PEARLY SPARKLES - #118 SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW

Welcome back to our challenge at Pearly Sparkles this month and it's my choice of Something Old Something New.  I'm sure lots of us received new goodies over the Christmas period - maybe even some we haven't used yet so now is your chance.

I recently purchased some new dies from Lou Collins Textures - the set is called Clipboard Coverings Vol II.  I don't really go for dies unless they are Tim Holtz but I really loved this clipboard set and all its little embellishments like the paper clip, the bulldog clip and the actual clipboard.  It also has two great add on dies that give a stitched edge and as I don't do sewing that's great for me.

I've created my little clipboard to go into my journal. I'll use it as a tuck spot to add some journaling behind.   The old part is the stamp set from Alison Bomber EAB46 Apple Blossom.  

After cutting out the clipboard with the die I used some Paper Artsy paint in Sea Glass and Snowflake to add some interest.  I also cut out the inner which gives the frayed edges.  This was a gel press paper I had which had been made with an old stencil and a new stencil - the new one was from 13 arts called Back in Time Dress Circle and one of the stamps from Apple Blossom.  I then stamped an extra flower stamp and added it to the surface keeping the colours soft and muted with some Prismacolor pencils.  I added a little tag with one of the paper paperclips and some netting and a number.  The butterfly was cut from some new decoupage paper from Lou Collins.

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #505 - DIE CUTS/STENCILS

Welcome back to another challenge at ATSM - die cuts and or stencils.  I've been in Christmas mode for a while now - it's my favourite season to make for and I don't seem to be able to stop once I start so it's another Christmas offering from me.  I used the moon mask stencil from Lavinia Stamps to start off with.  I love these sticky stencils - I find them great to use.  I stuck it to my watercolour paper then used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire a touch of Dusty Concord and Black Soot.  I added a Tim Holtz dot stencil over the top and used some Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture paste through the dots.

I used a very old stamp and die cut set from Tim Holtz for the trees. The stag is from Tim's die cut set Darling Deer and I cut him out twice and layered him to give him more depth.  I coloured him in with Distress Inks and layered some more Cosmic Shimmer at the bottom.  The sentiment is from one of Tim's Ideaology Christmas books. 

I'm adding this into the following:

Unicorn - Christmas 

Shopping our Stash - My favourite things - Reindeer at Christmas and this Tim Holtz Die 

Christmas Kickstart - add antlers 

SSS Monday challenge - masculine with Tim Holtz 

A cut Above - use die cuts 

Girlzandtheartofletters - Moon cards 

ONCE UPON A TIME - DECEMBER 2022

Welcome back to another challenge from Once Upon a Time.  Our cover for your inspiration is The Legend of the Poinsettia - another book I don't know and I was really interested to learn about this plant.

I used a lovely poinsettia from a stamp set by Creative Expressions called Winter Flowers and Foliage.  It's actually a set I'd forgotten I had so I was happy to find it just at the right time of year.  I used Versafine Clair ink in Shady Lane to stamp the flowers and then used Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Festive Berries and Candied Apple to colour in the flowers.  I then stamped some of the green foliage in the background and gently covered it with a a layer of Old Paper Distress Oxide Ink with Walnut Stain on the edges. 

The bauble cut outs are from a set of dies from Tim Holtz called Circle Words, Christmas.  I stamped another poinsettia behind the words and cut them out and added a touch of glitter pen. 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS #IC400

Welcome back to another challenge here at Hand Stamped Sentiments and we are continuing the theme of Autumn/Fall and its gorgeous colours, textures and hopefully inspiration.  It really does seem to be such a great season for us crafters and it is my favourite time of year.

I started off my card by using some Tim Holtz Distress inks over a leaf stencil from my stash. I blended three colours of Fossilized Amber, Crackling Campfire and Aged Mahogany to get the colours I was happy with.  My tree is from a Visible Image stamp set called Tree of Life and I used the same inks for the leaves.

I cut out the Hello die sentiment three times and layered it - the Autumn is from Tracy Evans set Seasons and I used the word Oct (October) as a background stamp inked in Versafine Acorn ink.

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Fall/Autumn plus Sentiment 

Tic Tac Toe - Die Cut - Layers, Autumn Colours

Creative Inspirations - Autumn

Cardz 4 Guyz - Autumn Colours

THRINCHIES!

