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Hello and welcome, 

I have made a tag using Tim Holtz products including the gorgeous new Distress color Prize ribbon, a perfect blue, if you ask me.

I started with the background, cut a tag from Distress White heavystock and inked my craft mat with Crushed olive Distress ink. Dipped several times and dried between layers. Then I took the THS156 Metropolis layering stencil and Micro glaze. This is Tim’s Microglaze technique which I love. Next step was the Prize ribbon ink, used the ink pad on my craft mat, spritz with water and dipped and dried with heat gun. 

Then I inked the edges with Distress Oxide ink in Prize ribbon, used the same color of embossing glaze and heat set. 

I stamped the new “bullseye” stamp from CMS432 Inquisitive, with Oxide PR and then the same embossing glaze here as well. Heated with my heat tool. The cat is from one of my favourite stamp sets from Tim, CMS392, Snarky cat. I stamped him on watercolor paper and colored him with Distress inks, then fuzzy cut around the image. Adhered him to the tag with 3D foam. 

I made two other background panels, one with Crused Olive and one with Prize ribbon, with inks on my mat, spritzed water and heat set between layer until happy. The big texts are from CMS433, Bold sayings. Stamped with Oxide Prize ribbon on the “Crushed olive” panel, and then using Embossing glaze in Prize ribbon. I inked all the edges with Prize ribbon Distress ink. Then mounted all the text pieces on the blue background with 3D foam for dimension. 

The text “Guess who?” is from CMS 432 Inquistive. 

I will try this tag over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge  - Heat emboss. 

Hope you have a nice day, and thank you very much for visiting.

/ Susanne

Guess who? tag

Hello and welcome, 

Today I have another tag to show, made with Tim Holtz new stamps CMS432 Inquisitive and Metropolis stencil. 

I started with a Mixed media heavystock tag, “smooshed” some Frayed burlap Distress ink and spritzed some water on my craft mat, and dipped the tag. Dried between layers and repeated until happy. I sprayed some water drops to the background and dried again. Then I used some Distress ink Frayed burlap on an ink blending tool and used the new Metropolis stencil THS156. I used my sewing machine around the edges. 

I stamped the numbers with Barn door Distress Oxide and then stamped again with Black Archival ink (This technique is from Emma Williams see link to her blog (http://stickydots.blogspot.com/2021/07/guess-who.html)). I love that look. 

Then I stamped the image with the three smaller men with Archival ink. I stamped them again on a scrap paper, cut out close to the edges and used as a mask. Then I stamped the Bullseye stamp the same way as the numbers mentioned above. Then took the mask away. Then I used the “faux bleach” technique, which I have learned from Dyan Reaveley, on the men. A very cool technique. You can see that their faces are “almost white”. ( I considered to color them but I decided not to.)

Then I used the dot stamp in the same set, and stamped them on the bullseye with black Archival ink. 

I took another piece of Mixedmedia heavystock and used Frayed burlap Distress ink the same way as the tag background, then I stamped “Guess who?” With black Archival ink and used Crackling campfire Embossing glaze (that was what I had closest, and I are on a trip with a limited amount of craft supply for the moment). Then heated. I cut a piece from Black Kraftstock, which I sanded, slightly bigger than the “Guess who?” panel. Mounted them together with 3D foam and then mounted on the tag. 

I bought this stamp set for the bullseye and the numbers, but now when I have tried the stamps with the men, I think they are pretty cool. 

I mounted the tag on a piece of sanded Black Kraft cardstock. 

Thank you for visiting my blog, much appreciated. 

Have a nice day and take care, 

/ Susanne 

Focus on the good tag

Hello and welcome, 

I have been playing with Tim Holtz new Distress colour Prize ribbon. I love blue colours and I was very pleased last Saturday when Tim introduced the newest member in the Distress family. It is gorgeous! 💙.

