TIM HOLTZ RELEASES NEW HOLIDAY IDEA-OLOGY

 HEAR YE, HEAR YE!¨

Tim Holtz Released

Monday, September 10, 2018, the

2018

CHRISTMAS IDEA-OLOGY RELEASE!

What could be sweeter sounding than that? Any of you that have been following my blog know that I SWOON over Tim Holtz! (Well, not HIM, of course!) But this is my 2nd most favorite holiday (Halloween, my first!)!! Even over my birthday and that's big, right?!

I am so excited to be bringing you this news! Maybe some have already heard it and if you have, isn't it exciting?? 

There is so many NEW things as well as some good old favorites! Because there is so very many items I won't have enough room, (Or you'll fall asleep by the end)I will just mention the older items and give you as many photos as I can of the new stuff. Please be forgiving of the blurriness in some photos. It was a Facebook video and no matter how I tweaked it, I just could not make it go away. So, it is what it is.

Let´s look at some Christmas items!

8¨x 8¨ Paper pad had some favorites from years past. You will find new colors added of coral and a light teal. Unique but they fit in with the vintage feel.

8¨x 8¨ Paper Pad, 2 sheets of each,
 back-to-back design

Teal and pink added for Christmas

There are some specialty papers like the one similar to the flock in the Halloween pad, this mini polka dot black flocked paper feels just as rich. There is one foil design, an old ledger background with golden stars. Then my favorite, an acetate with sparkles and snow flurries!! Can you say "Festive"!?

Great for shaker cards or snow globes!

We have to talk about the design tape! They are rolls of washi tape in different widths. They just so happen to match the pattern papers exactly!

On to the Worn Wallpaper-Christmas! It was first seen at Halloween and was such a huge hit that they decided to bring it back. Worn wallpaper, with all it's rich colors and texture, was inspired by vintage gift wrap!

Bold, rich holiday colors and everyday specials

Holiday Box tops are cool. They fit right over the vignette boxes to create shadowbox or a vignette! (I will have to make one of those!) 

4 sizes of box tops to glue together

There are also holiday clippings. There are so many new holiday sayings added that they had to add an extra sheet. These parts of sentences are actual clippings from vintage books! The type is exactly how they were found. They are cut wonky on purpose, by design. 

Holiday Rub-Ons can be put on anything!

Noel Holiday Paper Dolls have a seasonal flair! Love the way the kids look! And the warm coats everyone has! There is even a gentleman with a walking stick! These can be distress tinted using Distress Markers and a Q-tip!

Fancy and fun addition, Paper Dolls

43 pieces of Seasonal Fun!

Then we have Ephemera! Die cuts, labels, journaling cards, tags and more! 

Holiday SNIPPETS are the exact items that you would find in the larger package only scaled down to do pocket watches, shadow boxes and the like!

86 Christmas Snippets!

NOTE for Online Shoppers; Pay attention to what the name of the product is. DON'T go by picture alone! (INSIDE HINT: the ephemera and Snippets sell out the fastest!)

Holiday Red Fringe, Quote chips have been favorites. Along comes the NEW Collage Paper! First introduced at Halloween, thought to be a favorite once people had the chance to view tutorials on it. When put on wet glue or watercolor, the liquid seems to almost absorb leaving only a translucent print. Not just in black and white, the NEW addition is colored. Can you see this popping on a card?

Colored collage sheet

Woodlands aren't new but the holidays will be the only time you can purchase them! If you want Easter or summer scenes, make sure you have purchased enough of these! Three regular sizes and a ginormous one, cut in half to add to the bunch! It fits the vignette trays perfectly!

Woodland trees can be colored
and decorated in many ways

There are Woodland Slices, real slices of trees with real bark and rings in the wood. Trinket tins are just adorable and I would want them just to hoard!

Check on Google, YouTube, and Pinterest for ideas on all of these items!

Items making a Come Back!

Jingle Brads-great for the center of flowers

Tiny Bells-bells of all sorts that actually work!

Adornment Snowflakes

Adornment Pine cones

Holiday Word Bands

Tokens

Countdown Brads-31 in sequence debossed #s

New Cool Items- Trinkety Trinkets

Story Sticks-tiny, one word, embellishment

Quote Tokens-all different, endearing words

Beaded Berries-white with a bead on top, can

    be colored any color!

