Tim Holtz grunge is all new and has never looked better! Arn’t these flower so cute. These are actually pins that Heather and Ashley made at the last CHA. Ashley keeps hers on her purse and it looks so cute! It adds a little personality to any outfit or scrapbook page. I love the way, you can create any color scheme with the grunge, and truly makes it your project. I also love how versatile the end product can be. It can complete an outfit, or add a personal touch to your latest scrapbook page. Overall the flowers always end up gorgeous! You cant ever go wrong with a Tim Holtz Flower!
1. Apply a thin layer of multi-medium over grungepaper
2. press papers to grunge and burnish with your fingers and allow this to dry.
3. die cut the grungepaper using the tattered floral alterations die.
Steps for distressing grunge:
1. tap the ink blending tool on to the distress pad.
2. rub the tool on to the grungepaper flowers.
3. change blending tools when changing color palettes and continue inking the grungepaper flowers until your desired look is achieved.
4. ink all the flowers following previous steps.
5. turn the grungepaper daisy flower over and ink the back with using distress and ink blending tool.
6. apply a dab of rock candy distress stickles to your finger and lightly dab on parts of the grungepaper flowers
7. dry the distress stickles with a heat tool.
Steps for putting it together:
1curl the petals of the largest flower under by rolling each petal with your fingers toward the bottom center of the flower.
2. curl the petals of the daisy flower up following the same steps.
3. curl the petals of the smallest flower up following the same steps.
4.adhere all 3 flowers together from smallest to largest with a dot of glossy accents.
5.place flower on a cork mat and pierce a hole through the center with a push pin.
6.insert a clutch pin through the hole.
7. assemble type charm with letter of choice and epoxy with charm on the bottom.
8. adhere type charm to clutch pin with glue dot.
I feel like its been ages since i updated, and i am so sorry! We had some technical problems and were not able to access the blog for a while. But we’re back!! The last few months are best selling item has been Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist!! I have to say it is one of my all time favorite tools, and have not been surprised at how well this has been selling. At CHA , Heather was given the opportunity to become “Certified” in the art of glimmer mist! Today I am going to share EVERY tip, trick and technique you could possibly want! (P.S. Click on the picture to see a full size version)
Enjoy!!
Technique #1: Controlled Spraying:
Tip#1:
Spray your glimmer mist by only pushing half way so as to allow the glimmer mist to project in small quantities, creating a droplet effect. You can also achieve this by using your other hand to guide the sprayer gently down a little slower than a regular spray.
Tip #2:
Start by gathering your favorite Glimmer mist colors. Spray your mist at a close range so as to allow the glimmer mist to fully spray in a concentrated portion on to your page. By using mnay colors, multiple times you can achieve a beautiful background for your latest scrapbook page. The farther aways your sprayer is to the page, the finer the mist will be.
Tip #3:
Apply your glimmer mist in a fine mist to prevent large spots or dots of glimmer mist. To achieve this, you will place your project on a mat. Start your spray of glimmer mist on the mat, so that the beginning of your spray falls onto the mat instead of your project. You will then proceed to allow the tail end of of your spray falls onto your project in a fine application. You can continue to repeat this to build up a solid background that will be evenly distributed and without large droplets. Because of the nature of using a sprayer applicator, the force of the beginning of the spray gathers larger amount of glimmer mist in droplet portions and forces it out in the initial part of your spray. Allowing this part of your spray to fall onto your misting mat as opposed to your project allows you to use the tail end of the spray (the finer mist) to your benefit.
Tip #4; Using one color of glimmer mist, apply a heavy application to your project, this will completely and evenly add glimmer mist to your project.
Technique #2: Color Patterns:
Tip#5:
Use the same technique seen in tip #3, but use a variety of colors to customize the background. This will give you a soft background you can use for any occasion.
