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Casket Co

1st November, 2021 by iGirlZoe

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Zoe

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Happy 4th of July

4th July, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends and Happy July 4th to my family and friends across the pond. To celebrate with you I’m sharing this July 4th inspired tag that I made for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous LIVE launch. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch up on all the fun over on Tim’s blog.

Tim definitely had me at hats with this awesome new inquisitive CMS432 stamp set. I immediately thought of Americana and this background tag I made last year was the perfect base for this stamp set. Here’s how I made it…

Add painters tape to a small etcetera thickboard tag and paint between the tape with picket fence distress paint. Once the paint is dry, remove the tape and mask the painted area with clean tape, mix candied apple, fired brick and aged mahogany distress paints together and paint. Finally paint the top of the tag with blueprint sketch distress paint and set aside to dry.

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Once completely dry, lightly sand and blend in walnut stain distress ink to the edges and blue section of the tag using a mini blending tool.

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Apply distress crackle texture paste through a stencil (stars THS008) with a palette knife and set aside to dry. Your tag is ready to decorate.

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I stamped the larger “hat dudes” from inquisitive set onto distress watercolor cardstock in black soot distress archival ink… Using the newly released full size ink pads!! I embossed with clear embossing powder and fussy cut. I used 3D adhesive foam to create lift for some of the hat dudes and added some etcetera thickboard trims which I decorated using another stamp from the inquisitive set, for them to rest on.

I used the bullseye stamp from the inquisitive stamp set and stamped in archival ink. I cut equal sections and then used the awesome Tim Holtz shaping kit from Sizzix to create this Americana bunting rosette.

I stamped the numbers, again from the inquisitive stamp set and used a circle punch and some mica to create a little token to highlight the 4.

Lastly I added July cut from alphanumeric thinlits dies and added some mummy cloth to the top of the tag.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy and safe 4th of July.

Zoe

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Salvage

22nd February, 2021 by iGirlZoe

Hello Friends. Welcome to the first day of the new week. Today I’m sharing a sample I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 release. If you missed the LIVE you can catch up with all the action on Tim’s blog.

I love this submarine from the wacky transport 1 thinlits die set (665220). It made me think of the little subs from the beginning of the Titanic movie, which inspired me to light it up.

I painted an etcetera thickboard tag with speckled egg distress paint and once dry, sanded some of the paint away.

Using the bubbling thinlits die set (665211) to die cut distress watercolor cardstock.

I cut twice and mounted one on top of the other to give some depth and sprayed with frayed burlap distress stain and blended in pumice stone distress ink.

Then glued it on with matte distress collage medium and trimmed to the edge of the tag.

I die cut some more submarines and pulled through a frayed burlap distress ink wash and cut them. Also die cutting some greenery from the holiday greens mini thinlits dies (661597).

I blended in various distress inks, the frayed burlap background wash creates dark patches under the distress ink and makes it looks aged.

I added opaque distress grit-paste and painted with frayed burlap and pumice stone distress paint.

I placed the submarines like wreckage at the bottom of the tag and fixed into place with adhesive foam and tucked greenery in between. I think the grit-paste looks like barnacles.

I drilled a hole in the back of the etcetera tag using my dremel micro tool and fed idea-ology tiny lights through, trimming excess from the open end of the strand. I mounted the submarine onto adhesive foam over the tiny lights.

I added vellum to the underside of the sub for frosted windows to hide the tiny lights.

I stamped the octopus from the sea life stamp set CMS304. Yes I fussy cut this, it’s a fussy cutting nightmare and I enjoy fussy cutting but so worth it. But please Sizzix, PLEASE, could we have a framelits die for this sucka. 😉

I added some white and glitter pen highlights to the suckers and mounted onto adhesive foam.

I stamped glitch CMS405 stamps onto the side of the submarine after I had mounted it. I put the entire tag onto my large stamp platform and stamped and fortunately it worked out.

This would be a really fun home decor make for a kids room and you could add more lights to the wreckage at the bottom of the tag.

