Go where your heart takes you

I started with #8 Distress tag. I blended Distress Ink Antique Linen in the middle  of the tag. Around that I used Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso.

I used the Poinsettis stamp on this background with Archival Ground Espresso and Vintage Photo. I also used embossing ink and Distress embossing glaze Vintage Photo.

I also put the Distress embossing glaze around the edge of the tag.

For the wings I used the 3D embossing folder Winged. I love the details of this impresslit. The wings are colored with Distress Crayons.

The heart is made with the bigz die Heartfelt. I cut the heart three times and glued them together. I put some texture paste crackle on it with some embossing glaze. I finished it with Distress Crayon.

Behind the winged heart I used some Mummy cloth and sisal fibers.

Products used:
Ranger Distress Tags #8
Ranger Distress Ink: Ground Espresso, Vintage Photo, Tea  Dye, Antique Linen
Ranger Archival Ink: Ground Espresso, Vintage Photo
Ranger Distress Crayons: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain
Ranger Texture Paste Crackle
Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze Vintage Photo
Stampers Anonymous stamp The Poinsettia CMS 426
Sizzix: 3D impresslits Winged, Bigz die Heartfelt
Idea-ology Small talk, Mummy Cloth
Sisal fibers 

2021

A simple card for the beginning of a new year.

For the background I used some of my favorite brown colors of distress inks: Ground Espresso, Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo.

I then cut out some 3D  bursts from metallic kraftstock and some circle words from white cardstock and glued these to the background.

To make the numbers 2021 stand out I cut them out three time and glued them on top of each other to an piece of vellum paper.

Products used:

Sizzix: 3D impresslits Radiant, Circle Words Christmas, Colorize Toyland, Society

Ranger Distress Ink: Ground Espress and Walnut Stain
Ranger Distress Oxide: Vintage Photo
Idea-ology: Kraftstock Metallic Confections

Christmas ornaments Paper Village

After seeing all the inspiration from other makers and Tim Holtz facebook live, I decided to make some ornaments with the Paper Village dies.

These cute tiny houses fit beautifully in the Christmastree.

My color scheme for this year was brown (craftpaper) with Distress Glitter dust and Distress Speckled Egg with Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy.

House nr 1 and 2 were made with kraftpaper and corrugated kraftpaper. Tim Holtz explanes the way to make these houses in his Facebook live Holiday 2020: part 1.
I decorated the houses with some Distress grit paste as snow on the roof, woodland trees, some Holiday greens and mini styrofoam balls. I painted the balls red to make them look like berries.

House nr 3 and 4 were made with kraftpaper. I put Distress Glitter Dust on the roof and decorated the houses with some Holiday Greens and styrofoam balls (also painted red). I also used the styrofoam balls to make a pile of snowballs and a snowman.

For house nr 5 and 6 I used white cardstock coloredwith Distress Ink Speckled Egg. On the roofs I put some Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy. These houses are also decorated with Holiday greens an styrofoam balls.

I put the houses on a piece of greyboard covered with grit paste to make the ground look like it’s covered in snow. I cut a little hole in the greyboard to put in a light from the Christmastree. I glued a little clothespin under the greyboard so I could fasten it to the tree.

Products used:
Sizzix dies: Paper Village, Holiday Greens Mini, Trinket Frames
Ranger Distress Ink: Speckled Egg, Gathered Twigs, Pine Needles, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
Idea-ology: Woodland Tree Lot Small, Woodland Tree Lot Mini
Ranger Distress Grit Paste
Ranger Distress Texture Paste Matt

Ranger Distress Glitter Dust and Distress Glitter Clear rock candy

White cardstock, kraftpaper, corrugated paper
Mini styrofoam balls

Gold and silver Cristmascards

The snowflake, pine branches and ornaments were made with metallic cardstock. I used some double sided adhesive tape to glue it down to the paper.

The background was made with Distress Black Soot. It was slightly blended on the paper to get the grey color. I used Stampendous Fran-tage Shabby White embossing enamel to make the embossed speckles.

Products used:
Ranger Distress Ink Black Soot
Tim Holtz Metallic Kraftstock
Stampendous Fran-tage Shabby White embossing enamel
Ranger Embossing Powder Gold
Sizzix dies: Stunning Snowflake, Ornamentel Birds, Retro Merry Christmas, Pine Branch