Long post ,,,, get coffee :-)
We have a brand new sister challenge that started on Monday called the
Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge the theme for their fist week is
'Things With Wings' :-)
Heidi very kindly sent all the Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT a little DT pack filled with bits and bobs taht we could use to enter the challenge :-) Thanks Heidi x x i do have quite a stash of Tim Holtz goodies and it was lovely to get everything out and have a play :-)
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I had this 'recipe box' that was just waiting to be altered so i thought I would give that a 'go' :-) Firt of all I gave it a few layers of white acrylic paint ,, then inked all the edges with vintage photo
distress ink I used a lovely sheet of paper from the Tim Holtz
Lost and Found paper pad, I inked all the edges with the same distress ink and used a
TH edge distresser,, fab gadget ,, better than scissors !! :-)
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The bird is a grungeboard die cut that I painted white with acrylic , then inked with tea dye ink , then stamped using a TH script stamp and embossed with tea dye distress powder ,, looks fab IRL !! the swirl was made using a new Tim Holt
z Elegant Flourishes die and
grungeboard. this was coloured with pine needles distress ink and then I added
rock candy distress stickles for a little sparkle :-) I added an ideology
locket key hole
and a ticket sentiment. this was made using a
TH Ticket strip die and stamps from the
Odds and Ends 100th set![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOvVbixMmW85LScYh-Jg93evQIRaWnwZO1Bc0mpXeldFwPwdE-Ex305TFXJLci4bo3INp0NviLUuRkinZDILhF0dd5gaSlkQh9KXnUxnMhGSBhxgOoy_QyJBr4ngFTVoo96oohqjja8I/s400/009.JPG)
more grungeboard swirls, a Tim Holtz bird stamp and some black pearls to finish
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sorry this is such a long post ,,,,, nearly finished ,, stay with me !! LOL :-)
the flower was made using a TH
Tattered floral die I cut watercolour card as i find this doesn't tear as easily as ordinary card you can see a tutorial on how I made it on Christina's blog
here
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Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)