Beautiful Blooms tag 🌼

Well hello again, fellow creatives! I’ve had these fun crackly flowers sitting around for AGES and finally decided to add them to this yummy textured tag and little frame. I’m so pleased with the combo of different surfaces/ mediums. Crackle is super hard to beat in my crafty book but that lace background… Mmm *chef’s kiss*! 😍 A few more snaps of the assembly below 👇🏻

The Background Tag…

Cut Intricate Lace from mixed media heavystock paper and glued on a small thickboard tag with collage medium.

Gave it a base coat of gesso before applying more Distress.

I used a 1/2” hole punch to cover the tag hole from the under side.

Next I added some random splotches of grit paste, then painted with a couple coats of Ground Espresso before rubbing on Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy with my finger.

The Flowers and Leaves…

Used heavystock paper to cut Modern Floristry dies. Leaves are painted with a blend of Rustic Wilderness and Forest Moss. Flowers are Picket Fence, Scattered Straw, and Wild Honey. Generous topcoat of clear crackle.

Once the crackle was fully dry, I brushed on Walnut Stain crayon, then wiped off the excess with a paper towel.

BLOOMS Letters…

Cut three sets of BLOOMS from the Stretch Lower set using heavystock paper, glued two layers together for extra thickness and coated with clear crackle, then rubbed on Walnut Stain crayon. Painted my other set of letters with Walnut stain and glued slightly offset from the crackly letters.

The “beautiful” word is from the Tiny Text remnant rubs pack.

Finishing Touches…

Painted a large Vignette Frame with Walnut Stain, glued a piece of clear acetate to the under side, added Caramel-inked hardware heads to the corners, then randomly splotched on clear crackle paste to the edges. Also added Hitch Fasteners under each corner to elevate my frame on the tag so I could tuck in my floral bits.

Inked a drawer pull with Caramel alcohol ink + “glittering in the sun” phrase from the clippings sticker book. Also added a couple inked clips to the tag edges. 

Okay, that’s a wrap on my crackly blooms project! Nice to see it finally assembled 🤭 Also really glad spring is (almost) upon us, happy crafting! ❤️

x Erin

Tim Holtz Products…

Sizzix Dies… Modern Floristry, Alphanumeric Stretch Lower, Intricate Lace

Surfaces… Mixed Media Heavystock, small thickboard tag, clear heat-resistant acetate

Distress Mediums… Collage Matte, transparent crackle paint, grit paste, gesso

Distress Paint… Ground Espresso, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Brushed Corduroy, Picket Fence, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Rustic Wilderness, Forest Moss

Distress Crayon… Walnut Stain

Alcohol Ink… Caramel

Ideaology… Clippings sticker book, hardware heads, hitch fasteners, hardware drawer pulls, clips, 

Tools… Blending Brush, glass mat, Sizzix Big Shot, 1/2” hole punch

Cardboard + Distress = 🤯

Check out this cardboard tag background I made this weekend, I’m obsessed! 

A few steps so far…

I think I’ll make it a sunset scene with clouds and mountains, back soon! 😋

Happy crafting!

x Erin

LOVE Mini Hangers 💕

Hello friends! As February winds down, thought I’d share this trio of sweet little hangers featuring Tim Holtz Photo Booth duos and lots of other cute details. I’m really digging the mix of shiny background hearts + LOVE sentiments, coupled with the vintage-style images—old meets new is my jam 🥰

Not many photos of my process on these, but love seeing the plain bases before their glow up! 🤩

I glued several cuts of medium-sized Stitched Rectangles together so they were nice and sturdy. Then added Falling Hearts over the top and trimmed + sanded the edges smooth.

AMORE

LOVE

XOXO

Thanks for looking and happy crafting! ❤️

x Erin

The Products…

Dies… Stitched Rectangles, Falling Hearts, Classic Lower alphanumeric font, Media Marks (scribble)

Surfaces… Mixed Media heavystock paper, 

Distress Mediums… Collage Matte

Distress Paint… Aged Mahogany, Scattered Straw, Picket Fence

Alcohol ink… Caramel

Ideaology… Photo Booth, Bouquet flowers, wooden ruler pieces, mini clip, jump rings, clothes pin, Heart + Key Adornments, pen nib, ephemera

Other supplies… Crop-o-dile, glass mat, Big Shot, twine, muslin cloth

Winter Wonderland Elf 🧝🏻

Hello! Hope your holiday must-dos are winding down and the get-to-dos are a-plenty! ☺️ I’m sharing this festive, super-layered make with a cute elf and LIGHTS 💡💡 so glad I finally tried these! This project was a labor of love but so fun and the background turned out fab, got my gradient fix for a bit 🤤

Here’s how she came together 👇🏻

The Background (Papers)…

Cut some strips of white heavystock and splotched on a few layers of watery Speckled Egg and Chipped Sapphire paint…

Ended up adding a few darker strips later, then cut all in half again for extra stamp variety… 

Next came clear emboss ink + various holiday stamps + matching distress glazes and heat set, then one final top coat of collage medium to seal everything… love! 😍

I roughed up the paper edges with the distress wheel and glued the pieces down on the back panel of a framed panel set

The Frame…

I painted the frame from a framed panel with a mix of black soot + chipped sapphire

Then I taped my mini lights around the underside of the frame, leaving some of the strand out for my elf to hold

To hide my messy edges… I cut four strips of heavystock and painted with a mix of black soot + chipped sapphire, then I stamped the strips with the crackle stamp + princess gold powder and heat set

I trimmed them the exact length of each of the four sides, scored and trimmed the corners, then glued and clamped

The Elf…

I cut four of the elf from the Thin Ice set out of heavystock paper and drew on some of my own details

Once I had my layers cut and assembled, I glued together with collage medium and added an extra goopy layer on top to help blend some seams + add texture 

Next, liberally covered with clear emboss ink, sprinkled on Princess gold powder and heat set, followed by a wash of chipped sapphire paint to help define the levels/texture

The Winter Wonderland Letters…

WINTER… Used the Bigz Handmade font set to cut my winter letters from chipboard, using the negative space around the letter as a letter tile

Gave each letter the same treatment as the elf… Covered with clear emboss ink and Princess Gold powder then heat set, followed by a wash of Black Soot paint over the top to grunge them up a bit

Added a few mounting dots, painted with black soot

Wonderland… used the Tiny Type lower font and cut three sets from heavystock

Glued them down on a strip of clear acetate

The Trees…

Cut lots of Forest Shadows dies out of heavystock paper then added grit paste… once it was dry, I fully covered the smaller trees with Princess gold, only a sprinkling on the larger

For my snow banks… I cut the bases off of some unused trees, added gold embossing, followed by sprinkled on clear mica flakes

The Finishing Touches…

The crystal knob at the top is from the mini Hardware set

Added Hardware heads to the frame corners and more random gold embossing

Annnnd that’s how my project came together 🔚 Hope you like it! I sure enjoyed making it ☺️ Thanks so much for looking! Sending you all warm (and crafty) wishes! 💫

x Erin

The Products…

Surfaces… framed panel, mixed media heavystock paper, clear acetate

Dies… Thin Ice, Forest Shadows, Tiny type lower, Bigz handmade font

Mediums… collage medium, grit paste, clear mica flakes, clear embossing ink

Ranger Princess Gold Embossing powder

Stamps… crackle, holiday music, holiday tiny text

Distress paint… Speckled Egg, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot

Ideaology… mini hardware, mini hardware heads

Other… mini mounting dots, heat tool, glass mat