Grungy Poinsettias Tag

Hi crafty friends 👋🏻 hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving holiday! 🍗🏈 Thought I’d share this grungy green and gold holiday tag I made using Tim’s Seasonal Sketch dies and lots of Statue foundry wax + Caramel alcohol ink. Especially loving the dimension of those poinsettias though 🫢😍 sooo fun!

Here’s a few behind-the-scenes of how this piece came together ⬇️

The Background…

I first cut a bunch of flowers and leaves from the Seasonal Sketch set out of Tim’s heavystock paper, then used collage medium to glue them down on a medium etcetera thickboard tag

Next I painted it with Rustic wilderness and used my finger to rub Statue wax to the raised textures before heat setting

The Frame…

I decorated a small lace baseboard frame pretty much the same as the main background, by gluing on some flower and leaf cuts, then painting with Antique Linen and adding Statue wax highlights to the top. Sealed with a thin layer of collage medium and added a few splotches of Caramel alcohol ink to the edges to grunge it up a bit

For the frame middle, I first took a small piece of heavystock paper and thickly coated with Statue wax, then heat set… Next I added my remnant rub phrase and twinkles directly on top of the Statue wax layer and sealed with collage medium 

When it was time to glue my waxy cardstock piece under my little frame, I decided to add a piece of clear acetate in between, then added hitch fasteners to the corners for extra height

also added a couple large, alcohol-inked hardware heads to the corners of my frame, propped up on a small mounting dot

The Flowers and Greenery…

I cut more of each of the Seasonal sketch dies from heavystock and glued 2 layers together for extra shape-ability 🤌🏻

I coated with collage medium, then painted some flowers with Antique Linen, some leaves with Rustic wilderness and fully covered the remaining flower and leaf cuts with Statue wax

I covered some beaded berries with Statue wax, heat set, and stuck through the center flower holes. I wound up the remaining wire stems underneath and added a gold flower piece to the wire bunch.

The Finishing Touches + Gluing…

Some last little Ideaology details + a few extra snaps of my gluing sequence 📸 

DEC stencil chips… first trimmed them up, then added Statue wax to each and heat set, added some splotches of Caramel ink too to match the frame center … Wanted these letters under my frame, so they were glued on my background

Next I glued down the frame with collage medium

Paper doll family and trees… from the ____ set, trimmed them up a bit and added a wash of caramel alcohol ink over the top… glued a few (inked) mounting dots to the backs before adding to the frame

Cheer type chips… Glued my type chips together, slightly overlapping, then added Carmel ink and some Statue gold highlights

Christmas sticker book phrases… for the top phrase, I covered the word cheer with Antique Linen paint and added caramel ink and Statue wax highlights , I inked a nail and poked it through the paper and securely into the background

December + 25 remnant rubs…

Added some collage medium + caramel ink in a few spots and dripped some extra caramel on my flower centers 

And that’s my project walk through! Hope you found an inspiring tid bit or two ☺️ 

Thanks so much for looking and happy holiday crafting! 🎄❤️

x Erin

The Products…

Surfaces… Medium thickboard etcetera tag, lace baseboard frame, mixed media heavystock paper, clear acetate

Dies… Seasonal Sketch

Mediums… collage matte

Alcohol ink… caramel

Distress paint… Antique Linen, Rustic Wilderness

Foundry wax… Statue

Idea-ology… Christmas remnant rubs, jump rings, bells, Christmas sticker book, stencil chips, type chips, clipboard clip (?), chains, hitch fasteners, large hardware heads, Christmas paper dolls, mini hinge clip, 25 and joyful and star pieces from the word plaques and tags set, beaded berries

Other supplies… glass mat, Big Shot, gold twine, heat tool, mounting dots

Hocus Pocus Rooftop Cats 🐈‍⬛✨

Hi there! Sharing a quirky little rooftop scene with lots of swirly goodness ✨

These mischievous cats are my fave new-to-me dies and I felt inspired to repurpose their cute curly tails for a few other elements and, as always, texture galore! 🤭

The Background…

For the background, I glued a piece of netting on a wooden vignette panel and painted with Uncharted Mariner. I lightly splattered on some Statue Wax for stars and heat set. I also applied a thick coat of Collage Medium to my panel edges, let it dry and then covered with Black Soot paint + more Statue wax along the top edge. Eventually, I went back and added some watery Black Soot paint to the top third-ish of my sky, just to give it a little more depth.

