tim holtz sizzix chapter 1: good luck to you today

Hi there crafty friends! I don't know about you but I am ready for St. Patty's Day...I can't wait for my annual bowl of Lucky Charms :) Today I am sharing a fun home decor frame project that I created for the Tim Holtz Sizzix 2021 Chapter 1 release using the new Lucky Love 3D Impresslit die. Not only does this die cut the Heart and Shamrock shapes, it gives them a wonderful 3D texture too! 

For this home decor project, I kept it pretty basic with a repeating pattern, and one die cut of a different color to draw your eye to the sentiment. To begin I painted a Framed Panel with Antique Linen Distress Paint. I adhered a piece of paper from the Collage Paper Stash using matte Collage Medium and a Distress Collage Brush. If you have not used one of these frames before, the frame and the panel are separate pieces, so we will add the frame back on at the end :)

 I added a bit of Dina Wakley gesso and Distress Crackle Paste in spots over the patterned paper. While the paper was drying, I created my shamrocks. 

To create the shamrocks I used the Lucky Love 3D Impresslits.  I cut 11 of them from DIstress Watercolor Cardstock pieces that I misted lightly with water using my DIstress Sprayer and one from Metallic Gold Kraft Stock. Then using my Splat Box, I sprayed the watercolor card stock shamrocks with Distress Spray Stains in Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover and Rustic Wilderness. Do you need all three? I say yes! It gives the shamrocks a more natural look with the variation of colors. Some of the spray pooled up on my shamrocks and I used a paintbrush to move any really big puddles around. I dried all of the watercolor paper shamrocks with a heat tool and then inked the edges of them with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. Now it is time to assemble. I planned out where the shamrocks should go and made a mark on my paper with a pencil. 

I applied foam squares to the back of each shamrock (make sure you get foam under each of the leaves so they stand up evenly) and adhered all but the gold one. I then splattered Distress Paint in Tarnished Brass and Picket Fence over the entire piece using a Splatter Brush. When the paint was dry, I adhered the gold Metallic shamrock and then added the sentiment from the Clippings stickers on top of it. As the last step, I glued the frame to the piece with matte DIstress Collage Medium. 

I hope you enjoyed this fun project. It's a great one for St. Patty's day or to have a little luck all year long...

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Comments

[Maureen Morton]

What a cool and classic style. Only wish I was Irish - ha! Love this....the dimension, colors and the frame.

[paula]

Such a fun piece Cheiron. Love the different colors of green used to add dimension and brilliant move to add the one gold clover. love it.

[Christine B]

What a fun project ✌🏽