Christmas Ornament - Sizzix Decorative Strip Die Tim Holtz Snowflake Rosette

Not a great photo, sorry.  I cut 3 strips in each colour and mounted a punched duck and butterfly and an Impression Obsession rabbit die to the front of each snowflake.  This took care of 9 ornaments all done in one evening.  The card stock is glittery so they look a lot nicer than the photo shows.

Bird Crazy and Crazy Things - Tim Holtz Collection

I am loving creating with the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous and Sizzix Bird Crazy and Crazy Things (the accessories) stamps and dies.

The tag is a Go Kreate one stamped with a Kaszazz spiders and cobweb stamp.  The bird was painted using Distress inkpads Twisted Citron, Abandoned Coral and Hickory Smoke.

Whimsy Dies - Anchor

As I do not have much in the way of masculine cards I thought this one might work.

The die, Anchor, is  from Whimsy and all the papers used are part of an extensive old Creative Memories stash that I have.  The background stamps are from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Air Travel and Stampin Up The Open Sea.

Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Urban Tapestry

A bit more of a dappled background using left over watercolour paints with the Tim Holtz / Stamper's Anonymous Urban Tapestry set.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts Say it All with the border punch on the left hand side being Martha Stewart's Chequered Square.

With me easing into retirement I thought I would have a lot more time to create - I am still making cards and projects in the evenings but am tending to spend more time learning to draw and paint in all different mediums.  To take the pressure off of me I will start posting twice a week in future.

Stampers Anonymous - Road Trip

Using another leftover watercolour background I die cut it out with Go Kreate Ovals.

The image is from the Tim Holtz / Stamper's Anonymous set Road Trip.  The sentiment, die cut with Spellbinders Reverse Wonky Rectangles is another Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous set called Good Thoughts.  The background paper is from a pad by DCWV called Stack 7.

Stamper's Anonymous - Urban Tapestry

Whilst finishing off a watercolour painting the other day I decided not to waste some already mixed colours.  I did a few background washes which I thought might go well with solid stamps such as this Urban Tapestry set by Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous.

The sentiment is Kaszazz Lucy's Stamps - Happy Birthday.

QuicKutz - Pocket

I was recently excited to get my first QuicKutz die - Pocket.  The die is cut from a beige piece of cardstock and coloured with Distress inks Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs.

The tag is stamped wuth background image Hero Arts Old Writing Flower Collage in Archival Sepia.  The sentiment on the tag is Tim Holtz Nature's Discovery in Archival Coffee ink - distressed inked with Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs.

The background is Creative Expressions Brick embossing folder highlighted with Momento Nautical Blue ink topped with Peachy Keen Happy Bird die.  Not sure where I got the sentiment from but the labels are part of the Pocket die.

Tag Album - 2

Another page to the tag album I made recently.  Again, I used a number of different tags but decided to keep the same raffia ribbon at the top.  Each tag was unique with either embossing or stamping on and the darker ones were plain.

My only complaint about this Tim Holtz album was that I had to hand cut the paper on each page.  There is a Spellbinders die that is the same shape but it does not fit the page.

Tim Holtz Components Collection - Flutter

I managed to get my hands on a couple of Tim Holtz Components Collection stamps and decided to use this one for another simple card.  The image is stamped using Archival Cobalt ink and I used a variety of Distress inks to give it a bit of colour.

The stamp fits into a Spellbinders Deckled Edge Rectangle and I popped the image onto an embossed card front.  The sentiment is from Clear Dollar Something to Crow About and has been framed with Stampin Up punches.

Tim Holtz - Old Jalopy die

When I buy a new die I like to use it straight away to ensure it is not faulty. I had this Tim Holtz Old Jalopy die cut out on my craft desk for ages and finally decided to do something with it.

I think what put me off was the colour of the cardstock I had used so I altered it with Distress Ink and stamped over it with Hero Arts Old Letter Writing wooden stamp using Coffee Archival ink.  The background cardstock was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and sanded for effect.  I used (or should I say abused) my Zutter Distresser for the edges.  I am still fairly new to the machine and have not quite got the hang of it.

The sentiment is from Tim Holtz - Stuff to Say and was stamped also using Coffee Archival ink.

Address Book project

A while back I bought a Pine Cone Address and Perpetual Calendar Book in Melbourne. In one of my periodic spring cleans I found it - just as well as I had completely forgotten I had even bought it. You just have to love getting older, it is so exciting clearing out - you never know what you might find next !

For the covers, which I covered in patterned paper on the insides, I used Distress Stains, Tim Holtz stamps called Good Thoughts and Nature's Discovery (on back) and French Market Place plus Flourishes Medallion Motif on front.  The images were all stamped using Archival Inks.  It might look like a bit of a mish mash type of design but I like it.

Just Rite - You are my Anchor

I was looking to make a male birthday card in a hurry and came up with this simple one.

The background stamp is a Tim Holtz one called Air Travel and the centre stamp is from a Just Rite set called You are my Anchor.  I used a Nestabilities Circle to cut out the compass, sponged it with Antique Linen Distress ink and lightly coloured it in using a combination of Stampin Up and Aquamarkers.  I thought the pinking circles (yes, I used them again !) finished it off and I used rises to pop it onto the background.  I also used Distress ink on the background.