Frilly and Funkie - Lacy Heartsy Valentines



Hi Everyone!  Today I have my project for the Funkie side of the Lacy Heartsy Valentine challenge over at Frilly and Funkie!  Terry is our "hostess with the mostest" for this challenge and she has asked us to share Valentine projects that include a heart and lace.  I used Tim's Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shapers In The Bag die and created these Valentine treat bags!

 

Front

Back

The bags were die cut with paper from Tim's Seasonal Paper Stash.  I used the Movers and Shapers hearts and cupid dies to create the cutouts.  I backed the cutouts with Distress Core'dinations paper that I 'glittered up' using Ranger Glossy Accents and the new Stickles Rock Candy Dry Glitter.  Love that stuff!  Then I embellished the bags with die cuts from other Tim Holtz Sizzix strip dies as well as some stickers.  My lace is the beautiful Venise Lace Heart from the Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I also included Melissa Frances crepe paper and strips cut from Tim's Vintage Lace die. 

 

One of my favorite embellishments is this Melissa Frances resin heart.  I painted it with the new Distress Paint in Victorian Velvet.  Once it dried I wanted to highlight the raised areas and tried to use the Picket Fence distress marker but it didn't show up.  So I put it aside and then when I picked it up again later the marker had dried white and it looked beautiful!  I then remembered Tim explaining how the Picket Fence marker worked when I took his Creative Chemistry 101 class!

 

I hope you like my treat bags.  I'll confess that one of the best things about this project is that I got to eat the some of the candy that I put in them for the photographs!!  I purposely bought the coconut hearts because I don't like coconut and I gave them to friends that do like it.  That way I didn't HAVE to eat all of the candy!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll play along with us at Frilly and Funkie by showing us your lacy heartsy Valentine projects!

The following items that I used on my project can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique! The boutique offers it's merchandise at up to a 20% discount from the typical retail price! That's a great deal and you should check it out!!

Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Collection - 12 x 12 Paper Stash - Seasonal	Tim Holtz Core′dinations Ranger Adirondack ColorCore Cardstock 12 x 12	Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card Stock 8.5x11	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Stacked Words: Valentines	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shaperss - Mini Love Struck
Mini Hearts Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Movers & Shaperss	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Base Tray	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Vintage Lace Die	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Ticket Die	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Victorian Velvet
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Brushed Corduroy	Ranger Tim Holtz Summer Seasonal Distress Ink Pads	Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Stickles - Clear Rock Candy	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Odds & Ends
Melissa Frances White and Cream Crepe Paper	Paper Twist - Kraft	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Paper Clips	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chit Chat Stickers - Seasonal	Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet
Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Deep Ivory Venise Lace Hearts	Melissa Frances With All My Heart Resin Embellishments
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Love Stuck	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Washer Border	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Harlequin Border Die	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Markers - Set of 37

Creative Chemistry-Day#10

There was only one tag for the last day of the class.  It's called Rock Candy Distress Stickles and of course we used Rock Candy Distress Stickles on it!!

I wasn't very happy with the way this tag turned out.  But it was late in the day and I was trying to get all of the tags finished so I didn't feel like trying again.  When I have more time I'll probably go back and try a couple of the techniques again.

Overall, the class was great!  I love the 21 sample tags that I made.  The labels that were provided for the back of the tags with the name of the technique and the steps to making it were a great idea!  There was a lot of additional information given in the class that I don't think I would have been able to get anywhere else.  If you still want to sign up for the class you can here.  And once you do you'll always have access to the class content.  Do it!  You'll be glad you did.

Creative Chemistry-Day #9

Below are my tags for Day 9.  Left to right they are Perfect Distress Mist, Perfect Distress, and Perfect Splatter Distress.

My favorite of the three is the Perfect Splatter Distress.  You can't see if from the picture but the tag looks like it's aged patina copper!  Lots of rusty looking purple and green with the shimmer of the Perfect Pearls!  I want to frame it!!  I wrote down the colors I used but I'm sure I'll never get it to turn out the same again.