Tip #6
Use a variety of colors, and apply them at a close range quickly adding color to color. After you page is full of mist, it will appear like a pool of mist on your page. From here take a paper towel and lay it completely over your page and from the inside towards the outer edges; you will press your paper towel down, so to absorb any excess moisture. After the excess is gone, you will notice that the page will have the effect of a water colored background, where all of the colors are blended together to create a soft beautiful finish.
Tip #7:
Gather three glimmer mist colors. Preferably a light, medium and dark color. Stating with the lightest color on top, medium color in the middle and the darkest color on the bottom, layer the colors evenly across the page. Now blend the colors together by taking a paper towel. Starting at the lightest color, pull your paper towel down towards the darkest color. If you need to repeat this to continue to blend the colors, use a clean part of your paper towel, so to not contaminate your lighter colors with your darker ones. This will give you a blended effect that will smoothly add glimmer to any project.
Tip#8:
For this technique you will use a piece of stiff lace as a mask to create a faux lace page. You will start by laying a stiff piece of lace and lay it down on your page. You will want to make sure that your page and your lace are perfectly flat. To apply the glimmer mist use tip #3, to create a fine mist over your project. Make sure that your sprayer is about 8 inches away from your project to create your fine mist. Make sure to not over saturate, so you can create the crispest image. What is nice about using the lace and this technique, is that you are creating a beautiful faux lace page, but you also come away with a new colored lace that can be used on future projects.
Technique #3: Textures:
Tip #9:
For this technique, use a sponge to create a faux finished background. To achieve this you can use a natural sponge by applying glimmer mist directly to the sponge and then using the sponge as an applicator to your project. Depending on how saturated your sponge is with glimmer mist, your project can achieve multiple different types of effects. You can also layer colors together to create a faux stone, leather or worn look. Experiment with this technique to find a multitude of options.
Tip#10:
Use a variety of different styles of paint brushes to create different finishes. Since glimmer mist is essentially a water color, you can spray it into a paint tray of irectly onto your misting mat and use your choice of paint brush to create different effects. One of our favorites is to use a fan brush to dry brush glimmer mist directly onto projects. To dry brush means to start with a dry brush, and lightly add glimmer mist to the brush and then onto your project.
Tip#11:
For this technique, you will use white acrylic paint as a resist agent to customize your background. Since most acrylic paints offer a slick surface after they have dried, this allows glimmer mist that has been misted over the pain to “resist” or not adhere to the paint, creating a two toned effect on your project.
Tip#12:
Use any excess glimmer mist that has been sprayed onto your misting mat. Even if the colors have mixed together, you can use this glimmer mist to distress the edges of your project. To do this, take your project and drag the edges through the excess glimmer mist as to saturate the edges/ You can now take scissors or your finger ail and distress the edges. Because the glimmer mist is wet, this allows a much easier way to distress the edges. You can also apply other sprayed colors of glimmer mist to the edges by taking a paper towel, or baby wipe and pick up this excess glimmer mist and swipe it, blend it or layer it along the edges of your project for a vignette or additional distressing.
Technique #4: Glimmer Screens- Negative
Tip #13:
For this technique you will use your Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens with the Glimmer Mist to create a masked image. Start by laying down your screen on a flat surface so that it lays close and flat to your project. From here, create the fine mist technique forom tip #3, and apply a fine mist to the page. Use a pair of tweezers (we carry a pair of bazzill tweezers that would work great) to hold down the screen for additional support during the spray. Also make sure to hold your sprayer 8 inches away from your screen to create an even coat over the page. With your tweezers, pick up your screen (you can use your hand to support the screen while your tweezers pick up the screen) to reveal a crisp negative image. By negative image, it is meant that the area around the image is misted, and the image itself is vacant of color, or negative.