Thanks for stopping by.
Zoe

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Distinguished Framelits

10th December, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. If you’ve been tuning in weekly to the Tim Holtz facebook LIVE Saturday demos, you will have seen the new Sizzix framelits sets; Snarky Cat and Distinguished.

And if you know me, even a little, you probably know I love a hat and when the distinguished CMS371 stamps set were released I put hats on everything and I have fussy cut A LOT of hats, so I went a tiny bit hatty over having framelits to match my favourite ever stamp set. I was very lucky to have an advance copy of the distinguished framelits set as one accidentally (but not so accidentally) fell into a box that was being shipped to me! It’s not been easy keeping it under my hat. But now the cat is out the bag (I’m stopping I promise), let’s get to the banner panel details…

The base layer of my banner panel is the new distress kraft heavystock. It’s 130gsm and perfectly solid as the base, but I stitched through it with ease. The next piece up is idea-ology blackout kraft-stock, sanded mounted onto adhesive foam. The top layer is the new distress mixed media white heavystock. Oh this stuff is magic! The ink just acts differently on it to the mixed media heavystock. If you try it, I think you’ll understand what I mean. I stamped the background stamp from the professor 2 stamp set, this stamp is rarely off my desk at the moment. I added a label that I stamped onto the kraft stock and fussy cut. Finally I added a banner frame that I die cut from kraft stock and painted with ground espresso distress paint and sanded back. Everything is edged with ground espresso distress ink. I keep reaching for this instead of walnut stain at the moment. I think maybe ground espresso is my “winter brown”.

I added a piece of mica over the top of the label, which I glued into place with distress collage medium under the banner frame. I broke pieces away from the edges and you get this grungy tattered look.

I die cut and then stamped (yes in that order) the hat and suit. Check out the LIVE on Tim’s blog to see the great hack that his good friend Joy Kennedy showed him. It’s an absolutely brilliant technique, thanks Joy and Tim, this is a game changer and not just for these framelits, but for all the others in my collection too.

Like this moth die, cut from the entomology set using the matching framelits die set and using the same technique. Whilst I love fussy cutting, I can’t tell you how many times I had cut the antenna off bugs before these dies.

Look at the cut on the suit jacket. I’m a very very happy crafter!

I used this display hanger from the idea-ology range to hang my banner panel. I dabbed on picket fence distress paint and when dry, added a little ground espresso distress paint with my finger. I added remnant rubs to the label sticker that comes with the hanger and added the epoxy bubble sticker over the top, also comes with the hanger.

Thanks for stopping by, if the distinguished framelits dies are still available when you’re reading this and you would like to have a set, please don’t delay. Once the stock is sold out, they won’t be manufacturing more. I say this simply so you don’t miss out, especially if hats (or cats) are your jam,

If anyone wants me, I’ll be over here making Christmas cards. Check out Tim’s video on his blog!

Zoe

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Vintage Holidays

9th December, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. Today I’m sharing a card that I made for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Christmas stamp release. If you missed the LIVE, you can catch up on Tim’s blog.

Vintage Holidays CMS423 stamp set is my favourite! The Santa is so perfect, I love love love the strip stamps and ephemera is always a win for me.

I love the backgrounds on the The Poinsettia CMS426 stamp set and I used the text and music notes stamped in distress archival ink. The background is an antique linen distress wash, edged with ground espresso distress ink and stitched.

I used the painting stamped images technique that Tim demoed during a Saturday LIVE. Fussy cut the Santa and mounted with foam adhesive. You can see the video demo on Tim’s blog and a quick step through in a recent post on my blog.

Stamping the ephemera ticket from the same set, I then painted with picket fence distress paint and followed the technique as before. I added corners that I die cut using the retired bigz die ATC and Corners (657184). I love these corners.

These strips are fantastic, I loved the stickers Tim released a few years ago, admittedly so much that I couldn’t use them (I know you understand), I’m so happy he has made them into stamps.

This strip was stamped in black soot distress archival ink, cut using my paper trimmer. I used the same technique as with the ticket ephemera piece. The background card was mounted onto distress cracked leather, blackout kraft-stock and the distress kraft heavystock.

