Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween 2023 - Tapestry and Artsy Leaves Autumn Scene Etcetera Mini Tag

Hi Everyone! I hope you were able to watch the Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween Live today to see the mounds and mounds of inspirational projects. It always blows my mind. If you missed it be sure to watch the replay. This is one of my projects that was shown in the Live, an Alcohol Ink Autumn Scene on a Mini Etcetera Tag made from the new Artsy Leaves Thinlits and Multi Level Texture Fade. I am totally in love with this, and wish it was way way bigger, LOL! Enjoy!

 

I took two of the Gloss Alcohol Ink Cardstock pieces from Ranger and pounced on Terracotta, Honeycomb, and Willow Alcohol Ink with an Alcohol Ink Applicator Tool covering the sheets completely. Then I added Radiant and Envy Alcohol Pearls to the Applicator along with Blending Solution and pounced that on while blowing with my mouth to create tiny marbled bubble looking shapes. 

 

 

I placed one of the pieces into the Multi Level Tapestry Texture Fade and ran through the machine twice, then did the other. I rubbed the pad of Peeled Paint Archival Ink directly over the raised areas, then the pad of Vintage Photo Archival over to bring out the design even more, then set these aside. 

 

 

Using another sheet of Gloss, I pounced on Cloudy Blue Alcohol Ink over the top portion only on a fresh piece of felt on the tool. Then I added Snow Cap Mixative on the Applicator and pounced it over the Cloudy Blue to create cloud looking shapes. I added Aquamarine Alcohol Ink, Tranquil Pearls, and Blending Solution to the same piece of felt, and on the lower end of the Gloss I swiped the tool over to create stripes of color for more of a water look. Then I lightly misted a bit of 91% Rubbing Alcohol in the air and ran the piece through the droplets to create some water bubbles on the stripes of color. 

 

 

Taking the Tapestry pieces, I tore towards me to reveal the white paper core, about three pieces each, just following the spaces between the round parts. I inked the white edges with Peeled Paint Archival Ink, except the piece that would be the very bottom. Then I tore the blue piece between the sky and water, again towards me to reveal the white core, and inked the water edge only (as the sky edge will be covered up) with Speckled Egg Distress Archival Ink, as well as that last piece, so it looks like the waters edge. I took a Mini Etcetera Tag from Stamper's Anonymous and played with the torn pieces, layering them to make a pattern of sky, hills, and water. Once I knew the pattern I set these aside, and painted the tag hole with Fossilized Amber Distress Paint, to mimic the sun. 

 

 

I took another piece of Gloss Cardstock and added Deception, Scorch, Splendor, Radiant, and Envy Alcohol Pearls to the Applicator with Blending Solution and pounced it on covering the piece completely. Then I took all 9 of the solid leaf (now tree) shapes from the Artsy Leaves Thinlits, and die cut all of them with this piece. I set these aside. 

 

 

I took a piece of Gray Two Tone Woodgrain and added two sided tape to the back. I laid the stem (now trunk) pieces that I wanted to use (two different ones) and die cut them, repeating until I had 9 total. I took a Hickory Smoke Distress Watercolor Pencil and Detail Waterbrush and created lines on each that look like Birch/Aspen tree trunks. I set these aside. 

 

 

Taking another piece of Gloss Cardstock, I pounced on Willow and Everglades Alcohol Ink to half the sheet, and then Envy Alcohol Pearl and Blending Solution over the top. I added two sided tape to the back. I die cut two of the leafy stem looking pieces three times each, so that they might look like pine trees. I set these aside. 

 

 

I decided to paint the background of the Etcetera Tag, so I painted the edges only with Walnut Stain Distress Paint. When dry, I added two sided tape to the back of the sky, hills, and and water and adhere those on the tag, leaving a border, and punch a hole where the tag hole is using a hole punch. I adhered the tag hole over using Collage Medium. Then I added some more Vintage Photo Archival Ink around the sides to further darken the border. I selected phrases from the Clippings Sticker Book, inked the edges with Vintage Photo Archival, and mounted those onto Kraft Cardstock, cut around them and inked those edges the same. I took 6 Tack Nails and nailed each of those onto a corner point on the very edge of the tag around the pieces about half way in, using a Mini Craft Hammer, but first adding a tiny hole with a Craft Pick to make hammering them in a little easier.  

