‘Sizzix’ Category

  1. Industrial Matchbox

    8th November, 2021 by iGirlZoe

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix matchbox mechanical circuit 3D

    Hello friends. Hope your November is off to a great start! Before I get to my Christmas makes, I’m going to skip back to the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3 launch. You can see the Chapter 3 replay and all the makes on Tim’s blog.

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    I have to tell you that I love the new matchbox bigz die. It comes with a thinlits set so you can cut a circle into the matchbox sleeve and it perfectly fits the dome complete with a circle trim which I’ve used in lots of other makes on it’s own.

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix matchbox mechanical circuit 3D
    I started out by die cutting a matchbox using the new matchbox from distress kraft heavystock. Painted the inside with black soot distress paint and added a piece of alcohol ink foil tape embossed with the circuit 3D embossing folder to the back. Also adding a piece of this to each end of the matchbox.

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix matchbox mechanical circuit 3D
    The top of the matchbox was cut with the the thinlits set that I mentioned earlier. I LOVE the surround trim die, it finishes off the open circle perfectly. I covered the matchbox in opaque grit-paste and once dry, covered with a layer of ground espresso distress paint and set aside to dry. Finally dry brush crackling campfire mixed with candied apple distress paint to the edges to give a rusted effect.

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    There are domes that fit the matchbox that I used in another make I will be sharing soon, but you don’t need to use one and for this I wanted it to remain open, although now I’m writing this I wish I had added one and smashed it open… one for the “another time” books…

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix matchbox mechanical circuit 3D
    I used die cuts from the mechanical gears bigz die, stacked on top of each other and secured in place with a hex fastener.

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    The background tag is a #8 thickboard etcetera tag. I love these tags when I need a more substantial base. I added some more die cuts from the mechanical gears bigz die, cut from distress cracked cardstock backed with distress kraft heavystock and blended in ground espresso distress ink. I used a small gear as the hole reinforcer.

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    I added an idea-ology foundry adornment piece with a long fastener that I hit with a texture hammer. I love the look of the dented metal. This was mounted over a label stamped from the field notes CMS396 stamp set with distress archival ink and fussy cut.

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    It’s no secret that the idea-ology hardware heads are one of my fave products in the range. I added one to each corner of the matchbox.

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    I die cut more gears from the mechanical bigz die set from distress kraft heavystock and sanded and inked with distress.

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    I added a strip of foil tape that I embossed with the circuit 3D folder to each end of the matchbox base.

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    Thanks for stopping by.

    Zoe


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  2. Potion Bottles

    4th November, 2021 by iGirlZoe

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    Hello friends. It’s been a long and busy day here but I’m committed to my Halloween week and I’m sharing something I made for the Villainous Potion Distress launch. You can check out the awesome launch and properly meet the newest member of the distress family over on Tim Holtz blog.

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    This really is a super quick and simple make and could easily be adapted from this framed panel to a card, tag, journal page, book cover and anything else you can dream up.


    Cover an idea-ology framed panel with white gesso and once dry, cover with distress crackle texture paste and distress crayon. The background is distress watercolor cardstock with white gesso and distress spray, stitched with my sewing machine before gluing to the back of the framed panel.

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    I die cut bottles from the bottled up and (retired) apothecary bottles bigz dies and sprayed with distress sprays. I die cut the bottle corks from cork material.

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    Once dry I added idea-ology remnant rubs and stamped labels from the apothecary CMS138 stamp set with distress archival ink and fussy cut, adding remnant rubs.


    Mount some of the bottles flat to the back of the framed panel and mount others with adhesive foam.

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    This really is a simple make and I hope this has inspired you to make something and if you’re still in Halloween mode, keep going, I’m with you!

    Zoe


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  3. Casket Co

    1st November, 2021 by iGirlZoe

    igirlzoe: tim holtz stampers anonymous halloween

    Happy first day of November friends! I’m not quite ready to give up Halloween and I’m not one of those super organized people who have their makes and blog posts ready to go. I’m the person sticking things down as Fedex arrives and when I post, the ink on the webpage is barely dry. It’s something I hope to work on next year but for now, I’m still playing catch up. So all the underachievers, Halloween lovers and rule breakers follow me and welcome to one more week of my Halloween makes.