The Cats…

For my three Mischievous Cats, I cut the bodies from Tim’s heavystock paper (3 of each kitty). Cut the body off one cut to just use the head, then covered the head and another body cut with grit paste, followed by Black Soot paint. For the third piece, I covered with Statue wax and glued slightly offset of my black pieces as a highlight layer. Once they were all glued in place, I rubbed a bit more Statue wax of the gritty texture and heat set.

The Rooftop…

To make the rooftop, I cut lots of scalloped trim pieces from mixed media heavystock paper using the Decorative Trims die set and covered them with Opaque grit paste. Once the paste was dry, I cut them up and painted with Black Soot. After they were all glued down on my panel, I smudged on Statue foundry wax with my finger and hardened it with my heat tool.

The Chimney/smoke…

The chimney rectangle shapes were cut from the Specimen and Postale sets using heavystock, then dry embossed with the Brick folder. I painted with Black Soot and rubbed on Statue Wax with my finger before heat setting.

For the chimney smoke, I cut some extra cat tails and twinkles from the Retro Repeat die set out of clear acetate.

The Hocus Pocus letters…

For the Hocus Pocus letters, I used the Bold Text Halloween Thinlits set, cutting three of each letter from heavystock. Once they were glued and dry, I covered with two coats of statue wax and heat set (love how SMOOTH the wax gets!). Glued them on to a scalloped trim piece I cut from clear acetate to match the roofline. 

My other letters are cut from the Tiny Type lower Thinlits set and painted with Antique Linen followed by a few light smudges of Statue wax accents.

The Moon…

For the moon, I cut three large Stitched Circles and glued together. Cut some extra tails from the mischevious Cats die set and glued down on the circle. Painted with Antique Linen, then added emboss ink + clear embossing powder and heat set. Used my finger to rub on Statue Foundry wax to the raised texture, then heat set

Finishing Touches…

Here’s a glimpse of where my project was once all my main elements were complete, but before a lot of extra little details were added… I think it’s cool to see how much those extras really make it POP in the end 💥🤭

Decided it needed more shimmer and sparkle to give it that magical vibe ✨ and what better twinkle than the mirrored stars! Going back to buy 4 more packs, consider me obsessed!

Added some ‘collars’ to my kitties with Statue-embossed jump rings + a mysterious key 🔑 

The cobwebs were also a last-minute idea, but I can’t remember which Tim Holtz set included this clear acetate sheet (it’s driving me crazy, sorry!)… I fussy cut around a few pieces before gluing/clamping in place and adding Statue to the edges. Stuck a ruler under the bottom one and added a couple spiders around the chimney 🕷️

Picked a few stickers from the Halloween sticker book and added Statue to the edges, and tucked in a few more pieces of netting to help tie everything together.

Welp, that’s a wrap on that! I hope you like it! I’m officially switching gears to focus on some Christmas projects, my FAVE 🎄

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy crafting! ❤️

x Erin

The Products…

Surfaces… 8x8 art panel, mixed media heavystock paper, clear acetate 

Dies… Mischevious Cats, Stitched Circles, Decorative Trim, Bold Text Halloween, Tiny Type Lower, twinkles from the retro repeat set, Specimen and Postale (for the chimney)

Embossing folders… Brickwork

Mediums… collage medium, embossing dabber, clear embossing powder, opaque grit paste, Statue Foundry wax

Distress Paints… Uncharted Mariner, Antique Linen, Black Soot

Ideaology… spiders, ruler from the measurements pack, keys adornments, jump rings, tiny clip, mirrored stars, Halloween stickers, memo pin, handle from the mini hardware set, hardware heads

Other supplies… fabric netting, heat tool, glass mat, Big Shot, mini clamps