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. 

Once dry, I brought all my elements together and layered up on my focal card that I’d already added to the background card. 

To finish I added the sticker words to the banner, a few white Idea-ology Bouquet flowers, and the button to the lace doily. 

 

 

I hope you like my Halloween card and find it inspiring to give it a try. You could also make this into a journal page if you wished.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog.

Have a great day,

Hugs,

Carol 

xx

Products used:

 

Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Boutique

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/666607---sizzix-thinlits--die-set-15pk---vault-boutique-by-tim-holtz-173113-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

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

Tim Holtz Distress Sprays

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-spray-stains-696-c.asp

Tim Holtz Idea-ology

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-idea-ology-102-c.asp

Tim Holtz Stencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-layering-stencils-523-c.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Paint

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-paints-436-c.asp

Stencil Magic - July DT Project 2 for Country View Crafts

Hello All,

Here I am again with my second project for the Country View Crafts and Challenges 'Stencil Magic' theme challenge, for this month.

There's still time to enter the challenge and win a fabulous prize for this month which is a set of Tim Holtz newly released Distress Spritz Sprays, 12 in total.

The Challenge is open until the end of this month and you can find it on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open worldwide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You have until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

 

Sooo, in the spirit of the Stencil Magic theme, I used all stencils for my make apart from the embellishments. 

First, in my Tim Holtz Splat Box, I sprayed the Visible Image Mesh It Up Stencil onto card, using Distress Spray Stains, Rustic Wilderness, Tumbled Glass and Squeezed Lemonade.I spritzed a little water too to make it spread. In my sample picture here, that's the one that's showing predominantly the green colour. I then turned the stencil face down (the side that had been sprayed through and still had spray on it) onto another piece of card and then sprayed through it with the Tumbled Glass to bring some blue into it.

 

 

So, I created 2 backgrounds with differing main colours and the way the stencil had been used. Then I had to decide which one I was going to use.

 

 

I decided to go with the blue tones one, and added a little stencilled alphabet from the Tim Holtz Mini Set THMS001, using Rustic Wilderness Distress Paint as the colour. I only added it to the two opposite corners.

 

Then onto my main image. Using the Visible Image Daisy Stencil, first I lightly drew a pencil line inside a couple of the petals on the backing card, so I would be able to line it up afterwards.

 

 

In my trusty Splat box, I just sprayed some Distress Spray Stain Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey into the centre of the stencil. I had to do this a few times until I was happy with the centre, as the first time it totally bled under the stencil, and the second time it spread too far. I wanted to keep the Daisy mostly the white colouring.

 

 

Once dry, I placed the stencil back onto the card and lined up with the pencil marks. I taped this down with repositionable tape in a couple of places, and then drew around the inside of each petal and the centre part, with a black fine Uniball pen as I wanted the petals to be separate and stand out. I then cut around all the black outlines to get my Daisy focal image.

 

I cut my main card to almost 6x6 inch, and then the background to fit on, a little smaller than the main card, to leave an edge. I also edged the stencilled background with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Rustic Wilderness.

I decided I wanted some text and an embellishment, so I used a pretty butterfly with coordinating colours from the Tim Holtz Ideaology Transparent Wings set.

I picked a sentiment from Tim Holtz Ideaology Smalltalk Sticker Book and layered this onto black card and then for both the butterly and sentiment I used some black double sided foam to raise them up. And here's my finished card....

 

I hope you like it. I had fun coming up with the idea for this and putting it all together and it shows that you can use stencils as focal images too, as well as backgrounds.

I hope this has inspired you to try it out and don't forget to enter the challenge on Facebook if you'd like to win the new Tim Holtz Distress Spritz Sprays. You have until the end of July to enter.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog.

Have a fab day

Hugs

Carol

Products can be found here:

Visible Image Daisy stencil 

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-stencil----daisy-daisy-167618-p.asp

Visible Image Mesh it up stencil 

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-stencil---mesh-it-up-149863-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-spray-stains-696-c.asp

Tim Holtz Stencil (THMS001)

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-layering-stencils-523-c.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Paint Rustic Wilderness

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-paint---rustic-wilderness-124838-p.asp

Tim Holtz Ideaology Transparent Wings 

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th93785---tim-holtz-idea-ology---transparent-acetate-wings-72pkg-102011-p.asp

 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Rustic Wilderness

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-ink-pad---rustic-wilderness-124850-p.asp

 

Tim Holtz Ideaology Smalltalk Sticker Book

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th93193---tim-holtz-idea-ology-sticker-book---small-talk-171869-p.asp

 

 

 

 

Stencil Magic - July DT Project 1 for Country View Crafts

Hello Lovelies,

It's a new project for July over on the Facebook Country View Crafts and Challenges page and it's all about 'Stencil Magic'.

