Tom Holtz and Little Treasures

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY WEEK!!

I hope all of you are planning a wonderful 
holiday to celebrate our Nations Birthday!
 Coming in the middle of the week only 
gives us one day off but  we plan to make 
the most of it.

I 've been working on mini albums and 
that's why I call them Little Treasures.  
This one uses lotsof Tim Holtz do-dads
 as well as his paper and his d-ring
 binder. Here's the finished album.

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Here is the chipboard cover.  I used 

Tim Holtz ResistPaper and tinted it with

  his Peeled Paint Distress Ink.  I love the 

resist paper. I embossed the chipboard

 bicycle with Rusty Nail Embossing Powder

 (not Tim's) and it gives it a metal look. 

 Then a crumpled and distressed "Dream

 Ticket" from his collection, a bingo piece, a

 couple of metal pieces and a zipper pull.  

The Rosette is, of course, Tim's  

"Rosette Dye."

This is the inside cover, more resist paper,

 a little envelope & tag, some bakers twine

 and another ticket.

I used Barn Door Distress Ink on
this page.

Another distressed Ticket,  Metal Cogs, 
a Charm and a couple of zipper pulls,

Here is the d-ring binder.  So easy to use.
I didn't think I'd like being limited by the
small rings, but they worked great!  My
album is 5 and 1/2 " high by 7 and 1/2
 inches long.  You can easily make your
album taller using these.  I'm going to
make my next one 9".

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(Side-bar.  The little brads

flew out of the package when

I opened it and I could only find

one of them.  So I had to use

a non-Tim brad.  His are a little

smaller and silver to match 

the d-ring!)

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ZIPPER PULLS

TREASURES:  as in ONE MAN'S 

TRASH IS ANOTHER..........You know 

the rest.  I found a 2 qt. jar full of them at a 

garage sale.  What a find!  I use on everything,

 even flower centers, kind of Steam Punk 

meets Shabby Chic. And, if I don't use them 

all they'd make a great door stop!

Thanks for stopping by, please come 

again and have a blessed day.

Remember to

LIVE THE LIVE YOU LOVE AND LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE!