Tim Holtz on the Edge dies

    Just for the fun of it, I purchased these Tim Holtz “On the Edge” dies from my local craft store, I used scraps of patterned paper and layered the paper onto light weight chip board.  Once I cut them out, I sponged the edges with a chocolate ink.  The lace is not old, I used a tea bag and a coffee cup, put the lace and tea bag in the cup and put into the microwave oven for about 45 seconds.

   Then I allowed the lace to steep in the tea for about 3 minutes until it had partially cooled down.  Then using an old tea towel (a rag to be honest)  I carefully used my kitchen tongs and removed the lace from the tea.  I put it on the tea towel to drain off the access and cool off.  Once it was cool enough to handle I hung it over my dish drain for several hours until it was completely dry.

   On a side note, do not discard the tea bag, once it was totally cool, I placed the bag in a small zip type bag (the one like jewelry makers use to keep beads in) and put it in the refrigerator, I can get several more batches of tea-died material from this tea bag.  The actual tea was poured down the sink as I assure you it is not a consumable product at this point.  Of course the tea cup went into the dishwasher with the remainder of our nightly dishes.

    I will be doing an “old fashioned” Christmas book using some Magnolia stamps, and some of these dies from Sizzix designed by Tim Holtz.  I will try to shoot a video of the process so that you can see the steps involved in the project.  I also hope to shoot the famous “never ending” card (my way the one that was published in 2007) to show you this innovative card, it is really easy to do, and once you have a few basics, the rest is really easy to re-produce.

     It is always a good idea when you purchase new things (especially dies) that you cut them through scrap materials several times before putting them into daily production.  Each die is pre-lubricated and some of this can transfer to your project.  It is well hidden in my sample ring by sponging the edges.

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