I have a friend with a birthday next week and decided today’s design would make a perfect birthday card. You’ll have to check out Tim’s site to see his instructions for making the tissue tape collage and flower. So. Much. Fun!
My background was colored with bundled sage, shabby shutters and peeled paint distress inks and edged with walnut stain.
The words background was stamped bundled sage (my new favorite for background stamping!) and the splatter with vintage photo.
I couldn’t find my paper distresser, so I opened a pair of old scissors about 1″ and ran the edges of the paper along the “V.”
I decided to color my tissue tape with eggplant, wild plum and raisin alcohol inks before making the flower. After I made the flower I found the colors were a little dark for my liking, so I swiped over it with alcohol blending solution until it was just right. (FYI, the circle punch I used was 1 1/4″ and I ended up using about 30″ of tissue tape.)
The “Make A Wish Quotes” stamp set by Fiskars is adorable, the inside of the card says,
“Growing OLD is mandatory, growing UP is optional.”
Love it!
At first I stamped the “Happy Birthday” with distress ink, but it didn’t come out very good. It was a clear stamp so I stamped again – still not good. So I dried the inks with a heat tool, and stamped one more time with embossing ink, then embossed with white. Hence the happy accident of the shadow behind the words. HA! Sometimes it’s not what you can DO, but what you can FIX.
Supplies:
Walnut Stain Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Peeled Paint Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Vintage Photo Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Bundled Sage Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Shabby Shutters Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Dusty Concord Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Clear For Embossing
Terra Cotta Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink
Ranger 1/2 Ounce Adirondack Alcohol Ink Singles, Raisin
Ranger 1/2 Ounce Adirondack Alcohol Ink Singles, Wild Plum
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks eggplant
Ranger 1/2-Ounce Adirondack Alcohol Ink Singles, Denim
Adirondack Alcohol Ink .5 Ounce – Stream
Ranger 1/2-Ounce Adirondack Alcohol Ink Singles, Espresso
Ranger 1/2 Ounce Adirondack Alcohol Ink Singles, Ginger
Tim Holtz Alcohol Blending Solution
Ink Blending Tool & 2 Foams
All Night Media Wood-Mounted Stamps – Splatter Pattern
Quote Clear Stamps: Make A Wish
Stamp: Italian Poetry (Hero Arts)
Embossing Powder: Zing! White Opaque Embossing Powder
Symphony Tissue Tape (Tim Holtz)
Button: Making Memories Vintage Findings
Die cut: Tim Holtz Caged Bird Sizzix Bigz Dies
Grunge paper 12-Inch-by-12-Inch, 3-Pack
Distress Stickles Glitter Glue, 1/2-Ounce, Rock Candy, Clear
Patterned Paper: Seasonal Paper Stash Paper Pad (Tim Holtz)
Dimensional adhesive: Squares Foam Tabs
Mono Adhesive Dispenser Permanent
Matte Multi-Medium 4Oz
