Hope - Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 2019 - Retro Repeat

It's never a bad thing to start the week off with a little HOPE. So in that light I present to you my HOPE card featuring dies and inks from Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 2019.

This card features one of the Retro Repeat dies. These dies are kind of along the lines of the Shifter Stencils from Stampers Anonymous but they are in Sizzix die form. You run the die through with one pass and then line it up and run it through again and again to make a pattern.
On this card I ran this pattern through once on the top for a border and then three times on the bottom for the repeat pattern.

On the cover art you can see the pattern on the die that you get if you cut it just once. I did that on several cards because I just wanted one little bit of the die, but on this card it was nice to repeat the pattern and break up the color on the top piece of the card.

For the focal point I added one of the Wildflower Stems 2 that I cut from Distress Mixed Media Heavystock, then watercolored. When it was dry I rubbed some of the Distress Resist Spray on the petals with my finger, and dusted them with Clear Distress Rock Candy Glitter from the Glitter Duster.

The sentiment was cut from Black Chipboard using the Bigz Letterboard alpha released in late 2018. I sprayed it with Distress Resist Spray and then dusted them with Distress Rock Candy Glitter as well.

The green/yellow background peeking through the Retro Repeat pattern is just Distress Mixed Media Heavystock colored with Crushed Olive Distress Ink and Distress Oxide.

The top layer was a piece of Alcohol Ink Cardstock, which is glossy, but very pourous. It was colored with Dusty Concord, Crushed Olive and a tiny bit of Brushed Corduroy Distress Oxides applied to the Alcohol Ink cardstock with the Wrinkle-Free Distress Method (apply the oxides to the non-stick mat, spritz with water, lay the cardstock in the Oxide, dry, tap it into the remaining beads of Oxides, dry, tap again, until you like the coverage. Then return the vibrant color of the Oxides with a layer of Microglaze and buff it with a dry cloth. Tim has done this method in several videos.)

Then I cut it with the Retro Repeat and attached it to the Crushed Olive background using Distress Collage Medium.  When it was dry I rubbed some Black Soot and Vintage Photo Distress Crayons into it and wiped away the excess with a damp cloth leaving bits in the recessed portions of the repeat pattern.

I know this wasn't a tutorial, but I hope by explanations were clear enough. Feel free to message me if you need something clarified. As always I hope you found something of interest or something that inspires you to experiment with your supplies.
Tami

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Spring - Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 Cottontail

Cottontail is such a great Bigz steel rule die from Tim Holtz and Sizzix. You aren't just limited to Easter with this die, because he is cute for spring designs, Valentines (honey bunny!) Disney scrapbooking (White Rabbit, March Hare, Roger Rabbit, Thumper, you see where I'm going here) clothing, babies, and friends who have pet bunnies!

Today's card was made for the Ranger Ink booth to show uses for Distress Inks and Oxides. The background was made the same way as both Funny Farm stamp cards on the previous post.

Take a clean blending foam, get a little bit of Distress Micro Glaze on it, and blend it into the foam on the Glass Media Mat.

Apply it to some Distress Mixed Media Heavystock through a layering stencil. I used the Flames THS091 Layering Stencil on this card.

Put some Distress Oxide colors on the Nonstick Mat portion of the Glass Media Mat. Spritz with water until it beads up.

Apply ink with the Wrinkle-free Distress technique that we have all learned from Tim Holtz, and I know many of us use it often.

Put the paper, microglaze side down into the Oxides,  lift it up, turn it over and dry.

Remember, you get what you get and you don't throw a fit. Do not double dip. Put the paper in the ink once and then dry no matter what it looks like.

Tap the paper into the ink in a few places and dry, continue until you are happy with the look. You can add in a little bit of an additional color like I did here with the Dusty Concord.

This sample for the tutorial has more blue and green than the one on the card because they are all going to turn out a little differently, but that's the fun of playing with ink!  Plus, I think I may have added a touch of Wild Honey to the sample card background now that I'm looking at it, but just have a go at the Micro Glaze Resist Technique. I guarantee it is addicting! You won't want to stop making backgrounds.

