Foolish Mortals - Ranger Distress Halloween Release

Hello crafty friends!! Arte you as excited about the NEW Halloween Distress releases from Tim Holtz and Ranger Ink? Oh my! I have ordered a couple extra of each just to have them on hand for later in the year since they are a ONE AND DONE release, meaning you can't get them once they are gone. So don't delay! 

I have had an absolute ball incorporating them into my seasonal makes for Tim's upcoming brand releases, but made a couple of Haunted Mansion inspired pieces using them because this week is Disneyland's Haunted Mansion 52nd Anniversary. So I made a couple of things to celebrate that. This piece is inspired by the Corridor of Doors and the portraits along the walls in that area.

I began by spraying some of the Bouquet flowers with Empty Tomb mica spray.

Then added a touch of Crooked Broomstick.

Here is the outcome... I love it! I ended up adding a touch of Distress Collage Medium to centers and then added some of the Nightfall Distess Glitter.

I rubbed a little touch of Crypt Grit Paste onto a Tiny vial.

Then filled it with Midnight Mica Flakes....yum!!

I needed to make my nod to the iconic Corridor wallpaper designed by Imagineer Tania Norris. I stamped with the Stampers Anonymous Skulls and Cobwebs CMS306 in Black Soot Archival. Then colored the Distress Mixed Media Heavystock with Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord and the NEW Hocus Pocus Mica Spray.

Look at that shimmery goodness!

I added a touch of Crypty Grit paste to each Deco Frame, then sprayed with Empty Tomb and Crooked Broomstick. The ink part doesn't stay on the frames, but the mica some how does. I don't know why. It's cool!

See, I love just that cool Distress shimmer.

I grabbed a couple of scraps from a previous Halloween paper pad and sprayed it with Empty Tomb Mica Spray.

I used that as the background for some Halloween Paper dolls from a previous release. Then put them in the Deco Frames.

One of the last touches was to add some Collage Medium to the ends of two Fasteners, and then dip them in Nightfall Glitter.

I pulled all these pieces together by adhering the paper to a #8 Etcetera Tag, then adding the frames.

I needed a shelf so I used the new Decorative Trims Sizzix die and Stampers Anonymous Pinked Etcetera Trims to make a tiny shelf to sit the Tiny Vile with the flowers in it. I put the glittered Fasteners through the ends of an older Halloween Word Band that I mounted under the shelf.

If you look closely you can see the bits of Nightfall Glitter I added to the center of the flowers.

You can see I also added a few spider Rub-ons for a little creepiness.

I added a few other tiny viles I had in my stash from previous Halloween making sessions, and then adhered Nightfall Mica Flakes with Collage Medium all over the shelf. I love the haunting sparkle it adds.

 

What a really fun seasonal release! from the colorful shimmery Mica Sprays, the sparkly goodness of the glitter and mica flakes to the grunginess of the new texture and grit paste. These are things I plan to use throughout not only this Holiday making season, but throughout the year.  

Remember, this is a one and done release, so when the products are gone, they are gone. I have added links below if you are looking for a place to grab some of these products. 

Have fun and good luck!

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Tea Cup Rim Decor - 3D Butterfly Impresslit

 This Tea Cup Rim Decor was one of the samples I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3 2021 release. It was part of the Garden Afternoon Tea set of makes that I have discussed in the last two blog posts. So if you missed any of them, I recommend checking out my previous posts.

Today's make is really very simple and uses the new 3D Butterfly Impresslit. An impresslit not only embosses in 3D but it also cuts out the shape at the same time.

Here is a short video where I demonstrate how to make this simple little decor detail to take your garden tea to the next level.

The following photos show the detail on the original make.

I added a little favor in the tea cups for my guests to use or take home. 

I kept it very simple, but tea themed by cutting a scalloped Seal 3D Shiftlit -- I LOVE this new type of 3D Impresslit that allows you to switch out the die around the impression to make 3 different seals, a plain circle, a pinked circle or a scalloped circle. I hope we see more of these from Tim Holtz and Sizzix in the future.

To highlight the embossed elements I went over them with the Brushed Pewter Distress Crayon. 

Attach just the tea cup base piece from the Cafe colorize die set from the Chapter 2 2021 release to the front of the scalloped seal, then tie some tulle around a tea bag and tuck the tea cup seal behind the tulle. 

This can be placed in the cup. 

Then add the 3D Butterfly and you are done.

I,m grateful that you stopped by to check out this fun, easy make and I hope it inspires you to come up with some of your own ideas for rim decor from other dies too.

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

 

 

Perspective Moth Place Setting - Sizzix Ch. 3

Isn't the Perspective Moth from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3 release so fun? I keep mistakenly calling it the Perspective Dragonfly, because I was thinking a dragonfly for my garden tea party. I love that it can be either a moth or a dragonfly.

