Stamper's Anonymous Summer 2021 - You Are Here In My Heart with Inquisitive Observations Card

Hi Everyone! I'm interrupting the Chapter 3 Sizzix series for the last card I made for the new Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous Summer release. This one was my favorite of all five projects so I saved it for last, and is made with the Inquisitive and Observations sets plus the new Metropolitan Layering Stencil which is such a great one to use for maps, like the map on this Sizzix heart. It looks Valentine like and a little masculine, which is fine with me, but it's one you can give to any person you love at any time of year.  Enjoy!

   

Using Ivory Heavystock die cut the heart from the Bigz Love Struck Die from Sizzix. Add a little roll of tape to the back of it and stick it on the glass mat. Add the Mini Metropolis Layering Stencil from Stamper's Anonymous to the front of the heart so that there is a circle part in the center of the heart, and add tape to it to hold it down. Ink over it first in Festive Berries Distress Ink from Ranger, and then Gathered Twigs to the edges of the heart using an Ink Blending Tool. Remove the stencil and ink the edges of the heart with Gathered Twigs. Set it aside. 

 

 

 Fold a kraft card base to 5 x 6.5 inches. This will also be the card front as well. Using the Dotted Line Layering Stencil, ink over it onto the kraft card with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. Don't worry about the middle as it will be covered up. Find the map image from the Urban Layers ephemera, ink the edges of it in Gathered Twigs and adhere it to the card front using two sided tape. Ink the edges of the card as well. Set it aside for now.

 

 

From the Salvaged Tags bag, find a tiny tag for the gent from the Inquisitive Stamp Set, a small tag for the sentiment from the Observations Stamp Set, and a medium tag for the heart to be used later. Use the stamp platform and stamp the gent (I cut the one off from the trio that I used, but if that freaks you out, just mask it.) onto the tiny tag using Black Soot Archival and then heat emboss with Clear Embossing Powder. Stamp the sentiment onto the small tag using Festive Berries Distress Ink and heat emboss it with Clear powder. Use tweezers to hold the tags while embossing so you won't burn your fingers.

 

 Ink over the edges of the three tags using Gathered Twigs. Adhere the heart to the medium tag using Collage Medium or two sided tape. Using the Deckle Trimmer, cut off to bottom edges of all three tags, and ink those edges. Tie the string to the tag holes that came in the bag of tags. 

 

  

Tear off a small ticket from the Ticket Book, and ink the edges in Gathered Twigs. Collage the medium tag to the left on the map images with Crazing Collage Medium including the string laying it as you want so it dries that way. The red ink will likely smear a little but that is okay. Collage the sentiment tag to the lower right corner, and the gent tag above it on the right. Collage the ticket in the upper right corner. Let this dry well. 

 

 

Cut out an arrow from the Life Quotes Remnant Rubs and rub over it so it is pointing at the circle part in the center of the heart, using a rubbing tool. Find the words 'you are here' from the Chit Chat Stickers, and ink the edges in Gathered Twigs. Adhere these above the arrow using a little Collage Medium for extra adherence. 

 

 

Add Festive Berries Distress Crayon to the silicon mat and a tiny squirt of water next to it. Wet your finger and pick up the rubbed in crayon and rub it along the sides of all the tags where you want a little red color, really pushing it into the crazing cracks so you can now see them. Do the same with the Gathered Twigs Crayon for a more distressed look. Once you like the look, use a damp paper towel to remove any crayon color you don't want.

 

 

Cut off any Remnant Rubs you want to use on the card, and rub them on. I used images and words from four different sets. Once you like your placements, use a gray Stabilo pencil to outline the tags and smudge it in to give a nice border. You might not need to do this if you used your crayons to do this, but I thought I needed my tags to pop a little more. 

 

 

Color a tiny Mirrored Heart with Crimson Alcohol Ink and let dry. Adhere the heart below the ticket with Collage Medium. If you want to gent to pop a little more, color in the reflection on his hat with Picket Fence Distress Crayon and a Detail Water Brush, along with his eyes and shirt collar. I wanted the arrow to be solid (I should have used a solid arrow from the Remnant Rubs.) so I colored it in with a permanent black marker. Ink the edges of the card with Black Soot Archival and an Ink Blending Tool to give it a nice border.

 

Supplies: 

(Die Cut Machine, Glass Mat, Tape, Ink Blending Tool, Two Sides Tape, Stamp Platform, Tweezers, Heat Tool, Deckle Trimmer, Collage Brush, Scissors, Rub On Tool, Water Mister, Detail Water Brush) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: Ivory 

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz Die: Love Struck

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencils: Set 51 (Mini Metropolis) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Festive Berries, Gathered Twigs 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil: Dotted Line 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Urban Layers, Salvaged Tags, Ticket Book, Chit Chat Stickers, Remnant Rubs in Life Quotes, Elements, Words, and Specimen, Mirrored Hearts

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Inquisitive, Observations 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Black Soot 

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Clear 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte, Crazing 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons: Festive Berries, Gathered Twigs, Picket Fence 

-Black Permanent Marker, Gray Stabilo Pencil 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink: Crimson

 

A big thank you to Tim and Ted for allowing me this opportunity to make samples for this release, and of course thanks to all of you for looking and commenting! My cup runneth over. I'll be back soon with more Sizzix Chapter 3 makes. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3 2021 - Varsity and 3D Mini Botanical with Rectangles Stacked Tiles Metallic Congrats Wedding Card

WOW! Talk about a mouth full of a title, but at least you know what you are about to see! Hello All and welcome to my first make using the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3 Dies. Wasn't the LIVE yesterday fabulous?!! I'm in such awe at all the makes! Thanks to all the Designers for bringing us so much inspiration with Tim's LIVEs. Well since wedding season is upon us, I thought I'd start with this card which is made with the new Varsity Thinlits, Rectangles Stacked Tiles Framelits, and Mini 3D Botanical Texture Fade. You know how I love the Stacked Tiles series, and these Rectangles can do so much, like mat and stack and mat and stack again. I LOVE that, and with all the pieces it's so easy to do! That is what I did on this card, and even used the Rectangles to make the tux and dress!  Enjoy!