 

 

 Here is a side view so you can see the nails a little better.

 

 

I shook the Gilded Foundry Wax up well and added a tiny drop to the white mat, and then using my finger, I dotted each nail head with the Wax. Then I heated up the wax with a Heal Tool to melt and set it.

  

 

I inked the edges of the trees with Crackling Campfire Archival Ink and Adhered them in place with two sided tape and foam tape in spots. I added the white trunks on each tucking the ends under the hills. I used Vintage Photo Distress Archival Ink to color in the bottom part of the trunks on the pine trees and then adhered them in place. I adhered the wording on as well with two sided tape. Then taking some Jute String, I wrapped the string around the top part of the nail heads and then went on to another continuing to wrap until I ended up where I started and then I tied a knot. Finally, I added more Jute String to the tag hole.

 

Supplies:

(Alcohol Ink Applicator, 91% Rubbing Alcohol in Sprayer, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Scissors, Ink Blending Tool, Paintbrush, Hole Punch, Water Mister, Two Sided Tape, Detail Water Brush, Mini Craft Hammer, Heat Tool, Foam Tape, Jute Twine)

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Cardstock: Gloss

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink: Terra Cotta, Honeycomb, Willow, Everglades, Cloudy Blue, Aquamarine

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearls: Deception, Scorch, Splendor, Radiant, Envy, Tranquil

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Blending Solution

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Multi Level Texture Fade (Halloween 2023): Tapestry 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Speckled Egg, Crackling Campfire

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Mixative: Snow Cap

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Etcetera Tags: Mini

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Fossilized Amber, Walnut Stain

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Halloween 2023): Artsy Leaves 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Woodgrain: Gray Two Tone

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Vintage Photo

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Clippings Sticker Book, Tack Nails, Jute String

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Foundry Wax: Gilded

Thank you truly for stopping by today! I will be back soon with a Halloween make from the Live. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Distress Embossing Glaze Blossoms in a Talavera Planter Mixed Media Canvas

Hello Everyone! It's been awhile since I've been here and it's a little dusty. Today I have exciting news...Tim Holtz and Ranger have just added 12 more colors to the Distress Embossing Glazes line, many that we were needing so much! I hope you are watching Tim's Live today so you can see some fabulous ways to use the Glazes, if not be sure to watch the replay. I've used six of the colors on this Mixed Media 8x10 inch canvas to create the Talavera Pottery Planter and centers of all the flowers. I've collected Mexican Talavera Pottery for years and try hard to find the ones that are signed by the Artists. With all the new colors of Glazes it was easy to create a pot that has my favorite colors, all the oranges and blues. The pot below is my favorite one, so I tried to create this one very similar to it. The paneling  as well as decking on the canvas also matches perfectly with the real house, and that is because I used the same colors of inks and paints as the new Glazes, so this new collection was perfect for this project. Thanks so much Tim and Ranger for bringing forth the new colors!

 

 

I used Distress White Heavystock and die cut the largest Oval and biggest Scallop from the Stitched Ovals Thinlits from Sizzix. I placed the Oval under the Flames Layering Stencil from Stamper's Anonymous centering it for the part of the design I wanted and taped the stencil down. Starting with Abandoned Coral Distress Ink, I inked in the top and bottom heart shape using a Detail Ink Blending Tool as it's the only tool I have to get into those tiny parts of the stencil, then I removed the oval from under the stencil and immediately poured Abandoned Coral Distress Embossing Glaze over and then heat set it with the heat tool. I repeated this again with Spiced Marmalade next, then Squeezed Lemonade,  then Mermaid Lagoon, then Chipped Sapphire, and finally Crushed Olive last as there was more to ink with the green. I used a small paint brush to brush off any powder that got on the areas where I didn't want it. For the Scallop I only inked in the half circle areas using Chipped Sapphire Ink and Glaze.

 

 I snipped off a segment of three Scallops for the top of the pot, two for the bottom, and one each for the handles. I used a hole punch to punch off the center of the Scallop for the handles. Then using Collage Medium, I adhered the pieces onto the pot. To give the pot an even more Talavera Pottery look I used a dark blue permanent pen and traced around each part and also added some lines and circle dots. I set this aside for now.

