Welcome friends! Today I’m joining many talented creators in a blog hop celebrating the brand-new release of coordinating dies for some of the most popular Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous stamp sets. Be sure to hop along and gather plenty of inspiration!
My project today features the Moth Study set. While these images look incredible colored, don’t overlook the beauty of a simple black-and-white design. The decision to keep the moths monochromatic was inspired by my background.
The background is actually a piece I created a couple of years ago after being inspired by one of Tim’s live demonstrations. At the time, I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to use it, so I tucked it away for a rainy day.
Fast forward to the release of the Moth Study coordinating dies, and suddenly everything came together. The bold background and detailed moth images were the perfect pairing.
I trimmed the background panel to 4¼” x 5½” and created a window using the Arch die. The frame was popped up with foam tape to add dimension and create a focal point for the moths.
The moths were stamped onto watercolor paper using Versafine Clair ink and then die cut with the new coordinating dies. I popped them up inside the window for added depth and interest.
For the sentiment, I used the Tiny Text stamp set. I heat embossed the greeting in white onto black cardstock and cut it out with the coordinating die.
One of my favorite things about coordinating sentiment dies is getting perfectly cut sentiment strips every time—no worrying about trimming crooked lines by hand!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. Be sure to check out the rest of the hop for even more inspiration featuring these fantastic new coordinating dies!
BLOG HOP
Next stop in the hop: Tami Bastiaans
- Simon Says Stamp BlogÂ
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Cheiron Brandon
- Heather Hoffman
- Nichol Spohr
- Emma Williams
- Barbara Tarayao
- Kath Stewart
- Tina Smith
- Mindy Eggen
- Tami Bastiaans
- Barb Engler
SUPPLIES
What a gorgeous background! Love your card!
What a cool way to make the background with the black stamped rose and moths popped up for dimension.
Beautiful card!!!
Your background effect is perfect for this Tim Holtz set.
Your card is amazing, I love it. I really wish I had a knack of making cards like that. I think it’s called grunge? I need to practice making cards like that. Thanks for sharing.
Your card is awesome Mindy.
Wonderful look with Butterflies & background.
The simple black and green looks vintage and so cool….
This background piece you had tucked for years came to life in this piece!! Love it!
Really cool background you made, it has such a grungy feel to it and goes perfectly with your black images.
the background stole the show ( for me) beautiful!!!
Green is one of my favorite colors! Love this design, simple, elegant, classic. Great job!
Thank you for the inspiration!
What a cool looking card
I love that alcohol background to showcase the black and white moths. They are so much fun to make!
Beautiful card, with great dimension and lovely colours.
I love the fact that you used an ‘abandoned’ piece to make the card.
This is great. I love that you used a piece from a few years ago. I’m SO glad I’m not the only one that hangs onto things like that.
I love this color combination
luv this so much wow
This is so gorgeous!
Mindy, what a beautiful card!
Great card. Love the background
Beautiful! Love your background. I’m definitely going take inspiration to do my images in Black & white. Love tim holtz images they are so rich in detail. Love that SSS has coordinating dies!
Gorgeous background!
Love your card!! 💚
love the dimension on your lovely card
Gorgeous card; love that background and so glad you tucked it away. So perfect with the moths! Thank you for your inspiration!