Retro Candy - Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 2019

 When I wasw these fun mid century atomic design dies, I couldn't get Atomic Fireballs out of my mind. So I decided to make something fitting to put them in! This is a Mini Mason Jar that holds candy and has a colorful mid-century feel.

 

The top of the Mini Mason Jar was replaced with the Photo Clip Kit and then I made a fun candy sign for it. I cut three of the boomerang shape from the Atomic Bigz die. I cut it from black chippboard and also from three different colors of shiny adhesive vinyl. I adhered the vinyl to the chipboard and then layered them onto the metal rod from the Photo Clip Kit

 

I added some shapes from the Atomic Elements onto the shapes that are cut from thick cardstock and shiny Adhesive Vinyl. The word CANDY is cut from black Chipboard and yellow Vinyl from the Wonderland Bigz XL die.

 Not only did I used the atomic shapes for the top, but I cut several other pieces from shiny Adhesive Vinyl in various colors and attached them to the outside of the Mini Mason Jar.

This is a super easy, bright, fun project that can serve as a gift, a place setting or a even a center piece for a themed party if you decorate both sides.

I filled my jar with Atomic Fireballs that I found on the internet. Aren't these Atomic Elements shapes just fabulous?

 If you want to see more about these dies, check out this video from Tim Holtz:


Thanks for stopping by!
Tami

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Retro Thanks - Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 2019

Did you catch Tim Holtz Sneak Peeks over the last week? Wow are there some great things coming our way in 2019 from Mr. Holtz!

The sneak peeks started with some wonderful new Sizzix dies in a grouping called Chapter One. A few of the dies fall into the mid-century design era and harken back to a fun, happy time where we were fascinated with all things space, science, and atomic related. That fascination was certainly obvious in the designs found in art, decor, toys, upholstery, fabrics and even home goods.

This thank you card was made using the Atomic Elements die set which has 25, that's right, 25 dies!  And as a bonus, some of the dies, once cut make additional shapes from the centers and cut-outs. This die set really gives you a bang for your buck.

To make this look like retro 50's fabric, I took some adhesive backed linen from Ideaology Textile Surfaces, which are retired, but I have hoarded several packages. You may have some in your stash or you can still find it online.
I attached pieces of the linen to paper, then cut one 4.25x5.5 piece for the background of the card. I took the rest of the linen and cut it into 3 pieces and painted the linen with three colors of Distress Paint: Broken China, Twisted Citron, and Abandoned Coral. That seemed to be a very 50's color scheme.

Once the paint had dried, I ran the Distress Archival Hickory Smoke Ink Pad lightly over the surface of the painted linen pieces and the plain linen background. You just want the grey to highlight the linen texture. This is a small detail but it really made a difference in the look of the card.

I picked the dies I wanted to use for this card and cut the same ones multiple times from the same color of linen. Then I attached them to the linen background. I even used the little bits that were cut off the sides to fill in the little spaces as you see above.

I reserved a large enough piece of the green linen to back the sentiment, which was the script portion of the shadow script die cut from black cardstock. That green piece was cut using the Retro Repeat die set.

This die set is really pretty amazing the way it works. It's kind of the die version of the Shifter Stencils. You can align the die to cut rows and rows and rows, or you can just cut one row, which is what I did on this card.

I finished the card by sewing around the background and sentiment. Then attaching three pieces of Eclectic Elements Craft Thread under the sentiment and attaching two Ideaology Nailheads.

If you missed the Facebook Live featuring these dies and others from Chapter 1 2019, you can still view it on Tim Holtz's blog

Thanks so much for checking in today!
Tami

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