The fabulous prize for this month is a set of Tim Holtz newly released Distress Spritz Sprays, 12 in total.

The Challenge is open until the end of this month and you can find it on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open worldwide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You have until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

 

For my first DT make this month, I decided to use my Tim Holtz stencils and create a background that was subtle, yet there.

Using a piece of card that I could then cut down to the size I wanted, I stencilled across the THS183 Deco Feather stencil with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, lining it up as I went to get one continuous image.

 

 Then I took the THS170 Spellbound stencil and using the Distress Opaque Grit Paste, I created a raised image over the top.

 

Once dry, using my trusty Splat Box, I proceeded to spray the stencilled card with Scorched Timber Distress Oxide Spray and Spun Sugar Distress Spray Stain and gave it a spritz with water to disperse the inks a bit.

 

 

I felt it needed the blue of the original stencil to be brought through a bit more, so I took a Distress Mica Spray Stain in Snow Flurries and gave it quick spritz.

 

Using a pink Distress Crayon, I rubbed over the stars to dull down the white and blended this in with a waterbrush. I also chose my image from the Ideaology Paper Dolls Groups and coloured these with the pink and coordinating blue Distress Crayons.

 

 

Having cut my card down to a square shape, I pretty much always like to have some sort of script text in the background, so I used a stamp from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous CMS454 Gothic Tapestry set, using Coffee Archival Ink so that it would blend in.
 

I chose my text from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous CMS446 Noteworthy set and felt this was appropriate for the two girls who are my focal point. I also cut out the main card to a 6 x 6 inch square and then the black layered card that would frame my design. I stamped the 'Collect Beautiful Moments' onto the same Kraft card as the main one and then layered this onto a piece of black too, to give it a frame.

 

And here is the finished piece. I really like the subtle stencilling in the background as it draws you into the card but without it being overpowering, and the 'stars' of course add a different dimention and texture to the card.

I felt that this would be a great card to give to your sister or friend.

I hope that maybe you'll give this technique a try for yourself and also join in our challenge to win that fabulous prize of Tim's Distress Spritz Sprays.

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day.

Carol x

 

Products used:

 

Tim Holtz Stencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ths183-stampers-anonymous-tim-holtz-layering-stencil---deco-feather-173569-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ths170-stampers-anonymous-tim-holtz-layering-stencil---spellbound-170700-p.asp

Tim Holtz Sprays

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-spray-stains-696-c.asp

Tim Holtz Ideaology Paper Dolls Groups

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th94137-tim-holtz-idea-ology---paper-dolls-groups-131400-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Grit Paste Opaque

 https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress---grit-paste---opaque-117198-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Crayons

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-crayons-955-c.asp

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-stamps-by-stampers-anonymous-193-c.asp

Seaside - June Project 2 for for Country View Crafts

Hello there,

Here I am again with my second Design Team project for Country View Crafts and Challenges for June, with the theme 'Seaside' for the Challenge on Facebook this month.

I've made a tag this time using the mini fishes from Kate Crane Paperartsy and the little Bikini Girl from Janet Klein AALL and Create.

This project made me get out my Distress Spray Stains and have a play and was a lot of fun.  I hope it inspires you to do the same and also to join in our Challenge to win a fabulous prize - details are below.

First I created my background...

Using my Tim Holtz Splat Box to protect my workspace, I spritzed white watercolour card using the Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains - Salvaged Patina, Broken China and Mica Spray Wonderland. I also spritzed a little water here and there to blend.

 

 

 

Doesn't it look gorgeously inviting to dive into.

Once dry, I die cut my 'sea' tag using the inner die from AALL and Create Intricatags Die #29 and then the background die in black card to mount it on. I also cut out the 'tab' that goes where the top hole is, in black card and mounted this on the top.

I stamped the fish images from Kate Crane's Mini Fishes and the cutie from Janet Klein's #423 Seaside Bikini Girl and a sentiment from the same set.