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    The Casket Company is open for business. To see the spooktacular Tim Holtz Halloween stamp launch, head over to Tim’s blog. The coffin box is a retired die and I dare to dream that one day it will pop up in a vault series! I love to invest in dies and stamps as you can mix and match them over the years and this much older die is the perfect match for the rest in peace CMS435 stamp set. For this piece I just used the lid of the coffin box which has a nice low profile.

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    I covered a mini etcetera thickboard tag with distress watercolor cardstock which I stitched with my sewing machine before sticking down. I often work directly on my etcetera tags, but this time I wanted stitched detail, so I traced a tag, fussy cut, stitched and then glued onto the etcetra tag, brayering on a little iced spruce distress paint. Using the gothic stencil, I spread distress crackle texture paste and once dry added distress crayon.

    The coffin top is embossed with the lumber 3D embossing folder and brayered with iced spruce distress paint. Once dry, spray with ground espresso distress spray. The paint covered parts will resist the distress spray.

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    I die cut a piece of metallic kraft stock, trimmed off the edges and mounted inside the coffin box to reflect the lights and make them nice and bright. Mark where the bottom of the coffin will sit on your tag and drill a hole big enough to thread tiny lights through from the back. Using a hot glue cut carefully wind the lights around the inside of the coffin lid and secure. Be careful not to get hot glue on the actual bulbs as this can short them out. I always work with the tiny lights switched on so you can see where you’re placing them.

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    Run a line of distress collage medium to the bottom edge of the coffin lid and glue to the tag.

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    I added a faux sign to the top of the tag using stamps from the new rest in peace CMS435 stamp set.

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    I stamped onto distress watercolor cardstock using distress archival ink and sprayed with distress sprays. I glued it to a piece of chipboard and edged with thin pieces of distress watercolor cardstock painted with ground espresso distress paint.

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    I added a little distress crackle texture paste to the edges of the sign and hardware heads to the corners. I covered them with distress grit-paste and crackling campfire and walnut stain distress crayon.

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    I used a thickboard scallop trim covered with a die cut using the new decorative trims dies and embossing with the lumber 3D folder. I LOVE these dies because it makes decorating the thickboard trims so easy and the trims make perfect shelves.

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    I stamped and fussy cut candles from the halloween doodles CMS437 stamp set and mounted away from the tag with adhesive foam.

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    I added idea-ology bouquet flowers to the other side of the trim shelf.

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    For the base I stamped another stamp from the rest in peace CMS435 stamp set onto idea-ology plain collage paper with distress archival ink and attached using distress vintage collage medium to give it a nice tint. The collage paper disappears into the background when you add the collage medium. I love this method of adding stamps to a background.

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

    Zoe


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  4. October

    29th October, 2021 by iGirlZoe

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    Hello Friends. We’re getting so close to Halloween that I need to double up on my blog posts! It’s a non stop blogging over here and I really appreciate all the kind comments you’ve been leaving. Today I’m sharing a tag I made for the LIVE launch of the moody and positively wicked new distress family member, Villainous Potion. You can catch up on all the fun over on Tim Holtz Blog.

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    If you watched the LIVE launch you will remember Villainous Potion appearing from behind a cloud of smoke, thanks to the movie effects by Mario, definitely check out the replay over on Tim’s blog, it’s so much fun.

    Speaking of smoke… this tag is a little smoke and mirrors. Do you recognize the tag background? It’s made a previous appearance during a LIVE earlier this year… (see varsity moth post).

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    I often reuse backgrounds or pieces from other makes, sometimes because I really liked them and sometimes because I’m short on time. But in the interest of keeping it very real, here’s what I did….

    Removed all of the die cuts using a kraft knife. Covered in a layer of gesso, added some distress crackle texture paste through a stencil and added distress crayon. Finally spraying some villainous potion distress spray stain down the side. It really is all perspective! 😉

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    I added a leaf from the AWESOME leaf fragment die set. I spritzed with villainous potion spray stain and oxide spray and blended in walnut stain to the edges. In the background you can see the distress crackle texture paste through the digits stencil THS145 and rubbed with walnut stain distress crayon. I have so many fall making plans, I’m really excited to play more with the leaf fragment die set.

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    I wanted a really deep color for the October which I die cut from the alphanumeric tiny type upper thinlits set. I covered distress watercolor cardstock with villainous potion distress paint and dried before die cutting. The paint is permanent when dry so it won’t bleed when you add collage medium and glue the letters to your tag. I added a sticker from the idea-ology curiosities stickers to add a little fun and an idea-ology hardware head.