 

 

 Using more White Heavystock with two sided tape on the back (I used two sided tape on all the die cuts), I die cut three of the flower parts (orange ones on lower left corner of the die picture) from the Mini Brushstroke Flowers along with three each of the leaves. I also die cut three of the top flower part from the Blossom Thinlits, three each of the leaves parts, and three each of the centers. I used Ivory Heavystock to die cut three of the base parts from Blossom, and Watercolor Cardstock for the second middle part of the Blossom. Taking only the three bottom center parts from Blossom, I inked over them with Orange Marmalade Distress Ink and then poured the same Embossing Glaze over and heat set. For the top center part I inked them with Squeezed Lemonade and matching Glaze. I did the same for the center rings of the Mini Brushstroke Flowers. At this point I wasn't sure about my flower colors so I set them all aside for a bit to concentrate on the canvas.

 

 

Taking an 8x10 inch canvas panel and the Stripes Layering Stencil with Crackle Texture Paste, I stenciled in the top areas of the canvas about two inches up from the bottom, letting the areas dry a bit, and then continuing in the pattern until the whole top area was striped. When dry, I painted in the area with Chipped Sapphire Distress Paint, and then added Stormy Sky paint to the center area and blended it out to create a halo of color.

 

 Taking a 2 x 8 inch piece of Woodgrain Cardstock, I inked over it with Wild Honey Archival Ink, pressing the ink into all the debossed areas, and then ran the pad of Frayed Burlap Archival over the raised areas. I trimmed this into three graduated widths, and then inked the edges heavily with the Frayed Burlap. I adhered these onto the bottom of the canvas using Crazing Collage Medium and also covered the whole rest of the canvas with it for a beautiful textured sheen. Now I had the outside walls and decking of my house with all the Talavera Pottery that I collect, and it was a perfect match with the real house.  

 

I decided on orange for the Mini Flowers, so I inked over the petals of all of them using Spiced Marmalade Archival Ink, and inked the centers with Vintage Photo. Then I adhered all the parts together. Using Wild Honey Distress Paint I added stripes to the petals, and dots to the centers with Walnut Stain Distress Paint. I brought the pot onto the canvas to figure out sizing and position of everything, and then cut stems from White Heavystock for the three Mini groupings of flowers and cut the ends into strips for each flower stem, and two thicker for the large Blossoms that I know would be seen. I painted the stems and base leaves with Crushed Olive Distress Paint, and inked in the other parts of the leaves with Crushed Olive Archival Ink. Even though it's the same color, there still is slight difference on the leaf parts to give the look of texture. I adhered the stems into place first with the Crazing Collage Medium, added the pot, and then added the Mini Brushstroke Flowers and leaves, coating all in the medium.

 

 

For the large Blossoms, I adhered the three petal parts together and the centers as well, but I did not add the centers on yet. Taking Antique Linen Distress Paint, I randomly painted in the Ivory areas in the center and into the open parts on the petals. Then I used Picket Fence to paint in a few stripes on the top petals for some texture. I adhered the centers into place, and used the Walnut Stain Distress Paint to add tiny dots on and around the centers. I also created a petal from the negative die cut pieces. I figured out the placement of the flowers and leaves and then adhered the leaves on covering them with the Crazing, then I added the Blossoms. I signed the canvas and then coated the whole thing again with the Crazing. 

 

Supplies:

(Paper Trimmer, Two Sided Tape, Scissors, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Detail Blending Tool, Small Paint Brush, Heat Tool, Hole Punch, Palette Knife)

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White, Ivory

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Stitched Ovals (Largest and Biggest Scallop Trim), Blossom, Mini Brushstroke Flowers

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil: Flames, Stripes

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze: Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Texture Paste: Crackle

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Crushed Olive, Wild Honey, Antique Linen, Picket Fence, Walnut Stain

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Woodgrain Cardstock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Wild Honey, Frayed Burlap, Crushed Olive, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo

-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Crazing 

-8x10 Flat Canvas Panel, Dark Blue Permanent Pen

 

Thank you so so very much for stopping by here today. I hope you are inspired to use the new goods. Until next time, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!