I made this tag on mixed media Kraft heavystock, with Prize ribbon Distress ink and Oxide “smooshed” on my craft mat , then spritzed with water, dipped and dried. Then repeated until I was happy. I also used some Salvaged patina ink and Oxide. Then I stitched around the edges with my sewing machine, and finally inked the edges with Walnut stain Distress ink. 

Then I stamped the new men from CMS432, Inquisitive, coloured them with Distress inks and cut them out. 

Then to the bullseye, I followed the instructions on Emma Williams blog, (follow the link) I loved the look she showed on her blog and wanted the same look.

On the bullseye I stamped the “Focus on the good” text from CMS433 with Distress embossing ink and added black embossing powder, and heated. I inked the edges with Walnut stain Distress ink. I stitched the bullseye to the tag with my sewing machine. 

The small label is a Mixed media heavystock piece, inked with Frayed burlap, then I stamped with Prize ribbon Oxide and then used the same colour Embossing glaze, with CMS394, Tiny text. Inked the edges with Ground espresso Distress ink. Adhered it to the tag with 3D foam. 

“Stay tuned”, more tags are coming. 🤗

Thanks for visiting, 

/ Susanne. 

Mother’s Day card for my Dear Mother

Hello and welcome, 

Wow, time flies, July already. There was a while since I published something on my blog and IG. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been crafting 🤗. But I must admit that the European championship in football has taken some time and of course work. 

Anyway, today I will share a card that I gave to my Mother on Mother’s Day back in May. If you have read my blog earlier you know that my Mother love big cities, and therefore I picked  London as a theme for this card. I made this card with Tim Holtz products, Sizzix dies and Stampers anonymous stamps. 

I started with the background, I looked through my Ideaology Urban layers and found this “map” which I thought would be perfect. I sanded the surface carefully and also the edges. Then I inked over it with Walnut Stain Distress ink. 

Then I diecut “London” with the Alphanumeric Bold 665205, in red Tim Holtz Kraft cardstock and sanded it. Then I also cut the same letters from a blue cardstock. Then I glued the letters together a little bit offset for dimension. I also diecut the houses with 661804 Cityscape Metropolis from black and grey Kraftstock, then sanded. I stamped some tickets from Kraft heavystock with CMS337 Ticket booth, die cut them with the coordinating dies 662698. I crinkled the tickets a bit and inked the edges with Distress ink Walnut stain. 

The bus is a diecut using 665220 Wacky transport and red Kraft stock which I also sanded. The “congrats” is a Ideaology Sentiments label sticker. 

The “K” is the first letter in my Mother’s name and for that I used a Ideaology Mini marquee letter and a mini fastener. 

In the top right corner of the card I placed a “No7” stamp from CMS225 Correspondence (difficult to see the stamped image on this photo though), and placed a Index clip over it.

I made a small “collage” down in the left corner, using Ideaology ruler ribbon which I inked with Distress ink Walnut stain, a Ideaology Adornment arrow which I wired a red silk thread around, a Ideaology Ephemera Emporium piece and a stamped ticket mentioned above. I used my Tiny attacher to fasten some of the pieces. 

I made two panels from the same cardstock used above and a piece of cardboard to layer behind the card. I used 3D foam between the layers for dimension. Sanded the edges of the cardstock and inked the cardboard edges. 

I hope you have a nice day, 

Thanks for your visit, much appreciated. 

/ Susanne. 

Snarky cat card

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It’s not a secret that I love the Snarky cat stamps from Tim Holtz. I think they are so fun and cool.

This card is made with one of the Snarky cats from CMS 392. 

I started with the background and cut a piece from Distress Mixedmedia heavystock, and used the microglaze technique from Tim H. I used the stencils THS145 Digits and THS129 Decayed. I used Walnut Stain Distress ink as background color and the same ink around the edges. In the upper left corner I put a tiny fastener.

