Christmas Crop

It's our Christmas crop this Saturday!!! I am so sorry I will miss it. We are at a good friends wedding in Peterborough, and just can't miss that. I hope to be sending along a little thought for each of you though. It's 10 till 3, as normal. Bring along a £5 scrapbooking gift if you want to take part in the gift exchange. Are you following Tim Holtz's 12 tags? Yesterdays was fabulous- see picture above. I can't believe that creativity! Good news though, you don't need the die to cut the flower if you haven't already got it. I cut a strip of paper with a wavy edge and it works fine. OK, not as good as Tim's, but that is because its me doing it!! Enjoy the crop xx

Under the influence- of Tim Holtz

You can see the effect he's had on me! I was given a tatty box which I was going to throw away, then decided it might make a good place to keep all my fave Ranger stash. So I tried out some techniques from the book. I've also been trying out the different techniques on tags and flowers, believe me it's addictive! I am especially liking the rock candy distress stickles. They leave a subtle glittery effect, but vintage, not cheap looking. I will need more of that!

Playing with Masks

After watching Tim Holtz showing how he uses masks (u Tube) I thought I would have a play. I made my own masks by cutting out a 6" bird on my Cricut Expressions. I used a temporary adhesive and stuck it on my 12 x 12 card stock. I stamped a text stamp over the top to leave clear areas where the bird had been. But then, I loved the bird I had used as a mask, and decided to use that on my page too! Nothing wasted here:) Easy and fun!