Tammy Tutterow

Glitz Design: Snow Fun featuring Hoopla

I still have lots more posts to share on the Happiness Project Library Drawer.  They will resume tomorrow.  Today I am taking a quick break to share a blog post I have over on the Glitz Design blog today.

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Every so often I find myself thinking about making a layout.  If you know me, you know that I am a self proclaimed "stuff" maker.  I make things.  It isn't that I don't like pages, I just struggle with them.  I find that when I want to make pages a good sketch helps me get going and makes the process much easier for me.  Recently I found a sketch by Allison Davis that gave me a real spark and inspired me to make a page.

I had a group of winter pictures that I had been wanting to make into a page for a while.  I decided that the Glitz Hoopla collection was the paper to use.  Yes, I know, when you look at Hoopla you probably think birthdays and celebrations, but the beautiful shades of blue in the collection had me thinking about ice and snow.

I used Hoopla "Frames" for the base page, "Zebra" for the white mat and photo mats, "Pipework" for the pattern, and "Polka" for the paper strip under the ribbon.

I used adhesive foam squares under my photos to lift them off of the page and make them stand out.

I found these clear Heidi Swapp snowflakes in my stash.  The back side of them are curved making a trough shape.  I filled the trough with Crystal Stickles.  Once the Stickles was dry I adhered the snowflakes smooth side up.  The finished effect makes it look almost like glass filled with sparkles.

To record the date, I used a Hoopla Journaling Cardstock sticker.  I sanded the sticker a bit on the surface and on the edges so that it would accept Distress Ink.  The blue ribbon is vintage, the sheer white, and blue mini pompom trim are unknowns that I found in my stash.

I used Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint on the "Pipework" pattern to add a frosty and icy effect.  Each element was inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

The glitter letters I used for the title are by American Crafts.

So how about that?  I made a page and it didn't hurt at all!  Thanks Allison for providing a sketch that made it so easy!

Glitz Design: The Magic of Make Believe

I am sharing this post over on the Glitz Design blog today and wanted to share it here today even though I have shared this project here before.  Today I am taking a look back at a favorite project from the year and talking about an all time favorite paper collection.

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Have you ever come across a  patterned paper collection that you just felt was made specifically for a special photo you had?  That is how I felt the first time I saw the Vintage Love collection.  I knew that it was a perfect compliment that would add to a special photo of mine while not taking attention away from it.

One of the things I really love about this collection is that it is so subtle and beautiful.  When you add embellishments to it and it blends with them seamlessly without falling into the background.  It shines and remains a focus point of the project. 

It's patterns coordinate so well with one another.  It is so easy to add multiple patterns from the collection without overpowering it.  On this page I used the light side of "Damask" as the base, the pattern side of "Floral" as the main pattern, the beige side of "Polka" and the blue side of "Letters" for the photo mat.

For embellishments I added ombre ribbon (salvaged from a bow in a vase of flowers), velvet leaves, paper flowers, and glitter stars by Prima.  The straight pin with the pearl tip is an unknown goody from my scrap stash.

For my title I used an assortment of letter stickers.  The small tab letters are by Making Memories, the glitter letters are K&Co, the black letters are BasicGrey, and the felt letters are by Prima.

Even though this collection is almost a year old I still feel a wave of paper love every time I see it.  No matter what project I use it on it feels perfect.  It is a timeless classic that is going to have a home in my paper stash for a very long time.

Trash to Treasure: Wooden Gift Box featuring Glitz Design Hoopla

A few days after Halloween I happened to stop in Hobby Lobby for a couple of quick supplies.  If you know me, you know how I love their decor clearance.  I found this super cute wooden gift box for just $2.00.  I knew it would be super cute recovered, at at such a cheap price, it was too good to pass up.

I recovered the bottom part of the box with the green side of Frames patterened paper from the Hoopla collection by Glitz Design.  I covered the box lid with the blue side of the same paper.  I created a coordinating card from the Frame and Zebra patterned papers.  All of the edges of the box and card are inked with Black Soot Distress Ink.

The top of the box is embellished with a Hoopla Peek-a-Boo.

The lid is embellished with black and blue Tulle.

I added Crystal Stickles to the top of the clear piece over the printed letters. 

