Love Notes Tags with Therm O Web

February 10, 2021audreypettit 3 Comments

Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! I have more Valentine fun to share with you today. This time, a pair of love note tags that I made recently for the Therm O Web blog.

These tags once again feature the adorable Love Letters collection by PhotoPlay Paper that I shared yesterday. The tag die is also from PhotoPlay. Part of their Say It With Stamps line. I used more images from the new die cut sheets for the birds and mailboxes. Absolutely love that all the coloring is already done for you.

I used Therm O Web Glitz Glitter Gel to create the pretty falling heart pattern. And a bit of iCraft Deco Foil Flock sheet to make the snowbanks. Really love the texture they both bring. As always, I’ve got the complete step-by-step tutorial for this project up on the Therm O Web blog, if you’d like to learn more.

Happy Valentine’s!

The supplies I’ve used are linked and/or listed below:

Heffy Doodle Stitched Slopey-Joes Border Dies
Seam Binding Ribbon

Valentine Love with Ranger Ink

February 3, 2021audreypettit 3 Comments

Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! February is all about the love, and some of you may have noticed by now that I’ve been on quite the Valentine heart kick here on the blog lately. Today I have another heart to share with you..this time, a lovey-dovey Valentine card project that I made for the Ranger Ink Project Page featuring a fun mix of Distress products and Tim Holtz dies.

I wish you could see the texture on this die cut heart in real life, because the finish you get with the Distress glaze is just amazing. Love how you can see the layers of oxide ink colors underneath the Tattered Rose Distress Glaze I used on this sweet Heartbeat die cut. I layered the heart with lots of die cut leaves from the new Chapter 1 Brushstroke Flowers set, and added one contrasting pop of color with a flower from Bloom Colorize. I think this card has a definitely cottage rose, English garden type of vibe, and I quite like that.

I used Distress oxides and glaze and kraft stock cardstock to get a mix of textures here. The leaves were arranged at different levels with pop dots to create depth, and of course a big, crinkly bow on top adds even more. The background was made with a new stencil from Simon Hurley Creates, and I think that is my favorite part. Looks like garden lattice in a pretty country scene.

I’ve got the complete step-by-step tutorial for this card over on the Ranger Ink Project Page. And if you’re interested in adding to your Tim Holtz stash, there is a huge sale going on right now over at Sizzix.com! (Click on the highlighted link or on the photo below for a direct link).

Thanks so much for stopping by!

The supplies I’ve used are linked and/or listed below:

Stampin’Up Ribbon

In the Meadow with Ranger Ink

January 22, 2021audreypettit Leave a comment

Happy Fri-Yay, crafty friends! Are you all ready for the weekend? It’s always such a happy day when Friday rolls around again, and what a beautiful day it is, too. I just got bundled into my winter coat and hat and set out to walk the dog, only to quickly find out that it’s actually about 60 degrees today. Obviously I didn’t bother to check before I headed out, and clearly, just like Bernie with his woolly winter mittens, I am prepared for winter.

And even though we’re far from any real snow around here, I do have some frosty friends to share with you today. These snowy tags feature some fun snowman stamps from Tim Holtz and Stamper’s Anonymous and lots of layers of Distress products, from Archival Distress to Distress Oxide to regular Distress Ink. Throw in some Distress Paint and Distress Grit Paste, and finish things off with a bit of Distress Texture Paste, for good measure. Each product brings its own unique qualities to the design, and I love how these simple tags look opaque in some areas and translucent in others, with a great textured tactile finish all over.

I used Tim Holtz Sizzix dies to cut the tags and add the crochet paper trim to the bottom. Simple ribbon ties were added to the top, along with some long-hoarded Idea-ology ice skate trinkets.

I’m very happy to have the full step-by-step tutorial for creating these tags up on the Ranger Ink Project Page, if you’d like to learn more.
Happy weekend, friends! And thanks so much for stopping by!

The supplies I’ve used are linked and/or listed below:

Idea-ology Ice Skates Adornments
Stampin’Up Ribbon

A Very Merry Christmas with Ranger Ink

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020audreypettit 3 Comments

Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! It’s another miserable, rainy day here, but I am snuggled up in my blanket as I write this right now, so happy that I can just stay inside. I am really hoping to put the finishing touches on my holiday decorating today. My tree is still bare and the Christmas houses aren’t up. Great tasks for a cold and rainy day.

