Possibilities - Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 Timekeeper

With the coming of springtime there are always new possibilities ahead. On this card, Mr. Cottontail ponders what wonderful new things await him.

I used several new dies released from Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 for 2019 and some paper from the Ideaology Wallflower Stash.

 The Timekeeper clock was cut from chipboard and Distress Woodgrain cardstock.

To make the hands stand out, they were stained brown, then covered with Distress Collage Medium and then had Picket Fence Distress Paint rubbed into the depressed areas so that they would stand out from the clockface. They were attached to the card in the middle with a Long Fastener.

The lavender or salvia, which ever flower you choose it to be, is from the Wildflower Stems 2 die set. I cut several out of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and then colored it with Distress Oxides in Bundled Sage and Shaded Lilac.

I bunched them together and then tied the stems together with a piece of Eclectic Elements Craft Thread.

Cottontail was cut from chipboard for a base and then from natural canvas that I adhered to the chipboard base. The canvas bow is colored with Distress Oxide in Shaded Lilac

Because both the Timekeeper and Cottontail dies are steel rule dies, they can cut a variety of things that the thinlits just can't. Everything from chipboard to fabrics, leather, thin wood veneer, thin sheet metal, it really is amazing. And the detail that Tim and Sizzix have managed to get with a steel-rule die is remarkable. Truly remarkable!

 

I finished the card off by cutting the word POSSIBILITIES from the Traveler Words die set. I cut it directly out of the background Wallflower paper and layed it over a dark brown mat.

This one was actually a really simple card. No techniques, just a lot of fun cutting these lovely dies and layering them on a card.

Thank you very much for stopping by my blog.
Tami

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