I cut Cottontail from some natural color cotton canvas and then colored him with some Dusty Concord Distress Oxide. His bow was colored with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide. Then I stamped over them with the Script THS stamp in Ground Espresso Archival Ink

The sentiment was cut using a new alphabet coming out in April from Tim Holtz in his Chapter 2 release called Label. It is tiny and supposed to look like the raised letters from a label maker.

I tend to keep my cards fairly simple, so they are easy to make and can be duplicated quickly.  I hope this inspires you to try something fun with Mr. Cottontail

Thank you so much for visiting!
Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog and the ideas and tutorials I post here, and your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Funny Farm - Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

 The Funny Farm stamp set from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous was a big hit at Creativation. They are very cute animal sketches with quirky, funny sentiments and they pair beautifully with the other stamp releases for January, Stitches and Media Marks.

 For the background on both cards, I applied Distress Microglaze to Distress Mixed Media Heavystock through the Heartstuck Layering Stencil. Then I went ahead with the Wrinkle Free Distress technique and the hearts were revealed because the Microglaze acts as a resist.

 I stamped the Funny Farm stamp in Black Soot Archival on Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and then watercolored with Distress Ink.

 I used the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique on a small tag, then stamped some of the border stamps from the Media Marks 1 stamp set.

 The background on the second card is made the same way, using Microglaze resist through a layering stencil,  this one was called Flame Layering Stencil and the colors were Distress Oxides.

 I watercolored the stamp and sentiment.

 To add a little interest, I added two of the Stitches stamps .

That's a stamp, not sewing with a machine!

That's it! These two cards are super easy and paired with the Media Marks stamps and the Stitches stamp , card making just couldn't get easier.

Thanks so much for stopping by the funny farm today!
Tami


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Party Like a Dinosaur -- Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter One 2019

 How much fun would it be to have a T-Rex celebrate your birthday with you?  This card is chock full of fun product from Tim Holtz, foremost the fabulous Prehistoric dinosaur dies and the Splat die from the new Sizzix Chapter One 2019 dies.

I had a ball dressing up the Prehistoric T-rex so he was ready to go to a birthday celebration. His hat and balloon are from the Sizzix Birthday Sideorder released in 2018.

The dinosaur was cut out of a piece of dark green faux leather vinyl that I found in the upholstery section of JoAnn's.

Because the dies are thinlits you need to get the thinnest faux leather you can find and cut it on a Chrome Precision Plate.

I ran the die through the Vagabond several times. Then because the faux leather has a knit material on the back there will be areas still attached by threads.

You just need to take the Tonic Snips (the new fabric scissors from Tim's Tonic Haberdashery line will work perfectly for this job!) and run them around the back of the shape trimming the threads.

Then you will see that there may be some fuzzy threads around the edges. I just took my snips and trimmed the fuzz off the back.

I highlighted the texture on the faux leather by rubbing some Black Soot Distress Paint into the vinyl and wiping off the excess.

I just love how it turned out!

All of the papers are Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and are colored with Distress Oxides.

I cut the splat out of a piece of heavystock, then I colored all the pieces with Distress Oxides.

After all the pieces were colored, I took a piece of scrap cardstock and adhered the inked splat pieces to it. Once that was done, I applied Glossy Accents around the outside edge of the splat and then filled it in carefully. If you get a bubble or two, just leave them. Don't try to pop them. Tim's advice was not to freak your freak about it and just leave the bubbles. They will either pop on their own or not, but you make a bigger mess trying to pop them.

I ran the green base through the Ink Splats texture fade. Then I popped it up and put the dry Ink splat inside to adhere it.

Then ink each of the pieces for the hat and balloon, as well as the sentiment. Attach all the pieces as seen in the final picture.

I hope this card inspired you to want to try a couple of dies that you might not think of using at first, but that can make a silly, happy celebration card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to party like a dinosaur!
Tami


The product links below are to two stores I am an affiliate with, Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog and the ideas and tutorials I post here, so thank you!