Tim Holtz Fall Embossed Thank You Card

I am slowly getting pieces of the Tim Holtz Halloween collection delivered to my house. This week I received the Acorns 3-D Embossing folder and the new embossing glazes. I combined these new products with some older Tim Holtz products to create this fall thank you card.

To create the background I rubbed the flat side of the Acorns embossing folder with embossing ink. I lightly sprayed a panel of watercolor paper with water and placed it in the embossing folder. I ran this through my Sizzix Big Shot a few times. Afterwards, I sprinkled the panel with Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey, and Wilted Violet Distress embossing glazes. I heat embossed the entire panel. I cut down the panel and backed it with purple cardstock. I adhered the card panel to a white card base.

Next, I used the Leaf Fragments die set to die cut some leaves from cream cardstock. I dry embossed the leaves using the Foliage 3-D embossing folder. Afterwards, I swiped Walnut Stain Distress Ink over one of the embossed leaves to bring out the details of the leaves. I repeated the process with another leaf, but used Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I cut a small amount of light brown cheese cloth to place on top of the card panel. I layered two of the leaves on top of the cheese cloth and tied a brown and white baker's twine bow around the base of the leaves.

For the sentiment, I used a gold Glimmered sentiment that I had in my stash. I inked the edges of the sentiment with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink and adhered this to the bottom of the card.

Receiving pieces of the new Tim Holtz collection in small amounts allows me to focus and play with each product individually. Can't wait to see what arrives this week!

Tim Holtz Fall Embossed Thank You Card
Supplies:

Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
Recollections Cardstock - Cream and Purple
Watercolor Paper
Brown Cheesecloth
Tim Holtz Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Acorns and Foliage 3-D Embossing Folders
Tim Holtz Sizzix Leaf Fragments Thinlits
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Embossing Glazes - Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey, and Wilted Violet
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Vintage Photo
VersaMark Embossing Ink
Spellbinders Gold Glimmer Foil
Spellbinders Everyday Sentiments II Glimmer Plate
Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Machine

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