Die-Versions Christmas Gift Set

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! Can you believe Christmas is less than a week away??!! Yipes!! It's my turn to post on the Die-Versions blog and I have a Christmas project to share with you using several Die-Versions dies.

I love making ornaments using Die-Versions dies cut with vinyl. For this ornament and card set, I used Alcohol Inks for the base. I put together a quick tutorial on how to stamp the ornament.

I started with a white ornament, Alcohol inks in Botanical and Poppyfield, a stamping tool and pieces of felt.

Squirt random drops of the inks across the felt and then you just start stamping on the ornament.

Keep stamping and building up layers until you achieve your desired look.

This is what it looked like when the entire ornament was covered. Gorgeous, isn't it??!

I had the hardest time photographing the ornament so I apologize for the light glares. I used the Whispers Regal Reindeer die (not currently in stock). Christmas is from the Compliments Holiday 1 set. Whispers Holly Branches (not currently in stock) were added under the poinsettia from Wild Orchid Crafts. The beautiful ribbon is Pure Love from DL.ART's Valentine Bundle.

I used the same dies for the card, and the same technique for the background, using Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper for the Alcohol Inks. The Regal Reindeer die was covered in Shabby White Frantage.

I had so much fun with the technique, I made another ornament using the Whispers Delicate Deer die (not currently in stock).

Die-Versions Dies Used

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful day!! Big hugs :)

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 - September

Happy Tuesday!! I hope you are having a great day :) I finished my tag for Tim's 12 tags early this month!! Yay!! I will actually be going on vacation from the 22nd until around the 8th of October, so I've been trying to get all of my commitments done before I go :)

The tag this month was a huge challenge for me. I usually try to stick very close to Tim's tag, but I didn't have most of the supplies including Yupo paper (??). So, this is very different from Tim's tag, but I did follow all of his instructions and all of the supplies are Tim's, starting with the tag which was cut with his Tag and Bookplate die. I used his Distress Patina technique on the tag (and I was a little sad to cover it up!!)

Instead of Yupo paper, I used Specialty Stamping paper. I used Alcohol Ink in Cranberry and Meadow. The stamp is from Tim's Old Fashioned Christmas set. For the Alcohol Ink Resist Technique, I used a TH Splatter stencil to represent snow :) Merry Christmas is from Tim's Framelits Retro Christmas set and the snow flakes are from his Framelits Holiday Joy set. The tag was stamped from his Simple Sayings set, with a 25 Remnant Rub. To finish the tag, I used a Tag and Bookplate die on the edge, TH Film Strip, the letters for Joy from Alpha Parts Newsprint, a wish Typed Token and finally, Santa Claus is Coming to Town Small Talk stickers.

You can find all of the instructions for Tim's Tag HERE.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1) Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016
2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
3) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful day!! Big hugs :)

Tim Holtz May Tag and WINNER!!

Happy Thursday!! I hope you are all having a great week!! First of all, I would like to sincerely thank those of you for the sweet comments and emails regarding the final round of the Spellbinders Design Team call. I can't tell you how much your support means to me!! I appreciate it so much...so thank you from the bottom of my heart :)

I didn't have very long in my craft room today, but I wanted to try to eek in a tag for the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013. I actually had most of the items he used this month so I definitely wanted to play along :)

I won't go through the steps to make the tag...I followed Tim's instructions HERE. For the background colors, I used TH Distress Stains in Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Fired Brick and Rusty Hinge. The stamps are all from the TH Mini Classics stamp set. Instead of a Enameled Tag like Tim used which I didn't have, I used an Idea-ology Fragments Tag, inked with Watermelon Alcohol Ink.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013 - May Tag
2. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
3. DL.Art Thankful Thursday- May Linky Party
4. Sunday Funday #9 - May Linky Party

Now for the winner of the My Mind's Eye Blink of an Eye paper stack from the Craftin Desert Divas Blogaversary Desert Hop!! Random.org selected as the winner...................................

And #24 is................................................................

Congratulations, Davi!! I'll leave you a message or you can email me at indymermaid(at)gmail(dot)com with your address and I'll get the paper in the mail to you!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great evening :)