I’m so pleased to have been invited back to share a project on Sizzix, The Making Journal using some of the new Chapter 1 Tim Holtz dies. With this project I wanted to highlight the Crochet 2 dies and the Bottled Up die with a textural piece for spring. The fun thing about this project is that the dies and design are really versatile, changing with the colors chosen and the things you put in the bottles. You could make a bright, summery tapestry, a dark Halloween apothecary tapestry, and a festive, holiday/wintery tapestry. There’s no limit to the uses and themes you can achieve with these two very versatile dies. I hope you will take a moment to hop over to The Making Journal Blog for my tutorial on this piece. Thank you! Tami
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Just in time for the 4th of July here in the US, the 3-D Star Trim from Tim Holtz's Sizzix Chapter 3 release is available. I love this trim and have used it on several samples so far. On this card it is paired with several dies from Tim's Chapter 2 release.
I thought this Allium looking bloom from the Wildflower Stems 1 set seemed like a firework so I wanted
to use it for a patriotic card and to make sure the blooms were vibrant
and colorful like fireworks.
For this card I cut out the barrel shape from the Potted die using Distress Woodgrain paper colored with various brown Distress Inks. The bands are colored with Pumice Stone Oxide and then edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. to finish it off I aged two of the Ideaology Hardware Heads with a little Mushroom Alcohol Ink and added them to the bands.
I colored some Distress Heavystock paper with Pumice Oxide and Vintage Photo Distress Ink then ran it through the large 3-D Star Trim. I added that across the bottom with a piece of the Crochet trim. Then for the 4th, I just cut out the number 4 to keep it simple, out of the same Pumice colored paper as the star trim.
I embossed the background paper with the Tiny Star Texture Fade. Then I layered them all the pieces together to make a patriotic floral scene.
I hope you find a little inspiration from this patriotic card.
Tami
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The Crochet die set from the Chapter 2 release from Tim Holtz and Sizzix, is such a beautiful die set. It is definitely one that should be in every die cut library.
This set includes four crochet trim dies, two styles, each in a large and small size. They are so intricate that they look like real crochet trim, but they are cut from paper. Not only can they cut one lovely piece of crochet trim for a card or journal, but it is possible to cut the die end to end and make a long piece of crochet paper trim.
The love sentiment is from Shadow Script 1 cut without the shadow die, The backing is the inside shape from one of the Trinket Frame dies, and the leaves are the tips of two of the greenery pieces from the Wildflower Stems 1.
This sample card features one of the crochet trim dies cut from Distress Mixed Media Heavystock.
It is sewn over the bottom edge of a piece of Heavystock colored with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink and run through the Botanical 3-D Texture Fade Embossing Folder. Then painted with Distress Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint. Then I finished it by applying a coat of Gathered Twigs Distress Stain over it so that it would soak into the cracks and highlight the embossed areas, then wiping the excess off.
I made a short video about this die set, how to cut it, how to remove the paper from the die, and how to cut the longer pieces of trim.
I hope you enjoy creating with this beautiful die set as much as I have.
Tami
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