Thanks for stopping by, I have to go and get my Christmas cards made! I like to get things done early! 😉

Zoe

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Monsters Reunion Christmas Edition

3rd December, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. It’s December and I finally have to let go of Halloween, but maybe just one last nod in that direction as I move into my merry makes! Did you catch the Tim Holtz facebook LIVE on Saturday? It was the final part of the four part Christmas LIVE demos. You can catch up on all the fun on Tim’s blog.

It’s been a monster of a year (see what I did there) and Saturday’s with Tim and Mario have been a bright light. I am so very grateful for all the work they have dedicated to bring us hours and hours of creative inspiration and much needed escapism. The 4 part Christmas demos have definitely charged my Christmas making batteries.

During Saturday’s LIVE Tim showed this cool paint and stamp technique. It’s such a quick, easy and fun technique and looks incredible on kraft! I highly recommend that you watch the video demo but here’s a quick run down…

Using sticky grid to hold it in place, I put a #8 size tag, (best cut from kraft heavystock with tag dies), onto my travel stamp platform. I placed the stamp onto the tag and when I was happy with it’s placement, I closed the lid and pushed down to make sure the stamp was attached to the lid. I inked up the stamp with distress archival ink and stamped once.

I left my tag in place to paint as I was only doing one of each and removed the lid of the platform while I painted. If you are doing multiple tags you would just make sure they were positioned in the same place when you stamped the second time.

I used distress paint to paint over the stamped image, not worrying about covering the detailed lines. I know it looks like a hot mess here, but wait for it…

Once the paint was dry, I inked up the stamp again with distress archival ink and stamped over the top.

I stamped santa hats and candy canes from the mini crazy bird and things CMS250 stamps. I would have die cut them with my matching framelits dies using the great hack from Joy Kennedy that Tim showed in a previous Saturday demo, but I couldn’t put my hands on them so I fussy cut.

I cut the candy cane in half and added a piece to each side of his hand to look as those he was clutching it.

I added a hat and instantly these stamps became “Christmas Edition” 😉

I blended distress ink into the tag and used the distress sprayer to add water droplets. Using a palette knife I spread distress texture paste through the flurries THS151 stencil and set aside to dry. Finally I stitched around the edges of the tag with my sewing machine and added a little of the idea-ology velvet trim, which is DIVINE! I’m pretty sure it’s sold out everywhere and I’m not surprised. If anyone sees any… let me know! 😉

Thank you Tim for inspiring me to make these. I was asking for Monsters Reunion Christmas edition stamps and Tim told me to stick a Santa hat on the ones I had! LOL So I did and then I couldn’t stop! This is what happened… 😉

Monsters Reunion CMS381 Stamps + Mini Bird Crazy and Things CMS250 Stamps

I was going to stop there but why stop when I had last years STAMPtember set to play with too.

Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2019 Stamps (not available) + Mini Bird Crazy and Things CMS250 Stamps

Thanks for stopping by and for hopefully smiling at the silliness. Adding a candy cane and a santa hat can make everything Christmassy.

Zoe

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Winged

24th November, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. It’s been a while since my last post! I’ve been getting ready for Christmas and making, but I wanted to share a card I made for the Tim Holtz Chapter 4 Sizzix launch. If you missed the facebook LIVE, you can catch up on all the fun over on Tim’s blog.

I’m such a fan of the 3D impresslits folders, having them cut and emboss together in one pass is so cool and the new winged 3D impresslits folder (664248) from chapter 4 is my new favourite, the detail is insane.

See what I mean!! WOWZER!

I cut 3 wings from one piece of 4.25 x 5.5 inch distress watercolor cardstock. Even in the raw you can see the depth of the embossing!

I tried blending in a few of my favourite shades of brown.

For the background I used a palette knife to cover the cardstock randomly with white gesso. Allowing to dry, I then added a tap of speckled egg distress oxide and a little distress opaque grit-paste here and there. Once dry, I blended in distress ink and a little walnut distress crayon with my finger.

I added some remnant rubs and a top hat and suit jacket from the distinguished CMS371 stamp set which now has a matching framelits die set, available while stocks last so don’t delay.

