Damask Trio

Hi my friends, I'm sharing a trio of cards made using the gorgeous Tim Holtz/Sizzix Damask 3D Texture Fade and Bold Text Thinlits with Ranger/Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Pearls and Distress Oxide Sprays on Ranger Black Alcohol Ink cardstock, Distress Watercolor card and Distress White Yupo. I had intended to just make one card but hey we all know what happens when you have left over letters.

I trimmed the 3 different surfaces to make 4" x 5.1.4" panels, spritzed lightly with water and embossed using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Damask 3D Texture Fade.

I used the debossed side of the Black Alcohol Ink cardstock and die-cut using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Bold Text Thinlits. Normally I would die-cut before embossing otherwise the pressure of the machine will flatten the embossing but on this occasion it was OK as I was working on the debossed side.

I added drops of Blending Solution and Snowcap Mixative to the panel, moved the mixative around with the Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Air Blower and added more drops of mixative until I was happy with the coverage. I added drops of  Blending Solution and Villainous, Tranquil, Smoulder and Celestial Alcohol Ink Pearls and repeated this process until I was happy with the background. I inked the script image from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Flower Shop with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder. I added splatters of Pitch Black Alcohol ink and stars die-cut from Distress Watercolor card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Falling Stars Thinlits.

For the Distress Watercolor card panel, I dragged the Black Soot Distress Oxide ink pad over the debossed side of the Damask 3D Texture Fade and ran through my Sizzix Foldaway. I spritzed Salvaged Patina, Shaded Lilac and a little Villainous Potion Distress Oxide Sprays on to the craft mat on my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water. laid the panel into the sprays, spritzed with water to blend the colours, dried and repeated to pick up the remaining droplets of colour. I stamped the script from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Flower Shop inked with Black Soot Distress Archival ink and added splatters of Black Gesso. I die-cut the sentiment panel and stars from Black Alcohol Ink card using the Bold Text and Falling Hearts Thinlits and fixed to the panel using Distress Collage Medium.

For the third card, I used the embossed side on the Distress White Yupo Paper. I added drops of Blending Solution and Villainous and Tranquil Alcohol Ink Pearls on to my Glass Media Mat, swiped the panel through the inks and moved the colours around with the Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Air Blower. I fixed the Bold Text left over letters from the first card and stars die-cut from scraps of White Yupo coloured with Villainous Alcohol Ink Pearl using Distress Collage Medium and added splatters of Black Gesso.

I fixed the three panels to Ranger Black Alcohol Ink card, trimmed to be slightly larger and fixed to A2 white card blanks.

I'll be back soon to share some more playtime makes with dies from Tim Holtz/Sizzix Chapter 1 release.

Hugs Kath xxx