TODAY is the DAY! Let’s Create Together with Tim Holtz!
Today is the DAY! It’s time to Create Together with the one and only Tim Holtz and our star student and fearless founder, Heidi, in the fifth edition of our virtual class series, Create Together. This special class is extra exciting—it’s Tim’s first ever LIVE virtual class, and we’re celebrating with a festive Holiday Collage Christmas in July theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun and watch today, July 11th, 2025, at Noon ET on our Simon Says Stamp YouTube channel. We hope to see you there!
Missed the homework? Here’s a recap!
The Holiday Collage class is all about creative choices as we explore artistic compositions using various imagery and elements. Tim would like students to become familiar with your idea-ology paper elements by opening each package (keeping them separate from one another) and sorting them into various piles, following the basic outline below of “what to look for.”
Please note: You do not need to sort exactly as Tim did. There is no right or wrong way—do what makes sense to YOU, the maker. The hardest part might be choosing favorites from each package and placing those on top of each pile, but don’t worry—the option to change your mind is always open!
EPHEMERA: Group larger pieces together, medium pieces, small words, decorative words, border strips, small numbers, labels, decorative labels, botanical elements, and create a miscellaneous pile.
LAYERS EMPORIUM: Group frames together, larger pieces, medium pieces, thin borders, wide borders, gift tags, and create a miscellaneous pile.
LAYERS + PAPER DOLLS: Group larger pieces together, botanical elements, borders, decorative elements, and sort Paper Dolls by size.
BASEBOARDS + TRANSPARENCIES: Group windows together, doors, decorative elements, word strips, and sort transparencies by size.
Additional Supplies to Have for Class
- Hot Glue Gun
- Paper Trimmer (to trim acetate for shaker) *optional
- Scissors (to trim ephemera and/or acetate)
- 1/4” Hole Punch (to punch hole through collaged tag) *optional
- Spray Bottle w/water (for ink effects)
- Paper Towels/Baby Wipes (for tinting + glue clean-up)
- Small Flat Paint Brush (.75″ wide or smaller flat brush used for glueing)
- Gift Card (used in the slotted tag) *optional
Love this ‘Today is the Day’ challenge with Tim Holtz such an inspiring push to get creative! I’ve also been using lately it has some neat tools that help me plan and organize craft sessions
Today was such a blast because of this wonderful class with Tim and Heidi. Just amazing and I love the kit. Thank you millions of times…
Fantastic class today with Tim Holtz!! So much fun and loads of inspiration! Thanks to everyone involved!
Thank you so much for providing this list of supplies. I wasn’t able to get a kit because they sold out, but I was able to piece together “ingredients” so that I could craft along. I hope there will be more classes like this with Heidi and Tim. It was the best! :)