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

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