I stitched the card with my sewing machine and mounted onto idea-ology blackout kraftstock and distress cracked leather cardstock. I love the new cracked leather cardstock looks like real leather when covered with distress ink.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you make some time to make.
Zoe

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Snarky Christmas

15th October, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. Thanks for joining me, I hope you have snacks because this is quite a long post. I’ve been quite the makey maker recently and have lots of posts coming. First up is a fun tag I made using the new Snarky Christmas CMS416 stamp set for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Christmas stamp release. If you missed the facebook LIVE on Saturday you can catch up on all the action on Tim’s blog.

I’ve added some “how to” steps and hope that this helps you to make your own birdhouse tag. This could be adapted for Valentines with the addition of a heart above the birdhouse or for Spring, Halloween or Easter by just swapping out a few items.

When the Snarky STAMPtember stamps were released, I was really taken with the tiny bird and I was so excited to see him return, facing in the opposite direction and with different foliage on the snarky christmas set. I wanted to make something that included them both and this was my starting point for this tag.

Gather a #8 kraft tag, mini brayer, picket fence distress paint, vintage photo distress archival ink and the snowflake stamp from the snarky christmas CMS416 stamp set.

Add a few drops of the paint to your glass media mat or non stick surface, roll the brayer in the paint and roll over the kraft tag. Any direction, messy is perfect and don’t go too heavy on the paint. Allow it to air dry.

Ink up the snowflake stamp with the distress archival ink and stamp several times over the tag. The colour is a great match and gives the illusion of the snowflakes having resisted the paint you brayered on in the last step.

Lightly sand the edges of your tag (you can skip this if you like it less grungy). Using a mini blending tool, blend distress ink into the edges. I used ground espresso.

Gather your decorated kraft tag, a #8 thickboard etcetera tag, paintbrush, distress brush, distress collage medium and ground espresso distress paint.

I like to paint around the edge of the etcetera tags with ground espresso distress paint because it gives it a nice dark edge that looks like burnt wood. You could add distress ink or leave it natural.

Using the distress brush, cover the etcetera tag with distress collage medium matte and adhere the kraft tag over the top. Distress collage medium dries fast, so work quickly.

Gather scissors (you will need heavy duty ones like the Tim Holtz Tonic Snips), etcetera thickboard scallop trim, distress crackle texture paste, paint brush, ground espresso distress paint, walnut stain distress crayon, a stick and a sanding grip or sandpaper.

Cut the etcetera scallop trim to fit the tag and keep the excess. Paint both with ground espresso distress paint and when dry, sand back the edges. Using your finger, add distress crackle texture paste to parts of the tag and parts of the trim and set aside to dry. Once dry, add walnut stain distress crayon and rub in with your finger. Using a babywipe or damp cloth, remove some of the crayon. Set aside whilst you build your birdhouse…

Using the largest house from the paper village and a circle from the stacked circles thinlits die sets, die cut from distress woodgrain cardstock. The paper village thinlits dies are perfect with the Sizzix sidekick. So easy right?!

In order to get the house to sit comfortably on the trim and make the roof seem larger, I altered the die cut. Here’s how…

Using my Tim Holtz Tonic guillotine, I trimmed off a quarter of an inch from the side tab. I repeated this on the other die cut, (the back of the house).

Using a score board, I created a new tab by scoring a quarter inch in from the edge. I repeated this on the other die cut, (the front of the house).

Using a mini blending tool, blend in vintage photo distress ink. I covered both sides with ink as you will see portions of the underneath of the roof and inside of the birdhouse once it’s assembled.

You can use distress collage medium to put these together and I do for the roof but I find scor-tape is perfect for the side tabs. Cut the top of the tab at a slight angle (see pic above).

TIP: Make sure the ink is dry before using the scor-tape or it will slide off.

Assemble the house by laying the back of the house over the tab on the front of the house (see pic above).

Fold the house over (see pic above) and add the second tab in the same way as the first and then press down so the house is flat and the tabs are secure.

Pop the house up and add distress collage medium to the tabs on the top where the roof will sit.