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    You can see where I used my kraft knife to remove some of the tape that was originally underneath and had the “perspective” on when it was the varsity moth tag.

    Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your October.

    Zoe


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  5. The Great Witches Bake Off

    28th October, 2021 by iGirlZoe

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    Hello Friends! Are you doing any baking or making for Halloween? I’m thinking about making some Halloween themed food over the weekend. It definitely won’t be in the same league as The Great Witches Bake off or the moody new member of the distress family, Villainous Potion, who you can meet over on Tim Holtz blog.

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    I love how the villainous potion distress ink wicks and there’s such a colour variation dependent on how concentrated the ink is. Mixed with a little frayed burlap for that sweet grunged look.

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    I LOVE the moon masks that Tim released this year. They come in 3 sizes and I used the largest, along with a sizzix circle die to create a big moon backdrop. I used alphanumeric label dies cut from idea-ology black kraftstock to spell out this fun sentiment inspired by my friend Juli’s excitement in a group chat about The Great British Bake Off TV show.

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    I took the spider from the idea-ology halloween adornments set, used the distress embossing dabber to add embossing ink and covered in villainous potion distress embossing glaze and melted with a heat embossing tool.

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    I love all the cool details of the toil and trouble thinlits dies. The skulls inside the cauldron are so cool and the hole in the witches hand for her to hold a mouse, broom etc is such a clever detail. I die cut the witch and cauldron from distress watercolor cardstock, sprayed with black soot distress spray and once dry, blended in walnut stain distress ink.

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    I made another card and cut the witches hand to slide the broom handle through and then glued it with a little distress collage medium. The “how to” for the background of this card can be seen here.

    Thanks for stopping by and Happy Halloween making and baking.

    Zoe


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  6. Steampumpkins

    27th October, 2021 by iGirlZoe

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    Hello friends! I’m back today with more pumpkins. These I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween LIVE Launch.

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    The pumpkin patch colorize die was another knock out for me. Tim really spoiled us with pumpkins this year and I’m one happy pumpkin farmer!

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    I started by altering an idea-ology mini clipboard. Covered the background with brickwork (see step out here) and then added distress grit-paste. I used a mixture of crackling campfire, candied apple and ground espresso distress paints over the dried distress grit-paste to create a faux rust effect. I cut alcohol foil tape and embossed with the mini foundry 3D embossing folder and covered with black soot distress paint, wiping away the excess. I cut the foil and added pieces to the clipboard clip until it was covered. I also added a couple of idea-ology hardware heads.

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    Using the lumber and mini foundry 3D embossing folders, I embossed the pumpkin patch colorize die cuts. If you haven’t tried colorize before, these are such a great introduction to it. There are only a few pieces and it’s not intricate or fiddly in the least and I think you’ll love the effects you can get with colorize.

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    In order to get the tiny lights to show through from under the vellum, I cut a section in the base die cut and mounted foam around the edges to creat a space for the tiny lights to sit inside. I added vellum painted with fossilized amber distress paint, under the top sections to hide, contain and diffuse the tiny lights. Here’s how…

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    For step out purposes I have die cut just the larger pumpkin from white cardstock. You will see there are de-bossed lines which show you where to place each piece. I’ve added numbers, letters and arrows to help. 1 is your base. 2 goes on top of 1. 3 goes on top of 2 etc.

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    Using a craft knife, cut a circle in the center of the base of the pumpkin die cut leaving enough around the edge to add adhesive foam. Cut a piece of vellum using the base pumpkin piece, cut off the stalk and paint with distress paint.

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    Glue the vellum on top of the base piece.

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    Add the next die cut piece over the top.

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    I flipped the pumpkin over and ran adhesive foam around the underside edge of the base piece.

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    Add idea-ology tiny lights into the back of the pumpkin and secure with glue, if you leave a gap in the adhesive foam you can run the lights behind the smaller pumpkin too, (not pictured).

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    How the pumpkin looks with the lights behind it. On my project, I threaded the lights through the back of the idea-ology mini clipboard first and the switch was attached to the back of the clipboard.

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    Tiny lights OFF.

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    Tiny lights ON.

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    Using some leftover alcohol foil tape I used the alphanumeric tiny upper dies to cut steampumpkins.

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    Seriously! How cool is this pumpkin patch die? Tim rocked it!!

    My pumpkin making adventures continue through November, so there’s more pumpkins to come…

    Thanks for stopping by.

