Saturday Showcase - Seth Apter Baked Velvet Powders and Tim Holtz Typography Collage Paper

Hi everyone and welcome to another Saturday Showcase, the Design Team's chance to share tutorials and products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique with you and kick start your creative weekend. Today I'm sharing the tutorial for two cards made combining Seth Apter's new Baked Velvet Embossing Powders with Tim Holtz new Typography Collage Paper and Wildflower Stems Thinlits Die Sets. Here are the finished cards (click on each image for a closer look);

Let's get started on making these cards. Begin by covering a 6 inch wide piece of white card with the Typography Collage Paper using Distress Collage Medium Matte and a Collage Brush to stick it in place.

Using the Wildflower Stems dies cut various stems and flowers from the Collage Paper card.

Apply embossing ink over some of the thinner stems and cover with the Aegean Sea Baked Velvet Embossing Powder. Since these powders are translucent when heat set you can still see all the detail from the Collage Paper underneath and the various shades of yellow/brown will also affect the colour seen on top.

Repeat the process for the leaf stems, this time using Dusk Baked Velvet Embossing Powder.

Repeat the process for the flower stems, this time using Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture Embossing Powder.

Cut pieces of white card to fit your card blanks and stamp lines of stitching using Tim Holtz Stitches stamp set with Wendy Vecchi Peat Moss Archival Ink. I used a Stamp Platform for this so that I could easily stamp the same images onto separate pieces of white card for each card.

Apply Opaque Texture Paste through some of the Stitched Layering Stencil between the stamping and leave to air dry.

Stick pieces of lace over the stamping - I used Venise Lace Trim and Metallic Gold Crocheted Ribbon, both available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

To finish glue the embossed leaf stems and flowers over the lace and ribbon before adding a Transparent Wings butterfly and stamped sentiment (the two used for these cards came from Wendy Vecchi's new Delightful Art Stamp/Stencil set). Matt the card onto a kraft layer before adding to the card blank.

Here are some close ups so you can see more of the detail;

Hopefully this tutorial will kick start your own ideas for using Seth Apter's new Baked Velvet Embossing Powders and Tim Holtz Typography Collage Paper. Don't forget, if you use tissue in your projects there's still time to enter the current Frilly and Funkie challenge 'Pass The Tissues, Please!'

All the products used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and are listed below.

Have a great weekend,
Jenny xxx

Seth Apter Baked Velvet Embossing Powders
Tim Holtz Ideaology Typography Collage Paper
Tim Holtz Ideaology Transparent Wings
Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems #1
Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems #2
Tim Holtz Stitches Stamp Set
Wendy Vecchi Delightful Art Stamp/Stencil Set

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Brush 1.25" TDAK50889	Seth Apter Baked Texture - Large Vintage Beeswax - 120g	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink Pad - Peat Moss	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Stitched
Ranger Texture Paste Opaque Matte INK44444	Venise Lace Trim - 2 inches	May Arts Metallic Antique Gold Mesh Ribbon - 1.5" #RA32

Saturday Showcase - Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems

It is Cec here and I am presenting the Saturday Showcase today.  I ordered the Wildflower Stems #2 set recently and thought I would share some projects I made with it.

My first project is a little canvas I am calling a field of lilies.  This was a learning piece, which I will explain later.

I started with an 8" square of mat board that I covered in tissue that had been crumpled up and then opened back up before it was glued to the board.  Once the tissue was dry, I gave it a light coat of Collage Medium Matte(Tim Holtz) and then inked it with Peeled Paint and Stormy Sky Distress Ink (Tim Holtz).

Next I pulled out the dies from the Wildflowers Stems #2 set and cut some stems to be used as "grass" and coloured them using Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz) and a water brush (Tim Holtz).

I added some stenciling with Forest Moss Distress Ink (Tim Holtz) and the negative of my die cut.  Make sure you take a good look at this because you will see that I  covered it all up in the end - great use for your die cut waste though.

The next step was to cut and colour my lilies.  All the stems were done with Peeled Paint Distress Oxide and the stamen tips with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide.  This one was done with Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide.  I did go back and add a bit more shading to all the lilies after the photos were taken.

The colour combo on this one is Fired Brick followed by Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide.

This lily was coloured with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide.

Mustard Seed Distress Oxide followed by Fosalized Amber Distress Oxide was the colour combo for this lily.

I used Dried Marigold Distress Oxide followed by Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide to colour the final lily.

The next step was to glue some of the "grass" to the canvas and then add the lilies.  After they were glued down, I added more "grass" with teeny pieces of dimensional foam.

Finally, I added some butterflies that were punched from this scrap of inked card stock that I found in my scraps stash.  It had been sprayed with Lemon Zest, Squeezed Orange, Cherry Pie and Bubblegum Pink spray inks (Dylusions).