Tip #14:
For this technique you will be repeating the t3echniquefeatured in tip #13 by using Tattered Angels Glimmer screens with Glimmer mist. This time you prepare your page with a light color of mist, and then creating the negative effect from tip #13. What this will allow you, is that you can now customize your project ith two or more colors of Glimmer Mist, the first being the first color you misted onto your page and the sceond and so on being the colors that you mist over the top of your screen with. this again will create a negative image of your screen, yet offer a variety of more colors.
Tip #15:
For this technique you will be repeating the same technique from #13. This technique will create the negative image of the glimmer screen that you are using. the Glimmer Screen offers a base that yu can nw add a detailed image in with yur thin mount stamps. These stamps are created to compliment the coordinating glimmer screen to create a “screen-print” image. The stamps also come equipped with reinforced packageing that acts as a “thin-mount” to support your stamp as you use it. This solves the need for a stamp block and creates a self inclusive stamp set.
Technique #5: Glimmer Screen Postive Image
Tip #16:
For this technique you will be using glimmer screen to create a positive image. To do this, you will start by placing your glimmer wscreen off of your project and onto a splat mat or paper towel. You will layer a medium mist onto your screen as to give it a nice even coat. From there you will take your screen, flip it over (quickly, so that the mist doesnt fun to one corner) so that the glimmer mist side is facing down. Make sure to do this off of your project as to allow any excess Glimmer Mist to fall onto the mat and not your project. Now place your glimmer screen onto your project. With a pair of tweezers, press down on the screen. This will transfer the glimmer mist from the screen to your project. Because the tweezers have a fine tip, it is easy to press into delicate areas of the glimmer screen to transfer your glimmer mist.
Tip #17:
For this technique, start by applying a fine layer of glimmer mist in a light color to your page. Allow this to dry. From here repeat the technique in tip #16, with a darker color of glimmer mist. This will offer you a multi-colo9red image for your prject. If you decide to not wait as your first layer of glimmer mist dreis, your image will be distorted on the edges giving it a soft almost flocked look.
Tip #18:
Start with the technique featured in tip #16. From here, stamp over the image, with the coordinating stamp. If you are not sure which way to coordinate your stamp with the same direction of your screen you can easily stamp your image first with a water safe ink (such as Staz-On) and then proceed to use your screen on top of this image. This will help you understand the direction in which your screen should be positioned. This image will not only give you a detailed image, but will also highlight, or shadow the image depending on what color of glimmer mist is used.
Tip #19:
This technique will produce a “reverse transfer” technique. To achieve this, start by laying your Glimmer screen onto a splat mat. Spray a variety of colors onto the top of the screen. You will want to cover enough surface that will match the size of your project. After you have done this, take your page and lay it onto the screen and mist so that the entire page will lie onto the glimmer mist. Press down on your page right on top of the glimmer screen and hold it down as your press donw and out from the middle towards the edges. You will want to make sure that you press down on the entire page, while not moving the Glimmer Screen. From here, pick up your page and admired the image that has a “haloed” look.
Technique #6: Top Coats
Tip#20:
For this feature, you will be using one of the Tattered Angels clear coats to add a fine mist of glitter to your page. A clear coat Glimmer Mist has little to no dye base and will just add a glimmer to your project. You can select your clear coat by looking at the bottel, if when the glimmer is settled to the bottom your bottle becomes translucent, this would be an ideal top coat. If your bottle is clear, this would be a true clear coat and will not alter the colors in your project, yet will add a nice glimmer to it. If you find that there is a slight tint to your bottle thse colors can be used lightly to achieve a light glimer ginish or be built up layer, after layer to achieve a light tinting to your project yet still add an immense glimmer.
Tip #21:
By layering the clear coat one color on top of the other, you can create an immense glimmer to any project. Again with a true clear coat, this willnot alter the color of your project but will add a glimmer. A clear coat with a slight tint will add the same glimmer, but will continue to add a tinit of color to your project as you build up the layers of glimmer mist.
