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You Are Enough Card | Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems 3, Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits and Swirls Texture Fade

You are enough. Say that outloud to yourself. Shout it from the rooftops. Tell everyone you meet. I am enough. Do you know anyone who needs to hear this? Maybe it's a friend. Maybe it's you. Either way, I am here to tell you that you are enough. In the words of Brandi Kincaid..."we need not show up gloriously, we must just show up as we are" and as we are is enough.

This You Are Enough card carries all these thoughts with it and these thoughts are what inspired the final design. To get started I grabbed all the Wildflower stems Thinlits including Wildflower Stems 3 from Tim Holtz's recent Sizzix Chapter 1 release. I die cut the daisy looking flower from each set (each set has this flower from a different angle) and a few of the wispy delicate ones from watercolor paper. 

You Are Enough Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems 3 Thinlits, Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits and Swirls Texture Fade Embossing Folder

I sometimes find it easier to watercolor these super delicate flowers if I leave them in the paper I cut them from and use a bit of Mint Tape on the backside to hold them in place. I colored a bunch of the flowers before settling on using the purple ones with the daisies. 


For the final flowers I used on this card, I used Distress Ink and a water brush to color each of the images. I used a combination of Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, Fossilized Amber and Pumice Stone.


For the background, I took a sheet of Distress Heavystock and embossed it using the Swirls Texture Fades Embossing Folder. I applied Speckled Egg Distress Oxide to the top portion of the embossing folder (the one with the design printed on it) and then ran the paper and folder through my die cutting machine. This applied the ink to the more flat areas of the design.


I then lightly ink blended over the raised areas and the edges of the paper with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. If you tend to have a heavy hand you might try wiping off some of the ink onto your craft mat or even a paper towel before you begin applying it to the paper and then repeat until you achieved the desired amount of ink.


Next, I wanted to add a little shine to the design with some embossing glaze. To prevent the powder from sticking to areas that I didn't want it, I dried the entire piece with my heat gun and then rubbed an embossing bag over the surface. I then gently rubbed an embossing ink pad over the raised areas, sprinkled it with Speckled Egg Embossing Glaze and heat set it with my embossing gun. The shine is difficult to photograph, but in real life it adds a nice touch of texture and interest. The final step for the background was a bit of machine stitching around the outside edge.


With the background completed, I gathered the wildflowers and created a little bouquet. I added a hand dyed crinkle ribbon using Snug Hug Seam Binding in Chalk White and Speckled Egg Distress Spray Stain


For the sentiment, I die cut the letters from Blackout Kraftstock using the Alphanumeric Stretch Upper Thinlits. To give this extra dimension, I die cut the each letter three times, glued each layer together and then adhered them to my card. I then stamped the sentiment from the Tiny Text Stamp Set onto a piece of white cardstock, inked the edges and adhered it on top of the die cut letters.


I hope you enjoyed learning how this You Are Enough Card was created using the Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems 3 Thinlits, Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits and Swirls Texture Fade Embossing Folder. Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Below you can find the products I used to create this project along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no extra cost to you. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here.

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Butterfly Specimen Canvas | Tim Holtz Butterfly Perspective Thinlits

Butterflies are my thing! I love everything about them so it was no surprise to me that I immediately fell in love with the Tim Holtz Butterfly Perspective Thinlits! This oversize design is perfect for offsetting and using only part of the design as I did in my Don't Forget To Fly Card or to use it in full as I did on this Butterfly Specimen Canvas that I'm sharing today.

Butterfly Specimen Canvas by Juliana Michaels featuring the Tim Holtz Butterfly Perspective Thinlits

The base of this project is an 8x8 inch canvas. You can find these at your local craft supply store or online. To prep the surface, I first painted it with a coat of Distress Collage Medium. Once that was dry, I inked over the entire thing with a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I then added some Distress Crackle Paste to the sides of the canvas and then on the top about a 1/2" or so in from the sides. No need to waste the paste when I knew I was going to layer other pieces on top of it. Applying the ink before the paste allows some of the color to seep through and add to the distressed look of the crackle. After the Crackle paste was dry, I then applied another layer of Distress Collage Medium and allowed that to dry. To complete the distressing, I then applied some Walnut Stain Distress Crayon to make the cracks stand out even more. With the base completed, I set it to the side and began working on the focal layer.


