Tim Holtz has done it again !!! Now you can create your own masks like the one Steph has done here. The Tim Holtz Mask packets comprise of 2 plastic masks and a protection sheet that you can use to protect your mask once it is cut. In this layout, Steph photocopied a dress form and enlarged it to the size that she thought was suitable for her 8.5 x 11 layout. Once she was happy with the size she placed it under the mask and with a permanent marker traced around the image.
Steph then cut out the image from the mask. Once she had finished cutting the outline of the dress form she was left with a positive and negative mask to use in the future. One was the solid dress form, the other mask was left with the positive image cut out of it. Next Steph picked up the negative image and placed it on her patterned paper.
She sprayed the mask with Tattered Angels Patina Glimmermist and then patted dry with a paper towel. Steph then removed the mask and was left with a gorgeous image on her base of the original dress form. Using the mask on patterned paper is a beautiful way of filling the empty image with pattern. These masks are easy to use and its a wonderful way of having your own custom images to use as masks.
The new Tim Holtz sprockets are really cool and so perfect for bike layouts! Mel has hand-stitched the sprockets onto her page, directly over the top of some Lil Davis shipping tags. A little bit of red bling (hero arts) was then scattered across the layout to add a splash of colour.
This is one of the details from the 7gypsies Printer Tray created by Suz, but we’re sharing it again here to show how to use Tim’s ‘Hitch Fasteners’. These little doorknob shaped bits of metal Suz has had in her stash for a while, but it wasn’t until she was looking through Tims’ 12 Tags of Christmas that she finally figured out what they were for! The perfect thing for hanging anything on a jumpring from, like Tim Holtz keys or these beautiful 7Gypsies crystals.
And remember Suz’s gorgeous Tree of Life from the Christmas post? She didn’t put it away after the festive season, it’s still sitting proudly on her sideboard, and can be themed for other occasions through the year – in fact it was the holder of a dozen bright yellow tissue paper flowers for her daughters recent birthday party. For now though, it holds little nic nacs and tags and handmade pieces of art.
The above is one she has made for a friend’s Tree of Life (this could be a great idea for a future swap…!), using Grungeboard alphas and elements which she has painted and then Glimmer Misted. This technique works so well on Grungeboard with the Glimmer Mist settling in the embossed areas. Tim Holtz Foliage was also painted and Glimmer Misted, and the Philosophy Tag and Bead Chain was sanded back so that the brighter copper colour showed through the patina.
This layout my Patti Hamill is just gorgeous. She has used Webster's Pages Winter Wings as her main patterned papers and Tim Holtz's Flourish mask as a gorgeous accent. The way she has applied the soft pink mist over the mask has really given the layout and youthful, soft feel. Thanks Patti for sharing your beautiful work.
Ali Russell has a beautiful style when she scraps, and she has demonstrated this with this gorgeous layout entitled " a moment with you. Ali has used Tim Holtz Clockworks Masks on the side of her layout, and layered them with transparency and machine sewing to give the layout texture and interest. I just love what she has done here. Thanks Ali.
A couple of fabulous samples from Tim Holtz – here he uses the new sprockets, metal numbers and other hardware – sometimes these tiny embellishments are just the touch you need to finish off a project.