Add the roof and hold down with your fingers for a few moments until bonded. I positioned the roof flush with the back of the house so it would sit flush against my tag and give more overhang.

Like this…

Using stamps from Snarky Christmas CMS416 set, stamp with distress archival ink onto distress watercolor cardstock (smooth side) and fussy cut. I used a tail from one cat and the body from another (you’ll see why later on). I stamped the tiny bird from this set and the one from the STAMPtember 2020 set.

Place your fussy cut snarky cat into the back of the birdhouse and trim to fit. Color and then adhere him to the inside with a little 3D foam so he pops forward a little.

Now it’s time to assemble the tag. Using distress collage medium, glue the etcetera thickboard scallop trim across the tag. Once dry, add the stick and base trim underneath and finally the bird house, with the tiny birds in front.

Using 3D foam, mount the cat tail (from the other snarky cat) under the bottom of the trim, the join will be covered by the icicles.

Add distress collage medium to idea-ology icicles and cover with distress glitter using the glitter duster. I hate glitter, I really do and I have to say that the glitter duster eliminates a lot of escaped glitter. I used a splat box and did the glitter work on my balcony… I wish to apologise to my neighbours! LOL

I added more distress collage medium and sprinkled with distress mica. I LOVE DISTRESS MICA! It’s not glitter, it’s like shards of vintage sugar glass….

I added mica to the roof and splatted it with some picket fence distress paint to give the appearance of snow… or bird poop… you decide! 😉

As there’s a very naughty snarky cat hiding in the birdhouse, I thought this snarky sentiment from the Snarky Christmas CMS416 set was perfect. I stamped it with distress archival ink onto distress watercolor cardstock, cut with my scissors and edged with a little ground espresso distress ink.

Thank you Tim for adding the idea-ology snowflakes adornments with an idea-ology loop pin to hold the GORGEOUS new idea-ology christmas velvet trim in place. I would love to see these trims in shades of brown in the every day line, it’s so nice… stock up!

A big thank you to Tim Holtz, Mario Rossi and Paula Cheney for all they do for the makers and a big thank you to you for stopping by. If you have any questions, please let me know and I’ll do my best to help.

If you’re a Tim Holtz Addict looking for a home, check out the Tim Holtz Addicts group on facebook. For an encyclopedia of demos, techniques, tips and tricks, check out the 16 weeks of demo magic on Tim’s blog.

Have a great Thursday and see you tomorrow for my next project.
Zoe

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Resting Witch Face & Sisters

11th September, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello Witches… There have been so many awesome makes with the new crackling campfire distress colour and I was excited to get to making something myself. If you missed the facebook LIVE, grab your snacks, jump on your broomsticks and fly on over to Tim’s blog to catch up on all the fun.

There’s been some serious story telling going on over at Resting Witch Face & Sisters publishing company! Their witchy typewriters have been clackety clacking away, as they write by the light of the crackling campfire. The full moon seems to make them particularly imaginative and they’ve been cooking up some serious story soup…

Much like speckled egg, crackling campfire is a chameleon of the distress family. It’s not one colour, it’s many and this would be one I would travel with now (if we could), because it’s like those retro pens with 4 colours in one. I’ve had yellow, orange, pink and a red tone all from one distress colour! It will sit alongside rusty hinge as my fave in that colour range …once it’s been released from it’s special quarantine tin of course! 😉

I used the retro type bigz die from this years Sizzix chapter 1 release to die cut grungeboard. Unfortunately, grungeboard is long retired, but I have a small hoarded stash that I’ve decided to use and enjoy! I sanded the die cut and blended in walnut stain distress ink and added a little crackling campfire distress paint to the edges. I used a stamp from school desk CMS057 stamp. Stampers Anonymous don’t retire Tim’s stamps and if you’re having trouble finding a set, especially an older one, they’re always available direct from Stampers Anonymous.

The keys fit pretty well over the typed stamp. I filled them with glossy accents, added brushed pewter distress paint to parts of the typewriter and set aside to dry.

