tsj: 23 & 24

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The cardboard for this pages is from the Fender amp Graham got me to go with my bass guitar.  So it's a clever detail to use a pick as a page tab don't you think?  I placed the transparency flap over the scented wax as protection so it wouldn't chip away.  The stencil is an employed remnant from some previous pages.  The layered colors offering evidence of being a useful tool. 

Edit:  to use a guitar pick as a tab, get this nifty tool.  Back in May 2007, I featured the pick as a tab in Crusade No. 8 ~ Cheap Tricks.  Formerly available at Dick Blick, the only link I could find today is at Amazon, HERE.

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Another EDIT:  this just in!  Tim Holtz has a drill punch similar to this but with a clever leveling feature.  You can see him operate it in this video, HERE.  And for online retailers of this product, see this page, HERE

How Cool Is This?  Not only is this man talented, he is generous too….but you already knew that.  Tim has offered a drill punch for a blog giveaway!  Leave a comment below to be entered to win.  Drawing will be on Tuesday, September 13. 

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{Giveaway is now closed, thanks for entering!}

Comments

64 responses to “tsj: 23 & 24”

  1. Margie Avatar

    Awesome spread Michelle! Happy Friday.

  2. Chris Avatar

    Okay — WHAT?!
    MY heavens, woman. It’s almost like a person could play and imagine and do whatever she wants with her own stuff.
    I’m so glad you shared this before a weekend. After I make lemon cupcakes with vanilla frosting and raspberry sauce, I’m getting out my guitar pics. AND my guitar string envelopes and my chord charts. No one’s going to be Baby in the corner!
    xo

  3. jean Avatar

    oo i LOVE this!! i used my punch to drill a hole in one of those squished pennies that we have collected from our travels…it makes a cool pendant but adding it as a page element is just brilliant!! you are amazable, woman!

  4. Kathy Avatar
    Kathy

    Cool tool! Love the stencil drill!

  5. iamrushmore Avatar

    seriously loving your fender box and use of pick. Your whole TS series is gorgeous and inspiring. And heck ya – loving the chance to win that drill punch!

  6. Bernadette Avatar
    Bernadette

    Cool tool, but I’d much rather win something that you’ve designed. Let’s say like STENCILS or STAMPS!

  7. Bernice Avatar

    Wow, love the giveaway. And I’ve ;pved seeing the pages of your journal each day

  8. Bernice Avatar

    SO that should say loved. Oops!

  9. Viki Avatar

    Love it! I hate pulling out my dremel for a hole or 2 so it usually doesn’t get done.

  10. Jacqui Avatar

    Love the look of this tool

  11. Brian Kasstle Avatar

    OH I love this idea!!! Great for bookmaking!

  12. Kim Henkel Avatar

    I have been loving the table scrap pages! and the quitar pick tab is great! Would love to win … but also wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying your posts.. THanks

  13. Rebecca Avatar

    I would be drilling holes in EVERYTHING!

  14. jeanne Avatar
    jeanne

    nice to have those contacts, michelle! count me in!!

  15. Sarah Avatar

    oooh I’ve been after one of these for ages, you can’t get them here in the UK, or you didn’t use to be able to. I didn’t know Mr H had brought one out. Fingers crossed for the win, but if not I might just buy one.

  16. Zura Beth Avatar

    I’ve never seen one of these punches. How useful it would be!

  17. Pamela Margraf Avatar
    Pamela Margraf

    Hi Michelle, Would love a chance to win this cool tool. Pam in NJ

  18. Seth Avatar

    This looks like an interesting tool. Add me to the list please.

  19. Judy N Avatar
    Judy N

    Michelle….
    Love the tool….LOVE what you’ve done with it. I’d be honored to win it, but if not Michaels has 50% coupons this week!
    Until later,
    Judy

  20. Diana Ryman Avatar
    Diana Ryman

    Great blog Michelle! And how cool – a tool giveaway that ties into your journal post! I’d love to win this! Thanks so much for sharing your work and instruction with us all!

  21. debbiejl Avatar
    debbiejl

    Love this! Any tool that makes life easier is a winner!!! Thank you.

  22. Jen Crossley Avatar

    OMg now thats a cool tool .Does it really do through a penny
    Jen

  23. helen s Garcia Avatar

    Love new tools! Totally cool for book arts!

  24. Ann K. Avatar
    Ann K.

    A wonderful tool to know about! My Japanese screwpunch is my favorite tool but can’t be used for metal and other durable materials. Thank you, Tim, for your generosity and to Michelle, for making it happen!

  25. missy Avatar
    missy

    Didn’t even know about such a nifty tool and Tim
    Holtz at that!! thanks for the giveaway!
    missy from the bayou

  26. Giddy Avatar
    Giddy

    Sweet! My Cropadile is not up to the challenge of metal but now I know what is; thanks for a chance to win it.

  27. iHanna Avatar

    Love your awesome journal pages, and yeah, the tab is fab!
    Take care today!

  28. Kristina Avatar
    Kristina

    Wow, your table scraps have totally inspired me!! Thanks for the chance to win something that will drill METAL! Like someone else said, my Cropadile doesn’t do metal so well.