Tip #22:
For this technique you will use 2 colors of Glimmer Mist, one as a blender. For this page, use a lighter color of glimmer mist on ther top third of your page and a darker color of glimmer mist on the botom third. Taking your clear coat, now saturate the middle third so as to bring the top color and the bottom color together so that they can blend in the middle. To blend further take a clean paper towel and lay it over the top of the page. Gently press down to pick up any excess moisture and allow the colors to be pressed together.
Technique #7: Surfaces
Tip #23:
For this technique you will be using the glimmer mist on black cardstock. When using balck cardstock you can use any color of Glimmer Mist and the dyre base in the glimmer mist will be counteracted with the black allowing just the beautiful glimmer in the glimmer mist to be magnified. If you use the brand new “Chalkboard” Glimmer Mist on balck you will get some of the dye color that will lie on the black creating a semi-opaque finsih. This will still now offer a bit color on your balck.
Tip #24:
For this technique you will use glimmer mist to customize balck and white paper to your needs. Use any color of glimmer mist and transform your black and white printed paper to be customized to any project or color scheme.
Tip #25:
For this technique you willuse glimmer mist to alter the color of your pattern paper and manipulate it to your needs. With teh original glimmer Mist, you will find that you can take a printed pattern paper and transform the background to your color needs without altering the basic print of the paper. This is great for out dated paper that needs a new breathe of life.
Tip #26:
Use Glimmer Mist to begin altering embellishments to be customized to your needs. Takeing raw lace and white flowers, you can Glimmer Mist to customize the colors to the needs of your projects.
Another company we picked up this summer is Ranger. If you haven’t heard of Ranger Inc, they are another company who creates versatile products. Tim Holtz designs and creates product for Ranger. One example of this is his Distress Ink Pads. I thought i would introduce you to this product by showing a video of Tim walking through how he uses these inks. I also added the tips & techniques Tim gives for using the Ink Pads.  You will be shown some effortless techniques using Ranger’s Distress Ink:  Wrinkled, Wrinkle-Free, Blending, Stamping…. So ask yourself “How Do You Distress?”
ENJOY!! Kaitlyn
Products used: Tim Holtz™ Distress Ink Pads (click on links below to purchase these inks) Worn Lipstick  Scattered Straw  Pine Needles Walnut Stain  Antique Linen  Vintage Photo  Black Soot  Faded Jeans Inkssentials™ Mini Misters™ Inkssentials™ Mini Mister Organizer
Inkssentialsâ„¢ Craft Spinner Inkssentialsâ„¢ Ink Blending Tool & Foam Inkssentialsâ„¢ Non Stick Craft Sheet Inkssentialsâ„¢ Heat Itâ„¢ Craft Tool
Tim Holtzâ„¢ Distress Inkâ„¢ Pads
Here are some key points that make Distress Inks different:DOUBLE DISTRESS TAGS: Crumple tag and apply 2 colors (one new tone and one original tone) of Distress Inks directly from the pads to each crumpled tag. Spray with water and dry.
“WRINKLE-FREE” DISTRESSING – To create the look of aged papers, from times gone by, without all the lines and wrinkles – give this a try. Working on your non-stick Craft Sheet, begin by directly applying various colors of Distress Ink Pads to the surface of the Craft Sheet. A couple of swipes of a color or two will do the trick (you might also try using an original color of Distress Ink along with a new one!). Get out your Distress Re-Inkers for this next step as you want to add a bit of intense color for the ultimate vintage look. I like using Walnut Stain or Vintage Photo for this, so remove the glass dropper from the bottle and drag it across the inked Craft Sheet – do not squeeze any drops of ink as it will take over everything! Next mist the Craft Sheet with water to allow the inks to begin mixing and blending – usually 3-4 sprays is plenty. Then take your paper or tag and place in directly on the inked Craft Sheet and lift it off. If you have any un-inked areas simply place that area of the paper on any left over inks on the sheet. Finally dry your paper or tag using an iron or a Heat-It Craft Tool ( if you allow your papers to air dry they will curl and force most of the ink to the edges so I prefer to heat them to dry.). To finish your attic-fresh look, ink the edges with Distress Inks using a piece of Cut n’ Dry Foam.
