Artist Trading Blocks - Fly

Hi everyone! I'm back today with another Artist Trading Block. When I saw Tim Holtz's March tag, I immediately thought - how cool would that look in ATB form? I tell ya, it's an addiction! I pulled out a couple of my favorite stamp sets from Artistic Outpost, my dies from Eileen Hull, and all the wonderful new bits from Tim's idea-ology line.

One of my favorite discoveries was an idea for how to make my own flower stamens. I used Tim's Tattered Florals die, his Paper String, and Ranger's Liquid Pearls. I'll share a tutorial for this very soon. I love that I can create my own custom paper flowers for just pennies!

In this photo, you can also see this pretty bird from Artistic Outpost's Birds of a Feather stamp set. I wanted to use it, but it was too big for this block. To make it work, I stamped it on the block, and another time on a piece of cream cardstock. After coloring it, I cut it out and adhered it to the block with foam dots. I love the 3D look of it. I added one of the new Botanical Remnant Rubs to the block, along with a bit of spritzing using the new Marker Spritzer. On the bottom of the block, I tied a bit of Crinkle Ribbon that was dyed using Tumbled Glass Distress Stain, along with one of the new Nature Adornments.

The bottom block was the one meant to most closely follow Tim's tag. Since I don't have the new stamp set he used, I substituted the Birds of a Feather set from Artistic Outpost. This one has been around for awhile and I still love it - it's probably one of my most used stamp sets!

The quote on the middle block is from another Artistic Outpost stamp set called Serenity. It's out of stock at IE right now, but you can order it directly from AO here.

Most everything I used can be found at Inspiration Emporium via the links below. Don't forget to use my coupon code - stamptramp - to save 10% on your order!

Sizzix 3D Block Die Sizzix 3D Cubes Die Sizzix Tattered Florals Die Artistic Outpost Birds of a Feather idea-ology Adornments - Nature idea-ology Alpha Chips idea-ology Jute String idea-ology Paper String - Solids Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon Idea-ology Philosophy Tags idea-ology Plaquettes idea-ology Ornate Plates Idea-ology Long Fasteners Liquid Pearls - Buttercup Jet Black Archival Ink Archival Ink - Watering Can Archival Ink - Potting Soil idea-ology Tissue Tape - Symphony Idea-ology Sanding Grip Inkssentials Blending Tool Tumbled Glass Distress Stain Pumice Stone Distress Ink Distress Markers Cutter Bee Scissors

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