Crafty Adventurista: August 2024

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

Lace and Buttons - August DT Project 2 for Country View Crafts

Hello all,

Today is my second DT project for the August Challenge ‘Lace and Buttons on a greeting card’ at Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook.

You can find the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You can enter 5 times each month with different projects and there is a fabulous prize of the Tim Holtz stamp set ‘Floristry’ from his latest release for this month’s prize.

You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks, and please mention them in your post. If you miss this step out, we will not be able to enter your project in the draw.

So, I had to make a 90th birthday card and so I thought I’d use this for my project. If you die cut and coloured multiple stems and made a few backgrounds, ready to go, this is a great card to have on hand when you need one.

First, I smooshed my background page with Distress Ink Tea Dye.

Once dry, I inked up the Stampers Anonymous 'Hodgepodge' stamp with Distress Ink Frayed Burlap, Tea Dye and Rusty Hinge, spritzed with water and then placed it on my background sheet. 'Hodgepodge' is an awesome stamp for a quick background and you can also cut bits out of the stamped image to use as ephemera.

I cut this down to 5x5 inch and then using Versamark with the Stampers Anonymous 'Crochet Trims' stamp, I heat embossed a coral coloured embossing powder that I had in my stash. I did this 3 times, overlapping the last one. I blended over Distress Ink Frayed Burlap to bring out the crochet trims more.

I die cut the Tim Holtz Sizzix Stems 664163 and coloured with Distress Watercolor Pencils and glued these down onto the background sheet.

I added a bow made from string, hot glued this on and sewed on a button.

Finally I stamped the number 90 from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Sign Painter and ‘happy birthday’ from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Curiosity Shop and heat embossed these with Black Embossing Powder.

This was then added to the black border card and then the main Kraft Card substrate which measures almost 6x6 inch.

And here’s my card. I hope you like it.

Don’t forget the challenge runs until the end of the month. You'll have to join the Facebopok Group to be able to participate.

Looking forward to seeing your entries.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great day,

hugs

Carol x

Products used:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Dies

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/sizzix-thinlits-and-framelits-die-sets-wstamps-by-tim-holtz-519-c.asp

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cms480-tim-holtz-cling-mounted-stamp-set---crochet-trims-173263-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cms490-tim-holtz-cling-mounted-stamp-set---hodgepodge-175395-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cms482-tim-holtz-cling-mounted-stamp-set----curiosity-shop-173267-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cms484-tim-holtz-cling-mounted-stamp-set---sign-painter-175387-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-ink--re-inkers-103-c.asp

Sunday, 11 August 2024

Lace and Buttons - August DT Project 1 for Country View Crafts

Hello all,

Here is my first DT project for this month’s theme "Lace and Buttons on a Greeting Card", to inspire you.

You can enter 5 times each month with different projects and there is a fabulous prize this month of a Tim Holtz stamp set from his latest release.

You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks, and please mention them in your post. If you miss this step out, we will not be able to enter your project in the draw.

Good luck and look forward to seeing your awesome entries.

The challenge is open worldwide as Country View Crafts do ship worldwide, but you’ll have to join the Facebook group to enter. Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

So, here’s my greeting card with a Halloween Theme…

First, I die cut the elements I wanted to use from the TH Sizzix Vault Boutique 666607 set.

I did cut out the rose and leaves but didn’t end up using these in my final make.

For the lace doily, I smooshed some Distress Antique Linen onto an A4 sticker label before die cutting it. I also cut the frame out 3 times to make it a nice thickness.

I spritzed some black soot and lost shadow (both ink and oxide) onto my background card.

For the main focal background, I smooshed some Distress ink black soot, lost shadow and antique linen. Then I gave it a little spritz of Mica Stain Irongate. I then distressed the edge of this with the Tim Holtz Thread Cutter/paper Distresser and edged with Black Archival Ink.

I chose my image for the frame (this is from an Idea-ology Halloween 2023 Paper Dolls pack but you can find an image in the many paper dolls packs available. I also chose my words for the banner from the Idea-ology Sticker Book Halloween.

On both the focal card and my background card, with Distress black soot paint, I stencilled through some text to add interest with Tim Holtz THS149 stencil.