I sanded the edges on the underneath side of the Peek-a-Boo lightly and then brushed them with Black Soot Distress Ink.

I also added Crystal Stickles to the box sides to accent the pattern on the paper.

I stamped the 3x3 Hoopla clear stamp on the white side of a scrap piece of Zebra patterned paper.  I added color to the design with Copic Markers and added more sparkle with Crystal Stickles.

I cut the stamped design out and adhered it to my card from with adhesive foam squares.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the edges of a piece of Zebra patterned paper with the edges of different clear stamps from the Fancy Frames set.  I stamped and inked the edges in Black Soot Distress Ink.

Glitz Design: Hoopla Cottage

I have had this cute little Maya Road chipboard house in my crafty stash forever!  I have been saving it for just the right paper to come along.  I knew that I wanted to make it in a soft yellow just like my real house.  When I got the new Hoopla collection in my hands I knew I had finally gotten "the" yellow!

I covered the body of the house with the yellow side of the Polka patterned paper.  The house came with a chipboard book inside along with different chipboard elements for the house.  I wanted a door that would look a little more like the door on my house so I cut a new one from scrap chipboard.

I covered both the roof, front door, and window trim pieces with the brown side of the Cake patterned paper.

I layered the front door onto a blank piece of transparency film, and then onto the white side of Zebra patterned paper.  I placed the assembled door onto the green and blue frame Peek-A-Boo.

I created a wreath for the front door with some tiny flowers I found in my stash and glued them to a small acrylic round ribbon slide (cut away the center bar).

I layered clear transparency pieces and scraps of vintage lace under the window pieces.  I then placed the assembled window piece on the blue side of the Polka patterned paper.  Everything got an edging of Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I am so glad I saved this house for just the right paper because now that it is done, I am super happy with it!  This sweet little sunny polka dot house makes me smile!

Glitz Design: Good Day Journal

I have been giving some thought lately to starting a second art journal project, one that focuses on gratitude and good things.  I was looking at the Glitz Design Scarlett Cardstock Journaling stickers and knew instantly that I not only needed to make that journal, but that the fun red sticker on that sheet that reads "It's going to be a good day" needed to be on the front cover.

The base of the journal is one of Glitz's new Vintage Chipboard Albums.

I layered a Paper Layers page and a Whatnots piece on the cover of the journal.  I wrapped the cover of the journal with black tulle.  I made a rosette with yellow tulle.

 

I adhered the red sticker to red patterned paper (Map).  I used a red mini safety pin to clip the sticker to the black tulle.

I adhered the round sticker with the little girls on patterned paper and tucked it behind the rosette.

 

I added a second Whatnots (American Beauty) under the tulle.  Each piece was sanded and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  I used Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Glue to hold it all in place.

For the inside, I used the included pages as templates to cut new pages from plain white cardstock.

Glitz Design "Scarlett" Papers: Map (behind round stickers)
Glitz Design "Scarlett" Titles cardstock stickers
Glitz Design "Scarlett" Paper Layers
Glitz Design "Scarlett" Whatnots
Glitz Design Tulle
Glitz Design Vintage Chipboard Album

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Edited to add: For everyone who has been anxious to get the new lines from Glitz, the online store For the Luv of Art now has them in stock!  You can find it HERE.

Glitz Design: Make Every Day Beautiful

I really love Paper Layers from Glitz Design.  They are book size printed papers that are lightweight, lighter weight than printer paper but heavier than tissue paper.  They are perfect for using for decoupaging.  For this project, I had a black wooden shadowbox frame that was pretty scratched up.  It was bargain at $4 on the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby, but in serious need of a make over!

I tore the sheets of Paper Layers from Love Next collection into strips.  I used Claudine Hellmuth Studio Matte Multi Medium to decoupage them onto the front and sides of the frame.

Because the paper is so thin, it decoupages nicely over corners and edges.

Once the Multi Medium was dry, I sanded the edges to create some wear and added Vintage Photo Distress ink to the edges.

I covered the inside back insert with the pink and cream side of the Polka patterned paper.  I decoupaged the Paper Layer with the bird cage in the lower left corner.

