Tim Holtz Tiny House by Nikki Acton
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Hello! One of Tim
Holtz’s new releases this year is the Tiny House’s Bigz die. This creation uses
the larger of the two houses that the die cuts.
I cut my house
out of greyboard to give it some stability. I also cut the same dies out of
cardstock which I used to decorate it. The multi-coloured front uses PaperArtsy
Fresco Acrylics in various colours applied with an old credit card – scraping
over the surface to build up layers. For the sides and the roof I painted in
blue (sorry I can’t remember what colour – might be Baltic Blue?). Once dry I
stamped with a script stamp with black Archival ink and then added black paint
lines randomly with the edge of a credit card and finally white paint splatters.
(PaperArtsy Little Black Dress and Chalk).
The stars are
painted in the same way as the sides and roof. I had some die cut stars on my
desk but you could use any star dies (eg’s below) or cut out a stamped image of
a star – just pick a size to fit. Once the paint of the stars was dry I added
the little quotes from Tim Holtz metallic stickers and added Glossy Accents.
Before I
assembled I ensured the edges of the greyboard base were the same colour blue.
I took a small piece of wood (charity shop!) and used this as the base for the
house. Once assembled Stickles glitter glue was added around the stars.
See you next
week!
Nikki
Supplies
Stars –
eg XCut Nesting Star Die, Seth Apter Robo Star Die or Dina Wakley Media Cling Mount Stamp Set - Grungy Stars
Script
stamp – eg That’s Crafty! Textures Stamp Set 1
7 comments
I do love these little TH houses, you've made this look so solid Nikki by giving it a chunky base. Great use of colour.. these are so versatile.. another thing on my wish list. Hugs Tracey xx
ReplyDeleteTHis is really lovely Nikki. Great colours and lovely details too.
ReplyDeleteFliss xx
Great little house and love it on its stand, I got this die and haven't played yet
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Amanda x
Amazing creation, I have this die and it's wonderful....who wouldn't want to make houses all day!
ReplyDeleteHugs
Donna xx
Fabulous design and colour palette you got me wanting to create little houses again xxx
ReplyDeleteVery cool Nikki. Love all the details.
ReplyDeletereally beautiful, but what is "greyboard"? i'm always scared my projects wouldn't be sturdy enough. my other question is: the rim of the houses on top look so narrow, is it easy to glue the roofs on? thanks for replying.
ReplyDeletenessie from scotland
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