Paradise Found - Clarence - Tim Holtz Colorize

Reminiscent of a safari I took at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro when I lived in Kenya, this piece showcases both Clarence and Mini Clarence in a scene inspired by the Clarence and the Watering Hole project I made back in 2021.

Here is the video tutorial of this make.

The Alpine dies on the tag appear farther back because they are higher up on the tags, and the greenery in front appears to be closer to us. it all works as forced perspective. 

To mirror the orientation of Clarence, you just need to cut the paper with the die facing the back of the paper, then assemble and it will be facing right instead of left.

I love how the burlap embellishments turned out using an old Christmas die set called Holiday Blocks and the Woven 3D Texture Fade.

To give the greenery a little height and to help stand Clarence up away from the tag (again to help with the perspective)I added some of that wrapped wire that I used on the Mini Winnie Vacation dome to make the palm tree trunk. Here I just cut a short piece to attach to the greenery in the front.  Then I poked a hole in the top of the box and glued the taller piece into the hole for Clarence and also to attach more greenery. The higher pieces of greenery also help the mountain to feel farther in the background. 

I attached the large Clarence to the front of the bottom box and that was plenty to secure him in place. 

Those burlap pieces are so good!

I opted not to put greenery all the way around this time and to decorate both boxes instead. I also chose just to make a watering hole on the top and not have it spilling over as a waterfall this time.

Thanks you so much for spending some time with me and this piece. I really love how it turned out and I hope you like it too!

Tami

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Moth Study Vignette - Coordinating Dies

This little etymology vignette was made for the release of the exclusive stamps from Simon Says Stamp that coordinate with six stamp sets from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. The vintagey feel of this etymology display would make it a perfect gift for any bug lover! 

 

Here is my video tutorial, and for any of my followers who have missed hearing Leota, she was playing in the background during my voice over and she is loud when she plays with her fake mice. So enjoy! 

Adding the little labels from Moth Study and Curator was simple and fun. I think it is a great detail.

 

 The three layers of foam in each box really helped to raise the back so the moths really stood out while still being framed in a box.

I love the way the shredded mummy cloth looks like old timey packing material around the edges of each moth.

Thank you as always for stopping by! I truly appreciate you more than you will ever know! 

Have a creative day,

Tami 

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Celebrate Mini Bernice - Tim Holtz Colorize

Mini Bernice from Tim Holtz Colorize is ready to celebrate! Instead of a card to celebrate, how about making a vignette box? This celebratory box can be placed at a table setting for the person being celebrated, or on a desk or dresser or bookshelf as a reminder of a special moment. 

I just love that the re-release of some of our favorite Tim Holtz Colorize animals included new mini versions. The mini Bernice fit perfectly on a square vignette box with enough room for a sentiment and a bunch of balloons.

Here is a short video showing how to cover the vignette box and assemble Mini Bernice.  

The Idea-ology Palette papers are so perfect for making fun vintage patterned balloons.

I colored Distress Cracked Leather cardstock with various browns and Tattered Rose Distress spray stains. I think the cracked leather paper gives the hippos and elephants a very authentic skin texture.

I needed to make sure that Bernice was grounded on the front, so I tore a little strip of the yellos book page  from the Palette Yellow, and adhered it to the front before I attached Bernice. Then added some Cello Tape because I could. 

The sentiment is from the Handwritten die release earlier this year and I also cut it from Palette paper as well as the hat and glasses. 

From this angle you can see that I put foam tape behind Bernice and behind the three small balloons, all to add a bit of dimension to this piece.

The large Square Vignette Box is covered with Palette Yellow. The bitty floral on the front and the tickets on the sides. I added some bits of Idea-ology Cello Tape here and there to go with the vintage feel of this piece.

 Thank you so much for visiting!

Have a creative day,

Tami

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Sea Life Display Dome - Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to my post for the Simon Says Stamp blog hop featuring six new coordinating dies to match six of our favorite Tim Holtz Stamps.

If you are hopping in order, you came from Mindy Eggen's blog and will be going to Barb Engler's blog after this. Thank you so much for taking a few minutes to check out my makes with the stamps for this release. I appreciate you!

 

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Cheiron Brandon

Heather Hoffman

Nichol Spohr

Emma Williams

Barbara Tarayao

Kath Stewart

Tina Smith

Mindy Eggen

Tami Bastiaans

Barb Engler

 

For today's hop I made these Idea-ology Display Domes featuring the Sealife stamps and dies as well as Moth Study. These little cuties were pretty easy to make. 

And if my explanations below aren't clear, here is the video tutorial.

I used Sea Life and Moth Study for these domes.

I stamped the seahorse from Sea Life in Crackling Campfire and Ground Espresso onto Mixed Media Heavystock. You can see from right to left that I merely changed up the amount of each color I put on the stamp.

Color in any blank spaces with a waterbrush and a coordinating color of Distress Ink before die cutting.

One last touch was to add some darkspots with a dark brown marker, I also added some white stripes and white speckles here and there as well. The coloring was inspired from a picture I saw of some sea horses and I liked the Nemo feel to this one.

Once all of your images are stamped and colored, then find the coordinating die and cut them all out.

I used memo pins from Tim Holtz Idea-ology to attach to the back of each piece with Distress Collage Medium.

Here is the view from the back.

Put some Distress Grit Paste Crypt on the top of the cork base. Then gather the items to start assembling. I used some green moss from the floral department to fill in any little gaps and cover up problem areas.

Begin assembling the piece by pressing the focal stamp (in this case the seahorse) in the middle of the cork. Then build out from there, checking now and again to be sure it all fits under the dome.

I pressed the pieces with the memo pins into the cork. Then I cut the second piece of seaweeed in half so I could go in front of the seahorse without covering too much. Just enough to cover the part of the pin that was showing. I added a little collage medium to the base and stuck it in the Grit Paste, then used moss to help hold it up until it dried.

Add some moss around the rest of the pieces on the base and you are almost finished.

Here is a side view to see the space between pieces.

I cut a 1/2" strip of the water looking paper from Tim Holtz Palette Teal to go around the bottom lip of the glass dome. Then I added a sentiment die cut strip with Tiny Text stamped on it. The strip with postage stamps went around my second dome with the Moth Study elements.

Here is the finished seahorse die. 

Isn't it such a fun little vignette?

I love the colors and all the seaweed.

That is it for today's Sea Life Display Domes.

Thank you for visiting and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Tami

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Grateful Heart Card - Floral Elements Coordinating Dies

 

Simon Says Stamp has done it again! Their latest release of exclusive coordinating dies for some of our favorite Tim Holtz stamps. There is something for everyone with this release.

I made a card with the Floral Elements CMS445 and Floral Elements dies 445SSS. Both are linked below.

I used the leaf stamp from Floral Elements to stamp the background with Distress Paint in Forest Moss.  

I added the bee from Tiny Things 2 which is also part of this release.

Aren't the flowers in this set so lovely? I stamped them with Distress Paint and colored them in with Distress Inks.

At the bottom of the card I stamped on of the Crochet Trims and then cut it out with the coordinating SSS dies from a previous release. Then I used one of the Tiny Text dies to cut out the sentiment. 

The card front was machine stitched and attached to a kraft card base. 

Thank you so much for checking out the details of this piece.

Have a creative day,

Tami

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