I stamped some stamp images with Archival ink Jet black and one image with embossing ink. On the one with embossing ink I used Embossing glaze in Speckled egg and heated. The stamp set’s I used are CMS404 Glitch 2, CMS339 Mail art and CMS225 Correspondence. I also used my Splat brush and splattered some black Acrylic paint on the background. I stitched the edges with my sewing machine. 

Then I took some more Micro glaze on my finger and rubbed on some of the stamped images, (the cross and the numbers), I did that because I wanted to be able to color these images without getting the background ink to “bleed” through. I heated with my heat tool to get the background permanent before I started to color with Distress Oxides. The cross in Speckled egg and the numbers in Chipped sapphire. I also used my sewing machine to stitch in the cross with red thread. 

Then I stamped the snarky 😂 text with a stamp from CMS392 and Archival ink in Jet black on a Distress ink background, then mounted it on Black cardstock with 3D foam for dimension.

Then it was time for the main character, the Snarky cat. I stamped him on watercolor paper and colored him with Distress inks and reinkers. Then I fuzzy cut him. 

Before I adhered my cat to the card I took a string and wired around the background a couple of times and finally added a Quote token. I used Distress crayon in Antique linen to get the text more visible on the token. 

I mounted the background to a piece of black cardstock and then on a cardboard piece with Walnut stain inked edges, finally to a black card blank, all with 3D foam. 

I will try this card in a challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Four legged friends. 

Thank you very much for your visit, take care, 

/ Susanne 

Bee card

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Today I will show a card with Tim Holtz new die, Funky insects and his new collage paper. I made a birthday card. 

Started with Distress White heavystock and inked my Craft mat with Distress Oxide ink in Old paper. I dipped and dried and spritzed water until I was happy with the result. 

Then I used the THS145 stencil, Digits, with Distress crackle paste and Embossing glaze in Rustic Wilderness. Let dry completely. Then using my embossing gun to heat set it. 

Then I used a stencil THMM with honeycomb pattern (I think I bought that stencil on  Michaels some year when we visited USA, Oh I so longing for travel again🙂. ) and then Microglaze (Tim’s technique). Then I used different colors of Distress Spray stain, for more color on the background. 

For the next step I used some torn pieces from Tim’s new Collage paper, Entomology. I used Distress collage medium to glue it to the background. Inked all the edges with Distress ink in Walnut stain, and used a black fine liner pen and lined around the edges. You can see the beautiful bug from the collage paper here. 

Then I colored another White heavystock background with different green Distress inks and made some Rusty hinge splats from Distress spray stain. I then cut out a circle with 662229 Stitched circles die. Inked the edges with Rustic wilderness Distress ink. I also die cut the honeycomb piece with 660220 Mixed media, from Kraft heavystock, which I sanded. 

The “No 1108” is a remnant rub-Specimen. 

The bee itself is from Tim’s new die set 665364 Funky insects. I cut it from White heavystock and colored it the same way as my background with different colors of Distress ink. On the wings I used some Rusty hinge Embossing glaze and when that was heated and cool I used Distress crayon in Walnut stain on the surface, and smudged it out with my lightly damp finger. I also used a white Posca pen to highlight some of the pieces on the bee. 

I stamped “Limited edition” from CMS394 Tiny text, with Distress embosssing in k on a sanded piece of black Kraft heavystock and then used white embossing powder and heated. 

I stamped a text from CMS236 Crazy talk on the “label” on the same background as the circle die cut, and embossed the text with black embossing powder. Used my fine liner pen again and draw around the edges and mounted the label with 3D foam on a sanded piece of black Kraft heavystock. Then I used long fastener in each end and a piece of inked string and fastened it around my background. 

Here you can see the beautiful collage paper in the background again.

I bent the wings on my bee for more dimension. Here you can see the crackle on the digits numbers. I like that look a lot, with the Embossing glaze on top. 

I mounted the background on a piece of cardboard which I have inked the edges on with Distress ink in Rustic wilderness, and than mounted to a black card blank. 

I will try this card in a challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge, Things with wings.

