Tim Holtz's Artful Holiday Journal

It has been nice to take the week off from work.  Not only to celebrate with family and friends for Thanksgiving, but to also do some crafting.

Recently, Tim Holtz had his Etsy store open with some items he and his amazing team created.  One of them was the artful holiday journal, which I had to have.  I was one of the lucky ones to purchase one, as Tim had mentioned in his blog that the whole store sold out in 10 minutes!

Here are some pictures I took of the journal in pieces and the completed journal.

Journal unassembled

Front cover

Inside front cover

Tabs

 

 

 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!



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Tagging!

I have been on a Tim Holtz high!  Just wanted to share two tags with you that I made with (of course) Tim Holtz products.

Embossed Paris

Had trouble with the embossing of the image, so I typed up a quick e-mail to Tim asking what I may have done wrong.  His answer - keep on heating the image!  So I did and it turned out great!

Supplies:

Craft tags (#8) - Ranger

Tim Holtz distress inks: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, and Antique Linen, Fired Brick

Ranger distress embossing powder - walnut stain

Stamps from Tim's Stampers Anonymous collection

And here is another tag I made after seeing Tim's tutorial on fragments:

Supplies:

Tim Holtz distress inks fired brick, walnut stain and dusty concord

Archive Ink - black

Stamps from Tim's Stampers Anonymous collection

Tim Holtz fragments, glued with Glossy Accents on we R Memories designer paper

Tim Holtz buttons with tissue tape flower.  Click here for the tutorial to make the flower

Thanks for stopping by!

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My class with Tim Holtz! - updated with project

I enjoyed a fabulous class with Tim Holtz, who visited Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA.  He taught four classes over the past weekend, one I could only take - patchwork pandemonium.  And boy did I learn a lot.  One of the best memories was meeting Tim and his partner-in-crime Mario before the class to give them their thank you gifts for coming,  Below are pictures of the gifts and a few pictures from the class.

12x12 mini book.  Click here to see Tim's tutorial

Front of bag

Back of bag

Front of bag

Back of bag

Class pictures

Tim made me promise to finish my patchwork and send him a picture, which I definitely will do and will share.  Tim and Mario both loved the gifts I gave them. :)

UPDATED 8/7 - here is my finished project!

Thanks for stopping by!


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Tim Holtz coming to San Jose!!!

Today is a happy day!  After being down with a fever and exhaustion, the news of Tim Holtz coming to Scrapbook Island San Jose lifted my spirits!  He will be at Scrapbook Island July 30th and 31st to teach a number of classes.  I was able to get into the Patchwork Pandemonium class.  Call the Island at 408-978-8900 to sign up!  Spots are filling fast!

 

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Tellen's Place Wednesday Challenge - Tag It!

Happy Wednesday!  It is time for another Tellen's Place challenge.  This week's challenge is called "tag it!"  Have a tag in your project.

To enter the challenge, include a tag in your project.  You may use any image you like, but if you have some Tellen's Place images, why not show them some love. :)  Or go to the store and see the images available for purchase.  Submit the link to your project (not your whole blog) to the wonderful Mr. Linky on the challenge blog.

Here are the tags I created for the challenge:

I thought these would make great bookmarks for my husband.  He is always borrowing mine and never gives them back! :)

All the materials except for the tags (from Michaels) are from Tim Holtz.  I love his products a lot and don't use them a lot, which I should. :)

The first tag is with Balloons Edward, colored with my Copics.  I used a mix of Tim Holtz's Dusty Concord and Stormy Sky distress inks.  I used Tim Holtz's "mask" of a compass and added the inks on top of the mask. 

The second tag is with Birthday Edward, colored with my Copics.  I used a mix of Tim Holtz's Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, and Vintage Photo.  I used Tim Holtz's "mask" of sprockets. 

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team and see their wonderful creations:

Terry - wonderful owner
Jane
Joyce
Lyn
Pam
Robyn

Thanks for stopping by!


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Tellen's Place Wednesday Challenge - All About Me!

Happy Wednesday!  Welcome to another challenge from Tellen's Place.  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

This week's challenge is "All About Me!"  It is up to you what you would like to create.  Make something that is reflective of who you are.  The only thing asked is that there must be a Tellen's Place design in your creation - past or present.  If you don't have any images, head on over to the store to purchase an image or two or to the challenge blog to see past freebie images to grab.  Be sure to leave a link to your creation on the challenge blog to Mr. Linky.

Owner Terry had her son Markus create look alike designs of all the team members, which turned out awesome! I wanted to create something with my image that wasn't a card.  Below is what I created with my image:

Markus did such a great job with my image.  I don't own a pogo stick nor have I ever been on one, but I love how the whole idea reflects who I am - active.  Active wife and an active mom. :)

The wood frame is from Michaels' dollar bin. :)  I used ink pads from Tim Holtz distress ink collection to color the frame - worn lipstick and dusty concord. The letters are also from Tim Holtz, made of "grungeboard," wonderful material that is flexible and can stand any kind of altering, such as sanding, cutting and inking.  I used the same color ink for the letters and added some Stickles glitter glue - fruit punch to the word "active."  The foam flowers are from Createology.

I colored my image with the following Copic colors:

W3, E39, E00, R20, V15, R37 and the colorless blender

Be sure to check out the other design team's designs. Markus did a super job with their designs as well:

Terry - wonderful owner
Jane
Joyce
Lyn
Mia
Pam
Robyn

Thanks for stopping by!

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My Mind's Eye Challenge #5

It has been awhile since I have done scrapbooking, since I have been mostly concentrating on greeting cards. I decided to do this fun challenge, hosted by My Mind's Eye, who creates wonderful paper products. Below is the sketch to use for the challenge:



Below is my entry:



The challenge was to use 80% of the products made by My Mind's Eye in the entry. I used My Mind's Eye Ooh La La paper and punchouts. The journaling date card is from My Mind's Eye Life Stories collection. The letters and the numbers are from Tim Holtz's grungeboard collection, painted with Holtz's tarnished brass crackle paint. The woven ribbon is from May Arts.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Bright, bold and distressing!

Hehehe...trying to come up with titles for my blogs lately has been opening up my creative side a little more...

What can you guess I am creating for this week? Something bright, bold with a dash of something distressed!

I am combining challenges again for La-La Land Crafts and Copic Colour Challenge. Below are this week's to use for the challenge:



I don't have R29 so I am using R35 instead.

Here is my entry for this week:



Here is Rosie with her cute cat. She was colored with the challenge colors plus E33,E00, YG63 and E57. The cat was colored with C5 with the colorless blender and RV02.

The cardstock is from Worldwin Colormates (Dark Spring Green). The background paper is from Bo Bunny. The eyelets are from my old stash of eyelets. The cream colored adhesive ribbon is from Creative Imaginations.

For the first time, I am using Tim Holtz's products, which I have had for awhile but was afraid to use them. It wasn't until Jane Matsumoto (DT Coordinator for La-La Land Crafts) had a tutorial on how to use Tim Holtz's products that I wanted to give it a shot. Check out her tutorial here on her creation of a bookmark using Tim's products. Thanks Jane for the wonderful tutorial!

I used Tim Holtz's tea dye distress ink for the edges of the cardstock, background paper and background for Rosie and the cat. I used one of Tim's floret masks, using the tea dye ink and added some of his foliage.

Now to play around more with Tim's products. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

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