Tiny Things 2 Tiny Shakers

I so enjoyed making some smaller sized cards in the last tutorial that I decided to make a few more with the Tiny Things 2 stamps from Tim Holtz and coordinating dies from Simon Says Stamp.

For these smaller 4 Bar or A1 cards I chose to make them into shaker cards, but the die I used to cut out the window was a tag, so I made cards out of the tags as well and ended up getting 2fers!

Of course I made a process video that you can see here. 

These are the shaker cards and the close ups are below.

These are the tags that made the windows for the cards above and they turned into really cute cards! Below are the close-ups.

Thanks so much for checking out today's cards!

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Have a creative day,

Tami

 

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Tiny Things Tiny Cards

For these tiny cards I used the 4 Bar cards from Simon Says Stamp with the Tiny Things stamps from Tim Holtz and the coordinating dies from Simon Says stamp.

I made a short video showing how I made these cards.  

 The first tiny card I made represents a hot air ballon safari I took over Masai Mara when I loved in Kenya for a year. 

I stamped the background of all the cards with one stamp in different positions and stamped with Hickory Smoke Distress Archival Ink. Then I colored the shaped in with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and a Waterbrush. 

This made nice backgrounds for each of my three cards, and although simple backgrounds, they were competing with the stamped and die cut focal points. So I embossed a few pieces of 2x3" vellum and attached those to the center of the background.

The second card has an Eiffel Tower in the background and a globe as the focal point with the sentiment See the World. 

Each of the backgrounds are colored with a Blending Foam and Speckled Egg Distress Ink. I wanted to keep the background light, but interesting and something that supports the theme of the card.

I did color in each of the focal stamps with Distress Inks: Peacock Feathers, Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain and Peeled Paint.

For the last card I used the birds and the birdcages. I wanted the bird cages to be in the background and the birds in the focal point to be free. 

I stamped all of the sentiments and focal points in Hickory Smoke to begin with, but they were too light and looked really washed out. So I re-stamped all of the sentiments and focal points in Ground Espresso Distress Archival Ink and then watercolored them with the colors posted above. 

I finished each card by machine stitching around the embossed 2x3 vellum and the outside edge of the background. I really felt like that detail was what the cards needed. 

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out the details. I hope you give your own Tiny Cards a try. they make it very easy to whip up several little notecards that can be popped in the mail to a friend.

 

Have a creative day, 

Tami

 

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For the Love of Tulips - Stampers Anonymous

Stampers Anonymous has released two new sets of pressed board Ornamentals that pair well with the Tim Holtz Etcetera Pressed Board line. Today I am sharing two Etcetera tags that I made with the Deco Tulips Ornamentals. Tulips are one of my all time favorite flowers. I absolutely love them. 

I recorded myself making these but unfortunately my cell battery died just as I was ready to assemble the second tag. So this tutorial covers most of the parts and then I end up talking you through the finishing touches on the second tag.  

I covered a Small Etcetera Tag with a piece of the wood paper from the Idea-ology Palette Paper Brown 12x12 pack. Then I covered the Deco Tulip box, large Cathedral window and long Scalloped and long bracket Etcetera Trims with some Distress Crackle Paste Opaque. Just spread a nice layer right onto the unpainted pieces with our finger. Too thing and it won't ccrack, too thick and ti will just make a hard mound with a few giant cracks. so you want something in the middle that will crackle all over. Set them all aside to dry and crack.

Once the crackle is dry, sand it with a sanding disc. This will cause some chunks to fall off and leave spots with no crackle. That is PERFECT! It's exactly what we want. Once all the pieces are sanded to your liking, Spray them with Pumice Stone Distress Spray Stain. Let it soak into the cracks and into the spots where the board is showing. This will darken all those spots and give us the look of old, cracked, worn away paint. 

I also cut a sentiment from Handwritten Love out of paper from the Palette Pink, and added two words from the Small Talk sticker book. The stickers are backed with some kraft stock. 

The large and medium tulips were covered with paper from Palette Pink and the leaves are from Palette Green. In order to get them to securely and evenly attach to the tag, I cut little pieces of the left over pressed board sheets that I popped the shapes from, and adhered the little pieces to the backs of the flowers and the leaves to support them like you would with foam dots. 

The flower box comes as one piece that is scored to allow you to fold the sides and bottom, and then you add a little Collage Medium to the edges to get them to stick together and form a box. Adhere the diamon shapes to the front and then spread Crackle Paste over it. Once it is dry, do that same process with sanding and staining that you did with the other pieces.

From this angle you can see the dimension with the tulips and the Etcetera pieces underneath.

I added some moss in the top of the box to cover up the base of the tulips and to make it look more like a flower box.

For the #8 tag, I covered it with the blue and white paper from Palette Indigo. I wanted this one to feel a little like something from the Netherlands, and I thought this pattern looked the most like Delft.

I colored the reiforcer with w bit of paint. I wanted my Chipped Sapphire but I couldn't find it so I used Blue Print Sketch and then sanded it. The little hearts and tulip are covered with paper from Palette Yellow. 

The leaves and stem are covered with paper from Palette Green. As with the tulips above, I needed to support the tips of the leaves when I attached them to the stem, so I trimmed some bits off the excess from the board shapes and that did the trick. 

For the flower pot, I uses all 3 risers and the pot shape with the lip. I bent the pot and lit so they bowed out a bit and then attached them to the three risers. This gave a nice shape to the piece. Then I covered the whole thing with some Distress Grit Paste Opaque. Once that is dry, paint it with Rusty Hinge Distress Paint.

When the paint is dry, to give it some detail add some Rusty Hinge Distress Crayon as it is a little darker than the paint. Then brush on some Walnut Stain Distress Crayon, and lastly, and a few spots of Peeled Paint Distress Crayon so it looks like it has some areas covered in moss.  To finish I added a sentiment from Small Talk Sticker Book and backed it with paper from Palette Yellow. 

I really enjoyed making these tags. Save for the drying time of the crackle and grit pastes, these tags went together really quickly.

I hope you give the new Deco Tulips a try! They make for a quick bit of home decor or a fiun little topper for a gift.

Have a creative day,

Tami

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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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