Last fall just before Thanksgiving, I made a home decor piece with the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 4 Christmas die set called Deck the Halls. It had some Pinecones and greenery in the set, but when I got it to make samples, I didn't have any artwork with it, so I was trying to decide what it was supposed to be by just looking at the dies and decided it was corn. Well, later, when I got the artwork and realized it was a pinecone, I had a good laugh , but already had corn in my head so I had to make that project.
So of course, when I saw that Tim Holtz and Sizzix had released a larger version for the 2020 Chapter 3 Christmas dies, called Festive Trims, I had to make some bigger corn.
These place setting cards or menu cards are very simple to make. It is just a piece of Watercolor Cardstock or white heavy cardstock folded in half. Then I used some Distress Woodgrain Cardstock that I had on hand to cut the deco frames. The Deco Frames die is a Bigz steel rule die, so I also cut one out of chipboard to add dimension.
You could also make your own woodgrain by following this tutorial using the Woodgrain 3D folder.
To make the corn from the Pinecone die in Festive Trims, you basically just need to color all the parts as shown in the photo above. I cut the pieces from Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and then colored the greenery and the piece that looks like a canoe with Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber. I colored the base of the pinecone the same way, but added some Wild Honey. Then I colored the criss-cross piece with Wild Honey, Fired Brick and Aged Mahoghany. I put some on my craft mat and then just picked the color up with my water brush and tapped it on in little blots until it was all colored. Once all the parts are colored, then edge with a bit of Walnut Stain and assemble.
Then using any alphabet, put the menu items or people's names into the center of the frame.
You can do the same thing for Christmas, Hannukah, or even just a winter cocoa night depending on the color scheme you use when making the actual pine cones.
I hope this encourages you to look at your die cuts a little differently and see if there are other occasions where they will work.
I'm thankful you chose to visit today!
Tami
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Today I have a fairly simple Christmas card to share with you that features the Stacked Triangles and Paper Cut Colorize Santa that were part of the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3 2020 release.
To begin, I applied some Distress Microglaze through the Speckles THS021 Layering Stencil onto the textured side of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. Then I misted the cardstock with a nice layer of water and then lightly sprayed some Tumbled Glass Distress Spray over it and then sprayed more water until I had a light covering of blue for the background. The Micro-Glaze will resist the color and make a bit of snow to show through the blue.
I had several different backgrounds in green from practicing different Distress techniques. I cut different sizes of the Stacked Triangles from them. Then I covered the triangles with Micro-Distress Glaze, and flicked Picket Fence Distress Paint onto them.
When I applied them to the card, I put various layers of dimensional
adhesive to them so some are flat o the card and others are raised. Also, I added the tiny sentiment ho, ho, ho, with the Tiny Type lowercase alphabet.
The Paper Cut Santa goes together very easily. There are indentations where everything should go, but there are additional detail indentations like the little trees in the jacket and the lines on the beard. So cute!
Santa's hands are in the air and I was going to put something like tinsel or a string of lights or a banner for him to hold, but it covered up the details I just mentioned and this was a sample card to show the Santa die, so I changed my mind and didn't put anything in his hands. But I'm mentioning it since it could make for a really fun scene with other dies and you know how I love scenes!
Here you can see some of the layered details on the trim on Santa's suit, and that before I attached anything to the card I machine stitched around the outside of the card and then in curvy lines to mimic snow.
As you can see this is a really simple card to make and I like the whimsy of this Paper Cut Santa.
Thanks for checking in on my first Christmas Card of 2020!
Tami I
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Socrates said “Let him that would move the world first move himself.”
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Although I went with a travel theme with this quote, it has a much broader application. We can move ourselves and in turn move the world right where we are. I’m thinking of things as simple as being positive and kind and helpful and encouraging. So let’s load up our “suitcases” with kindness, positivity, support and love for each other and watch that move the world.
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This is officially the last of the Sizzix samples I made for Creativation 2020. I feels like ages since I made this Mini Clipboard. It's designed around the suitcases and a simplified version of a Socrates quote.
The actual quote of the simplified version above is "Let him that would move the world first move himself." I shortened it and cut it out of Blackout Cardstock with the Tiny Text Alphanumeric letters.
The Mini Clipboard comes apart so you can paint or age the clip and board separately. I put some Distress Collage Crackle Paste on the star and on the clip. Then I smeared Distress Crayon over both to age them. Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso on the clip and Peacock Feathers on the star.
The board I covered with Distress Woodgrain Cardstock that I colored with Peacock Feathers Distress Paint.
I applied the paint with light brush strokes going with the grain.
Then I sprayed it with Distress Hickory Smoke Spray Stain.
I cut it into 1/2" strips, inked the edges with Walnut Stain, and then applied them to the board as if they were weathered wood siding.
This fabulous globe is from the Chapter 1 Circle Play dies.
The Baggage Claim suitcases are whimsical and allow for some fun customization. Baggage Claim is a Bigz die, so it will cut things that are thicker than cardstock, allowing you to get some great texture.
I chose to cut some faux leather I got from a craft store fabric section. The teal I used was some some I had purchased at a different time. Since I made this sample, Tim Holtz and Ranger have released the Distress Cracked Leather cardstock which would be absolutely perfect for this die, and you could make each suitcase any color you want.
I even cut all of the little details out of the faux leather. It really is fun to dress up these suitcases.
Thank you so much for stopping by. I always appreciate everyone who takes the time to come by and read my posts, leave a comment, or even try to make their own version of a project. Many thanks to each one of you.
Tami
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