I've attached a quick video tutorial for making this darling moth for a place setting decor piece because I had several people message me with questions about how to color it and how to attach the vellum. I hope this helps!

This place setting is not china, it's stuff I got at the Dollar Tree because it was all about the place setting decor, not the dishes.  But it also shows that you can do something that is still very pretty with affordable things.

I wanted something that was really very easy to put together, so it could be replicated multiple times without taking too much time. The colors I used for this sample were Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose, and Forest Moss.

But as you could see in the video, it would be really fun to make the moths in different colors so they go with the china and tea cup the guest will be using. my tea cups are all different styles and colors, so it would be really fun to do that!

I added some sparkle with Distress Tarnished Brass Mica Spray and flecks of Tarnished Brass Distress Spray. The sparkle on the Seal Shiflit is Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon, to tie it all together.

To finish the piece, attach the Perspective Moth to a Seal Switchlit, and back them with the leaf stem from the Large Stems released last year. I tied the plate up with a bit of gold tulle for a finishing touch.

I hope that helps as you plan a luncheon or tea. It's all in the details.

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Tea in the Garden - Sizzix Chapter 3 Release

 Hello crafty friends! If you watched Tim's Sizzix Chapter Three YouTube live to the end, you will have seen that this chapter inspired me to create a Garden Tea Party theme for all my makes. I don't think that has ever happened, but it just grew out of my one idea for the tag and I just had to go with it. There are several makes for table decor and favors so I made a Youtube video where I discuss each make. I hope you find it helpful.

If there are any you would like a tutorial for, just let me know in the comments or send me an email in the contact section at the right. Otherwise I will just post a blog on each with more photos, and explanation, and some details.

The tag that inspired it all...I will do more detailed posts on most of these makes or combinations of them, but I thought I would just post this general post and you can let me know which ones you want to get more details on. For this tag I used an Etetera tag, Potted 2, Leafy Twigs, Decorative Trims, Large Stems 2, Wildflower Stems 1, Bold Alphanumeric and Colorize Cafe.

These potted makes can be nameplates, or just place setting decor, or names of food items on a buffet if you have one. I love that the Potted 2 dies can cut chipboard or several layers of heavy stock. I paired the Potted 2 dies with the Large Stems 2 release from Chapter 2 of this year.

 

These are not only a favor, but also a little rim decor for the place setting. How fun would it be to change the Impresslit 3D Butterfly with colors to coordinate with your various tea cups? For the favor I tied a couple of tea bags with tulle and then added the Seal Impresslit with the Colorize Cafe teacup on the front.

 

This place setting is not china, it's stuff I got at the Dollar Tree because it was all about the place setting decor, not the dishes.  This is really, really very easy to put together, so it can be replicated multiple times without taking too much time. You just cut the Perspective Dragonfly, then adhere it to a Seal Switchlit, and back them with the leaf stem from the Large Stems released last year.

  

Lastly, I want to make sure my guests go home with some fun favors to remember our tea time in the garden. For this I turned to the new Matchbox dies and added some of the Tiny Tattered Florals under the domes so that they were like little take-home terrariums.

The last little favors that I made use the Mini 3D Botanical and Roses texture fade embossing folders. They were vary easy to make by just sewing a back onto them to make a pocket and punching a half circle out at the top.

Let me know if there are any of these you would like a tutorial on. Otherwise I will just do a quick little  how-to post on the details for each.

 Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Stencil Embossed Background Card

I'm sharing another sample card I made with the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous June 2021 release. I made a fun embossed background using one of the new layering stencils and paired it with the Bold Sayings and Mod Cactus stamps. 

I enjoyed making this fun, bright  card and made a video tutorial that you can see here:

It's really amazing how just a bit of clear embossing powder through a stencil can make such a pretty background.

 The Bold Sayings sentiment was embossed in white embossing powder on a piece of vellum.

  

 I finished the card off by fussy cutting three cacti and arranging them on both sides of the sentiment.

As always I am most grateful for your support in visiting my blog. It is very much appreciated. I hope you found something to inspire your own creative endeavors!

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

 

You Good?

I enjoyed making this slimline card for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous June 2021 release. It features the Inquisitive CMS432 stamp set as well as Distress Archival Hickory Smoke and Black Soot as well as Distress Stains.

I made a video tutorial for making this card and you can see it here:

I know I said it several times in the video, but I just love the way the Hickory Smoke Distress Archival Ink kind of soaks in the Distress colors. It's so cool and I have no idea why it does it, but I love that it does!

Here is a link to a sample card I made several years ago with Distress Archival Hickory Smoke and the Stamp Collector CMS338 stamps. 

I colored each stamp with Distress Inks and a Waterbrush. It did the same thing then and it's when I first fell in love with this little quirk. 

I'm always, always grateful for each one of you that stops by and leaves a comment here, or on my social media posts. Your support means the world to me!

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!