Decorated Tin Container

Tim Holtz is one of our most favorite paper craft rock stars.  Brandy and I were even were able to meet him in person a little over a year ago.  It is no wonder then that we have used many of his techniques featuring the work here on our tiny little blog.  Specifically to this post, we've both made many of his paper roses.  You can find a good YouTube video demonstration of the technique here.  The technique can be a little tricky at first, but the final result is stunning.  Much like riding a bike, once you've figured it out you'll never forget.  I've used a flower made from double sided patterned paper to accent this small tin gift box.  The tag was cut from Cricut's Accent Essentials cart and stamped with a CTMH stamp set.  This cute little tin was used to gift a small amount of fudge to a friend.  I had premade the flower, so it was a couple minutes to cut out, stamp and ink the tag, find the finished flower and swirl embellishment from previous crafting excursions, a little glue and we've got a quick gift of fudge.

Thanks so much for looking.

Andie 

Creative Chemistry 101- Archival Resist Technique

Day 3 of class centered around archival inks.  The second technique involved using Archival Ink to create background images that are then layered with Distress Inks to create unusual backgrounds.  Since I have such a wonderful friend who is willing to share supplies, I created today's stamped images using her Hero Arts It's a Parade stamp. 

Both tags used the same background stamp from my CTMH stash.  The background stamp is a solid block with polka dots.  The stamp is an acrylic stamp and I didn't use a block, but instead free-handed the stamped image using brown and red Archival Ink and didn't use the entire stamped image in any one spot.  A quick pass with the heat tool to dry the Archival Ink and I applied Distress Inks (in this case I used pink, blue, green and yellow) by swiping the pad across the tag.  The Archival Ink resists the Distress Ink and creates the lovely background look. 

The Hero Art silouette stamp seemed to capture just the right look to finish off in black Archival Ink.  The second tag was an attempt to change the background colors and see what the results look like.  The tag definately needed to bright yellow and green to make that background pop right out.  I'm off to do more experimenting in the chemistry lab!

Andie