This week I decided to share a fun journal project I started during a three day crop with the wonderful Richele Christensen. I’m not doing a step-by-step, merely sharing the pages for inspiration. I used a lot of Tim Holtz products, including stencils, collage paper, paper dolls, inks, ephemera, collage strips etc etc. The baseContinue reading “Fun Journal”
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Mr. Rabbit and his eggs
Mr. Rabbit has all of your egg dying needs! Had fun playing with this new stamp set along with some older things I’ve had sitting unused in my craft room. I started with a Tim Holtz framed panel (this size, approx. 6 1/2″x 9″, may be retired). I painted it with Black Soot distress paint,Continue reading “Mr. Rabbit and his eggs”
Galentine 2024
This year my swap group decided to draw names and make special Valentine’s for each other. I happened to draw my best friend’s name , so I knew she would like this slightly grungy card with a matching candy holder. It also gave me an opportunity to use the new Vault rosettes die. Materials used IContinue reading “Galentine 2024”
Anniversary
This was a gift for my lovely in-laws who celebrated an amazing 60 years of marriage June 30. I’ve covered their faces as they are not active on social media so I wanted to keep them private. I first traced an etc tag onto a sheet of mixed media card stock. This card stock wasContinue reading “Anniversary”
St. Patrick’s Day Blessing
A bit late for St. Patrick’s Day, but life got ahead of me, as it sometimes does. I thought this would be a cute, little decoration and really the blessing is good year round! Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Paint- Ground espresso and tarnished brass Tim Holtz/Ranger distress ink sprays-ground espresso, rustic wilderness, twisted citron, vintage photoContinue reading “St. Patrick’s Day Blessing”
Lucky Love x 2
Today I have two quick projects using the Lucky Love 3-D Impresslit by Tim Holtz. They are both fairly simple straight forward projects. Sometimes I find after doing a large, involved project just doing some simple ones is kind of nice. This will be more of an overview rather than a step-by-step. Hope you enjoyContinue reading “Lucky Love x 2”
Journey
I feel like many of us are going a little stir crazy lately and are dreaming of traveling again. I know I am. This project is my little expression of that feeling. The base was from a lovely chocolate fondue I got last year for Valentine’s Day. It came in a cardboard box, packed insideContinue reading “Journey”
Ten tags in two days
For my most recent swap, I decided to make each person a bookmark to start the year in addition to my swap. Each one was made in exactly the same way, using different ephemera and paper dolls. Once I had a plan, they came together very quickly. I hope you like them and perhaps getContinue reading “Ten tags in two days”
Tiny trees
I got these small containers at a local vintage fair. I have no idea what they were for originally or what they are made of. I immediately thought they’d be perfect for some small Christmas trees. Hopefully you can use some ideas here for containers you might find. Tim Holtz/Ranger Alloy ink in Foundry TimContinue reading “Tiny trees”
“Wooden” Santa Hanger
This project started as an experiment to see if I could take a Colorize die and make it look like a wood carving. I have been following a former Disney artist who lives in Northern CA named Raymond Kinman (you can check him out on FB or Instagram woodcarverguru) and I was inspired to tryContinue reading ““Wooden” Santa Hanger”
Crafty Coyote 