Creative Chemistry-Day #8

Here are my tags for Day 8.  Left to right they are Paint Dabber Resist, Crackle Paint Resist, and Shattered Stains.

The paint dabber resist was fun but I was a little freaked out about putting acrylic paint on my stamps.  I'm working on not being such a clean freak with my stamps.  I'm the type of person who wants to remove every last bit of ink from them so that they look like new after I've used them.  It's really time consuming to do that!  And to be honest with you I did clean every last bit of the paint off the stamps I used!!  Some habits are hard to break.

Creative Chemistry-Day #7

Whew!  Who would have thought that an online class could be difficult to keep up with?!  I spent this weekend completing the tags for week 2 of the class.  There just wasn't any time to work on them during the week after I got home from work.

I wasn't able to do the projects for Day 6 because I don't own any of the new Distress Markers.  Maybe someday!  Below are the tags for Day 7.  Left to right they are Nostalgic Batik, Rusted Enamel, and Distress Powder Resist.  I must say that of the three my favorite is the Nostaligic Batik.  And as you can see from my samples I was really in to orange for some reason!  I've discovered that Spiced Marmalade is now my favorite Distress color!

Creative Chemistry-Day #5

Below are my tags for day 5.  Left to right they are Stained Kraft Resist, Stamping with Stains, and Marbled Stains.  The stained kraft resist and marbled stains are my favorites so far!  Funny thing happened...I tried to use Dusty Concord stain on the resist paper and it came out blue.  So I figured that had something to do with the color of the kraft resist.  I added the purple to that tag using the Distress ink pad and an ink blender.  I then used the same Dusty Concord stain on the next tag which was manila and it still came out blue!  So I'm not crazy and I have a Dusty Concord stain bottle that was filled with one of the blue shades of stain instead!

Creative Chemistry-Day #4

Below are my tags for day #4.  Left to right they are...Watercoloring with Re-inkers and Layered Misting.  I don't have an ink palette or very many distress reinkers so I squeezed the stamp pad and cover together so that some of the distress ink ended up on the inside of the pad cover.  Then I dipped the water brush in that.  That worked pretty well but the ink palette probably would be easier.  I didn't have cut and dry felt so I couldn't make the third tag!

Creative Chemistry Tags-Day #3

A few quickie posts...I was able to get caught up on the class content over the weekend.  These three tags are from day 3...left to right they are Alcohol Ink Agates, Archival Resist, and Stamping with Reflections.  I don't have any Reflections stamps so I used some other non-text stamps.  I didn't have good results with that so I ended up just embossing the tag and stamping directly on the tag!

Creative Chemistry 101 Catch-up!

Thanks to a clogged garbage disposal and no internet service I'm now playing catch-up on the Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 class.  I've been watching the videos at work on my lunch break but spent Tuesday night plunging my kitchen sink drain instead of playing with tags!!  I'm proud to say that thanks to some good advice found on Google I was able to clear the clog myself!  If anyone had walked by my kitchen window at the time they would have heard me yell "Woo-hoo!!" and cheer when the clog released.  What can I say?!  Sometimes it's the little things that mean the most!   And not having to call a plumber means I can spend that money buying more cool stuff to create with!  I hope to get my hands on some of those new Distress Markers and the new Alterations Dies that are due to be released any day now!

Enough small talk...on to my creations for Day 2 of the online class.  This is my first experience with an online class and I must say that I love it!!  You can work at your own pace and view the class content as many times as you need to.  Day 2 involved working with Distress Ink and water.  Here are my tag samples...

These are the only three tags I made.  I didn't get to experiment and only had time to make one sample for each technique.  I also completed two of the three tags for Day 3.  Hopefully I'll finish the remaining tag and the tags for Day 4 tonight and I'll be all caught up!  It's not too late to sign up for the class if you haven't already.  Just go here...http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/timholtz/class-info/.  You'll have unlimited access to all of the class content even after the class is finished.  Trust me...you'll learn lots of new things!  I have both of Tim's Compendium books but I've already benefitted from extra tips and tricks from the Master himself!