The card background was made by stamping the new background stamp from tapestry stamp set CMS414 in crackling campfire distress ink, spritzed with water. I blended in antique linen and hickory smoke distress inks and edged with walnut stain. Using the new snarky cats halloween stamp set CMS407 to stamp a sentiment in black soot distress archival ink over the top of cardstock, which was covered with the new crackling campfire distress paint. I also stamped the hat from the same set and used the crackling campfire distress ink to watercolor the band. See all the different tones?

You can see the dual colours in the paint on the cardstock too. When the paint was mixed with water it took on a pinkish tone and when I picked up the droplets with less water, they remained really orange. Walnut stain distress ink was the perfect match to tone down the brightness, which was perfect for me. You can see where I didn’t quite wipe the ink away when stamping the snarky sentiment on different lines. I was going to do it again but I liked the imperfection of it, it’s like an actual “typo”…

I used the alphanumeric tiny type upper and lower thinlit die sets from this years Sizzix chapter 1 release to cut my message. Die cut from the new distress cracked leather cardstock and blended crackling campfire distress ink over the top with a blending tool, edging with walnut stain distress ink. I love that it looks burnt like fire. I used distress collage medium (and tweezers) to attach them to the card. I stitched with my sewing machine and mounted onto blackout kraft-stock and sanded the bottom layer but left the middle layer unsanded.

Thanks for flying by and a big thank you to those who left kind comments, and to those who left the other ones, oh well, thanks for taking time to swing by anyway. Fly safe when you leave, there’s a lot of trees out there and karma is a witch. 😉

Zoe

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Surgeon

5th September, 2020 by iGirlZoe

Hello friends. Happy Saturday! I’m sharing another card I made with the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous halloween stamps. If you missed the Halloween party on facebook LIVE you can catch up on all the fun on Tim’s blog.

I love the new Anatomy Chart CMS411 stamp set, the detail on the stamps is incredible and they’re beautifully vintage, which I really love. Here’s how I made the card…

I squished speckled egg distress oxide and frayed burlap distress ink onto my glass media mat and spritzed with water. I laid a piece of distress watercolor cardstock over the top and pressed down, leaving for a moment for the ink to be absorbed and then lifted. Once dry, I added distress crackle texture paste around the edges and stamped the rib cage from Anatomy Chart CMS411 in hickory smoke distress archival ink using my stamp platform, leaving the stamp in place so it can be stamped a second time later.

Mixing gesso and water I painted the rib cage, don’t worry about covering the detail. I used Dina Wakley’s gesso, adding water to get a slightly more translucent look.

Once dry, I placed back onto the stamp platform moving the cardstock ever so slightly and stamping again, this time in black soot distress archival ink.

Check out the detail of this stamp!! You see the nice subtle drop shadow from stamping the first time in hickory smoke distress archival ink.

I pulled out Examination CMS412 stamp set and stamped the awesome poison label. Cutting it in half and sliding it underneath the frame I made using the Tim Holtz Sizzix stitched rectangles thinlits dies (661189). I use these all the time to make frames cut from idea-ology blackout kraft-stock, sanded and blended with walnut stain distress ink.

I added idea-ology hardware heads that I covered in distress grit-paste, iced spruce and ground espresso distress paint. Check out the crackle from the distress crackle texture paste. I blended in walnut stain distress crayon to highlight the crackle. I stitch my cards using a singer heavy duty sewing machine and a sharp needle, I don’t use special needles.

I added a piece of packaging I recycled from a Sizzix bigz die with Surgeon stamped using the Examination CMS412 stamp set which I cut a jagged edge and added mushroom alcohol ink to the back. I glued under the frame at the top and side edge with a tiny line of distress collage medium using the fine tip applicator bottle.

I mounted the card onto more idea-ology blackout kraft-stock and added some idea-ology halloween design tape.

Using the same technique as with the rib cage, I added another stamp from the Examination CMS412 stamp set.I love love love this little stamp.

I used the technique again with the hand stamp. How cool is this?! You’ll see this crop up in a project coming later in the season, there is literally not a surface in my apartment that is free from craft supplies and “in process” projects. I simply love this time of year and it’s definitely my favourite time for making.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you’re having a great weekend.

Zoe

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