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Masterboard Ephemera

This is a project following the prompts for #dephemerember2023 hosted by @49dragonflies and @luiseheinzl. 4. Butterfly and 3 torn things 5. Salvaged birds I started with a letter-size master board. For the master board just start gluing stuff down. Don’t worry too much about how it looks. If you have some blank spots, add moreContinue reading “Masterboard Ephemera”

Recycled wine cork place card holders

Holiday place card holders – a recycled wine cork craft Short video showing all the corks up close: https://youtu.be/hVCm4YbmnnQ  Straight corks are from still wine and bulbous corks are from sparkling wine. If you are not a wine drinker, many liquor stores collect corks for recycling and are happy for you to have a handfulContinue reading “Recycled wine cork place card holders”

Tim Holtz Stamp Collector

Last page of my all Tim Holtz art journal, using Stamp Collector and Correspondence. Thank you for joining me for this series! I printed the Great Wave onto copy paper to use as a base, covered the wave with a mix of used postage stamps and stamped & fussy-cut stamps, and used vellum for theContinue reading “Tim Holtz Stamp Collector”

Personalized Gift Tags with Stamping and Die Cuts

I love gift bags for the convenience, but I want to dress them up a little. People love personalized items, and that’s something you can’t easily buy. Look through your own holiday stamps and dies to create fun tags. I’m using a very old Sizzix Originals steel rule die (Tag, Super Scallop) to cut tags,Continue reading “Personalized Gift Tags with Stamping and Die Cuts”

Shaker tag for gift of blu-rays

This is a fun themed gift tag for some blu-ray discs, using the Tim Holtz Retro TV die. Short process video: https://youtu.be/RT5SbqyQRhA First tag, using the purchased dome: I cut the steel rule die using a variety of paper in dark shiny silver, gray, brown, and black. Next, I assembled the pieces of the TV. Continue reading “Shaker tag for gift of blu-rays”

Tim Holtz Paper Village

I’m making some Tim Holtz Paper Village houses, including a comparison of the Paper Village houses to the original Tim Holtz Bigz Dwelling and Bigz Townhouse. Short process video: https://youtu.be/opoXuNwB20w There are three house pieces, three roof pieces, and a bunch of door and window accessory dies. The packaging shows five houses to display theContinue reading “Tim Holtz Paper Village”

#Dephemerember Fabric Bowl

#Dephemerember preparations – making the fabric bowl for junk journal scraps Short process video: https://youtu.be/zBr6HubSMpM @49dragonflies fabric bowl video with link to free Ephy download: https://youtu.be/SUBdt-giJbY?si=4DID0tLfQMBbHWzc Barbara built her bowl with fabric layers and PVA glue over an existing bowl as the base. There’s a lot of drying time and not much rigidity in theContinue reading “#Dephemerember Fabric Bowl”

Presenting gifts of wine, beer, or soda

Two different ideas for presenting gifts of wine, beer, or soda. These are great for holiday gifts or party hosts, for Thanksgiving gatherings or Christmas or New Year’s. These are welcome gifts but always awkward to wrap! Today we’ll talk about decorated cardboard carriers and tags for the bottle neck. Short process video: https://youtu.be/NSPsuCefrDg Continue reading “Presenting gifts of wine, beer, or soda”

Tim Holtz Retro Type and Vintage Phone

Art journal page using Tim Holtz Sizzix dies Retro Type and Vintage Phone. I cut the dies using shades of dark, shiny cardstock, then layered them over collage paper adhered to a brown inky background left from the coffee spread. I put a halo of white tissue under each die so it would stand outContinue reading “Tim Holtz Retro Type and Vintage Phone”

Tim Holtz Flower Garden and Mini Bouquet

Art journal page using Tim Holtz Flower Garden and Mini Bouquet in an ethereal garden scene. I started by stamping and die cutting all the pieces, then loosely watercoloring using Distress ink and shimmer watercolor. I layered the Ideology cardstock base page with colored tissue, then vellum, then the flowers and a swallow from TimContinue reading “Tim Holtz Flower Garden and Mini Bouquet”