Sizzix is issuing another #sharewithsizzix promotion, this time for the Tim Holtz Flower Jug stamps and dies. And, as luck would have it, on the day they issued the challenge, my copy of both stamps and dies arrived in the post! WOO HOO!
I started with a background, using three of the leaf stamps in the Flower Jar set which I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder on Neena white card. My next step was to blend three colors of Distress ink and add a few splatters water and of Distress Markers (using the Tim Holtz spritzer tool):
I started with a background, using three of the leaf stamps in the Flower Jar set which I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder on Neena white card. My next step was to blend three colors of Distress ink and add a few splatters water and of Distress Markers (using the Tim Holtz spritzer tool):
I matted the trimmed card on lime green card stock and mounted the background on a kraft card base:
I ran a scrap of glimmer gold card (already processed by my Xyron 500 sticker maker) through my Big Shot using a thinlits "Vacation Words" die and my card was ready to embellish:
I decided to create a bouquet of wildflowers in the larger mason jar in the Flower Jar set. First, using my MISTI, I stamped four flowers (in shades of Distress Oxide inks) and two-and-a-half mason jars (two in Archival "Shadow Grey" and one-half in Versamark to be heat-embossed in silver) on scraps of Neena white card:
After die-cutting (and a little fussy cutting), I aded color to the flowers (blending Distress Oxides over the white portions left by the dies) and one of the jars (using Distress Inks in two colors):
Assembly meant running the cut-out jar through my Xyron 250 sticker maker and layering it on top of the painted jar. Before sticking the top down, I aded the flowers. Once the "bouquet" was in it's "vase", I added Glossy Accents to the jar itself to simulate glass, and let the piece dry overnight (it's very humid here of late and I used a LOT of Glossy Accents!):
Final assembly of the card included tying a length of green-and-white baker's twine around the jar neck, placing the flower jar in the lower left corner with a stray piece of foliage (trimmed from one of the flowers where it didn't fit in the jar) and the jar's silver lid propped up against it:
Products used in the making of this card were:
- Stamps: Stampers Anonymous "Flower Jar" (CMS297
- Dies: Sizzix Thinlits "Flower Jar" (662270) and "Vacation words - script" (661288)
- Inks: Archival "Shadow Grey"; Versamark; Distress Oxides "Wilted Violet", "Peeled Paint",Distress Inks "Shabby Shutters", "Peeled Paint", "Squeezed Lemonade" and "Twisted Citron"; Distress Markers "Shabby Shutters", "Twisted Citron", "Peeled Paint" and "Black Soot"
- Embossing Powders: Viva Las Vegas "Ultra High Gloss Clear" and WOW! "Metallic Silver Super Fine" (WC05SF)
- Papers: Paper Reflecions "Create Your Own" car in krft; Neena "white"; scraps of lime green and glimmer gold
- Embellishments: green-and-white baker's twine (a freebie from Flora and Fauna Stamps)
- Adhesives: ScorTpae; Ranger Collage Glue Stick; Glossy Accents; Xyron 500 and 250 sticker makers
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