    Zoe


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  7. Jack

    26th October, 2021 by iGirlZoe

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix halloween pumpkinhead

    Happy National Pumpkin Day. No better way to celebrate this very special day than to make and share pumpkin everything. I’m starting with a banner panel shared during the Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween launch.

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    I lost my head when I saw the pumpkinhead die set! 😉 The JACK-o-lantern is perfectly sized for the hat and coat from the distinguished stamp set, thanks Tim!

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    I cut and stitched my banner panels first. I use the retired Sizzix banners #3 dies (561152), die cutting distress kraft heavystock, distress cracked leather cardstock, distress watercolor cardstock and idea-ology black kraftstock.

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    Using the new mini mechanics 3D embossing folder, I embossed alcohol ink foil tape backed with kraft heavystock.

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    I added black soot distress paint to the embossed background, wiping away the excess.

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    I die cut the jack-o-lantern from the pumpkin head thinlits die set. I painted the base piece with fossilized amber distress paint and covered the top with crackling campfire and walnut stain distress inks. I LOVE this die SO MUCH and of course he’s so dapper in his hat and coat, both from distinguished CMS371 stamp set.

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    The banner strip from the Halloween vault series die set worked perfectly. This is probably my favourite die set from the release. I’ve used so many die cuts from it across my halloween makes. I added JACK with the alphanumeric tiny type upper dies.

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    Adding a hardware head each side of the banner with a little distress grit-paste and crackling campfire distress crayon to create a faux rust effect. Using a paintbrush to pull some of the distress onto the card like rust dripping.

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    I use a singer heavy duty sewing machine to stitch and I stitch before assembling.

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    I added an idea-ology display hanger to hang this banner panel.

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    Thanks for stopping by. I will be back in a bit with some more pumpkins…

    Zoe


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  8. Tim Holtz Crypt Paste

    20th October, 2021 by iGirlZoe

    igirlzoe: tim holtz ranger ink crypt grit-paste grave texture paste halloween

    Hello friends. I’ve climbed into my time machine today and I’m going way back to the launch of the Tim Holtz Halloween seasonal distress and Halloween dies. It feels like I made this so long ago and yet here we are in Halloween season and the timing couldn’t be more perfect to share this tombstone with a date inspired by the movie Hocus Pocus.

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    It’s no surprise that my favourite of all the new seasonal distress products and the one that stole my grunge loving heart was the crypt grit-paste (crypt-paste)! Oh my goodness this stuff is AMAZING. It’s truly the grittiest grit of a paste!

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    If you’re still looking for the Halloween Texture Set, there’s a link at the end of the post to some in stock (at the time of posting)!

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    I covered a #8 etcetera thickboard tag with a light layer of white gesso. Once dry, covered with a layer of hickory smoke distress paint. Using the new vault series halloween die set, I cut several of the branches and glued them onto the tag to simulate cracks in the tombstone.

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    Cover parts of the tag with crypt grit-paste, distress grave texture paste (not pictured) and hickory smoke distress paint drying between each medium. I apply texture paste with a palette knife and grit-paste with my finger, sort of tapping it on to create the really gritty texture.

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    Add the #8 etcetera tag tombstone overlay parts and covered with the pastes and paint as before.

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    Die cut numbers from the alphanumeric stretch upper thinlits die set several times and mount on top of each other. NOTE: This was before Tim gave me the game changing fun foam tip. See my gravestones post for details. Glue them to the tag and cover with distress crypt grit-paste, distress gravy texture paste and hickory smoke distress paint.

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    Dry brush black soot distress paint over the die cut branches to darken and dry brush white gesso over parts of the tombstone to highlight.

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    I added the ghosts from the new vault series halloween die set. I LOVE these and I’m so happy to have them in a smaller size and what a great opportunity to own them if you don’t have the retired set they were part of.

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    I cut candles from the candlelight colorize die set, another favourite of mine from the halloween die release. This colorize is super simple to put together but if you need any help, let me know and I can put up a step out for you. I trimmed them at the base to different sizes and stacked them along the raised lower ledge of the tombstone.

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    Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be back with a graveyard in a tin using these grungetastic texture pastes and the vault series halloween die set in an idea-ology tin.