Tiny, skinny Reindeer-adorable glittered 

Angelic-flat-backed adornments, come in three sizes and have incredible detail

Angelic Adornments come in
three sizes with a left/right wing each

All adornments are vintage inspired. Tim spends quite a bit of time all year looking for new and unique vintage adornments!

Vintage reproductions: Christmas Star and Christmas Coins

Tim loves these Thimbles so much that he declared they will be available all year round! There is so much detail that the camera cannot pick up!

Icicles inspired by the icicles that Tim puts out every year for the winter holidays. Small enough to adorn your vignettes!

Plain and colored Bobbles

These pearl-like Bobbles are perfectly round and have NO hole! Excellent idea to change them to Mercury Glass with Distress alcohol inks!

And finally, what would a holiday release be without a Santa. Here, he was colored with Distress Paint and while it was still damp, it was rubbed which removed some of the paint. A Distress crayon in vintage photo antiques the piece when wiped away. 

Vintage resin Santa

His partner in crime...a vintage SNOWMAN! He was search for just the right detail. Created from a vintage image, the hat and carrot nose are perfect to pair with Santa's smile and sack of toys!   

Vintage resin Snowman

                         

So, this ends the long list of the Holiday Release of Idea-ology! Watch your Instagram and Facebook for mini-tutorials and snippets by Tim Holtz and friends teaching techniques with many of these pieces. Clicking on the picture or the description below will take you to the Tim Holtz video on YouTube. It may be slightly different than this blog because I saw it on Facebook the day he released it! 

Video of 2018 Christmas Release

These cool 2018 Christmas items will be shipped to your retailer sometime next week. Watch for them to be available at your favorite craft store! But REMEMBER these items are just available for the holiday release! When they are gone, they are gone! 

There is one thing I did learn from Tim that amazes me. (We are on first name basis...

wink, wink) All Idea-o-logy items are ALWAYS

vintage inspired! If it's not an exact replica, it is very close! Torn Wallpaper is inspired by vintage wrapping paper. Adornments that are exact replicas of vintage trinkets that Tim has found. Icicles that are created after the vintage full-size ones along Tim's bookshelves at Holiday time. 

I want to leave you with his smile. Please excuse the arrow from Facebook.

Artist-Tim Holtz

 As always, thank you so very much for the support of the Jen Evers YouTube Channel! She has hit over 15,000 subscribers! Thank you for supporting and caring about the Koala T Crafts Facebook Group, Patreon Group, and the Blog! Please remember that you can always ask questions;

1. On the Facebook page, many in the Community are willing to help you out! 

2.  Private Message (PM) Jen Evers (Admin.) or Penny Jo Ratcliff (Admin.), Lori Ellen (Blog), Pamela Wilber (Card Swaps) or Susan Baker (Moderator)

3.  If you are a Patron of Koala T Crafts, you can post your question and the Patron Community will help happily! 

4.  Jen Evers is always available at her email address: koalatcrafts@gmail.com 

Becoming a Patron is so easy and fun!

What is a Patron?

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Remember, great things happen to

 those that create!

Artistically yours,

For all things for and about Koala T Crafts!

TIM HOLTZ & STAMPERS ANONYMOUS 2018 CHRISTMAS RELEASE

Stampers Anonymous presents

Tim Holtz 2018 Winter Release

"It's the most Wonderful time of the year!..." are you in the Holiday Spirit yet? The excitement is already beginning. Now, is the time to start on your holiday cards and gifts a little at a time. It will leave you with extra time to enjoy the holidays with family and friends!

Tim Holtz announced his Stampers Anonymous Winter release on Saturday, September 15, 2018! It will be shipping to stores this week! Wait until you see the awesome, vintage, Old World, whimsical, holiday items!

Red Rubber Cling Stamps

Glorious Gatherings
an over-sized rubber cling stamp that comes with its own stamp block. This beautiful, detailed image of greenery and pine cones was meant to hang off the edge of your card. The stamp block will help you position this large stamp any way you would like.

Christmas Time

Tim has been collecting vintage Christmas cards for years. These are some of his favorite fonts in holiday style!

Holiday Greetings

Four smaller sentiments paired with wonderful holiday graphics are great for tags, treats, and many cards!

Winter Watercolor

is a set of stamps that are so finely etched that when inked, spritzed with a small amount of water and then stamped, it looks as if you did the most beautiful watercolor poinsettias and greenery!

December Doodles

is a very whimsical holiday stamp set! Tim searches out specially licensed artists that catch his eye and brings them on board to create with him. This stamp set is different for Tim but the graphics caught his eye. These are one-line drawings!