  29. carol rothman Avatar
    carol rothman

    How fun would that be to have on your supply counter in your studio. It would open so many new doors of creativity. I am in

  30. Wendy Joy Avatar
    Wendy Joy

    Cool tool. And thanks for sharing your creativity!

  31. Maj Carita Avatar

    Hey! I would be “drilled” to win this little tool!
    xo

  32. Debra Avatar
    Debra

    How awesome! I have been toying with getting on of these little beauties to use for my jewelry making. I did not know you played bass guitar? My son does also (for several bands). Love the pages, and when will we see a small “vid” or your mad bass skills?

  33. Marilyn Avatar
    Marilyn

    Would love to win Tim’s punch! Love your work Michelle.
    Thanks, Marilyn

  34. Cat Avatar
    Cat

    I am loving your TS journal pages–so awesome!! Thanks for the chance to win the Tim Holtz punch!!

  35. cindi Avatar
    cindi

    very cool m. that def would come in handy. =)

  36. K Hutchinson Avatar

    Why that is so cool! Lots good be done with a handy tool like that!

  37. Margie Avatar
    Margie

    Not being a tool, LOL, wasn’t sure how much I would use this thing. Then I saw your post today. Nuff said! Already thinking of many things to use it for!

  38. Marie Z Johansen Avatar

    That’s one tool I have been hoping to get for a long time now. How cool is this? thanks so much for the opportunity to win one. Now I just have to get in my good vibes juju mood!

  39. Melanie Avatar

    Oh cool, that looks really handy! x

  40. Rita A. Avatar

    Oh my. This looks like it would take a lot of stress off my bad arm. Thanks for the chance to win and give it a try.

  41. Kristina M. Anderson Avatar
    Kristina M. Anderson

    Love the punch! What a great way to make pendants or embellishments out of pennies, Tim’s embellishments, etc. I wonder if it would put a whole in a Scrabble tile? I would love to find out!!! Thank you for your great posts!

  42. Marlynn Avatar

    Love the drill – but I can be dangerous with drills. Never mind, if I am too late for the drawing, that’s OK. Can’t wait to see you next week! Hugs

  43. brigitte Avatar
    brigitte

    cool tool, i would love a chance to win it!!
    I love your pages in your scraps journal. the scraps on my table do not look like that. 🙂

  44. Lay Hoon Avatar

    Cool tool !!
    I just wonder how to punch some holes in metal and i found the answer from your generous giveaway.
    Thank you for the chance to win this tool.

  45. Michelle Avatar

    I so need this tool. What a generous giveaway! Thank you for the opportunity!

  46. Carrie Avatar

    OMG my two favorite artists come together! Love the pages, and I really never thought about all the stuff you could use that drill punch for. Way cool!

  47. Ginigin Avatar

    This looks like a most useful tool. Please enter me as I cross fingers. Thanks for sharing info on this and giveaway.

  48. Nicky Avatar

    That looks great, thanks for offering this great giveaway.

  49. Hedwig Avatar

    wonderfull tool, wonderfull pages! Thanks Michelle and Tim for sharing your artistic talents with us!!!!

  50. Anika Avatar

    This is my first visit to your blog and Im totally in love with your art. Got yourself another follower! Anika x

  51. Kim Mailhot Avatar

    That is one cool tool, Miss Michelle ! Thanks so much for the chance to have it in my tool box.
    So many juicy elements on these pages…and so much of yourself ! Love them !

  52. Susanne Zimmermann Avatar

    Wow great tool, thanks for the chance to win this!

  53. Danee Kaplan Avatar

    I wondered if that punch was as awesome and I thought it was. love what you did with the coins. Oh the possibilities.

  54. Marylinn Kelly Avatar

    Holes for binding, attaching, linking…what a great tool. Just reminds me that if we don’t pay attention for even a leetle while, the new and wonderful sneak up on us. Thanks for the chance at a generous giveaway.

  55. Carolyn Avatar

    I;ve seen it but never really noticed what it did before! It looks extremely handy!!!!!

  56. Sandy Jandik Avatar
    Sandy Jandik

    It looks like a great tool.

  57. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    Cool tools are so much fun. Thanks for the inspiration Michelle!

  58. Michelle Avatar

    My son and I actually had a big discussion in the store a while back about this odd looking little tool. I understood that it was a type of drill but now I see just how handy it could be! Thank you for the opportunity to win!

  59. Winter Avatar
    Winter

    This rocks…. It’s so hard to find all the cool Tim H and other funky stuff in NZ and if you do you gotta be waaaaay rich baby!!!!

  60. JJ Avatar

    Would love to win one of these! Thanks Michelle and Tim!

  61. Carol P Avatar

    Ooooh! I didn’t realize it would go through metal. Would love to win one! Thanks for the opportunity.

  62. Suzanne Bouchard Avatar

    What a great tool! thanks for the chance to win it! Hope I win it!

  63. Andrea M. Harris Avatar
    Andrea M. Harris

    Way cool. Please pick me. Please Please Please!!!
    Andrea

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