombstone top. To create a side to the tombstone, I mounted 2 trims from the bat web trims set on top of each other to match the height of the top and bottom of the tombtone overlay, trimmed to size and added to the side. I used distress collage medium to glue and lots of clamps to hold in place while it dried!

   
   Using the new Theory alphanumeric thinlits dies, I added “1729” the year that Captain Jack Sparrow met his untimely death.

   
   Using an older piece of halloween idea-ology I hoarded I covered with gesso and wiped away the excess. Once dry I dry brushed black soot distress paint over the top and wiped with a cloth so the black sits in the recessed areas.

   
   I added some moss that I bought from a craft store. You will sometimes find this kind of moss in the model railway section. I painted on a layer of distress collage medium, pressed moss into it and allowed to air dry.

   
   I used a palette knife to spread Crypt-Paste along the edge of the trims to hide the seam and match the rest of the tombstone. Once dry, I covered with hickory smoke distress paint and later dry brushed with black soot distress paint.

   
   Using the Theory alphanumeric thinlits dies again, I cut “Jack Sparrow” from idea-ology black kraft stock several times and layered to give the letters some depth. I lightly sanded small areas and added along the base of the tombstone.

   
   I was able to place idea-ology items along the shelf I created by adding etcetera trims to the back of the tombstone overlay. I covered a bottle from the idea-ology tiny vials with a layer of distress collage medium and once dry, a layer of black soot distress paint. Adding an idea-ology label and skull and cross bones remnant rub. I used mummy cloth colored with distress ink for Jack’s bandana and sewed some beads into the side to imitate Jack’s beaded dreadlock. You can just about see them on the left hand side of the skull.

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

   Zoe

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4. Focus On The Good

   20th July, 2020 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends

   A few months ago I shared a tag on social media that I made using one of my favourite techniques from the incredible 16 weeks of demos Tim Holtz shared. If you missed any of these, you can find them all on Tim’s blog. Hands up who misses the Saturday party at Tim and Mario’s?!

   
   Now more than ever I think it’s so important to focus on the good and I thought it would be nice to share the tag in a little more detail, so here we go.

   
   I followed Tim’s distress crayon and distress embossing glaze technique, which you can see here. I have been a long time fan of distress crayons and used with the new distress embossing glaze, WOW!! This grungy weathered effect is completely up my street and it’s so easy to do.

   
   I stitched the edges of my tag with my Singer heavyduty sewing machine. Practice makes perfect with stitching and mine is definitely getting better! Tip, if you miss a stitch, (which happens to me all the time), draw it on after with a marker. The background stamp is from the professor 2 CMS395 stamp set.

   
   I had to add a hat, I think dapper CMS267 and distinguished CMS371 stamp sets will always have my heart, it doesn’t matter how stuck I get creatively, I break out these sets and it inspires me. Stampers Anonymous never retire Tim’s stamps so you can pick up them up from set 001 to set 406! I added a bug from the entomology CMS328 stamp set, the matching thinlits dies makes it really easy and they fit in the Sizzix sidekick.

   
   I used part of the weathered clock (664173) bigz die cut with texture paste and distress crayon added to weather.

   
   Using the same technique as linked to above, I altered this quote chip. I always remove several layers of the cardboard to make the quote lower profile. The layers separate really easily, you can do it with your finger nail. They are now longer so you can add hardware to the end. I used idea-ology hardware heads with distress crayon and a waterbrush to add a little rust effect.

   
   Hope you have a creative week and focus on the good.

   Zoe x

   
   

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5. Creativation 2020 Artist Spotlight

   6th March, 2020 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello everyone. I can’t believe it’s March already, for me it’s a great thing that the year is whizzing by and one month closer to my favourite pumpkin season! It’s really never too early for pumpkins! Back to the winter season and I was really surprised and honoured to be asked by Tim Holtz to make a piece for this years Ranger Ink Artist Spotlight. In previous years this was the Ranger Designer Challenge. This year Ranger switched things up and asked each of their signature designers to create a piece and invite five makers to also create a piece of artwork using the designers respective lines to be displayed on the Ranger ink booth at Creativation, in this case, Distress products.

   
   You may know that I’m big fan of distress, all things grungy and all things brown, so this is what I based my piece on.

   
   I also have a big love for the professor and the professor 2 stamp (cms395) is bigger and better. I covered an etcetera tag in a layer of distress crackle texture paste and set aside to dry. I added a layer of distress vintage collage medium and a piece of torn typeset collage paper.

   
   I added a piece of the typeset collage paper over the etcetera tag hole reinforcer. This covered a gear die cut from distress watercolor cardstock which was covered in distress grit-paste and distress crayon. idea-ology hardware heads were added using the new distress collage medium in a bottle which makes the application of these small pieces so simple.

   
   I added this vintage ruler and pocket watch that Tim kindly let me pull out of his box of vintage found things.