Yuletide

is from a collection of Tim's favorite vintage engravings. Check out the intricate images!

If you can tell me the unusual part of these images, private message (Lori Ellen). Leave your answer and your name. You then will be entered into a random drawing of correct answers. This giveaway is meant for those that read the blog and have read the instructions! Please do not post on the Koala T Crafts FaceBook page or Patrons Page. These posts will NOT be put into the drawing for the Giveaway! The winner of the random drawing will receive the stamp set, Yuletide!! The contest ends at midnight, October 1st, 2018!

The winner will be announced on the Koala T Crafts web page as well as the KTC Patron's Page. If by chance someone that is not part of our Koala community yet, maybe is a Jen Evers YouTube Channel Subscriber or a Koala T Crafts Store Customer, they will be notified by email.

Festive Overlay: 

is a collection of wonderful stamps on their own. But these beauties were designed to be overlay-ed upon each other! For example, stamp the wreath in very light green or use second or even, third generation stamping! Then, take one of the sentiments, let´s use "Have a Wonderful HOLIDAY Season", and use a dark brown, green, almost black ink to stamp over the same image of the wreath! That is overlay! And there are so many beautiful combinations!

Music and Advert: 

of course, our backgrounds! Music is a replica of handwritten music from the late 1800's. Advert is a collection from nostalgic, vintage items for sale by newspaper! How perfect for our card designs!

Inventor #5: 

is an addition to the popular Inventor series. It features an artificial tree and a tree topper. Inventor #3 was the Jack-o-lantern and Skeleton from this year's Halloween release.

Inventor #6: 

is a motorized sleigh and a Santa bank. Each in the Inventor Series is true blueprints of the items! Numbers 1 and 2 are still available at Stampers Anonymous.

New Holiday Stencils

New Shifters:

They may seem simple but wait until you see the examples of the candy cane!

Snow Caps:

look great on window sills, roofs, shelves were texture paste otherwise just looked like frosting.

Falling Stars:

actually has true points! It can be used anywhere on the stencil for a beautiful night sky!

Burst!

is just that, a burst of light.

All of them come in minis as well and Tim suggests for a metallic finish-mix embossing powder with texture paste. Let it sit for a minute and then heat emboss it! Stunning!

Splat Box:

is just that. It folds out to be used and then folds to be put away. For example, his Distress Resist Spray sticks to EVERYTHING!

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous 2018 Winter Release Video

¨The right tools can make the difference in how you create!¨ Tim Holtz

UPDATE: They are currently available at Simon Says Stamp

Remember, great things happen to 

those that create!

Artistically yours,

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As always, thank you so very much for the support of the Jen Evers YouTube Channel! She has hit over 15,000 subscribers! Thank you for supporting and caring about the Koala T Crafts Facebook Group, Patreon Group, and the Blog! Please remember that you can always ask questions;

1. On the Facebook page, many in the Community are willing to help you out! 

2.  Private Message (PM) Jen Evers (Admin.) or Penny Jo Ratcliff (Admin.), Lori Ellen (Blog), Pamela Wilber (Card Swaps) or Susan Baker (Moderator)

3.  If you are a Patron of Koala T Crafts, you can post your question and the Patron Community will help happily! 

4.  Jen Evers is always available at her email address: koalatcrafts@gmail.com 

ERNEST ELEPHANT SEPTEMBER 2018 PROGRESSIVE DIGI STAMP

Welcome to Koala T Crafts, Ernest!

Ernest Elephant came to Koala T Crafts as a Progressive Digi drawn by Jen Evers! What is a Progressive Digi, you ask? What IS a digi stamp?

Progressive [pruh-gres-iv]: 

1. favoring or advocating for progress, change or improvement

2. making progress towards better conditions

3. going forward or onward; proceeding

 step by step 

Digi Stamp [dij-ee]:

1. short for digital stamp

2. available in electronic form; readable and

 manipulable by computer

Jen Evers draws a different digi stamp once a month and makes it available during that month only! The Progressive Digi Stamp Challenge is open to everyone. KTC members purchase their first months digi for $1.99. If it is colored and used in a project, downloaded into the KTC album by the 27th of that month, you will receive the next month's digi stamp FREE and so on. If at any time you should miss the deadline, you will have to pay for your first stamp again for the current month. 

If you are  Patron, you receive the digi stamp free each month! (You will find the information about becoming a Patron below in blue!)

Once the month is over, that stamp is retired. 

