Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Tidbits

Hello my friends, I'm sharing the set of 4 cards I made for the YouTube Live launch of Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Everyday 2 release using the Tidbits stamp set to create colourful backgrounds.

I smooshed Distress Oxide inks (colours listed below) on to my craft mat, spritzed with water, picked up the ink on a piece of plastic and pressed on to 2 - A2 panels of Distress Watercolor card.

I trimmed an 8.5" x 11" sheet of Distress Watercolor card in half, inked the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Tidbits stamp set on the carrier sheet with Versamark ink, pressed one of the panels on to the stamp, sprinked with Ranger Fine Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I re-inked again, sprinkled with Ranger Black Embossing Powder and heat set. I smooshed the same colours of Distress Oxide inks on to my Media Mat, pressed the panels into the inks and dried. I repeatedly tapped the panels on to the remaining ink droplets, drying between layers until I was happy with the backgrounds.

I fixed Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stacked Hexagon Tiles Thinlits (the second largest die in the set) to the panel and die-cut and the result - two backgrounds for the price of one.

Using the die-cut panel as a template, I fixed the hexagons to one of the background panels, trimmed the die-cut panel to 4" x 5.1/4" and fixed to an A2 white card blank. I die-cut the hexagons again from Distress Black HeavyStock and fixed into the negative spaces. I inked the sentiments from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Floristry with Versamark ink, stamped on to the hexagons and a scrap of Distress Black HeavyStock, sprinkled with Ranger White Fine Detail Embossing Powder and heat set.To separate the words, I masked off each word, inked, removed the masking tape and stamped on to the individual hexagons.

I repeated the process with the second background using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stacked Rectangle Tiles Thinlits.

I placed the die-cut background on to an A2 panel of Distress Watercolor card, traced around the apertures with a pencil and stamped the sentiment from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Floristry inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.

I used the pencil lines as a guide to fix foam strips to create shaker windows and once the strips were in place, I erased the lines, filled the spaces with sequins and fixed a panel of acetate on top to seal.

I stamped one of the flower images from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous French Garden, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival, on to scraps of Distress Watercolor card and fussy cut. I added the full image to 2 of the cards and the flowerhead and one leaf to the others, popped up on foam squares to add dimension.

I stamped the sentiments from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Floristry on to scraps of Distress Black HeavyStock, inked with Versamark, sprinkled with Ranger White Fine Detail Embossing Powder, heat set and fixed to the panels, popped up on foam squares. I had a change of heart about the sentiment on the shaker card, die-cut another rectangle to fit in the bottom right hand corner to introduce a black element, added the sentiment and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium.

To finish I matted the panels on to A2 white card blanks.

I'll be back soon to share the last of my makes for the Live, in the meantime, have fun with whatever you're making.

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says Stamp - Halloween Friends

Hello my friends, Simon Says Stamp have another fabulous release today called Cheering For You. You can check out all the fabulous new products from the release HERE.

I'm sharing 2 spooky Halloween cards using the Halloween Friends and Old Letter stamp sets, Bat Trio dies and A2 Acetate Cards from the release,

I smooshed Ripe Persimmon and Villainous Potion Distress Oxide inks on to the craft mat on my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water and tapped A2 panels of Distress Watercolor card into the ink and dried. I tapped the panels repeatedly back into the ink to pick up the remaining droplets, dried between layers until I was happy with the backgrounds.

I die-cut a top-folding card blank from Distress Black HeavyStock using the largest die from Simon Says Stamp Nested Domed Arches. I used the 2nd largest die to cut a panel from one of the coloured backgrounds and the 2nd and 3rd largest die to cut a frame from the 2nd coloured background.

I stamped Simon Says Stamp Old Letter background on to the background panel, inked with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink. 

I stamped the moon image from Simon Says Stamp Halloween Friends on to the panel, inked with Simon Says Stamp White Pigment ink.

I stamped the images from Halloween Friends, inked with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink on to a scrap of Strathmore Bristol Smooth White card, coloured with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and fussy cut using Tim Holtz/Tonic Studios Recoil Mini Snips.

I fixed the background panel to the top folding card blank using Distress Collage Medium and fixed one of the ghosts to the background. I added black 3D foam tape around the edge and a selection of purple, gold and iridescent silver sequins from my stash.

I die-cut Simon Says Stamp Heat Resistant Acetate using the second largest Nested Domed Arches die, stamped the sentiment from Halloween Friends with Simon Says Stamp White Pigment ink, sprinkled with Simon Says Stamp White Detail Embossing Powder, heat set and fixed the acetate to the frame with strong double sided adhesive tape.

I fixed the frame in place, added the ghosts and bats, die-cut from Distress Black HeavyStock using Simon Says Stamp Bat Trio dies.