 

Using the silver and gold Metallic Kraft Stock and Alphanumeric Varsity, die cut the letter 'CONGRATS' from both colors. Separate the letters from the borders and mix them so you have a gold letter with silver trim and vise versa. Alternate the letters with gold base then silver repeating the pattern. Since you are using two different colors of paper you will have two completed words but you only need one for this card so save the other for another project.  

 

 

For the rectangles that will house the 'C', die cut a blue Confections Kraft Stock rectangle using the largest size, a kraft, white Heavystock, and black cardstock rectangle using the next to largest Rectangle in the Stacked Tiles. Use a paper trimmer to cut a gold Metallic Kraft Stock piece for the matting of the blue confections piece leaving a border about 1/16 inch around. Take the black cardstock rectangle and cut a slit at the middle top about 3/4 inch down. Fold each slit over making a triangle shape for the jacket collar. Cut a slit on the white cardstock about 1/4 inch down at the top middle, and fold those over to create a triangle shaped collar for the shirt. Using a scrap piece of blue confections free hand cut a bow tie that will fit nicely on the white shirt part. 

 

 

Ink the edges of the kraft rectangle with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. Mount the blue confections rectangle to the center of the gold metallic using two sided tape. Mount the white shirt to the kraft, and the black jacket to the white shirt, and then mount that onto the blue confections piece. Use Collage Medium to adhere the bow tie in place as well as the 'C' in the middle of the jacket. Set the 'C' rectangle aside on a kraft card base cut to 5 x 6.5 inches where it will go so you now have an idea of the layout of the rectangles.

 

 

For the rectangles that will house the 'S', die cut a blue Confections Kraft Stock rectangle using the largest size, a kraft cardstock and  white Heavystock rectangle using the next to largest Rectangle in the Stacked Tiles. Use a paper trimmer to cut a gold Metallic Kraft Stock piece for the matting of the blue confections piece leaving a border about 1/16 inch around, as well as a black cardstock piece that will be matted behind the kraft leaving about 1/16 inch border. Take the white Heavystock rectangle and lightly mist it with water and run it through the 3D Mini Botanical Texture Fade. Remove from the fade, and trim a triangle V shaped piece from the top middle using scissors for the next line. Trim off each side edge at an angle at the bottom for a waistline look. Using a scrap piece of blue confections free hand cut a sash for the waist about 1/4 inch thick that will fit nicely on the bottom waist part. Adhere the sash with Collage Medium. 

 

  

Lightly ink the edges of the dress as well as the kraft rectangle using Gathered Twigs, and mount the dress onto the kraft using two sided tape. Mount this onto the black cardstock, and this onto the blue confections and finally onto the gold piece. Use Collage Medium to adhere the 'S' onto the middle of the dress. Set aside on the card base where it will go. 

 

For the 'O' and 'T' use the three smallest rectangles in the Stacked Tiles. Adhere about 5 1/2 inches of the blue flowered Linen Tape to a piece of cardstock, and die cut two of the smallest rectangles from it. Ink the eddges of the Linen rectangles with Gathered Twigs. Die cut two black cardstock from the next to smallest, and two blue confections from the middle sized rectangles. Using two sided tape mount the Linen rectangles onto the black cardstock and those onto the blue confections. Use Collage Medium to adhere the 'O' and 'T' to the center of the Linen piece, and set those on the card front where they go. Do the exact same for the 'G' and 'R' using the same materials, except die cut the Linen from the second smallest rectangle, the black cardstock from the middle rectangle, and the blue confections from the second largest. Adhere those like the other two and set on the card front where they go.

 

For the 'N' and 'A' use the next to largest rectangles and cut two black and two kraft cardstock pieces. Die cut two blue confections from the middle rectangle Stacked Tiles. Take the blue pieces and lightly mist with water and run through the 3D Mini Botanical Texture Fade. 

 

 

Mount the blue embossed pieces to the kraft rectangles. Use scissors to cut off the borders of the kraft so they are barely seen (1/16 inch border) and ink the edges of those with Gathered Twigs. Then mount onto the black cardstock rectangles with two sided tape. Mount these onto silver Metallic Kraft Stock cut just around the black leaving about 1/8 inch border. I did this to help make things pop a little more. Adhere the 'N' and 'A' in place with Collage Medium and set onto the card front where they go. Play with the arrangement using a ruler to help make sure you have even borders around the letters and in between. Once you have the arrangement stick the rectangles down using two sided tape. Ink the edges of the card with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Scissors, Ink Blending Tool, Two Sided Tape, Water Mister, Ruler)

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Chapter 3 2021): Alphanumeric Varsity 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Metallic Kraft Stock, Metallic Confections Kraft Stock, Agenda Linen Tape

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Framelits (Chapter 3 2021): Rectangles Stacked Tiles 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock, Black Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs

-Sizzix Tim Holtz 3-D Texture Fades (Chapter 3 2021): Mini Botanical 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte

 

I'm so happy you stopped by today, and a huge thank you for the comments here and on social media. I've got one more Stamper's Anonymous card to show you next time, and then I'll be back with more Sizzix goodies. Thanks everyone! I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!