Connie Nichol and I were really excited about our first morning at CHA, which started early with a breakfast and demo for the media in the Ranger booth. We spent 20 minutes with each of 4 designers….and the first one was Tim Holtz! At the demo tables, we learned all about the new releases for each designer’s line. Tim Holtz has a number of exciting new products. Everyone is excited about the Distress Crayons! Distress Crayons are formulated to achieve vibrant coloring effects on porous surfaces for mixed-media. The smooth water-reactive pigments are ideal for creating brilliant backgrounds, watercoloring, smudge effects and more. Colour directly onto your surface and blend with water then layer with Distress Inks or Stains for more creative possibilities. The crayons are available in 3 sets that coordinate with the Distress Palette. There are 3 new mediums that look amazing, and Tim demonstrated how to use each…
Check out Tracy McLennon’s take on our Dec Sketchy Card Challenge featuring BoBunny and Sizzix! Tracy created the card using the BoBunny Altitude Collection Along with the Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Holiday Green die The entire card was based on our monthly sketch over at It’s a Sketchy Challenge! We would like to see your take on this sketch – CLICK HERE JOIN THE FUN! Merry Card Making!
There’s always lots of excitement buzzing around the Sizzix booth at the Craft & Hobby Tradeshow! The vintage Tim Holtz displays are amazing as usual! Projects made with the new dies are on display…gorgeous grunge! Isn’t this coffee cup die fabulous? One of the most exciting new releases is the Tim Holtz Alterations line of punches: Each Sizzix licensed designer has a separate area of the booth. It’s like leaving an antique store and walking into the sunshine! Lori Whitlock’s designs are always bright and fresh! Brenda Walton also designs really cute dies. Where Women Cook magazine editor Jo Packham has teamed up with Sizzix to create a fun line of cooking, kitchen, home entertaining theme dies. Stephanie Barnard’s designs are always super cute. So many sweet cards made with 3D dies! One of the new releases garnering a lot of attention is French General, a collection of dies for…
Check out Desiree’s take on the May sketch featuring Bazzill Basics Paper. SUPPLIES: Bazzill Basics Paper cardstock, patterned paper and pleated cardstock, Dollar Store vellum rub-ons and metal embellishment, Tim Holtz Idea-ology trinket pin, Be Creative Sookwang tape, May Arts Ribbon and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Desiree based her layout on this sketch. We would love to see your take on our monthly sketchy challenge! CLICK HERE to join the fun! Have a wonderful Monday everyone!
Did you know we started offering FREE cut files this summer? Sue Sykes designed these fabulous cut files for our readers. They can be cut with many die cutting machines on the market that are able to cut using an SVG or Studio file. I thought we should share them again and encourage you to use them! These fun designs will be great for summer fun and winter getaways! I played with Sue’s third cut file, an inspirational quote that spoke perfect words to my graduating son’s picture. I played with the file a bit to change to word sizes and placement. I believe most programs will let you do this. It took some ungrouping and regrouping of letters, but very doable! I hope you take the time to download these wonderful files, they are yours to download and use for FREE! SUPPLIES: Canadian Scrapbooker Super Stock, Kaisercraft patterned paper,…
Check out Desiree’s take on the February sketch featuring Kaisercraft SUPPLIES: Kaisercraft patterned paper and die cuts, Riff Raff Design chipboard, May Arts Ribbon, DCWV adhesive fabric, Dollar Store sticky felt hearts, Tim Holtz metallic trinket, acrylic gesso, Beacon Adhesives. Desiree based her layout on this sketch. We would love to see your take on our monthly sketchy challenge! CLICK HERE to join the fun! Have a wonderful week!
Have you seen these beautiful intricate dies from Spellbinders? They are just gorgeous, and with a few little tricks, easy to use. I absolutely love this little die called ‘Cattails’. Although I have to say, I’m a prairie girl, and while I’m sure the die could look like cattails, to me, it looks like wheat. So that’s what I used it for. Stalks of ripe wheat, blowing in the breeze. The first time I tried using this die, I discovered it was not quite as simple as all of the other Spellbinders dies I have used over the years. Because it is so intricate and highly detailed, I had a few issues with it cutting all the way through, and then had trouble actually getting the paper out of the die. I had a quick look on the internet for some suggestions on how to make it easier. I found…