I started off die cutting the Butterfly Perspective twice from Distress White Heavystock. I inked both layers with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink toward the edges and Speckled Egg Distress Ink toward the center. Next, I applied a bit of Therm O Web DecoFoil Transfer Gel to the edges of the one butterfly and allowed it to dry. Once dry, I covered it with a piece of Copper Decofoil and ran it through my Minc to adhere the foil. I then adhered the two butterfly layers together and sat them to the side.


Now onto the background. For this I took a piece of Distress White Heavystock and trimmed it to 6.5 x 6.5 inches. I placed the Roses Layering Stencil on top and applied Crackle Paste and allowed it dry. I cleaned the stencil and once the crackle was completely dry, I placed it back on top and applied embossing ink. I then sprinkled the flowers with Tattered Rose Embossing Glaze and the leaves/stems with Peeled Paint Embossing Glaze and heat embossed it.


I find that if I try to apply the Embossing Glazes to the Crackle Paste that a lot of it doesn't stick and blows off when I go to heat emboss. This extra step with the embossing ink has solved that problem for me! Next, I added some random stamping using Frayed Burlap Distress Ink with the Ledger Script Stamp Set. This step would have been easier if I'd done it before the stenciling, but it's all good! I then added a couple of stamped, distressed and cut out labels from the Field Notes Stamp Set. To the edges I added some ink blending with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap. I then finished it off with the addition of some Hardware Heads colored with Mushroom Alcohol Ink.


This entire piece was then layered onto a piece of paper from the Kraftstock Metallic 2. The final touch was that I used a straight pin, colored with Mushroom Alcohol Ink to "adhere" the butterfly specimen to the canvas. To do this, I simply poked the pin through the papers and used a bit of hot glue to hold it in place on the backside. If the pin is too long, you can use a pair of jewelry metal cutters to carefully trim off any excess that might poke anyone.


Thanks so much for your visit and I hope this Butterfly Specimen Canvas using the Tim Holtz Butterfly Perspective Thinlits inspires you with your next make!

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Below you can find the products I used to create this project along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no extra cost to you. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here.

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Find Joy In The Ordinary Card | Tim Holtz Brushstroke Flowers 1 and Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits

Joy. That is my word for 2021. My word to focus on during the everyday ordinary moments of life. This Find Joy in the Ordinary Card was created as a reminder that joy can be found in the everyday ordinary routines of life. Sometimes you might have to look for it, but it's there, just waiting for you to find it. Now, let's get on to the details of how this card came together using the Tim Holtz Brushstroke Flowers 1 and Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits!

Find Joy In The Ordinary Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Tim Holtz Brushstroke Flowers 1 and Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits

For this card, I started off by making the flowers. I die cut them from Distress Heavystock and ink blended them with Distress Oxide in Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Walnut Stain and Peeled Paint. I then smooshed a Distress Ink pad in a darker color onto my craft mat, spritzed it with a tiny bit of water and then dabbed the piece into the ink to add a bit of interest. For example on the large flower, I inked the large petal section with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide and then added Worn Lipstick Distress Ink as the darker color. On the yellow flower I used Fossilized Amber as the darker color and for the leaves Peeled Paint (yes, I know it's not darker, but it still added the darker spots...go figure!). Once the flowers were finished, I played around with assembling them and how I might place them on a card. That's when I came up with the idea to place them on an oval frame and then add a sentiment inside the frame.


The frame was created using the now retired Stitched Oval Thinlits. I took the largest die and the next one down in size and placed them onto a piece of Distress Heavystock, making sure to center them to create the frame. I then used Mint Tape to hold them in place as I ran them through my die cutting machine. To color them I used Distress Oxide and Distress Ink in Walnut Stain using the same technique I did with the flowers.

With these pieces completed, I moved onto the background. I went with a light color to allow the flowers to pop. I used the smoosh, spritz and dab technique with Old Paper Distress Ink and a piece of Distress Heavystock. I then inked the edges with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink. For a touch of interest, I added some Distress Ink stamping using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and some stamps from Field Notes and Entomology.