I am just about done with my holiday cards, though, and that always feels great to scratch off an item from the to-do list. Today I wanted to share one of my favorite cards of this season… A lovely Distress Christmas card, filled with wonderful Tim Holtz stamps, inks, and dies, that I made this week for the Ranger Ink Projects Page.

I adore the large sentiments in the Doodle Greetings stamp sets, and picked out my favorite holiday greeting for this fun card today. The large size of the fonts make them perfect for focal images on card designs, and I love when a card needs only a sentiment and not much else to make it really pop. Great for mass-producing, or for when you’re a bit pressed for time, like around the holidays.

I did some masking on the central panel to leave an opening for the sentiment, and then stamped a design around the edge for a bit of extra interest, and I do really love the framework that creates. There’s lots of inking, of course, with a bit of water coloring mixed in. A pair of pine boughs and a big bow at the bottom finish the design.

As always, I’ve got the complete step-by-step tutorial for this project up on the Ranger Ink website, if you’d like to learn more.

Stay warm and safe and dry today, my friends! And thanks so much for stopping by!

The supplies I’ve used are linked below:

Idea-ology Naturals Red/Cream Trimmings

You’re Snow Cool with Therm O Web & LDRS Creative

December 14, 2020audreypettit 1 Comment

Happy Monday, crafty friends! Hope you all had a lovely weekend! It’s raining cats and dogs here today (and foxes and snowmen)… so a very good day to stay inside and tackle that holiday to-do list. I’m happy to say that the bulk of my Christmas cards are going out today, yay! Now we’ll just see if any of them make it in time.

Last week, the Therm O Web team joined up for the first time with LDRS Creative, and I received the cutest little fox stamps and dies to play with. I shared one card with you on Friday (scroll down one post or click here to see it), and today I am back with a second. This time pairing the adorable Snowball Fight and Pine Tree Forest stamps with Ranger’s new Kraft Heavystock paper and Therm O Web Glitz Glitter Gel in white. I absolutely love the look of white on kraft for the holidays, don’t you? Think it reminds me of brown paper packages, tied up with string. And these are a few of my favorite things.

As always, if you’d like to learn more about this project, head on over to the Therm O Web blog and check out my step-by-step tutorial. And thanks so much for stopping by!

The supplies I’ve used are linked below:

Yuletide Holiday with Therm O Web

December 7, 2020December 6, 2020audreypettit 3 Comments

Happy Monday, crafty friends! How are the holiday preparations coming along at your house? Although I still have a long way to go, I’m excited to say that I got a bit of decorating done this past weekend, and I absolutely love how festive things are starting to look. I hope to share a tour of the dining room soon. But in the mean time, I thought today I would share a peek at a new addition to my sideboard display this year…. some adorable holiday tomato pincushions that I made recently for the Therm O Web blog.

One of my favorite things about the Therm O Web team is being able to play and create with both paper and fabric. So when they asked me recently to make a holiday themed fabric project, I jumped at the chance. If you are at all fond of sewing, or perhaps just collecting vintage things, then I’m sure you’re familiar with the tomato pincushions that these cuties are fashioned after. I just love the nostalgia of these trinkets, and how fun don’t they look in this Tim Holtz Yuletide fabric!

There’s very little sewing involved in the making of these pincushions, and I know that even very beginner sewers could tackle these with ease. I think these would look so cute made up in different fabrics for the seasons and holidays. And they make a great gift idea, too. If you’re interested in learning more, be sure to check out my step-by-step tutorial on the Therm O Web blog.

Or, you can find these available for sale now in my AudOnes Prims Shop!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead!

An Unfortunate Ending with Ranger Ink

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020audreypettit 4 Comments

Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! I’m back today with a spooky fun Halloween project share that I made for the Ranger Ink blog this week featuring new dies from Tim Holtz and the amazing new Distress Ink color, Crackling Campfire.

This is the Skelly Colorize Thinlits die set from Tim Holtz, and it is by far one of my top favorite sets from the 2020 Sizzix Chapter 3 release. This set has so much incredible detail in all the layers. It really is amazing what can be done these days with dies. I used a mixture of Distress kraft stock cardstock and Distress watercolor cardstock to build my skull, and finished off with lots of Distress ink, crackle texture paste and grit paste for a really grungy, been in the ground a long time, finish.

The 5×5 card base is layers of cardstock and patterned paper. I used ink, spray, and stencils to create the worn background you see, using a combination of my favorite brown and grey Distress inks mixed with the new Crackling Campfire. I absolutely adore how you can get bright orange, like the bouquet flowers I sprayed and coated with Distress glitter, or more rusty orange, like the background… or even the soft pastel orange of the mummy cloth bow…all from one color of ink.

