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tim holtz: new idea-ology

Brand new Tim Holtz Idea-ology is here! Today I am sharing a fun new project that was featured over on Tim's You Tube Live today, a rainbow themed (of course) Vignette Card File. This file uses so much new paper goodness...If you have not checked out the new paper packs and ephemera you are in for a treat there is so much colorful goodness to be found in each one. 

To start creating this file, I laid out my Backdrops Volume 5 paper pack and all of the Palette Ephemera pack in rainbow order. I will go over each of the cards in the file later in the post. To create the Vignette File, I removed the hardware from the front of the box and set it aside. I covered some Mixed Media Heavystock with the new Palette Collage Paper then trimmed it and adhered it to the card file using Distress Collage Medium. Then I put the hardware back on. For the little label on the front, I used a Rub on from the Labeled Remnant Rubs. 

Here's a peek at ALL of the cards in rainbow order. For the very first piece in my file that looks like it is painted, I used a transparency from the Transparent Layers Pack. For the rest of the inserts, I created a "set" of 4 cards/envies using the Idea-ology File Cards in each color family of the Backdrops Volume 5 papers...these are so wonderful I have already ordered a few extra packs!


Let's start with the first type of card. For these I used the tabbed card from the File Card Pack and covered it with paper. I selected one of the new Photomatic Photos for each (these are such a fun size) and gave it a little color with Distress Watercolor Pencils. I added some Palette Ephemera to each pack in the corresponding color, and a new Quote Chip Label that I also colored with the Distress Watercolor Pencils. For some of the cards, I added something (like a butterfly or flower) from the Ephemera pack that will stick out of the file to give it extra interest. 


For the second set of cards I used the same papers, added a corresponding piece of Palette Ephemera with some stitching. For the tabs on these File Cards I simply cut a piece of Sparkle Kraft Stock using different shapes from the Abstract Elements Sizzix dies, colored each one with Alcohol Ink, and attached them to the card with a tiny attacher for a touch of whimsy...


The third set of cards are the tiny pockets...I covered each one in Backdrops Volume 5 paper and added some more bits of Palette Ephemera and then a one of the new metal Word Tags that I painted to coordinate with the papers.  I cut a tag out of the papers with a "solid" color side using my Sizzix Tag dies to go into each of the envelopes. I also used Distress Spray Stains to color some of the fabric Stitched Scraps and adhered them to each tag with Distress Collage Medium to give the entire project added texture. 


For the final set of cards, I simply picked larger pieces of paper from the Palette Ephemera pack and then backed them with some of the remaining pieces of paper that I had left. 


I love the happy colors in this piece! I don't think I will ever get tired of using them. If rainbow is not your jam, it would be fun to create this box to celebrate just your favorite colors too...

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tim holtz christmas idea-ology 2022: festive tin (and a new You Tube video)

Hello there crafty friends! I have a cute little project to share with you today using the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Festive Tin. This tin is so cute decorated with lots of new Christmas Idea-ology and filled with adorable mini cards that would be perfect for gift tags! More photos and full supply list below. You can watch the video here. If you do watch I would love to have you as a subscriber, so please hit the subscribe button if you are interested in seeing more videos :) 

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stuff for sale: gently used supplies and tim holtz idea-ology projects!

Hello there crafty friends! Did you know I have a separate Instagram account @cheirons_stamp_sale where I sell my gently used (loved) craft supplies in bundles at very reasonable prices. I also put up a few of my art samples that I created for the various Tim Holtz Instagram lives. I know in the past people have expressed interest in buying some of these samples, and I have have quite a collection now, so there is no more room in my studio for them. If any of these things interest you, please take a look. And thanks to all of you that have purchased some of these supplies already! 

simon says stamp monday challenge: not a card

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Texture challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week we are challenging you make anything that is NOT A CARD! This one was easy for me, I went with one of my favorite things, a mixed media tag. I used a Dina Wakley Media tag and colored with with Distress Inks and Oxides. I added the inks to my glass mat, picked them up with my Distress Sprayer and then dried the ink between layers. Then I adhered a piece of Typeset Collage Paper and stitched around my tag. I stamped some fun marks using the Media Marks 1 stamp set using Distress Archival Ink in Black Soot. To finish my tag, I added a Paper Doll...sitting on a ticket from Ticket Book. For the finishing touches, some Snippets ephemera, a Thoughts label sticker and a colored in floral Engraving Layers. Lots of fun layers that all seemed to come together. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp: masculine

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Wild and Wonderful challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Masculine and the design team is using products from Tim Holtz. I created a card using one of my favorite guys from the Paper Dolls Portraits. I placed him on a background that I made by embossing Black Alcohol Ink Cardstock with the Circuit Texture Fade and went over with Statue Foundry Wax. Then I created a small panel from one of my Backdrops 3 papers to build my collage using the Portraits Paper Doll, some Memoir Ephemera, Ephemera Snippets, Number Strips a Gauge Dial, and a Metallic Sticker. To complete it I added an Adornments Star, also colored with Foundry Wax and colored the Paper Doll a bit with Distress Crayons. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: whatever the weather

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Sweet Treats  challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Whatever the Weather and I have combined one of my favorite Simon Says Stamp sets, Raindrops along with lots of Tim Holtz Idea-ology to create this inspiring card. I inked up my background with Distress Inks, then stamped and embossed the Raindrops with Distress Embossing Glazes. I added a Paper Dolls Portraits, a Baseboard Window Frame and some Ephemera. To complete the card, I added a sentiment from the Raindrops set. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: recycle

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Bright and Cheerful challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Recycle! This week I turned the packaging from my Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs into an embellishment for my tag by cutting the numbers from the back of the package and adding Distress Embossing Glaze to it to make it pop. 