After completing the background, I was then able to adhere the frame and flowers. To create the sentiment I die cut Joy using the Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits from Distress Heavystock and used the same technique to color them that I used on the flowers. The rest of the sentiment was created using the Tiny Text Stamp Set and Vintage Photo Archival Ink. I trimmed the piece into single words and then adhered them to the card.

To finish off the card, I added a machine stitched border and then layered the entire panel onto a piece of Distress Heavystock ink blended using the same colors and technique that I used on the frame.


Thanks so much for your visit today! I hope you're inspired to create something using the Tim Holtz Brushstroke Flowers 1 and the Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits. As always, if you have any questions about this project please reach out either in the comments here or you can also DM me on Instagram.

Supplies

Below you can find the products I used to create this project along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no extra cost to you. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here. 

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Full of Possibilities Tag | Tim Holtz Mechanical Bigz and Wildflower Stems 3 Thinlits

So this project was inspired by a random thought one day as I sat looking at the new Tim Holtz Sizzix release. The Mechanical Bigz and Wildflower Stems 3 caught my attention and I liked the contrast of the industrial gears with the dainty flowers. The juxtaposition intrigued me and an image of wildflowers growing up through old rusted machinery came to mind. The idea of rebirth. A rising from the deterioration, destruction, decay. A reminder that anything is possible. A reminder that today is full of possibilities. Just like the wildflowers you can push through and new growth is possible.

Full of Possibilities Tag by Juliana Michaels featuring Tim Holtz Mechanical Bigz and Wildflower Stems 3 Thinlits

From that idea I began by die cutting all the gears from from chipboard using the Mechanical Bigz. To give them an aged look, I applied Distress Grit Paste randomly over the surface. Once this was dry, I painted each one with Black Soot Distress Paint. I let this dry and then used my finger to randomly dab on Walnut Stain, Antique Bronze, Rusty Hinge and Evergreen Bough Distress Paint. I recommend only applying one color at a time and allowing that to dry to avoid muddying the colors. For even more distress I added some Distress Crayon to them using Antique Bronze, Tarnished Brass and Ground Espresso. With the gears completed, I then moved on to the wildflowers.


Using the Wildflower Stems 3 I die cut the shapes from pieces of watercolor paper. I then colored each flower using Distress Ink and a water brush. The ink colors I used are Peeled Paint, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Milled Lavender and Shaded Lilac.


The background was created on a piece of Distress Heavystock sized to fit a Thickboard Mini Tag. I sprayed the paper with a mix of Distress Spray Stain in Tumbled Glass, Old Paper and a tiny bit of Ground Espresso. Once this was dry, I inked over the paper here and there with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink. I then spritzed the paper with my Distress Sprayer and dabbed it dry. After this was completely dry, I adhered it to the Thickboard Mini Tag using Distress Collage Medium and then trimmed off any excess overhang. To add a little more interest to the background I stamped images from the Field Notes and Tiny Toadstools Stamp Sets using Archival Ink in Vintage Photo. And as always, I inked the edges with a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink.


With the background completed, it was time to begin adding the gears and wildflowers to create the scene I had imagined in my mind. For added interest on the gears, I adhered a mix of Machinery and Hardware Heads distressed with Mushroom and Pitch Black Alcohol Inks. 


Another small touch was the addition of the bug to the center of one of the gears. This is an Idea-ology Adornment colored with Alcohol Inks. I used Pearl Mixative for the wings, Mushroom for the legs and Gilded for the body.


At the bottom of the tag, and the final step in completing this project, was the addition of the shelf and sentiment. The shelf was created using a couple of Pinked Chipboard Trims. These were distressed with the same technique I used on the gears and once dry, I adhered them to the base of the tag to create a shelf. I then finished it off with the Quote Chip and a couple of Hardware Heads.


I hope you enjoyed learning how this Full of Possibilities Tag came to life using the Tim Holtz Mechanical Bigz and Wildflower Stems 3 Thinlits. 

Supplies

Below you can find the products I used to create this project along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no extra cost to you. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here.

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Coffee Gift Card Holders | Tim Holtz Cafe Colorize Thinlits

I'm a coffee lover. Black. No sugar or creamer. But on occasion, I do love a little treat and what better way to share a coffee treat with someone else than a coffee gift card! Today I'm sharing how I created this set of Coffee Gift Card Holders that I created using the new Tim Holtz Cafe Colorize Thinlits. And don't worry, if you prefer tea, you can easily switch it out for a tea cup.