I’ve got the full step-by-step tutorial for this card over on the Ranger Ink Project Page, if you’d like to learn more.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

The supplies I’ve used are linked and/or listed below: (Affiliate links used with no extra cost to you)

Idea-ology Halloween Clippings Stickers
Petaloo Leaves

Good Heart with Ranger Ink

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020audreypettit 6 Comments

Happy Monday, crafty friends! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and that your week is getting off to a great start. Today I’m sharing a mixed media art tag that I made for the Ranger Ink Projects Page featuring the fabulous new color of Distress, Speckled Egg.

To make this tag, I began with two graduated sizes of tag shapes which were inked and sprayed and stenciled, and finally stacked together for lots of great dimension. I think I’ve mentioned being obsessed with creating old-world stucco finishes with Ranger crackle texture paste, and I’ve done that here once again. I really do love that paste. I dab it on thick with my fingertip, and then let it do it’s thing. Some areas get heavily sanded for a plaster-like finish, and some stay as is with lots of great crackle effect.

I added some greenery and felt “branches” using the new Tim Holtz Festive Stems Bigz die. The Idea-ology paper doll was colored lightly with Distress Oxide inks and then nestled into the greens. Love how they look like they are towering over the children’s heads, like some secret garden gone wild.

The tags were tied with ribbon and trim, and a quick sentiment was added with an Idea-ology quote band, painted and buffed to a polished shine.
If you would like to learn more about this layered Distress tag, you can find all the instructions and a complete step-by-step tutorial over on the Ranger Ink Projects Page.

The supplies I’ve used are linked below: (Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you)

Beside the Sea with Ranger Ink

July 17, 2020July 16, 2020audreypettit 4 Comments

Happy Friday, crafty friends, and welcome back to the blog! Summer is in full swing here today with this beach-inspired home decor project that I made this week for the Ranger Ink Project Page. This mixed-media piece is filled with sand and sea images and real seashells I’ve collected over the years, in a tropical summertime color palette of Distress Oxides, Inks, and new Embossing Glazes that I adore.

It seems like every time I go to the beach, I end up bringing home at least one container of shells. And most of the time, those shells sit in those little baggies or bottles for years, ignored. So happy I finally broke some of them out to add to this home decor plaque. I might not be making any actual trips to the beach anytime soon, but this brings back many happy memories and is a great way to incorporate some souvenirs into your decorating for the season.

I love the look of text print on just about anything. Adds some interest to an otherwise plain surface, like the background of this plaque frame. I simply added a layer of patterned paper to the wood plaque, and then proceeded to create an ocean view with lots of ink blending and masking, water droplets and the dimensional texture of Distress Crackle paste.

Then layers of coral branches and shells…. both real and paper versions. A bit of cheesecloth for extra texture, all finished off with a Tiny Type sentiment. Oh, how I long to be beside the sea! But perhaps for now, beachy decorations are the next best thing.

If you’d like to learn more about this project, I’ve got the complete step-by-step tutorial up on the Ranger Ink Project Page. Thanks so much for stopping by! Wishing you all a fabulous weekend!

The supplies I’ve used are linked below:

A Lemony Tri-Fold Pocket Pouch with Sizzix

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020audreypettit 2 Comments

Happy Fri-yay, crafty friends! Hope you are all doing well, and are gearing up for some holiday fun this weekend. Many of you may have seen the amazing Sizzix Chapter 3 reveals over these past few days, filled with all our favorite holiday, Halloween, Christmas, and winter new releases. But today I’m going to step back a moment to the Chapter 2 release, with this bright and happy lemony sunshine project that I have the great fun of sharing this week on the Sizzix blog.

My bestie celebrated her birthday at the end of May, and since she loves the color yellow, we decided to throw her a little lemon/lime theme party. We had such fun gathering bright citrus table decor. And I put together this zesty tri-fold pocket pouch for her gift. Perfect for smaller gift items or gift cards, and a fun and unique twist on traditional gift wrapping.

I used several dies from Chapter 2… Doodle Art #2 and Crochet #2. And I absolutely adore all that intricate lacy detail. And because I love fabric as much as I do paper, I made a fancy stacked flower centerpiece from silk and wool, a fabric brad, and ribbons and trim using one of Sizzix’s Bigz flower dies. I’ve got all the details and step-by-steps up on the Sizzix blog and the Sizzix UK Making Journal blog, if you’d like to learn more.