 

I coloured these with the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils and then fussy cut them out.

When I assembled all the components onto the tag, I felt the background was missing something so I grabbed Janet Klein's AALL and Create Poseidon stamps and used the small fishes to add some interest to the background. I then coloured these in with the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolors too.

 

To finish, I added some Glossy Accents for 'air bubbles' and eyes, and then added a bit of coarse string to the tab, and here it is...

I hope you like my little project and will be inspired to try it for yourself. 

The Challenge is open until the end of this month and you can find it on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open worldwide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

The prize for this month is a fabulous bundle of seaside goodies from Art By Marlene. One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

 

Thank you taking the time to read my blog.

Have a great day

Carol :-)

 

 

Products used:

 

Tim Holtz Splat Box

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz---splatbox-by-tim-holtz-107353-p.asp

 

Kate Crane Mini Fishes

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/paperartsy---kate-crane-stamp-mini-007-on-ez-mount-173871-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils

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

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-spray-stains-696-c.asp

AALL and Create Intricatags Die #29

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create-29---die-cutting-die-set---intricatags-172908-p.asp

AALL and Create stamps

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create-a7-stamps-1682-c.asp

 

Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-inkssentials-glossy-accents-59ml-2-fl-oz-4799-p.asp

 

Seaside - June DT Project 1 for Country View Crafts

Hello Lovelies,

Here I am with my first DT project for Country View Crafts for June, using the chosen theme ‘Seaside’ for the challenge this month. 

 

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

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open worldwide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

The prize for this month is a fabulous bundle of seaside goodies from Art By Marlene. One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

So, my first project is of Miss Dee (Beached Dee by Janet Klein of AALL and Create), all glam in her bikini having been ‘snapped’ at the seaside where she loves to hang out.  

Using a template of a Polaroid that I drew from specs found on Google, I cut this out, ready to frame the ‘model’ herself. 

 I stamped Miss Dee with a Ranger Archival Jet Black inkpad on a piece of white cardstock cut to the size of Polaroid card. I marked the square area that would be the 'photograph'. Then I coloured her in with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils and lightly washed the background around her with different blue watercolor pencils too.

 

Next, in my journal, I randomly stamped the fishes from Poseidon by Janet Klein of AALL and Create, with a Versamark stamp pad and heat embossed them with WOW clear gloss embossing powder. 

I spritzed the page with a little water, then ‘puffed’ a little Cosmic Shimmer Copper into the wet area and moved it around with a brush until I was happy with the look and let it dry.

 

Using dies from Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Cookies and Vault Love Birds, I die cut ones that resembled beach life. 

I painted these lightly with my Tim Holtz Watercolor pencils to have a pastel look about them. I also drew and cut out a sun from a piece of paper in my stash, and also a couple of white clouds.

 

I decided Miss Dee needed a seagull for company too.

I added the wording ‘Bikini Body Ready’ from the Beached Dee stamp, but individually stamped them in a line to make it look hand written line onto the Polaroid, rather than how the stamp itself is made with the words in 3 lines. I used a stamping platform to line up the words.

I positioned and glued the Polaroid frame onto the 'photo', and then added it to the page, layering my beach life diecuts around it. 

 

And there you have it. Miss Dee at the seaside. 

 

I loved making this page and I hope you like it enough to maybe have a go at making one too. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog. 

Have a great day

Hugs

Carol 

Products used: 

Beached Dee by Janet Klein

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---a7-stamp-set-701---beached-dee-by-janet-klein-150010-p.asp

Poseidon by Janet Klein

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---a7-stamp-727---poseidon-by-janet-klein-152349-p.asp

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-archival-ink-pad-jet-black---90mm-x-62mm-1609-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils

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

Wow Clear Gloss Embossing Powder

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/wow-embossing-powders-15ml---clear-gloss-regular-t-171662-p.asp

Versamark stamp pad 

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/versamark-watermark-stamp-pad-10481-p.asp

Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Burst

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cosmic-shimmer---pixie-burst-1570-c.asp

Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Cookies Die

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/665566---sizzix-thinlits-die-set-14pk---christmas-cookies-by-tim-holtz-139666-p.asp

Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Lovebirds Die

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/666566---sizzix-thinlits-die-set-8pk--vault-lovebirds-by-tim-holtz-172105-p.asp