Coffee Gift Card Holders by Juliana Michaels featuring Tim Holtz Cafe Colorize Thinlits

To create each gift card holder, I began by die cutting a piece of Distress White Heavystock paper using the largest tag from the Stacked Tags Thinlits and then scored each tag at 1.5 inches from the end. If you don't have a tag die, you could also use the Mixed Media Heavystock Number 8 Tags. 


I wanted to add a bit of texture and interest to each tag so I dry embossed each one using either the Bubbling or Falling Hearts Thinlits and a silicone rubber pad. I recommend playing around with the combination of plates and or shims to get just the right amount of pressure so that it only embosses and doesn't cut or crease the paper. The type of paper you use along with how old your machine is can impact the need for shims, etc.


After embossing each tag, I added some stamping using the Field Notes and Tiny Toadstools Stamp Sets and Vintage Photo Archival Ink. Next, I ink blended over each tag in one of the following colors: Barn Door, Peeled Paint or Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. For even more texture, I applied some Texture Paste through the Digits and Halftone Stencils.


Once the background for each tag was completed, I adhered strips of 1/8" double sided tape to the sides and and folded it up to create the pocket. And as always, I inked the edges with a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink.


Now onto the adorable coffee cups that were created using the Cafe Colorize Thinlit. I cut the various layers from either White Heavystock or various shades of blue, green and brown Classic Kraft Stock. I inked the edges of each of theses pieces with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink before assembling them and then finished each one off with a red heart from the Falling Hearts Thinlit.


With the gift card holders assembled, the final touch was the addition of a custom dyed ribbon using Old Paper Distress Spray and a Hinge Clip distressed with a bit of Mushroom Alcohol Ink. Then all that is left to do is to add your favorite coffee gift card and a little note!


Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed learning how to create these Coffee Gift Card Holders using a tag and the Tim Holtz Cafe Colorize Thinlits.
 

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Don't Forget To Fly Card | Tim Holtz Butterfly Perspective + Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits

Hello friends! I'm so excited to begin sharing some of the makes I created for the Tim Holtz Chapter 1 Sizzix Release! If you missed the YouTube Live where Tim shared all the new dies and loads of amazing makes, you can check it out at TimHoltz.com.

Don't Forget to Fly Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Tim Holtz Butterfly Perspective Thinlit and Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlit

One of the dies that I fell in love with immediately was Butterfly Perspective Thinlit. I love all things butterfly, so this larger than life die was calling my name and I couldn't help but to use it to create one of my first makes. Despite loving it so much, I actually struggled with creating the actual project I'm sharing today. I made the background for this card 3 times before settling on what you see here. That struggle is also part of the creative process and in the end, I love the way this turned out!


To get started, I die cut the Butterfly Perspective from Black Cardstock. I then took a piece of watercolor paper and stamped it with a mix of stamps from the Ledger Script and Field Notes stamp sets using Vintage Photo Archival Ink. I choose to use this ink because I knew I was going to be watercoloring the inside of the butterfly and I didn't want the ink to bleed.


Next, I adhered the die cut butterfly to the watercolor paper, trimmed off the excess and proceeded to color in the image using Distress Ink in Spiced Marmalade and Crackling Campfire with a waterbrush. I applied the lighter Spiced Marmalade first and then added the Crackling Campfire more towards the center.


Once the watercoloring was completed, I ink blended the background using Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and finished it off with a splattering of Scrapbook.com Gold Metallic Reinker.

For the sentiment, I stamped "Don't Forget To Fly" using the Tiny Text Stamp Set, trimmed it to size and inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I layered this on top of letters I die cut using the new Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits. I cut these from gold metallic paper found in the Metallic Kraft Stock Paper Pad. I then completed the card by mounting it onto a piece of kraft cardstock.


Thanks so very much for your visit and I hope you enjoyed learning how this Don't Forget To Fly Card came together using the Tim Holtz Butterfly Perspective and Alphanumeric Stretch Thinlits.

Supplies

Below you can find the products I used to create this project along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no extra cost to you. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here.

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