For the focal, I layered a Cardstock Journaling Sticker (the piece with the dates) on a Whatnots (the ledger print label) using adhesive foam squares.  I used a scrap piece of Paper Layers and typed on it using my vintage typewriter.  I added it on top of the sticker.  I used a second Cardstock Journaling Sticker (Beautiful) over the typed piece using adhesive foam squares.  The whole assembled piece was adhered to the frame insert using more adhesive foam squares.

I finished off with a bit of hand dyed crinkled seam binding, two little posey flowers, and two jeweled brads.  Along the way, each piece gets a bit of sanding and Vintage Photo Distress Ink for a shabby and vintage touch.

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Edited to add: For everyone who has been anxious to get the new lines from Glitz, the online store For the Luv of Art now has them in stock!  You can find it HERE.

Glitz Design| Vintage Love Photo Frame

I am pretty sure Glitz Design's Vintage Love collection was made just for me!  I just can't get enough of it's soft patterns and colors.  I love vintage everything and this collection just embodies what I love about shabby and vintage.  I find myself using it again and again.

For this project, I re-faced an ugly duckling wooden frame from the clearance aisle of Hobby Lobby.  I covered the face of the frame with the Polka pattern paper.  I added an second layer of paper using the blue side of the Letters pattern paper.

 

I embellished the frame with an older Prima flower.  I pulled the layers of the flower apart and inserted a piece of Paper Layers that I cut using the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Alterations Die.  I added a large paper covered brad by Bazzill that I stamped using the text on the postcard stamp on the Distressing 3 stamp set.  I brushed the edges of the brad, paper flower, and frame with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.

 

I also added velvet leaves, a felt branch, and a large silver flower from Prima.

 

I cut three butterflies out of the piece of Vintage Paper Layers.

 

I adhered them to frame using adhesive only along the center so that the wings would be free.  I bent them slightly so that they would lay up off of the surface of the frame.

 

I added a bit of random stamping on the frame, again using the text portion of the postcard stamp.

 

Because the paper in the paper layers is so thin and almost tissue paper like, the wings actually flutter a bit with air movement.  They look very delicate on the frame.

Glitz Design| Hoopla Romantic Canvas

At first look, you may think of Glitz Design's new Hoopla collection as a birthday themed collection, since a lot of the embellishments are centered around birthdays and celebrations.  The collection though is packed full of elegant patterns that lend themselves to so much more.  I think this stretched canvas project that I created recently illustrates the versatility of this collection.

I added several layers to the project to give it lots of depth and dimension.  I began by covering the canvas with the Floral pattern from the collection.  I used Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Medium to decoupage the paper to the canvas.  Next I added a layer of Pipework, then a Paper Layers page, and then a second piece of Pipework using the pattern on the opposite side.  I topped the layers with a photo adhered under a Peek-a-Boo transparency.  Each layer was brushed with Black Soot Distress Ink and was mounted on thin chipboard and adhered with Therm O Web adhesive 3D Foam Squares.

 

I dug around in my flower stash and found this older flower from Prima that was a perfect match of blue with a punch of green.  I brushed a bit of Black Soot Distress Ink on the edges.  I added a stem of crystals and jeweled leaves by Prima also.

 

I brushed Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint on the round date sticker from the cardstock Journaling stickers.  While the paint was wet, I added two Tim Holtz Idea-ology Game Spinners to the sticker with a brad.  I added them while the paint was wet so that it could work like glue and help keep them in place.

 

I added a bit of vintage grosgrain ribbon with a layer of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Tape over it.  I brushed a Black Soot Distress Ink on the edges of  "Celebrate" cardstock Titles sticker and added it over the Tissue Tape.

 

I really love this finished piece!  I think it is such a pretty tribute to a favorite photo and special day.

Glitz Design| Easy Acrylic Pendants featuring Scarlett

If you had the opportunity to  CHA in Chicago this past week and visited the Glitz Girls, you may have noticed some fun jewelery they were wearing featuring the rub-ons from the new Scarlett collection.  The Girls received a ton of compliments on them!  I thought you might enjoy a quick tutorial on how to make them.