When this little canvas was done, I was looking at it and did not like it.  I wondered why the lilies looked like soldiers standing at attention and then it hit me that I had forgotten to give them some shape.  I decided to share it anyway as an example of what not to do.

The second project I made was a card.

I started with a 5" x 7" card blank.  I made a faux wood fence panel by scoring a piece of card stock, turning it over and dragging some Distress Ink pads (Tim Holtz) over it in this order - Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap, Hickory Smoke and finally Walnut Stain.  This panel was added using double sided tape (Scor).

Next I made the bouquet of flowers.

I cut two lilies and used a water brush to colour them  The stems were done with Peeled Paint Distress Ink and the tops with a combination of Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon Distress Inks.  The stamens tips were coloured with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

These stems were coloured with Peeled Paint, Victorian Velvet, Festive Berries and Aged Mahogany Distress Ink.

By colouring these stems with Peeled Paint, Shaded Lilac and Dusty Concord Distress Ink, I made them look like flowers and not "grass".

For this greenery, I inked a piece of card stock with the Peeled Paint Distress Ink and then die cut them.

I created a vase by cutting a bottle shape from a scrap of black card stock and then covering it with some pumice gel.  Once it was dry I sprayed it with Tarnished Brass and Gathered Twigs Distress Spray Stain (Tim Holtz).

I fashioned a loose bouquet from my flowers and added them to the card front.  Notice that I remembered to shape all the pieces.  The vase was added next and then I made a loopy little bow from some burlap string, added a sentiment and adhered it to the vase.

A couple small clean and simple cards came next.  The patterned panel was already in my stash and if my pea brain remembers correctly I made it by blending some Distress Oxides and then removing some of the ink through a stencil with a baby wipe to create the pattern.

The stems were die cut as was the sentiment and both added to the patterned panel.  Finally the teeny bow, which came from a package in one of my orders from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I never throw the little bits of dyed seam binding away that come in those orders because they will always be useful at some point.

This one started when I found a scrap of gloss paper that had been inked with some Alcohol Inks.  Sorry but I can't figure out what colours I had used but I know that I had dripped them on and then dripped some blending solution over them to make them move.

I used a circle die to cut the inked scrap into a circle and then die cut the stem and added it on top.  A die cut frame was added next and then the focal point was added to the card blank.  Finally I matted a computer generated sentiment on more black card stock and added it to the card.

I hope you are inspired by just a few ideas for using the Wildflower Stems.  I know now that I want need the other Wildflower Stems sets because they will all work so well together and provide great design opportunities.

Supplies links to The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Wildflower Stems #2 by Tim Holtz
Distress Oxide Pads - Tim Holtz
Distress Ink Pads - Tim Holtz
Distress Spray Stains - Tim Holtz
Dylusions Spray Inks
Alcohol Inks - Tim Holtz
Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Tip TIP33080
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933
Scor Double-sided Tapes
Burlap String - 12 Colors
Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams IBT40965

Saturday Showcase - Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 Collection

Hello and welcome to Frilly and Funkie's Saturday Showcase feature. It's Sara Emily here shining the spotlight on five dies from Tim Holtz' 2019 Sizzix Chapter 1 Collection. I don't think I've ever been so excited about ALL of his new dies like I am with this release. The ones I'm focusing on in this post are just five of my favorites. They are so detailed, and the designs pair up so easily with one another.

I decided to make cards, each featuring one of the three dies included in the Geo Springtime Thinlits set with supporting roles from four other newly released Thinlits sets. Wow! The possibilities are endless, and my head was spinning with ideas. In fact, at the same time I made a couple or so more projects using these dies, but this post would be way too long to include them all.

Butterfly Mosaic Card

I do love butterflies, and this one is so unique that I just had to add it to my collection. (It didn't hurt that the set has a hummer and a bunny, too!) When I first saw this die, I thought 'inlay', but I had no idea where it would end up. This is just a card, but I could picture these die cuts used on a canvas (Well, the butterfly already IS on a canvas, but that's for another day.) or even on an assemblage project. I love it when a product can be this inspiring! Let's get started!

 **Remember to click on any photo to zoom in.**

Cut the largest of the circles from Tim Holtz Stitched Circles Thinlits and sand it lightly. Using the Geo Springtime butterfly, cut one from the circle. Adhere Stitched Circle to black card panel. Cut a second butterfly from black card.

 I saved all the bits from the metallic butterfly in a plastic bag, thinking I would use them as the inlay with the black butterfly being the outline. Then it occurred to me how beautiful it would be if it were two toned (or even three!).

I found these two panels in my stash. The one on the left is a failed alcohol lift technique (done on the old alcohol ink card), but I knew it would be great for die cuts eventually. I've already cut something from the panel for another upcoming project, but I had just enough left to cut a left and a right wing. The masterboard on the right started out as a mop up from other projects, and it's a combination of Distress Oxides and inks.

