Beautiful Day

Welcome friends and visitors! Today I'm sharing a card I made for my daughter--just because. Once again, I've used my treasured Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades. I hope you are not getting tired of seeing these on my projects. I don't think I'll ever tire of using them! They are so versatile, and it's super easy to achieve incredible depth and texture on any project you might choose to use them on.

The frame is made from card die cut with Stacked Archway and then passed through my die cut machine with the Lumber embossing folder.  I scored a few extra vertical lines on the panel after embossing, wanting to give the appearance of narrow boards. Inked with brown Distress inks and smeared thinly and randomly with DecoArt crackle paint, I think it looks like shabby driftwood.  I used Tim's Splatter Brush with Ground Espresso Distress paint for some woodworm holes.

I love the Botanical 3D Texture Fade in Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide! Just a bit of Seedless Preserves oxide and Ground Espresso ink bring out even more of the wonderful dimension. A little splatter of white chalky paint and some stitching add more detail.

Those delicate flowers are stamped with Tim's Flower Jar stamps on watercolor paper, painted with Distress Oxides and Marker using a water brush. These are super easy to cut out using the Flower Jar Framelits dies.

I chose a vintage button and some crocheted lace from my stash. I patted the lace with Antique Linen oxide pad and spritzed with water to age the pure white lace. The bits of greenery are from the same Flower Jar stamp and framelits sets. The detail on these is amazing!

I added a Tiny Text Remnant Rub to a piece of card and blended with Frayed Burlap ink for my sentiment.

The butterfly is from Botanical Layers, and I  coated it with Vintage Collage Medium. I love the Ideaology Index Clips. This one is smeared with crackle paint and frames a Remnant Rub from the Words collection.

I layered everything over another Lumber panel, finished in the same way as the frame.

I hope you enjoyed my card as much as I enjoyed making it and that you are inspired to get out your crafty supplies and get creative! As always thank you for your visit and wonderful comments!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

These products were used and can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Lumber	(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Botanical	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Botanical Layers	(March Pre-order) Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Flower Jar	(June Pre-order) Sizzix Framelits Die Set 16 PK - Flower Jar by Tim Holtz
(MARCH PRE-ORDER) Sizzix Thinlits Set - Stacked Archway by Tim Holtz	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rub - Tiny Text	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Words	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Peeled Paint
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Vintage TDAK47940 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDAK47933 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink Pad	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Shaded Lilac
(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Seedless Preserves	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Squeezed Lemonade	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Faded Jeans	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Wilted Violet
Tim Holtz Ideaology Adornments Index Clips Fasteners TH93574

Christmas Joy!

Hello, friends! You've been very kind to visit my first two posts today, and as promised, this is my third and last. This is not what I planned to share with you, so stop back this coming week to see a couple more Christmas cards I've made using Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades. I couldn't do them justice in indoor lighting and it's pouring cats and dogs here AGAIN!

This is a very simple card and entirely flat for easy mailing. I started with Distress Heavy Stock and stamped it with Tim's Christmas Cling Foam stamps and Brushed Pewter Distress paint, creating a resist to the Distress Oxides. I used Cracked Pistachio and Evergreen Bough. I used a damp wipe to remove the ink from the stars.

  I over-stamped in Cracked Pistachio with the Merry Christmas stamp from Tim's Sparkles and Christmas set. Christmas is cut from the card using the Retro Merry Christmas die. Joy is a Holiday Talk Metallic sticker.

The bauble is a Movers and Shapers die -- Mini Retro Ornaments. I cut it from silver Metallic Kraft Stock, scuffed it with steel wool and colored the bow with alcohol ink--Meadow.   I attached a thread for the hanger and mounted the panel on black card edged with  Brushed Pewter.

I'll be sharing with:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Christmas in July Blog Hop

Die Cuttin' Divas #379 ~ Christmas in July

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit! 

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Everything Has Beauty

Hello and Happy Sunday! I had some fun with my new-to-me Flower Garden stamps by Tim Holtz on my vacation to our special place in the mountains of W. Va.-- Capon Springs. Short on space, I packed up all my Distress Oxides, water color card, Jet Black Distress archival ink and my stamp set into one neat box with thoughts of coloring to my heart's content! One problem! I forgot my water detail pen, so I spent the drive up to W. Va. looking for a craft store close to an exit. Right before we hit our destination, I found one! Yippee! When we got to our destination, I realized I didn't bring a stamp block for the cling stamps; duh! This would have been a good time to have a Travel Stamp Platform!

I made this card for my friend, Kathy, one of my Capon Family friends. She and a few other guests took an interest in my flower stamps and inks, and we had our first Capon mini art class.  Lots of fun to break up all that hiking!

 Although I didn't do the best job of stamping using just my hand to impress the image, I still had so much fun coloring the flowers and greenery with various shades of Distress Oxides! I can't wait to get my hands on Tim's new colors!

After I returned home, I fussy cut my flowers and layered them on Classic Kraft Stock I embossed with Tim's Botanical 3D Texture Fade. Details on how I made this background can be found here. Plain white card inked with Wild Honey Distress ink gives some definition to the panel and is layered over a Lumber 3D embossed panel.

The sweet bee and butterfly are from Tim's Botanical Layers collection, and I added some Distress crayon to make them fit my color scheme. A Small Talk sticker stands in for my sentiment.

I hope you like my simple card! Thank you for stopping by today, and for all your wonderful comments! Stop by again later today when I will have another tutorial on how to use Tim's Lumber 3D Texture Fade. I should have a third post later in the day! Making up for lost time while in the mountains!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
Love 2 Create Challenge #10 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
Card Mania CMC # 106 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes
Country View July 2018 - In The Summer Garden
Southern Girls Flower Power
(new challenge!) Back to Basics and Beyond Challenge #8 Use an Embossing Folder
SumMore Fun Mood Board Challenge #33 Inspired by the blues and the butterflies.

These products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Botanical	(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Lumber	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Flower Garden	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #2 TDBK47919 (February Pre-order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #5 TDBK51756	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Wild Honey
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink Pad	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Squeezed Lemonade	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Shaded Lilac	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Bundled Sage
(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Twisted Citron	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Seedless Preserves	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Picked Raspberry	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Wilted Violet	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Spiced Marmalade
(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Peeled Paint	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Fossilized Amber	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Worn Lipstick	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Botanical Layers