STAYS WET LONGER – (allows you to blend and shade on photos and paper – also emboss) other dye inks dry too fast especially on photos so you end up with lines and marks if you go direct from the pad.
FOR STAMPING: What can I say about the many stamping applications these inks can achieve. Once again the special formulation on these Distress Inks provides a versatile finish on papers yet still allow for “normal” stamping applications. I like to stamp on uncoated (matte) papers and immediately rub the image with a cloth – this will soften or shadow your image WITHOUT smudging any detail – VINTAGE PHOTO, WALNUT STAIN, TEA DYE, BLACK SOOT – wonderful for this one! Another surface is glossy cardstock – keep in mind this is a different type of dye ink so when you stamp on glossy, certain areas of your image will “bead” up, once again providing a Distressed look without you doing a thing (this is probably one of my most favorite looks) – some areas of the image appear “pitted”. Brayering on glossy cardstock is also wonderful because you can still manipulate the inks with different tools, brushes, your fingers, whatever. Even after the ink is applied you can achieve amazing texture and color shading.
ON PHOTOS: FINALLY an ink formulated for photos! Whether you’re a scrapbooker or not you can use all types of photos (vintage or new ones) on your cards and pages. The Distress Inks work on all types of photos – inkjet, laser, toner copies, regular photos (matte or glossy) and even color photos! Start by using the lightest colors ANTIQUE LINEN or OLD PAPER with either a brayer or DTP (direct to photo). Cover the photo in the lighter colors, blend the colors with a small piece of Cut n’ Dry Foam after you apply the inks – these inks staywet long enough for you to blend out any lines or marks other ink pads leave on photos. Next age the edges with VINTAGE PHOTO or WALNUT STAIN by applying the pad directly to the edges – soften and mix the tones with a small piece of Ranger Cut ‘n Dryâ„¢ Foam. Of course to complete the aged process lightly sand – YES SAND – the photo with medium grit sand paper. Don’t go over anyone’s face, but just make a few scratches here and there.
COLOR WICKS OR SPREADS OUT – (these inks will travel across the surface of your paper when spritzed with water) other dyes do not travel as much although they might bleed a little when wet, the Distress Inks actually “wick” or spread out much further creating several tone on tones.
COLOR STABILITY – (the colors of the Distress Inks will not break down when wet or heated allowing you to have more color control for the finished look) other “brown colored” dyes will break down when water is added leaving a pink & green hue.
PHOTO TINTING: Distress Inks acid-free, easy to blend formula makes them your best choice for photo tinting. Make a black and white copy of your favorite photo onto Ranger Gloss Paper. Select areas of your photo to colorize. Pick up ink directly from the Distress Pads with Cut n’ Dry Nibs and color. It’s that easy! Cut n’ Dry Nibs provide the control you need to place colors exactly where you want them. Distress Photo Edging Make any photo look antique. Cut a small square of Cut n’ Dry Foam. Ink the foam on one of the Distress pads. Rub the inked foam around the edges of the photo for anaged effect.
THE RE-INKERS: The Distress re-inkers are so versatile and fun, especially the bottles they’re in! These vintage looking glass dropper vials are perfect for aging a “batch” of tags, fibers, linens or whatever, in baths of Distress Inks & water. You can also create your own palette on your craft sheet using the reinkers and hand tint any black and white photo color by color (very fun thing to do). I also like using the resist ink or Perfect Medium and the reinkers to create amazing stained backgrounds on papers. Enjoy the journey…
TO DISTRESS: I like to use water when I am distressing. I think it gives the papers more of a weathered texture, so here’s how I start. Working on any type of paper (manila, cardstock, or text weight), crumple the paper up – always press in the center of any heavyweight cardstock or manila stock – this will break the surface tension of the paper and allow you to crumple up the paper easier without tearing it. Next rub the Distress pads over the surface – you can work with several different colors or just one – WALNUT STAIN IS IDEAL FOR THIS. Then spray the inked surface with water (you will immediately notice the ink “travels” outward when water is applied as these inks are designed to react with water). Heat the surface to dry – and here’s why… Although you don’t have to Heat Set these inks for any reason, I like to dry the water using either my Heat-It Craft Tool or an iron. This will allow for more tone control and keep areas dark and others light. Ironing the paper will also give you a much smoother surface to stamp on without compromising the aged finish. *If you allow the surface to air-dry most of your color will end up on the edges only because the paper will bend and buckle when wet, forcing the ink and water to the edges. Notice that these Distress Inks retain their color value even when wet and dried. Other brown dyes will break down in color (sometimes leaving a pink and green hue).
You may have read some of our tweets over the summer and seen that Heather had the opportunity to meet and take a class from Tim Holtz. Now, you lucky readers, we are giving you the instructions to this fabulous class. Heather said she has never taken such a fun class. She loved getting to work with all the Tim Holtz products, and learning tons of new skills. If you ever get the chance to, we recommend taking it! He’s a crafting genius, and i think you will be able to tell from this mini-album.
Supplies:
RANGER:
Craft Sheet
Distress Inks
Distress Crackle Paint
Glossy Accents
Multi-medium
Sticky Back Canvas
Perfect Pearls
Mini Mister
Heat-It Craft Tool
Cut N Dry Foam
Steps For Distress Stickled Grunge:
1.Remove Grungeboard pieces from sheet
2.Tap ink blending tool on to distress ink pad
3.Lightly rub ink over grungeboard pieces.
4.Apply a dab of distress stickles to inked grunge.
5.Wipe a thin layer over grunge with your finger.
6.Allow to dry completely. *Note: You may dry with heat tool.*
Steps for covering grungeboard:
1.Working on craft sheet, dip cut n dry foam into multi-medium.
2.Wipe a thin layer on to grungeboard cover.
3.Immediately place music paper over grunge cover to the right of the holes.
4.Repeat for back cover placing music paper upside down.
5.Tear off excess paper from around grunge covers.
6.Once pages are dry, sand excess paper off with sanding grip.
7.Remove backing from printed sticky back canvas and place on the left edge of grunge covering the holes.
8.Left outside edge of sticky back canvas and apply a thin layer of multi-medium to grunge and press canvas back down.
9.Tap ink blending tool into distress ink and ink grunge covers.
10.Apply rock candy distress stickles and spread with finger.
11.Repeat above steps for back cover.
Steps for rock candy distress crackle paint:
1.Stamp or print image onto cardstock.
2.Shake distress crackle paint,
3.Apply a medium coat of paint over paper.
4.Allow to dry and crackle.
5.Ink over cracks with distress ink using ink blending tool to work ink into the cracks.
Steps for dabber resist grunge:
1.Remove grungeboard from sheet.
2.shake adirondack paint dabber.
3. Remove clear cap and dab paint on to stamp.
4. Lightly swipe stamp with dabber to blend paint.
5.Stamp image onto grundeboard and dry with heat tool.
6.ink over grunge with distress ink using ink blending tool.
7.Mist paper towel with water from mini mister and wipe ink from grunge to bring paint color back to the surface.
Steps for pearlized grunge:
1.Dip brush into perfect pearls.
2.tap brush on craft sheet to remove excess pearls
3. Brush perfect pearls over inked grunge.
4.Lightly mist over grunge with water to set powders.
Steps for putting it all together!:
1.Attach numerals with long fasteners.
2.Adhere grungeboard pieces with glossy accents.
3.Secure crackled calendar with tiny attacher.
4.Attach flowers with long fasteners.
5.Assemble book and secure with included book rings.
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