Rusty and Crusty

Yummy rusty and crusty embellishments. I love making these. All are paper. I use multiple mixed media goodness to make them. Embossing powders, paint, inks, waxes...and anything that give that aged and old look.  

I made chipboard flourishes on my Cricut. The butterflies are Tim Holtz die set. Happy Crafting!

Christmas Putz house time

Each year I make a few houses for my kids for Christmas. I am making each a village of houses, each year adding to the village. I use the Tim Holtz village dwelling die sets, my own designs and Tonic house dies.  These were made using Tim Holtz die set.  I added sparkling glitter on the roof. So cute!
I  Love the paper too. It is Echo Park's A perfect Christmas paper-Berry Merry Christmas.  I added more glitter on the base, because can we have too much glitter? I think not.

Happy Crafting!

Tim Holtz finding

Using mostly TIm Holtz findings, this came together easily. I love the saying and wanted to memorize it in some way. Pull this photo up close and look at he flowers. I coated them with Triple Thick and the result is a shiny and hard (sturdy) flower. I love the look. 
Happy Crafting! 

Tim Holtz - CCC#9

I really like all things Tim Holtz. I love his style, his grunge look and his creative 'think outside of the box' attitude. I just bought his latest workbook, A Compendium of Curiosities"...fun book! So I gathered my tools and joined an already-in-process art challenge called the CCC#9 challenge. (Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, 9th week)

This week it's about using the distress crackle paint. I used the broken china crackle paint on he tag itself and the heart. For the swirl, I used Tim's technique of faux rust- love the result!

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