Cut a right wing and a left wing from each panel. I did this out of necessity, because my scraps were small. But it also serves to keep track of which pieces go in the right or left wing when it comes time to inlay.  Place all pieces including the actual die cut into a baggie and set aside. By including the die cut, it helps identify if the bits go in the right or left wing.

Turn the black die cut face down and apply Distress Collage Medium Matte with a brush. Adhere the butterfly in the aperture left in the Stitched Circle, taking care to make sure all surfaces come in contact with the back panel. Blot away excess glue with a paper towel.

I don't have any photos of the last step, which is inlaying all those little pieces, but I did snap one at the half way point. It was a much needed break from all that concentration!

 I added an Ideaology Quotations Metallic Sticker and backed the panel with more of the masterboard and called it done.

The alcohol ink paper is a bit thicker than the masterboard on mixed media paper making for an interesting texture when you run your hand over this mosaic.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Cut a rabbit from the Geo Springtime set from a panel inked with Distress Oxides and one from a scrap of metallic card. Set the pink die cut aside for another use. I decided later to ink the card with Frayed Burlap to give it a vintage look.

Flip the die cut panel over and adhere a small panel of yellow vellum with collage medium. Flip the card face up and adhere the bunny die cut in accordance with the butterfly above. Blot away any excess collage medium with a paper towel.

Cut one of the flowers from Wildflower Stems #2 Thinlits set from watercolor paper. Cut off the flower, so that you are left with what looks like a tuft of grass.

Cut another flower from the same set (there are 5 in the set!) from watercolor paper. Cut two flowers from a scrap of the yellow vellum. Vellum can be a little tricky to cut, but the intricate stamens just needed a little prodding from my pokey tool. The details these dies cut are amazing!

Blend a Small Talk Sticker with Frayed Burlap ink. The little ball was going to be Peter's tail, but I ended up using a flower cut from the new Organic Thinlits die cut instead, inking it with Antique Linen Oxide and popping it with a foam dot. Use the leftover negative panel of metallic card from Butterfly Mosaic card to make a frame. Sand in a crisscross fashion.

Layer the frame over the pink panel, and layer that over a card blank cut from watercolor paper .

I was inspired by Autumn's layered leaf card and layered the lily. I got a little too vigorous with my sanding and wrinkled the frame. LOL.

For those wondering why my sentiment is at the top, I initially was planning to make a square card, and cut the aperture according to that plan. Then, I got the idea to add the tail, and had to use the sticker to go with it. In spite of my poor planning and lack of time for a do-over, I still think it works, don't you?

Hello There

I didn't take many process shots for this one, but I started off with another panel from my stash. This one is painted with gesso, and then I inked either with Distress Spray Stains or oxide inks.  I really wasn't planning on making a card with this, just trying out Tim's new Retro Repeat Thinlits die. You can see that the die is shorter than the border I cut into the panel. Tim explains how this works in his video. The innovative die design makes it quite simple to repeat the pattern either vertically, like I did, or horizontally. It's so easy, I got it right on the first try, and I just had to make this into a card.

Die cut just the head of one of the flowers from Wildflower Stems #1 from a scrap of Metallic Kraft Stock. Cut a second flower head and a hummingbird from black card. Cut just the wingtip  from  a scrap of metallic card . Not shown, cut 'hello' (Friendship Words, Script) from black and metallic card.

Layer the metallic and black flower, offsetting just a bit for a shadow. Do the same with 'hello' but reverse the order. Adhere the hummingbird die cut and inset the wingtip pieces. Add a metallic sticker to complete the sentiment. Layer over a black panel, a metallic panel, sanded and edged with Black Soot crayon, and another black panel.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing these simple ideas on how you can use these wonderful new dies. I've also enjoyed playing with Faceted Heart along with Organic Thinlits dies HERE.

 A list of the products I've used on these cards is listed below, all available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  The new Tim Holtz dies are in stock in the shop and ready to ship.  And you can get them for 20% off MSRP by using the coupon code 'diediscount'. I can't wait to see what YOU will create using these great new dies!  And remember you still have a few more days to enter our current  Frilly and Funkie challenge HERE.

Happy crafting!

Sara Emily

Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Geo Springtime
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Retro Repeat
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set- Wildflower Stems #1
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set- Wildflower Stems #2
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die - Organic

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Stitched Circles	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quotations Metallic Stickers	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Slate	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Teakwood TAL40743	Ranger Inkssentials Alcohol Ink Applicator With 10 Blending Felts TIM20745	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Blueprint Sketch
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Blueprint Sketch TIM43195	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Wilted Violet	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Wilted Violet TIM43263	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Festive Berries TSS42273	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Festive Berries TIM32861
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Shaded Lilac	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Seedless Preserves	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen