The big brown truck pulled up in front of my house yesterday afternoon. I am so excited because my new Tim Holtz Dies have arrived.
I didn't waste any time, I started digging in right away and here is the first project I have to share with you. Hope you like it.
I used the new Christmas Cardinal Die. I cut it from Grunge Paper and colored the branch and leaves with Sharpie Pens. For the Cardinal, I covered it with embossing ink and then red embossing powder. I'm happy with the color and sparkle. I added some yellow embossing powder for the beak and then colored the black part of the face with a Sharpie.
When the clock is removed, it opens to reveal a mini album. After I add my photos I will do some more embellishing but at this point it is complete. I plan to use it for my Christmas photos.
I think the TH Tick Tock Die is totally cute and wanted to make it into something useful so came up with this round tin with a clear lid. I got the tin at one of the rubber stamp show from Rubber Stamp Concepts. I cut a clock face out of plain paper, distressed the edges and placed it inside the lid of the tin. I drilled a hole in the center and placed a brad through it to hold the hands in place. The clock and the hands are cut from Grunge Board. The tin was just a tiny bit smaller than the die so I glued some cord around the tin just above the edge of the rim of the lid and then glued the die cut to the cord.
Ok, now how do I make it stand up? Magnets of course. I sacked two round ones, found at Michael's, and they were just right to hold the clock up.
For the base, I used the Top Note Die from Stampin Up. I covered chipboard with Christmas paper and then ran it through my Big Shot Pro. I inked the edges with Cherry Cobbler Ink from Stampin Up. I glued the magnets to the base for my clock.
The Poinsettia Die was also in this shipment. I covered Grunge Paper with pages from an old book and ran it through the die cutting machine. I wanted a smaller poinsettia so I used the medium and small size from the Poinsettia Die and the poinsettia from the movers and shapers set. Just right. The leaves were stacked and held together with a gold brad. Because the cardinal and poinsettia are both cut from Grunge Paper they are flexible and lay againt the clock.