You will need a piece of pattern paper, a rub-on, and a acrylic pendant (Tim Holtz's Idea-ology Fragments or his new Facets).  Although any rub-on or stamped image will work, I particularly love using the Scarlett rub-ons because they feature a great selection of florals in really rich colors and also really fun vintage style black silhouettes that are the perfect size for the Fragments and Facets.

Apply the rub-on to the pattern paper.  Place the acrylic piece over the image and trace around it.  Cut the piece out along the pencil line. 

 

Cover the back of the Fragment or Facet with a thin layer of Glossy Accents.

 

Place the image face down into the Glossy Accents.  Use a flat edge of a tool or craft scraper to burnish the back of the paper.  Burnishing will help to spread the Glossy Accents evenly between the paper and acrylic and will push out any air bubbles.

 

Use a dry towel to wipe away any excess Glossy Accents that comes out of the sides.  If you get any smudges of Glossy Accents on the front of your piece, use a small squirt of glass cleaner (like Windex) on a dry cloth to clean it off.  You will want to clean off any smudges before they dry.

 

Set your piece aside and allow it to dry.  I prefer to let them dry at least 2-4 hours before trimming any excess paper away from the edges using a craft knife or fine tip scissors.

 

After trimming, lightly sand the edges of the paper to smooth them.  (I used my Tim Holtz Sanding Block.)

 

Use the tip of a pair of scissors, a craft knife, or a round metal file to poke through the hole and smooth it.

 

Although it is optional, I like to put some sort of sealant on the back of the pendant over the paper.  I like to protect the paper from moisture and soiling so that it stays nice looking.  There are many types of products you can use, but my favorite is clear nail polish.  One coat soaks into the paper and dries with a nice almost matte finish that doesn't get tacky around moisture.

 

Once the clear coat is dry, you can add a jump ring and hang the pendant on your favorite type of necklace.  In this example, I added one of Tim Holtz's Idea-ology Baubles.

 

In this example, I combined the Scarlett rub-ons with the Scarlet Paper Layers.

 

For this pendant, I added a bit of Ranger's Alcohol Ink to the inside edges of the Fragment before adhering it to the paper.

 

Thinner paper like the Paper Layers actually have a bit more give in them when they are wet.  You can add other thin elements on them and still get a good bond and seal with the acrylic.  On this piece, I added Teeny Alpha Stickers in red and black to a piece of Paper Layers.

 

This piece combines a Scarlet Glitzer with Paper Layers for a fun piece with bling inside.  (This piece is on a Tim Holtz Swivel Clasp and embellished with his new Baubles.)

 

Glitz's new Peek-a-Boo printed transparencies can be used in place of paper for a totally clear piece.  (Give pieces on transparencies extra drying time before trimming and sanding.)

 

Add another layer of paper behind the Peek-a-Boo and get a piece that has a design that looks almost like it is floating inside!

 

 

You already knew Glitz could bring some awesome style to your papercrafts, now it can bring awesome style to your look too!

Glitz Design| Love Nest Traveler Canvas

Finally, I have a project featuring Glitz's Love Nest to share.  I think that this is probably my second favorite project that I created for the show, definitely my favorite Glitz project.

I created a stretched box canvas decor piece with a travel theme.  I used one of the new distress stamps that has a vintage style map pattern. (If you haven't seen Glitz's distress stamps, you really need to!)  I stamped the image randomly on this gorgeous blue print paper that has a script on it.

After covering my canvas with the stamped paper, I began piling on fun accents.

Glitz has delicious new packs of tulle to match the collections.  I added a band of brown tulle around the canvas.

The base of my layers is a vintage map print from the collections book print ephemera packs.  I layered it on a piece of chipboard and adhered it to the canvas with foam adhesive squares.  Next I added this wonderful ticket transparency.

I stamped the same map print on two pink fabric covered brads.

The centerpiece of the whole canvas is this cardstock sticker.  It inspired the whole theme.  I love the sentiment.  Oh, by the way, that awesome birdcage image is also available on a stamp!

Under the sticker is another bit of book print and one of the really cool cardstock ephemera pieces.

The leaves, crystals, and flowers are all by Prima.  The metal charms are Tim Holtz Ideaology and Vintaj.

That officially wraps up my CHA show and tell, I guess I better get to work creating some new things to share!