   
   Along with this awesome US Customs plaque that I really love, again from Tim’s collection. Something about this just spoke to me… 😉

   
   This awesome metal clock face was also from Tim’s collection, look at how the authentic cracked vintage clock face is so alike the texture paste on the tag. Love the authentic look of the distress crackle texture paste covered with distress vintage collage medium.

   
   The gears on my tag were made by die cutting distress watercolor cardstock with the gearhead thinlits die set covered in a layer of distress vintage collage medium, distress crayon, distress grit-paste for texture and then more distress crayon on top once the grit-paste dried.

   
   I love how the distress grit-paste creates a great rust effect and it’s so easy to do. The outer circle was stamped from the original professor stamp set (cms373) with distress archival ink and covered with distress vintage collage medium and distress crayon added to the edges.

   
   I wanted to share this photo of me putting this together just days before the show! Truthfully, I was terrified of this project, so I procraftinated and put it off. Just putting it out there for anyone that ever struggles with creative mojo or feels pressure when creating anything, I get you. A big shout out to the friends who talked me down off the paper ripping ledge Kaz Hall and Juli Riedel and to Tim Holtz who splattered paint for me because I had “the fear” and Mario Rossi who helped me with construction, that ruler would never have been straight otherwise… 😉 (I think Vicki Evans aka Thelma was still loading her tags into the freezer to see “what if” at that point). Plus any excuse to share one more photo from “that day” is good one!

   
   I loved the projects by the other makers, Paula Cheney, Stacy Hutchinson, Emma Williams, Jennifer McGuire and of course Tim Holtz pieces were awesome. I’m a bit head over heels for Tim’s alcohol ink piece. It’s BEW-TIFUL!

   
   To see the other signature designers displays and more photographs and links, go to the Ranger ink blog.

   Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great weekend.

   Zoe

   
   

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6. Collector of Curiosities

   18th September, 2019 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends! Today I’m sharing my final sample made for the Tim Holtz Halloween idea-ology. Longer than usual post alert, in case you want to get snacks…

   
   This entire project is built around those awesome new creepy eyes. When I first saw them, my eyes nearly popped out of my head!

   
   The artificial eyes ephemera from the layers and baseboard frames pack was the perfect match! That’s where I began…

   
   Using distress markers I coloured the iris in different colours and once dry, dabbed a little distress mirco glaze over each and buffed off with a cloth. This allowed me to blend in some distress ink and handle the card without smudging the distress marker. It also made the colours pop a little.

   
   I covered the outside of a vignette tray from the vignette set with paper from the abandoned paper stash. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love this paper. It’s hands down my favourite of all the paper Tim Holtz has ever released!

   
   To create the creepy weeds that are growing around the vignette tray, I dyed mummy cloth with brushed corduroy distress spray and adhered it using vintage distress collage medium. You can see the example above where I practiced before adding it to my vignette tray.

   
   I added a vignette frame over the eye chart and adhered that with some 3D foam inside the vignette tray. The vignette frame is covered with more of the paper from the abandoned paper stash, vintage distress collage medium and the creeping mummy cloth.

   
   I love the way the idea-ology pieces sometimes fit together, like these memo pins that fit inside the back of the large creepy eyes! This made it so simple to add them to the corked domes.

   
   I cut the memo pin down and added a creepy eye to the cork from the smaller corked dome, which I covered in mummy cloth. I added some cool creepy spaghetti (I have no idea what it’s really called). I popped the iris out of the creepy eye with a pin, added a little mushroom alcohol ink to the surround and then popped the iris back into place with a dot of distress collage medium.

   
   I added brushed corduroy distress spray to the corks from the corked domes and corked vials.

   
   Added distress collage medium, distress clear rock candy crackle paint and mushroom alcohol ink to a corked dome, drying between applications.

   
   I scraped the front of the glass with a kraft knife, added a little paint to the front with my finger and once dry, added halloween remnant rubs.

   
   I added both creepy eye displays to the top of a vignette box.

   
   I altered a corked vial by covering with a layer of distress grit-paste. Once dry painting a frayed burlap distress paint wash over the top.

   
   Adding labels from the halloween ephemera pack and halloween remnant rubs and wrapping with twine.

   
   I altered one of the new halloween skull fragments skulls with distress crayons and added to the top of the corked vial.

   
   I added another skull fragments skull to the base of the vignette box, as well as a tiny vial with a label from the halloween ephemera pack and more halloween remnant rubs. Using the same technique as the corked dome, I altered a corked vial and mounted behind a tiny vial. Adding the hand from the cryptic pack and adhering a tiny vial into the hand with distress collage medium.

   
   To create the eye chart frame I added distress grit-paste to a deco frame adornment.

   
   Once dry I added distress crayon.

   
   I mounted the altered deco frame adornment over an eye chart and wrapped with wire, tucking a creepy eye into the wire.

   
   I added halloween design tape to the edges of the vignette box with vintage distress collage medium.

   
   I also added a mini hardware pull which I altered by adding distress grit-paste and distress crayon.

   
   Finally I added a mini hardware pull with hardware heads added and a halloween quote chip without hardware heads added… funny story: Tim made the quote chips longer this year so that hardware heads could be added. Hardware heads are one of my favourite lines in idea-ology and I completely forgot to add them!!

   
   However… enter Stacy Hutchinson who kindly agreed to sneak a couple on when she attended the Stampaway show! Stacy even went to the trouble of weathering them! Cool right?! Thanks Stacy!!

   
   With hardware heads added! (Photo Credit: Stacy Hutchinson)

   Thanks for stopping by and thank you for your kind comments here and on social media. Your encouragement means a lot to me, so thank you for taking the time. As always, let me know if you have any questions.

   Zoe

   
   

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7. The Lab

   10th September, 2019 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends! Today I am sharing a sample that I made for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween facebook LIVE. Step inside The Lab if you dare…

   
   When I first saw the weird science (CMS379) stamps, I immediately thought of Dr Frankenstein and imagined what a chalk board in his lab would look like…

   
   I altered an idea-ology collage frame some months ago but wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it and had set it aside. It was perfect for this project, here’s how I altered it… Sand the edges of an idea-ology collage frame, cover in vintage distress collage medium and once dry, rub distress crayons over the surface and then cover in another layer of vintage collage medium and set aside to dry. Stamp with black soot distress archival ink using the inventor 7 (CMS374) stamps. I got really brave and added stitching using my Singer heavy duty sewing machine!

   
   The Lab lettering was cut from metallic kraft stock using the new handmade alphabet bigz xl die. I sanded and added a little vintage photo distress archival ink to dirty it up.

   To simulate a chalk board I used black cardstock with the cool scientific stamp from the weird science (CMS379) set. Stamped in picket fence distress ink and embossed with white embossing powder from Ranger Ink.

   
   The rib cage from weird science (CMS379) set was stamped onto distress heavystock and fussy cut, using the Tim Holtz Tonic craft blade for the bits I couldn’t reach with scissors. I added some gears, a clock key (retired) and some copper wire.

   
   I added the voltage die cut, idea-ology hardware heads and a faucet knob, which were grunged up using distress grit-paste.

   
   This cool spine stamp from the weird science (CMS379) set fit perfectly in line with the inventor 7 (CMS374) set that I had stamped onto the collage frame! It’s always so cool when old and new stamps just fit together like magic…

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

   Zoe
   
   

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8. The Blood Bank

   5th September, 2019 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. I am back today to share a halloween wall hanging I made with the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous halloween stamps and bat web trims.

   
   Using a retired idea-ology framed panel (I cried a little too), I covered the chipboard panel with opaque crackle texture paste and set aside to dry. Adding a layer of vintage distress collage medium and once dry, rubbing distress crayon into the cracks.

   
   Stamping the heart from the cadaverous (CMS378) stamp set onto plain collage paper in black soot distress archival ink and brushing onto a piece of linen with distress collage medium. I dyed the edges with distress inks. I hand stitched a nail from the idea-ology vignette hardware set onto the linen. The scissors and that beautiful tin in the background are Tim Holtz haberdashery scissors from Tonic Studios.

   
   The fig stamp from tiny toadstools (CMS377) stamp set was a perfect fit.

   
   Adding two frames cut from the stitched rectangles thinlits die set. The outer frame I stamped with the arterial branches of the heart stamp. The inner frame I covered with distress grit-paste and distress crayon.

   
   I adhered the linen over a piece of vintage dictionary paper splashed with distress paint.

   
   Using the new bat web trims, I created a dimensional shelf for the blood vials to sit on by turning the bat trim upside down. I stamped it with the cool scientific stamp from weird science (CMS379) stamp set in black soot distress archival ink and covered in vintage distress collage medium. I added mummy cloth dyed with distress spray stain.

   
   To raise the trim and create a stand for the tiny vials, I added one of the straight trims that comes with the set, along the bottom and the off cuts I attached to the back of the bat trim. These trims are perfect for building up the decorative trims to create shelves etc.

   
   Finally, to create the blood vials I poured distress paint and a spritz of water into the idea-ology tiny vials, shook, poured out the excess and allowed to dry. I added labels stamped from mini halloween (CMS140) stamp set. In truth I had to look up the stamp set as the stamp never makes it back onto the sheet. I use it a lot… I added twine and remnant rubs, which I hacked up until I had the letters I needed.

   Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions. Hope you get some time to make and take time to give blood if you can.

   Zoe
   
   

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9. Creepy Clipboard

   2nd September, 2019 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. Things are about to get really freaky around here with Halloween making full steam ahead. Meet the bone collector… no you really wouldn’t want to!

