Happy Layout

Hi friends! We had sunny day today and spent it at the sea. I have a Sizzix post to share, made with new dies and embossing folders by Tim Holtz.

Leo is getting bigger and is a very happy and chubby baby. I did a fun distress resist technique for the background and used my new favourite bird die. The journaling is written at the back of the layout. 

Working on watercolour paper, I applied Ranger's Gloss Texture Paste through Tim Holtz Star stencil. Leave to dry, and continue until most of the background is covered. I smeared Distress Inks (Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citron) on my craft sheet, misted with water and pressed the cardstock into the ink. More water was misted on top of the cardstock. Some of the ink will seep into the paper and underneath the stars, giving a partial resist which is pretty cool. If you use less water and wipe off the leftover ink quickly, the stars will be whiter. The title, ('sweet'), was die cut from silver Deco Sheet. 

To make the bird, I covered mat board with canvas, die cut the bird and then embossed it in the Tiny Stars folder. You can find another example of this bird on my Mesh Bird Canvas Tutorial. I also used leftovers from the same project for the background, namely the Wave Frameworks die cuts, die cut from Tim Holtz Texture Sheets. 

The birds were stamped with Jet Black ink and I stamped a postage script stamp with Mowed Lawn here and there. The circle and stars were die cut to mimic Leo's clothes. I die cut the circle with the smallest Sized Circle die and the star with Tiny Shapes. 

The words were die cut with the Celebration Script set and I was happy to find a star stamp similar to the star on his clothing.

I had a leftover piece of Pocket Card on my desk and added it to the layout, in addition to a piece of lace.

Thank you so much for watching!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix CELEBRATION WORDS SCRIPT	Tim Holtz Sizzix BIRD SILHOUETTE	Tim Holtz Sizzix WAVE Frameworks	Tim Holtz Sizzix VINTAGE MARKET Bigz XL	Tim Holtz Sizzix TINY SHAPES
Tim Holtz Sizzix SIZED CIRCLES	Tim Holtz Sizzix TINY STARS AND DOTTED BULLSEYE	Tim Holtz CREATIVE MUSE	Tim Holtz PSYCHEDELIC GRUNGE	Tim Holtz PURELY RANDOM
Sizzix Little Sizzles - 6" x 13" Mat Board Pack	Tim Holtz TEXTURED SURFACES	Tim Holtz Idea-ology DECO SHEETS	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER 9x12	Simon Says Stamp SCHOOLHOUSE RED
Ranger WHITE STICKY-BACK CANVAS	Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE	Tim Holtz Core'dinations KRAFT CORE CLASSIC 6 x 6	Tim Holtz Distress Ink TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MOWED LAWN
Tim Holtz Distress Ink MERMAID LAGOON	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Tim Holtz Stencil STARS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology POCKET CARDS	Tim Holtz LACE Trimmings
Ranger TEXTURE PASTE TRANSPARENT GLOSS	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Sizzix PRECISION BASE PLATE	Tim Holtz Sizzix BASE TRAY
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE

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