Have a nice day and thank you very much for visiting me today, 

/ Susanne. 

At the Oscars

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A couple of weeks ago I watched the Oscars award from Los Angeles on tv. And I was inspired to make a tag with that theme. Due to the pandemic it was a very special event, with a limited amount of attendants. I was inspired by the interior where the awards was held, the windows and the pastel colors on the decorative flowers.  I have used Tim Holtz products. 

I started with a Small Etcetera tag and glued a piece of the new Kraft stock to it with Distress collage medium. The tag is higher than the Kraft stock so I cut a piece from a second piece of Kraft stock and joined it together with the first at the bottom of the tag. I then sanded the edges. Then I used Distress texture paste opaque matte and the THS147 Deco arch stencil at the top of the tag. I wanted it to look like the windows.

The text “Oscars” is cut with 661815 Deco alphabet from sanded Metallic Kraft stock and also from the new Kraft stock which I also sanded. I inked the edges on the Metallic letters and glued the Kraft stock letters a little bit offset on the Metallic letters. Then I glued them to the background. All glued with Distress collage medium. 

I cut a piece of sanded Metallic Kraft stock and glued to the reinforcer. Then I inked it with Walnut stain Distress ink, and cut a piece of the new Idea-ology Velvet trims. I used my mini stapler to hold the trim together. I used some Alcohol ink in Mushroom on the staple. The flowers are from Idea-ology Boquet, which I have colored with a waterbrush and Distress inks. The leaves is from an old Sizzlits die, 659573 Spring greenery, cut from the new Kraft stock. Also sanded.

I cut the Piqture wheel with 668558 die, from Distress Kraft heavystock, inked the edges with Walnut stain Distress ink. I stamped the “countdown” stamp from CMS081 At the movies, on Distress mixed media heavystock with Alcohol ink in Jet black, inked the strip with the new Salvaged patina and Walnut stain Distress inks. Then I cut the strip in pieces and glued the numbers in the “windows” on the Piqture wheel. I also stamped the wheel with a small stamp from CMS412 Examinations. 

The word “Nominees” are cut from Metallic Kraft stock with another old Sizzlits die, Typeset, 657176. Then I painted the letters with Salvaged patina Distress paint, and then zip inked them with Walnut stain Distress ink. I glued the letters on a piece of sanded Kraft stock piece. I love the surface on the new Kraft stock. 

The ladies who are the “Nominees” for the Oscar for best actress are photos from Idea-ology, Photobooth, I glued them to chip board to get them more sturdy, and for some dimension. 

Here you can see the reinforcer and flowers. 

“Best actress” is done in the exact same way as the “Nominees” letters. The frame around is the leftover from when I cut the star border with the 3D embossing folder which I will describe further down. Here you can see that I used the “countdown” strip again. I stamped it on Mixed media heavystock and the I glued a Idea-ology Film strip over it. I used two hardware heads on each side of the strip. The hardware heads are colored with Alcohol ink in Mushroom. 

The starborder is cut from sanded Metallic Kraft stock with the 3D impresslits embossing folder Star trim  from Sizzix. I used the leftover as a frame, (described above). I used a layer of Salvaged patina Distress paint on the border and then I wiped some of it away. Then I used some Distress crayon in Walnut stain to “age” it a bit. I glued a Idea-ology Quote flair to the border.

“1930” is Idea-ology Numeric, which I painted with Salvaged patina Distress paint and then I used a waterbrush and Distress crayon in Walnut stain and painted over for an “aged” look. I did the same with the stars, but they was painted white and then I mixed Rusty hinge, Crackling campfire and Walnut stain crayons on top. 

I used a stamp from At the movies set for the background on the lover piece of the tag, stamped with Archival ink in Jet black.

It was really fun to make this tag.

I will try this tag over at Simon says stamps Monday challenge -Feminine. 

Take care, and thank you so much for visiting my blog.

/ Susanne