   
   Using the new Tim Holtz halloween idea-ology, I created this creepy altered clipboard.

   
   I love crackle anything and use opaque crackle texture paste from Ranger a lot. As you will see from the photo above, the issue I have had in the past is the paste flakes off once it dries and cracks.

   
   This time I added a layer of vintage distress collage medium over the top. Some of the crackle paste flaked off and moved as I painted on the vintage medium, but I just pushed it into place with my finger. What I was left with was a really organic looking cracked background. Once dry, I rubbed distress crayons into the cracks with my finger.

   
   I grunged up the clipboard clip with distress grit-paste, distress paint and distress crayons. Added the cool skull and crossbones which has been resized this year and comes as part of the adornments halloween accents. As well as a word band from the adornements halloween words set and hardware heads covered with distress crayon, I wrapped wire around the skull and crossbones, boneyard bone and hitch fasteners that I used to attach the clip.

   
   I am a bit obsessed with the new cobweb dies from the Sizzix frightful things thinlits die set. I ran it through my sidekick with distress mixed media heavystock, sprayed with ground espresso distress spray and once dry, shaped with my fingers to give it some dimension and glued the edges allowing the center to still be popped up.

   
   The stitched thinlits dies make the best frames. I used 2 sized ovals die cut from heavystock, covered with opaque crackle texture paste. I’m pretty impatient so I used my heat tool to speed up the drying and allowed the heat to sit over parts of the paste so it bubbled. You get a really nice gnarly effect which I covered with distress crayons.

   
   I had a tiny piece of leftover idea-ology ruler ribbon which I added remnant rubs to the back of, inked, covered with a layer of vintage distress collage medium and stitched with orange thread. That gorgeous background paper is from the utterly amazing abandoned paper stash! Stock up!

   
   The new idea-ology adornment spider reminded me of the face huggers from the Alien movies. I removed the pearl and wired an idea-ology tiny vial to it. I glued some idea-0logy boneyard bones inside the vial and a label from the ephemera pack with remnant rubs added.

   
   Thanks for stopping by. Hope you find time to get your creep on…

   If you would like to see a step out of the crackle paste technique, head over to Tami B – playswellwithpaper blog. And while you’re there, do yourself a favour and check out her most incredible candle tutorial. Trust me, you don’t want to miss them.

   Zoe
   
   

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10. Special Delivery

    29th March, 2019 by iGirlZoe

    

    Hello friends. Yes you guessed it, another Hat! With Spring upon us here in Copenhagen and Easter fast approaching, I was inspired to do something with eggs.

    
    I had to back order the bird feather (CMS180) stamp set but I knew I had to have it and the hat and collar from the distinguished (CMS371) stamp set is a perfect match! One of best things about Stampers Anonymous is they never retire their stamps, so you can always go to their website and order them going back to the very beginning stamp set, CMS001.

    
    I love that the egg comes in 2 stamps, stamping the background first and then the speckled detail over the top. Using the Tim Holtz travel stamp platform makes this simple. I used the newsprint stamp from the newsprint and type (CMS266) set in the background and layered the tangled twigs thinlits die cut over the top.

    
    I love to layer my cards and the idea-ology classic kraft stock, sanded and layered over Tim Holtz design tape is standard for me. I love how the kraft stock palette works with my distress inks and the design tapes are so varied in their design that you can always find something that works. The idea-ology hardware heads were covered in rusty hinge distress paint and wiped away. My obsession with these hardware heads continues.

    
    Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

    Zoe

     

    Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Distinguished Set	Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Bird Feather Stamp Set	Tim-Holtz-Cling-Rubber-Stamps-2016-NEWSPRINT-AND-TYPE	Tim Holtz Sizzix STITCHED Rectangles	Tim-Holtz-Sizzix-TANGLED-TWIGS-Thinlits-Die-663086
    Tim Holtz idea-ology Keepsakes Ephemera	Tim Holtz Idea-ology HARDWARE HEADS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape Chatter	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Paper Stash CLASSIC KRAFT STOCK	Tim Holtz 4.25 X 5.5 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger
    Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD RUSTY HINGE	tim holtz distress broken china ink pad	Faded Jeans – Distress Ink	Gathered Twigs – Distress Ink	Walnut Stain – Distress Ink
    Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink Mini Kit 3	Tim Holtz Distress Paint In Rusty Hinge	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain HICKORY SMOKE	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain Frayed Burlap	Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte
    Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER	Tim Holtz Detailer Water Brush	MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Tim-Holtz-Tonic-Craft-TRAVEL-STAMP-PLATFORM	Tim-Holtz-Tonic-GLASS-MEDIA-MAT

    
    

    Category Craft, Ideaology, Mixed Media, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 2 Comments | Views: 706

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