To receive and use the stamp, it must be downloaded onto your computer. Use whatever program you have to change the size without altering the digi in any way. There is a special KTC member that has created a card for us and progressively, we will check it out!

Creating Ernest

Ernest Elephant arrived via email. It was downloaded into Microsoft Word so it could be printed. It was printed twice, once facing left, the other facing right.

Ernest and friend cut out after printing

Creating the Card Base

A piece of kraft 8 1/2¨x 11¨ cardstock was cut to measure 5 1/2¨x 11¨.

Cardstock cut to 5 1/2¨x 11¨

It was scored at 2 3/4¨ on the long side, flipped around and scored again at 2 3/4¨. When folded on the score lines, this would create a 5 1/2¨x 5 1/2¨ card that had two sides that would fold together in the front creating a door. 

A white 5 1/2¨ square was cut to be placed on the inside of the card with an ATG (Advanced Tape Glider). It was left blank until a sentiment was decided upon.

Inside piece for card sentiment

Outside of the card, the flaps were to get fancy. Two papers were selected from the Aloha paper pack. 

Complimenting papers from Concord and 9thś
paper pack called Aloha

The first panels were cut at 2 3/4¨x 5 3/8¨ and attached to each side of the front. The second paper was cut into panels a quarter inch shorter at 2 1/2¨x 5 1/8¨ then centered upon the first panel with the ATG.

Coloring Ernest and Friend

So, there were two elephants to color! They both were colored the same way with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. They were colored as follows:

-The bodies were colored in shades of grey, GG2 with GG3 shading the shadowed areas.

-The ears and cheeks were colored with pink, PP5 with BP1 shading them

-The eyes were colored green, AG5

-The water from the snout colored blue, TB3

Spectrum Noir markers used

Once they were colored they were fussy cut-out. (This means they were cut out on the line, usually using small scissors and only moving the paper to get into the tight areas.)

Assembling the Card

The elephants were then attached with the ATG, one on each side of the front. They were facing each other with their trunks able to interlock.

Next, a Recollection's die was used out of the matching Aloha set which also includes a flamingo, a pineapple and other parts of leaves. Several leaves were cut and tucked in behind and around the elephants. To make it look really like they were in the bushes, the leaves in the front were put on pop dots then put over the elephants.

Leaf dies that were used out of the paper pack.

After the leaves, a string of bling was added across the top. It went from one side to the others. A sentiment came to mind! Three "Family" words were cut, glued one on top of the other and placed above the left elephant. The stacked words gave the card dimension. 

Just to ground the elephant and leaves, a piece of green glitter ribbon was added to the bottom of each front panel. Didn't it turn out cute? 

The card opened and trunks apart

When the card was open to see what was written inside, the trunks were apart but...

closed finished card

when the card was closed, Ernest wrapped his trunk around his brother or sister (since they were family) again!

Didn't that card turn out cute? How clever it was to make the trunks interlock! Nice interactive card!!

I hope you were inspired by this design. Try making what we call a ¨gate-fold¨ card on one of your next cards! REMEMBER to submit your entry into the album marked Digi Challenge or have one of the helpers help you.  A new Digi comes out every month and as long as you submit it by the 27th of the month, you will get them free.  

Patrons will receive all digi stamps free. How can you become a patron?

When you make a monthly, or one-time pledge, for as little as a $1.00, you are able to access special videos, additional swaps and challenges like the Envelope Challenge, Sketch Challenge, receive free monthly digital stamps and get a free preview of the crafty items that will be for sale at Koala T Crafts bi-weekly Garage Sales. Just come in your pajamas, hang out and have fun! Your support helps Jen continue her tutorials! Sign up with Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/koalatcrafts

As always, thank you so very much for the support of the Jen Evers Youtube Channel! She has hit over 15,000 subscribers! Thank you for supporting and caring about the Koala T Crafts Facebook Group, Patreon Group, and the Blog! Please remember that you can always ask questions;

1. On the Facebook page, many in the Community are willing to help you out! 

2.  Private Message (PM) Jen Evers (Admin.) or Penny Jo Ratcliff (Admin.), Lori Ellen (Blog), Pamela Wilber (Card Swaps) or Susan Baker (Moderator)

3.  If you are a Patron of Koala T Crafts, you can post your question and the Patron Community will help happily! 

4.  Jen Evers is always available at her email address: koalatcrafts@gmail.com 

Remember, great things happen to

 those that create!

Artistically yours,

Koala T Crafts Store