Tim Holtz Sizzix Everyday 2023 - Alphanumeric Emporium and True Love Colorize Chocolate Truffles Box Valentine Card

Welcome to February all you crafty people! Time is already flying by this year! Today, I have the third project shown in the Tim Holtz Sizzix Everyday Live, which is a Valentine Card made with the new True Love Colorize and Emporium Alphanumeric Thinlits. This card was really simple to make, and surprisingly fast considering all the pieces of chocolate, but they go together really fast when assembly line making and everything is laid out and ready to go. Speaking of chocolate, I am a self confessed chocoholic, so I loved making this card with the new dies, and they looked so good I couldn't help but take a bit ;0)! Enjoy!

 

 

This is a 5x7 inch card. To begin with I cut and folded a Kraft Cardstock base card to 5x7, rounded the corners and ink with Gathered Twigs. Then I cut Black Kraftstock a little smaller, rounded the corners and mounted that on. Then I cut the patterned Christmas Stash paper a little smaller, rounded corners, and inked it and mounted. Then I cut the White Heavystock to 4x5.5 inches, rounded the corners, mounted it on black, rounded those corners, and then mounted it on to the card front. I die cut the chocolate box from the True Love set with three different shades of red and assembled it, inked the edges and mounted the top part of the box to the upper left hand corner, and the lower part of the box overlapping in the right lower corner. I die cut the 'SWEET' from the Emporium Alphanumeric Thinlits and and mounted those to the top box, and choose sentiments from the Chit Chat sets. 

I assembly lined all the chocolate pieces, doing 12 all together using papers from the Neutral Kraftstock, and I assembled all the pieces except the decorating parts.

 

 For the decorative parts, I die cut those using White Heavystock, and used Distress Ink to color them, and then added them on the chocolates where they go. 

 I added more sentiments and cut one of the chocolate pieces to look like it had a bite out of it. I used a white pen for the dots and I colored in the lines in open areas of the 'SWEET' word. Then I finished off using Diamond Stickles over all the decorative parts on the chocolates. 

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Two Sided Tape, Corner Rounder, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Ink Blending Tool, Scissors, Craft Tweezers, Detail Ink Tool) 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Black Kraftstock , Christmas Paperstash, Classic Kraftstock, Neutral Kraftstock, Seasonal Chit Chat, Chit Chat, Snarky Small Talk

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Everyday 2023): Colorize True Love, Alphanumeric Emporium 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink:  Gathered Twigs, Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar, Lumberjack Plaid 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte 

-Ranger Stickles: Diamond 

-White Pen

 

Thank you for coming by here and especially for commenting. I hope to be back later on this month, so until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Tim Holtz Sizzix Everyday 2023 - True Love and Emporium Abstract Elements Valentine Cards

Hello Everyone, and thank you so much for all the love on the last post. Speaking of love, today I have the second project seen in the Tim Holtz Sizzix Everyday Live, which happen to be the four Valentine Cards made with the new Abstract Elements, True Love, and Emporium Alphanumeric Thinlits.  All of these were laid out the same way, but vary from simplest to more lengthy, to give you an idea of how to use the Abstract Elements in different ways. The Abstract Elements seriously have a million uses, and are so fun to create with. I totally can see these used in Mixed Media Tangle Art...might give that a try soon. Hope you enjoy!

 

(Note: Before I got started on the card fronts, I knew I would be making four, so I cut and folded four Kraft Cardstock bases to 4 x 5.5 inches, corner rounded the corners, and inked the edges in Gathered Twigs. Then I cut four Black Kraftstock bases slightly smaller, corner rounded them, and adhered them to the card fronts with two sided tape. On all the die cut pieces for each card I added two sided tape to the back for easy adhering.) For the Love on the color blocked heart, die cut the large heart from the True Love set using dark red cardstock. Adhere only the thin heart border to the center of the card, and save the solid heart for the next card. Die cut four more solid hearts using coordinating colors like pinks and purples. Die cut the word 'LOVE' from Black Kraftstock using the Alphanumeric Emporium Thinlits.

Cut a strip from the four colored hearts so they are consecutive and fit inside the heart outline on the card front and adhere where they go. Die cut five red strips of the scalloped border from the Abstract Elements and trim to fit the color blocked borders in the heart and adhere. Adhere one border on each side of the card. Die cut three black coil looking pieces and cut them to fit inside each color block so it looks like a letter is hanging from each. Adhere those and the letters onto each one. 

Use a white pen to add dots to each scallop hump. Ink the edges of the white card with Antique Linen Distress Ink. 

For the Love on the heart with flowers, adhere the red solid heart that you had left from the last card to the center of another white base card. Die cut 'LOVE' in Black Kraftstock, but don't stick down yet. Die cut several circles, circle outlines, leaf looking pieces, and dots using different colors of Kraftstock. Start making flowers by layering the pieces of circles and outlines, and adding black dots for the centers. Layout the letters with the flowers and see how you like the arrangement and then start sticking them down on the card front.

Corner round the edges of the white card and ink the edges using Antique Linen Distress Ink, then stick the card front on the base card. Use Watercolor Pencils and a waterbrush to add some more color into each flower for a little definition. 

 

 

For the mosaic like heart, die cut another heart base piece using red Kraftstock, and adhere the solid part to the middle of another white card front, but this time vertically. Corner round the card. Layout piece to fill in half the card using the Abstract Elements as the other side will repeat so it's all symmetrical (except for the middle areas as those are only one piece), using gray, black, and gold Kraftstock. Then start sticking the pieces down doing each side of the card. Ink the edges of the card with Antique Linen Distress and adhere to the base card.

 

For the Queen of Hearts, adhere the outline heart cut from the last card to the center of the white card front again vertically. Corner round the edges. Die cut a 'Q' in red and use the small heart from the True Love set and die cut it in red. Adhere those to opposite corners of the card front. Starting with the face of the queen, find pieces from the Abstract Elements to design her, then the dress and arms, then her crown and the flowers, using black, white, and gold Kraftstock, with red for her lips and the flower. Stick the pieces on when you are ready. Ink the edges of the card with Antique Linen Distress and adhere to the base card.

Supplies: 

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

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White, Ivory 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Black Kraftstock , Classic Kraftstock, Metallic Classics Kraftstock

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Everyday 2023): Colorize True Love, Alphanumeric Emporium, Abstract Elements

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink:  Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencil: Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Rustic Wilderness 

-White Pen

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed! I'll be back next Wednesday with the last project from the Live. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!