Tim Holtz Planters

Welcome all.

A bit earlier this year I made an assortment of cards for a breast cancer benefit. 

Here are 4 of the Thinking of You selection.

I used predominantly Tim Holtz/ Sizzix dies. The sun flowers were stamped and fussy cut using an old stamp set, I think it was PTI.

The interesting part of these is in the choice of backing layers.

Look carefully at the two on the right. Those are stamp packaging. Can you tell which companies they are from?

My challenge for you today is to look at some of your packaging

differently. You might be able to use it in a creation instead of throwing it in the trash!

Have you figured it out yet?

Top R- Lavinia Stamps

Bottom R - Idea-ology Tim Holtz

Enjoy your week and keep creating.

Susan

They're Baaaack! Graveyard Witch Gnome

Welcome! 

Finally some beautiful weather here in Vermont. Just in time for the return of the KLM Team.

I had so much fun working on this card!

I will admit it was a little labor intensive but I've been wanting to use some of my new Tim Holtz materials so I took this opportunity to marry the two styles together with some fun results!

I used Spellbinders Essential Arches Die set to make the card base and the inner sentiment liner.

The moon and glow in the dark grit paste on the moon are from the latest Tim Holtz Halloween release.  Yes, it actually glows in the dark! So much fun. I used some crypt paste with a dab of mica stain in green for the moss on the grave stone.

The arch layer was dipped into purple and blue Distress dye inks and mica sprays.

I used stencils from the Holtz collection and a bit of purple Mica  Spray to add a bit of texture to the black paper. The Broom is from the Frightful Things Thinlits Die set by Sizzix.

The image and sentiment were printed with an Epson ET printer onto Pen and Gear white card stock.

Coloring was done with Copic markers. It was fussy cut and popped up onto 3M Foam tape.

Color map:

Stone - C1,2,3,5,7, YG63, Y00

Skin - E00, kE35, V15

Hair - Y00, V12, 15, 09

Pumpkin - Y35, YR15, YR09, E09

Hat/ Coat - C1,3,5,8, 100, Y00

Dress - YG03, 17, G99

More fun is on the way so stay tuned!

Until then keep creating,

Susan