I stamped the sentiment from Halloween Friends on to a strip of Distress Black HeavyStock, inked with Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink, sprinkled with White Detail Embossing Powder, heat set and fixed to the card front. I used a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen to add eyes to the bats and Ranger Glossy Accents to the ghosts eyes and noses.

To finish I added splatters of Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz to the frame, ghosts and bats.

I couldn't waste the die-cut centre panel from creating the shaker frame so decided to make another card.

I die-cut panels from Distress Black HeavyStock and Distress Watercolor card using a larger die from Simon Says Stamp Nested Domed Arches and fixed the die-cut centre panel to the black die cut. I stamped the moon and bats from Simon Says Stamp Halloween Friends on to the panel, inked with Simon Says Stamp White Pigment and Intense Black inks. I added splatters of Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz and fixed the panel inside a Simon Says Stamp A2 Acetate card. I added the white die-cut panel to the back of the acetate card to create a place to write a personal message.

I stamped the sentiment from Halloween Friends on to a scrap of Distress Black HeavyStock, inked with Simon Says Stamp White Pigment ink, sprinkled with White Embossing Powder and heat set. I fussy cut around the words and fixed to the front of the acetate card. I stamped the ca\ndy corn with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink, coloured with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, fussy cut and fixed to the sentiments.

I stamped the ghosts with Intense Black ink on to a scrap of Strathmore Bristol Smooth card, coloured with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, fussy cut and fixed to the front of the acetate card. I stamped the "have a spooktacular Halloween" sentiment on to Distress Black HeavyStock inked with White Pigment ink, sprinkled with white embossing powder, heat set, trimmed out the word "spooktacular" and fixed to the card..

I'll be back soon to share more makes with products from the Cheering For You release. In the meantime, have fun with whatever you are making.

Hugs Kath xxx

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Embroidery

Hello my friends, I'm back to share another trio of cards I made for the YouTube Live launch of Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Everyday 2 release using Embroidery, the third of the floral stamp sets in the release. I have to confess that I have a thing for floral images and these beauties stole my heart the minute I saw them. If you missed the Live, you can always catch up with the release and amazing inspiration from the Makers on Tim's YouTube Channel or Blog.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to create 3 - 4" x 5.1/4" panels, inked each image with Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water, stamped repeatedly on to the panels and dried.

I smooshed Picked Raspberry and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide inks on to my Media Mat, spritzed with water and tapped the panels into the ink, dried and tapped back in repeatedly to pick up the remaining droplets until I was happy with the backgrounds. I inked the images with Ground Espresso Distress Archival ink and stamped on to the panel with the matching images on the background.  I coloured the images with Bundled Sage, Picked Raspberry and Scorched Timber Distress Watercolor Pencils using a Distress Detailer Waterbrush. Some of the flowers conveniently landed on areas of Picked Raspberry on the backgrounds, so I left those uncoloured.

I inked the script stamp from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous French Garden with Ground Espresso Distress Archival ink and stamped randomly on the panels.

To finish I machine stitched the panels on to Distress Kraft HeavyStock trimmed to A2 and fixed to A2 white top and side folding card blanks.

I'll be back soon to share more cards made with the Everyday 2 release. In the meantime, have fun with your stamps when they arrive. 

Have fun with whatever you're making

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says - Add A Sentiment

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...

ADD A SENTIMENT

I created a simple card using one of the floral images from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous French Garden as the focal point, coloured with Distress Watercolor Pencils. I stamped the keyboard image from Deconstructed randomly on the background and used Sign Painter to add a big and bold sentiment. 

I stamped the floral image from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous French Garden on to a 4" x 5.1/4" panel of Distress Watercolor card, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival and coloured using Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin and Peeled Paint Distress Watercolor Pencils and a Distress Detailer Waterbrush.

I inked the keyboard image from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Deconstructed with Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink and holding the stamp in my hand, stamped randomly over the background.

I inked the letters from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Sign Painter with Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide inks and stamped on to Distress Watercolor card.

There are co-ordinating dies for the Sign Painter stamp set available from Simon Says Stamp (linked below) but I don't have them yet so I used my trusty Tim Holtz/Tonic Studios Recoil Mini Snips to fussy cut leaving a white border around the edge of the letters. I fixed in place popped up with strips of 3D foam.

I added a stamp from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Postmarked Sticker book and stamped the cancellation mark and small circle image from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Tidbits, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival ink.

To finish I matted the panel on to a panel of Simon Says Green Leaf cardstock, trimmed 1/8" larger and fixed to an A2 white card blank.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and as always you have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2pm CET to join in with the chance to win a $25 voucher to spend online at Simon Says Stamp

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

and if you use Instagram...

please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx