Feeling Funky! Sizzix Funky Cactus by Tim Holtz

 

I'm very late to the party with this one! Sizzix's Funky Cactus by Tim Holtz happened to be in stock at the Sizzix store and I decided to finally get this set. There's something so fun about Tim Holtz's diesets, just a bit quirky and always original.

For this card I dug into my shoebox of inked panels and scraps. I have a bunch ready to go in shades of green, I know I'll end up needing some for leaves and in this case, cactus. I have lots of greens, I especially love Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron. I know these cacti also have Rustic Wilderness and Lucky Clover added in.

The pots were cut from a scrap of embossed gold cardstock. I'm not sure which embossing folder it is, unfortunately. I dabbed a bit of black acrylic paint over it to give it an aged look.

For the background, I took a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and sprayed Distress Spray Stains onto the paper. I used Rusty Hinge, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint and a few quick spritzs of Distress Mica Spray in Tarnished Brass. I ran a Gathered Twigs Distress Ink pad over the Spellbinders Crackle Paint embossing folder to push the brown color into the cracks. 

The sentiment is from Snarky Sentiment stickers by Tim Holtz. I attached it to a piece of kraft cardstock and blended Distress Gathered Twigs ink over it to darken it a bit.

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----  https://tidd.ly/4urOMq2  [Sizzix]

----  https://tidd.ly/3PteRpD  [Scrapbookcom]

----  https://tidd.ly/4dLdXwO  [Simon Says Stamp]

Cracked Embossing Folder

----  https://tinyurl.com/ydyfwe34  [Spellbinders]  on clearance

----  https://tidd.ly/4vd10CZ [Scrapbookcom]

----  https://tidd.ly/4dxNHXJ  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tidd.ly/4tU3Zir  [Scrapbookcom]

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I'm Using it Again! Spellbinders May All Clubs Crate Bonuses!

 

Surprisingly, I'm sharing another card using the Spellbinders May All Clubs Crate Bonuses, the dieset and the embossing folder. There's also cardstock but I didn't receive that to share.

I make a lot of cards to donate and often see requests for Veterans. So although this set is great for the 4th and Memorial Day, I think it makes a great gratitude card to send to a Veteran.

A few days ago I used the Musical Notes and Stave Pop Up dieset with the Large Die of the Month. You can see that post HERE. I loved the interactive nature of the card and the surprise when you open it, so I decided to use it again today. I love it! It would also be great with snowflakes in the winter or leaves in the fall, wouldn't it? The die sold out 2x, so if you're interested in it, I'd jump on it. I have it linked in my supply list.

I took an A2 card (4.15 x 5.5" folded) and embossed the right side of the card then the left side of the card. The bonus embossing folder is A2 sized. 

I used all the dies in the bonus set, cut from red, white, blue, light blue and yellow cardstocks. I used a scrap of gold paper for the flag pole. The USA letters are cut from an older Pooh Bear dieset. The stars are cut from metallic cardstock, the dots are a scrap of holographic cardstock cut with a hold punch. You could also use sequins but I've been using a hole punch lately and really like the size. Don't put anything too heavy on the spiral, it'll weigh it down.

I used some fun foam and popped up the hat, flag and rocket on the front of the card. I didn't add fun foam to the inside of the card, I wanted to be able to close it easily.

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                                   Available until May 27

-----  https://tinyurl.com/b6jdue49  [Spellbinders]

----  https://tinyurl.com/4vx6rzya  [Spellbinders]

Pooh's Alphabet

----  https://tinyurl.com/fpc5k6bs  [Spellbinders]

Bibi's Musical Notes Bundle

----  https://tidd.ly/4maP5jY  [Scrapbookcom]

----  https://tidd.ly/4u4Oohm  [Scrapbookcom]

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Hero Arts You're a Classic Stamp & Stencil

My weakness is knowing where to put the shadows. So I was so happy to get the Hero Arts, You're a Classic stamp and stencil. You can see the entire collection HERE. There are 3 stencils, one that adds the overall color and 2 stencils that add layers of shading from medium to dark. I used Distress Inks in Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap and Hickory Smoke. Below is a quick video on how it works:

To use the pedestal with the statues, you need to mask the feet to avoid getting the lines from the pedestal on them. Rather than stamping the entire image on masking paper or a Post-It Note (which are expensive), I used a small piece of  ONE INCH Mint tape. I attached the mint tape to a small piece of scrap paper. I did that to keep the tape from getting the adhesive side dirty and to make it easier to stamp and cut. You can remove it from the scrap paper without losing the stickiness and add it to the statue image. Mint Tape is great.

There are dies to cut out the stamped images and really cool pillar dies but I didn't receive those, you can see them below.

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You're a Classic Collection Click the link to see everything

----  https://tinyurl.com/bdd4ehf6  [Hero Arts]

----  https://tidd.ly/49WSb7Y  [Scrapbookcom]

----  https://tidd.ly/3RkgCpy  [Simon Says Stamp]

Stamp

----  https://tinyurl.com/47788dhw  [Hero Arts]

----  https://tidd.ly/4fzay6u  [Scrapbookcom]

----  https://tidd.ly/4di20j1  [Simon Says Stamp]

Stencil

----  https://tinyurl.com/3ptnje9a  [Hero Arts]

----  https://tidd.ly/4dtoNau  [Scrapbookcom]

----  https://tidd.ly/4uVjBU2  [Simon Says Stamp]

Mint Tape (I used 1 inch)

----  https://tidd.ly/4b9q8Dp  [Scrapbookcom]

1 Inch Tape Dispenser

----  https://tidd.ly/4ePPuIR  [Scrapbookcom]

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Spellbinders May Press + Foil Plate

Oh, rainbow foil, you're my favorite! This is the May Press + Foil Plate, Up & Away. You can learn more about the Spellbinders Clubs and the benefits of membership by clicking HERE.  Sadly the rainbow foil is on clearance, but you can still get it while available. There is a thin stiped rainbow foil not on clearance.

The plate's image is the outline of the hot air balloon so they can be colored in, especially good if you BetterPress the image. I decided to hot foil the image because I'm not much of a colorist. The rainbow foil adds so much color, I love it.

I also took the leftover foil with the negative image and a solid plate to make another image. The center area didn't come out 100%, so I decided to use it as a mat. You can see it on the edge of the card above. I matched it up with the outline image and thought it looked pretty good. If I did it over I would have cropped the top image a bit more so you could see the mat more. Oh well. 

The HBD balloons are from a few months ago, I thought it would be fun to have 2 kinds of balloons! The Things are Looking Up sentiment is included in the Up & Away kit.

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                              Press + Foil Plate of the Month

(includes a roll of Glimmer Foil)

May All Club Crate Bonus + All 8 Clubs

----  https://tinyurl.com/b6jdue49  

HBD Balloon Dieset

----  https://tinyurl.com/yc36j8ft  [Spellbinders]

----  https://tidd.ly/42BkzbQ  [Scrapbook.com]

----  https://tidd.ly/408Vfsn  [Simon Says Stamp]

Glimmer Rainbow Foil 

----  https://tinyurl.com/3c5m4aws  [Spellbinders]

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