Toil & Trouble

Hello, 

Toil & Trouble from me today. A tag made with Tim Holtz products. 

I started to die cut a tag from Distress mixed media heavystock with my Tag & bookplate Bigz die, an old favourite of mine. 

Then I inked the mini scull stencil THMS064 with Black soot Distress ink. Sprayed the tag with some water and then pressed the stencil on the tag. Use a paper towel on the stencil when you “print”. Lift  the stencil and dry the tag with a heat tool. 

I inked the edges of the tag with Black soot Distress ink and then stitched with my sewing machine. I stamped a spider web with CMS346 and Archival ink Black soot. Then some text from CMS138 Apothecary on random places on the tag. The spider is stamped with a set I bought at Michaels or Joann’s  when on vacation in USA. 

I spritzed some Flickering candle (Distress Mica stain) as well. The eyes on the spider is made with a yellow Posca pen. 

I colored a piece of Mummy cloth with Distress ink and Distress spray stain in Black soot, and placed it in the hole of the tag. I fastened it with my sewing machine. 

I diecut the “Toil & trouble” with 665995 Bold text Halloween from the tag and also from some sanded Kraftstock. I took away all pieces from the tag, and glued the Kraft pieces in the spaces. (I glued a thin paper on the backside of the tag, so you can glue the black letters on that). 

I colored the Paperdoll Witches with Distress crayons and inked the edges with Ground espresso Distress ink. 

I diecut a feather from Distress mixed media heavystock with 666003 Feathery, inked with Frayed burlap DI. Edges with Black soot. I used the same text stamp on the feather as on the tag. Stitched the feather to the tag with sewing machine. Inked some cheese cloth (not from Tim), with DI black soot, fastened it with Tim’s tiny attacher. Then I used 3D foam on the witches. 

That’s it🙂. I will try this tag in a challenge over at Tim Holtz addicts group on FB.

Thanks for visiting my blog, 

Have a nice day, 

/ Susanne

Special delivery

Hello and welcome, 

Today I will share a envelope made with Tim’s products. I think this envelope will be great to place a gift card in, as a Christmas gift for someone. 

I started to cut the envelope from Woodgrain cardstock, with Sizzix die 665926, Collector. Then I used Distress ink’s in different brown colors and colored it. All the edges was also inked with Distress ink. Then I stamped the snowflakes from Stamptember 2020 stamps with Distress Embossing ink and used Platinum embossing powder. Then heat set. 

I then used my Splatter brush with Distress paint in Picket fence and made som splatters on the envelope.

The “special delivery” decor is diecut from Red sanded Kraftstock with 665927 Postale, and backed with Kraft heavystock. 

I stamped the cat on Watercolor paper and colored it with the new fabulous Distress pencils, and some Distress ink’s Black soot for some shadowing. 

I diecut some small labels from Kraft heavystock, with 665926 Collector, and the number “24” is diecut from 665927 Postale from Red Kraftstock which I have sanded. Attached it with a long fastener. 

Then I chosed some Christmas ephemera pieces, which I inked the edges on with Distress ink Ground espresso. I also stamped the “Holliday” ephemera piece with a stamp from CMS323 Holiday Postmarks. 

On the backside I attached another small tag with “24”, and one with the stamp from CMS323. I inked a red/white string with Ground espresso Distress ink. Used long fasteners for the closing. 

I will try this envelope in a challenge over at the Tim Holtz addicts group on FB. #Stamptember2022

Thanks for visiting today, 

/Susanne

Gathered for Halloween

Hello and welcome, 

I have made a card with Tim’s new Stamps CMS451 The Scarecrow, and I have also used his new Distress Mica stains.

I started with the background and used the THMSK 01 Moon mask on a piece of Distress Mixed media heavystock. I used Distress spray stains and Distress Mica stains. I followed the step’s that Tim showed in one of his demos, with idea from Stacy (Here is a link to her blog). I used Mica stain in Decayed and Flickering candle, Spray stains in Black soot. 

When happy with my background I used my stamping tool to stamp the bats. I was a little unsuccessful, the card glide just a little, and at first I was disappointed with the result. But I decided to use it anyway, and now I think it is cool with that “shadow”. 🙈. 

I inked the edges with Distress ink, Black soot, then stitched with my sewing machine. 

I made a mask with a post-it note and used with the stamp CMS451 The Scarecrow and stamped it three times, because I wanted a gang. 🙂. Then I colored them with Distress inks. (My new Distress watercolor pens hadn’t arrived at this point, but now they have🙂). 

I then fuzzy cut the images and inked the edges with Black soot Distress ink. I glued the corn stems with Distress collage medium and adhered the Scarecrows with 3D foam. 

I stamped the text on some inked (same colors as for the background, accept from the yellow) Mixed media heavystock and cut out, inked the edges and then adhered with 3D foam.

The background was glued to a sanded and inked piece of orange metallic Kraftstock, and the next layer is a sanded black Kraftstock. 3D foam between the orange and the black layer for dimension. Then mounted to a black card blank.

I will try this card in the challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Stamp it. 

Thank you very much for visiting my blog, 

/Susanne