Let’s create with new Wafer Dies from Tim Holtz and Simon Says Stamp!

Hello friends! Happy New Year! I’m so excited to be creating with you today and starting off the year of making ahead with Tim Holtz and Simon Says Stamp. They have been at it again and making wafer dies to match previously released stamp sets by Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous, which means, more creative opportunities…YAY! I was asked to participate in a Blog Hop using one of these sets and am happy to be joining several other makers to celebrate the release..what could be better!

Yesterday they launched some new sets of wafer dies made to match these Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous Stamp Sets that include, Correspondence CMS225, Field Notes CMS396, The Inspector CMS465 and one set which includes dies for The Professor 1 & 2, CMS373 & CMS395.

Today, I made samples using the Field Notes Stamps CMS396 and matching wafer dies. I also used the Tim Holtz Winter Watercolor 2 CMS443 to make the background paper.

Be sure to visit all of these talented makers in the Blog Hop by clicking on their names using the links to them. Your next stop from here in the list would be to head to Jean Doeringsfeld.

Simon Says Stamp Blog, Nina-Marie Trapani, Cheiron Brandon, Heather Hoffman, Stacy Hutchinson (you’re here), Jean Doeringsfeld, Tami Bastiaans, Barb Engler, Emma Williams, and Jenn Shurkus.

Let’s get making…

I started by creating the background paper using a few Distress products that included Distress Spritz in Tattered Rose and Iron Gate Mica Spray. I spritzed a half sheet piece of Distress Watercolor Paper with water, then added some spritzed bits of the sprays, then I dried the areas using my heat tool. Once the background was dry, I used a few different colors of Distress Watercolor pencils and colored them directly onto the berry branch stamp from the Winter Watercolor 2 Stamp Set.

To do this, dip each watercolor pencil into some water to activate the pigment, then color the stamp using a variety of colors until the stamp is covered in your desired color combo. I used Aged Mahogany, Walnut Stain, Rusty Hinge and Worn Lipstick. Once the stamp was colored I did a quick mist of water over the stamp and stamped it randomly onto the paper, sometimes after stamping it, I sprayed it again with a mist of water to use up the leftover pigment on the stamp.

That gives you some color variations on the berries and branches.

Next, I began creating the ephemera pieces using the Field Notes Stamp set and wafer dies. To create the color variations on the images, I used the same colors of Distress Watercolor Pencils that I had on the background. I used the same technique and colored directly onto the stamp, then stamped the images onto various paper scraps. I colored some of the images by using a paint brush that was wet, then picked up color from the pencils and/or some of the mica spray that was spritzed onto my mat. Then I dried it with my heat tool and cut them out using the coordinating dies.

Once I started coloring and stamping, I couldn’t hardly stop…so I am keeping some of the pieces that I cut for future makes!

I cut one portion of my background paper into a tag shape, then began layering some of the pieces to create an embellished tag. I also cut some little branches to embellish the tag and card using the Tim Holtz Vault Funky Floral Wreath, but any type of floral die set would work. I chose these because they blended well with the berry and branch background.

Here’s a little collection of ephemera pieces that I made into tiny tags to use on some future projects, they were punched with a small hole and I added some small eyelets to them…they’re so cute and perfect for future embellishing!

Here you can see my final layout of the tag… I finished it using several of the Field Notes pieces, then added some stitching around the tag, added a piece of Distress Kraft paper behind the tag that had been previously stamped using the Linen Background Stamp CMS221. I added an eyelet to the round little tag and clipped it to the jute at the top of the tag, and pinned it with a loop pin. I added the word “explore” to the front of the tag from the Tim Holtz Metallic Sticker Book.

The card front was finished in a similar way but, using the leftover stamped paper, I cut it into a square shape and arranged the ephemera pieces in the center. I layered the pieces using foam stickers and added a longer phrase to the front of the card from the same Metallic Sticker Book. I tied a piece of jute around the left edge of the card and tied it with a bow and added a round tag to the edge with the jute.

With that, my card and tag was complete…thank you so much for stopping by today, and be sure to hop on over to Jean Doeringsfeld’s blog by clicking here.

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