To create the tag, I covered a Distress Tag with paper from the Backdrops 3 paper pack and added it to my tag using DIstress Collage Medium. I trimmed off any overlap and then added some stitching to my tag. I added a Baseboard Window and a Portraits Paper Doll that I had added some wings to from the Transparent Things. 

To complete the tag, I added the recycled piece from the Remnant Rubs packaging that I had covered with Salvaged Patina Distress Embossing Glaze, a Snippets Ephemera, a Number Strip, and a Mirrored Star. As a finishing touch, I added a little splatter of Sterling Foundry Wax. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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tim holtz christmas idea-ology: mini slimline paper doll cards

Hi there crafty friends! Thanks for spending the week with me sharing my TIm Holtz Christmas Idea-ology creations. Today I am sharing one of my favorite makes, possibly because of the mini slimline size. I made a trio of these, just like I did with the file folder cards yesterday. When I have all of my paper pieces out, I like to take advantage of it. For these cards, I used the largest of the Journal Cards as the base for each one. I added a Christmas Paper Doll and some different layers to each one.  

For this card, I added Christmas Ephemera, a Christmas Quote Flair , a piece of Worn Wallpaper Scrap and a Mirrored Star....


For this card, I added Christmas Ephemera, a Christmas Quote Flair , a piece of Worn Wallpaper Scrap and a Mirrored Star....

And for this card, I added Christmas Ephemera, a Mirrored Star and a Mini Flair. I also colored their clothing in with seasonal Distress Mica Crayons...

And for the final card,  I added Christmas Ephemera, a Mirrored Star and I also colored their clothing in with seasonal Distress Mica Crayons...

I hope you are enjoying these projects, I found these a super fun way to make a bunch of cards at once and have a ton of fun making with all of my Christmas Idea-ology supplies! 

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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tim holtz christmas idea-ology: mini file folder cards

Hi there crafty friends! I am back with my second of the Christmas Idea-ology projects. Today, I have taken some of the new Christmas Mini File Folders and turned them into cards. These cards are the perfect substrate to add some layers to and I love that the file folders have a contrasting pattern on the inside. On these cards I layered papers from the Pocket Cards, added bits of Christmas Ephemera including a mini flash card from the pack on each card, Christmas Label stickers and Christmas Quote Flair (using foam tape) to each one. For one of the cards, I used a few of the Christmas Worn Wallpaper Scraps. I distressed all the paper layers with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink before adhering them with Distress Collage Medium. For the inside of each card, I cut a piece of cardstock to write my message on and add a stamped greeting before adhering the card stock inside. 

Here is a closer look at each card (full supply list at the bottom of this post):

As you can see, each card follows the same format. Add paper, layer more paper, add a flash card, a mini flair and a Christmas label. It is so easy to make a bunch of these at once with just a few supplies! I hope you enjoyed this fun use of mini file folders and will make some yourself! 

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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tim holtz christmas idea-ology: ephemera christmas tree frame

Hi there crafty friends! The rest of this week, I will be sharing all of the projects I created with the Tim Holtz Christmas Idea-ology products. The first one is a super easy and simple home decor piece that anyone can make. I took an Idea-ology Framed Panel and arranged a bunch of different Idea-ology Ephemera elements in the shape of a tree. The panel comes in two parts (the frame and the flat base panel) so it is super easy alter and adhere together.


To begin, I took a Framed Panel and painted the outside frame piece with Candied Apple DIstress Paint. Once the paint was completely dry, I used a soft cloth to rub a bit of the Sizzix Luster Wax over the raised areas of the panel. For the main background piece, I covered it with a piece of Idea-ology Backdrops paper that looks like a real piece of fabric...I adhered the paper to the panel with Distress Collage Medium with a Distress Collage Brush.

Once the paper was dried, I adhered the frame to the panel with the Distress Collage Medium. Now it's time for the fun part. I took the different ephemera out of the packages that I wanted to use and gave them a little extra distressing with some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink using a foam blending tool. Once my pieces were distressed, I placed them onto the panel to figure out the spacing. For these pieces I used a combination of: Christmas Ephemera, Christmas Mini Flair, Christmas Label Stickers and Christmas Baseboards. 

After I figured out the placement, I adhered each piece of Ephemera/stickers/pins etc to the panel using foam tape. Now I have a fun piece to hang in my home for years to come. It is as simple and easy as that and would even be a great project to create with kids! I hope you will try this out for yourself and I will be back tomorrow to share another project that I created with the Christmas Tim Holtz Idea-ology products.

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