Tim Holtz + Ranger + Idea-ology = Very Merry Configurations!

Hello there –

I hope you are having a very merry weekend. I know I am : ) There have been a lot of fun and exciting changes in my life lately – I just moved, and at work we have had lots of wonderful and new product pouring in each day! It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, here at Simon!

Today I get to show you a cool project I made at CHA in a Tim Holtz class, Holiday Happenings!

Cut & Score some Seasonal papers per configurations measurements. Cut out corners only and fold sides. These will fit perfectly:

Cut 5 5/8″ x 5 5/8″, Score 1 1/2″
Cut 4 11/16″ x 4 11/16″, Score 1 1/2″
Cut 4 1/8″ x 5 5/8″, Score 1 1/2″
Cut 4 5/8 x 5 5/8″, Score 1 1/2″

Slop some glue & seal into the boxes and adhere papers. Let dry.
Cover seams of the boxes and exposed edges with tissue tape. You can adhere loose ends of tissue tape with multi-medium.
Use the Drill Punch to make holes in the Configurations frame for Pulley Wheels, Mini Lantern, and Box Corners.
Spray Woodlands Tree with Mini Mister filled with water and Distress Ink (I used Broken China)

Finish wrapping edges and back with Tissue Tape. Snip corners for easy folding. Burnish tape with your fingers to secure.
Lightly brush your Woodlands tree with Glue N Seal and sprinkle Rock Candy Dry Stickles over for a magical sparkle. Let dry.
Color Tissue Tape with Pewter Distress Stain for metallic sheen. Let dry.

Brush Rock Candy Stickles along the sides & anywhere else you want to have a sugary sparkle!
Grunge Blocks – choose a small word (3-4 letters), paint backing blocks very lightly with a paint dabber (I used Pitch Black), ink letters with Distress Ink (I used Vintage Photo). Wipe off excess paint with towel. Attach letters to block backing with Glossy Accents & let dry.
Once dry, distress with the Sanding Grip -you can focus on edges to make letters stand out
Screw Pulley Wheels into the Configurations frame

Attach Box Corners, Plaquettes, Solids Paper String and bead, Label Pulls
Attach Christmas Muse Tokens & Baubles to Swivel Clasps & hang on Clock Key
Decorate Woodlands tree with Silver Tinsel Twine and distress inked Baubles – you can secure Baubles by squeezing Multi Medium Matte into tree and setting Baubles into it.
One Corked Vial is filled with Baubles and one is full of Dry Rock Candy Stickles. I thought they looked nice next to the Fractured Doll. I glued them in with multi-medium matte and covered that with dry stickles to make the glue look like snow.