Layout using Tim Holtz stamps, Dies and inks etc

I don't know if it is legal to have as much fun as I have today with all my inks, sprays, dies and stamps!

I have not had a chance to just PLAY for a while.

I played with all the dies that I relate to...

I learned to type on a real typewriter.

My dad used to wake up to an alarm clock like this one.

I sat for hours chatting on a phone like this to my friends.

I studied photography with a real film camera.

I used white Bazzil card stock as a base.  Stencilled the chevrons in the background using Distress paint.  stamped the dress form with pearl paint dabber, over-stamped her with archival ink through a mask I made with the left over die cut paper.  Randomly stamped the same flourish all round the page.  Covered the paper with Distress ink in Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire as well as spritzed it with Denim Color Wash and water.  Once the background was dry I added the photo and die cut embellishments then added glossy accents to strategic places.

I stamped a Prima clock for behind Tim's die cut and filled it with Crackle accents.

I tore some Coredinations paper for a mat behind my photo, sanded it a bit and distressed the edges of my photo.   I made a stamp from Tim's Vintage Telephone die with foam and stamped it onto my page and cut along the top of the receiver to slot my photo under where I added glossy accents to the shiny parts and the finger dial holes.  Just for fun I then also added glossy accent dots randomly to the page where I had sprayed some water which you can see shining in the photo below.

Thanks for the visit

Bella

White on White card

I am trying out all the ideas I am getting on Pinterest...I have to make it pay its "rent"

...I feel that I spend far too much time on the net getting inspiration and not enough time at my desk using it!

I bought Tim's brick wall die by Sizzix today because I needed it to finish off my "house set" of window and flower box dies that I have already...I realised this when making the House Warming card the other day and had to use my Prima stencil which was a bit large in proportion to the rest of the card.

So here is my latest card done with the Tonic window and window-basket dies (on pop foam dots) together with Tim's Brick wall, all cut out of white Bazzil card stock.

Thanks for the visit.

Bella

Accordion Clock Card

There have been a few accordion die cards on the blogs lately (This one by Helen really took my fancy) and I was inspired to see if I could make my own using one of my existing dies.

I recently purchased Tim's Tick-Tock clock die and have made a card by folding the paper and cutting it with the fold not quite to the top, that worked well, but this is just so much better!

I accordion folded a 6"x 12" piece of green card stock and cut it with the die.  Then I did a normal flat piece of black and cut that twice for the cover of the card, keeping the inner circles for the backs.

I used florists wire as the "spinner" for the inner circle and sticky tape for the joins between the inner circles (put a backing piece of sticky tape in the centre of each piece so it does not stick to the card).  The photo below is wrong as I first stuck them all on the same side, but the one sticky tape piece has to be on the other side of the frame so that it will fold in the right direction, look at the last photo to see what I mean...I forgot to re-photo this image again after I corrected it...

I then cut one more full black clocks so I could use the inner circle and stuck the black "backs" over the florists wire so the circles could spin on an axis.

Lastly I decorated the card using Tims Gadget Gears die covered in crackle paint and distress stain, the Do Crafts gears die as well as the Couture Creations Timepiece folder swiped with Peeled Paint distress ink and some yummy idea-ology for added pop.

Thanks for the visit.

Bella