    Zoe


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  9. Gravestones

    15th October, 2021 by iGirlZoe

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix village collection

    Hello friends, hope you’re doing well. Today I’m sharing a “how to” for the gravestones I made for a recent village make. You can see my make on Tim’s instagram video, along with a storage idea for the village collection dies. If you missed the LIVE launch you can watch the replay on Tim’s blog and see all the amazing village makes, including one by Tim which will blow your socks off!

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    There’s a funny story to these gravestones… I was chatting to Tim and had a maker deadline, so continued to glue together layers and layers AND LAYERS of cardstock to make gravestones as we chatted. Tim watched me for a bit and then asked if I had tried using foam instead of 10 layers of cardstock! I think he laughed as he said “What are you doing and why are you doing that?!” It literally saved ME DAYS! So thank you Tim for this game changing tip and the perfect timing.

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    I will be sharing a “how to” for my village build in a later post but for today, it’s all about the gravestones. Let’s get into the how…

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    Using the 2021 Halloween Vault Series dies, cut 2 gravestones from distress kraft heavystock and 1 from fun foam. I used black because that’s what I had but you can use any color or any thickness and add a few more pieces of foam if you want thicker gravestones. Really make it your own.

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    I glued the layers together with distress collage medium, with the foam in the middle. I did try adding double sided adhesive tape to the foam and then die cutting it but the foam became compacted. You could use adhesive tape on the kraft stock but I found that wet glue works better with all the gesso, paint and paste you’ll add.

    Another great tip that Tim shared with me is to give the foam a quick blast with your heat tool after you’ve die cut it. It reinflates the foam a little after being flattened during die cutting. Seriously! Craft friends are the best!

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    Next cover the the entire gravestone with white gesso and set aside to dry.

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    Apply distress grave texture paste with your finger and set aside to dry.

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    Paint on a layer of hickory smoke distress paint and set aside to dry.

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    Finally, apply distress crypt texture paste (crypt-paste) to the gravestone with your finger and set aside to dry.

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    To attach the gravestones to my upturned idea-ology vignette tray, I ran a line of hot glue along the bottom of the gravestone and pressed down into place. As the moss covers the base of all of the gravestones, you won’t see the hot glue and don’t need to be too tidy with it. If you don’t want to use moss, you could add texture paste to the base of the tombstone and paint with hickory smoke paint to hide the hot glue.

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    Tip: I placed all of my gravestones using blue-tack/poster putty and then lifted the gravestone one at a time, removed the putty and put back into place with the hot glue.

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    Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget to set your alarms and plan your snacks for tomorrow’s new distress color launch! I’m so excited. See you there.

    Zoe


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  10. Tim Holtz Village Collection

    2nd October, 2021 by iGirlZoe

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix village collection

    Hello friends! Did you catch the LIVE launch of the Tim Holtz Village Collection? This is such an exciting day for all the village lovers out there and for those new to the Tim Holtz brand, this is your chance to own your very own set of Village Collection dies.

    Despite the heroic efforts by Mario and his buddy at Fedex, my box didn’t quite make it in time for the LIVE, so Tim came up with a Plan B. I’m very grateful to them both for always looking out for their makers.

    Today I’m sharing some close ups and if you keep scrolling there’s a storage idea too. In another post I’ll share how I put this together, the mistakes I made and the things I learned as a first time village builder.

    EDIT: You can see my cemetery showcased on Tim’s instagram.

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    STORAGE

    EDIT: You can see my village collection storage idea showcased on Tim’s instagram.

    I wanted to easily see what options I had when building so I used this system to organize and store my dies.

    For the storage I used:
    2x packs of Tim Holtz Sizzix envelopes (+ 2 envelopes from the village collection – totaling 8)
    1x pack Home Depot magnetic vent covers
    2x sheets of Tim Holtz distress white heavystock
    posca pen
    scor-tape

    I cut vent covers to fit the envelopes, mounted onto distress heavystock using scor tape to make the sheet sturdy and used a white posca pen to identify each sheet. The posca pen can be removed with a damp cloth if you make a mistake.

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    House 1

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    House 2

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    Manor
    *cut halfway across the envelope flap join to allow the longer die to stick out the top

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    Rooftops

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    Spire + Addition + Towers

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    Dormer + Entry Way + Awning + Doorways

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix village collection
    Shutters + Entry Doors + Door Frames + Entry Frames + Chimneys

    igirlzoe: tim holtz sizzix village collection
    Windows + Window Frames

    Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be back soon with more details of my cemetery and a funny story behind those gravestones.

    Zoe


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