Celebrate

 Happy New Year!  Welcome back!  Today I am sharing from the newest Sizzix Tim Holtz Release.  I picked the fun Celebrate Colorize dies.  I am always in need of birthday cards and these dies are perfect for celebrating!  

 

 

I wanted to use balloons using text based inspiration!  I pulled out my old torn up dictionary and looked up a few different pages with definitions from celebrations and birthday to cut out my layered balloons. 

 

 

 

I had fun pairing them with some accessories in a shimmery yellow.  The background was created using the layering stencil with a mix of the same ranger die inks used on the balloons. 

 

 I cut out additional balloons and tried different effects with them with stamping and sponging on inks. 

 I also tried various backgrounds to highlight the balloons.  First there was a general misting of the shimmery yellow mica stain spray. 

Next was a series of numbers stamped across the background using versamark on white cardstock.

 

Then the numbers were embossed with clear embossing powder.  Yellow mica stain spray was spritzed across the entire surface.  After the spray dried brown dye ink was sponged across the surface to highlight the numbers.  Tiny text from a stamp was stamped over the surface.  To finish off the effect a dry buff of the background was done to remove any excess ink on the embossed numbers. 

The next background used a stencil to add some texture.

The background was embossed with distress paste and a stencil.  After it dried the background was spritzed with mica stain over the entire surface.  After the spray dried then brown dye ink was sponged around and over the raised background.  Then a script was stamped using the same brown ink over the surface.  To finish the background a splattering of brown and yellow sprays were splashed across the background. 

Hope this has inspired you! 

Suzz

Products: 

• Sizzix Tim Holtz Celebrate Colorize Dies
• Ranger Distress Ink - Wilted Violet
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Vintage Photo
• Ranger Distress Ink - Salvaged Patina
  
• Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
• Versamark Watermark Ink 
• Stampers Anonymous - Botanic Collage
• Stampers Anonymous - Exquisite
• Ranger Seasonal Halloween Mica Stain Sprays #3
• Ranger Clear Embossing Powder
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Opaque Embossing Paste