Thrinchies - what are they?  They are little works of art 3" x 3".  Throughout the month of July I've been joining in with Aallandcreate's Facebook celebration of Tracy Evan's stamp sets which has been challenging us to create thrinchies.  The challenge has been to create a thrinchie every day with different theme prompts.  

Tracy's stamps are quickly becoming my go-to sets as I love their collage style and how easy they are to mix and match.  So far I have done 26 out of the 31 thrinchies but I won't show them all here - just my favourites and the theme they were for.  They are quite addictive though and I'm going to be lost when July is over and they are all done.  I'll then have the challenge of making a little book to keep them all in.

All of them have been watercoloured with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

Thrinchie no 12 - Botanical

Thrinchie no 16 - Bloom 

Thrinchie no 19 - Colours 

Thrinchie no 24 - Daisy 

Thrinchie no 26 - Clocks 

I'm adding these into the following challenges 

TGIF - Favourites 

Colour Crazy - AG

Creative Artiste - AG 

Happy Little Stampers - AG Watercoloured

SPARKLES - CHRISTMAS TREES

Our challenge this month at Sparkles Christmas Challenge is all about trees.  I had such fun making this card and love how it turned out.  I started off by inking some Distress Ink on to my cardstock and then using a Tim Holtz stencil and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink for the background.  

I inked a background for my die cut before I cut it out using Peacock Feathers, Walnut Stain, Speckled Egg and Liquitex Ink in Iridescent Bright Gold.  The die cut of the tree with that lovely image of the deer and the birds is from Lisa Jones and Sizzix called Folk Christmas Tree.  It cuts out the tree and a background for the tree which I inked in Walnut stain.  

The star was from my stash and I added some more of that lovely gold ink.  The sentiment was cut from a larger stamp to show the words Christmas Tree and I added the Oh in die cuts from Tim Holtz.  I've yet to find a nice stamp I like which has Oh Christmas Tree all in one stamp!! I added some more of that lovely gold ink to the edges of the sentiment and added a border around the cardstock.

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes 

FabnFunky - Christmas 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps - Christmas 

Through the Craft Room Door - AG

TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY - TSOT484

A great double sketch on TSOT for you this week with the added inspiration word of Merry.  I don't know if it's me but I always find it strange just adding the word Merry on it's own - I had to stop myself from adding Christmas on to the card!!

I started off with some Tim Holtz Distress Inks blending Wilted Violet and Fired Brick to get the effect I wanted.  I used the new Tim Holtz snowflake Stencil and some Picket Fence Distress Ink for hte background - the Snowflake is a TH die cut out in silver paper.  The Merry is from TH stamp set Christmas Classic.

I versamarked a TH snowflake and used Silver Embossing Powder and added some Nuovo drops to finish off the card.

 

SPECKLED EGG

I've been caught up with the excitement of Tim Holtz's new colour Speckled Egg.  I could only find a Distress Oxide ink to begin with but it's a start.

Someone on Facebook asked me for a tutorial - I didn't really take pictures as I was doing it as I was just going with the flow but here's a description of how I did it.

I started off with a piece of SU Very Vanilla for my background.  I added a soft brushing of the Speckled Egg first and then added some Tim Holtz's stencils - Splatter with a darker sponging of the ink and Faded Dots with Speckled Egg and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  I used a touch of Walnut Spray stain on the Faded Dots stencil and then added that to the background.  

On a separate piece of paper I added some more Speckled Egg and Gathered Twigs and used the Wildflowers thinlets to cut out the flowers. From the same paper I cut out the Scribbly Butterflies - as I don't have the glaze I simply pushed the butterfly into my Versamark pad and covered it in clear glaze.  I layered it onto another butterfly cut out in brown card stock.

My SU trimmer is quickly running out of sharpness on the blades and as these are no longer available it is starting to rip my card - so I went with it and ripped the edges and then sponged them.  

The sentiment is from Tim's Clippings Sticker Book and it was just perfect for this butterfly - I added some linen thread to a last piece of the sponged paper and added some pearls which I also coloured with a bit of the Speckled Egg ink.  I added it to some Very Vanilla card stock but sponged the edges first with the Speckled Egg as the background. 


I'm adding this into the following challenges :

Creative Artiste Mixed Media #61 - Anything Goes
A Vintage Journey - Rustic
Moving Along with the Times - Things with Wings
Fusion Challenge - Butterfly
Time Out Challenge - word prompt - Butterfly/gardens