Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Festive Print

Hi my friends, I'm sharing the card trio I made for the YouTube Live launch of Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Christmas 2023 release using Festive Print, Twinkle and Berry Leaves Mini Layering Stencils with some of new Distress Mica Stains and pastes from Tim Holtz/Ranger Halloween and Christmas releases. If you missed the Live you can watch the replay and check out the amazing inspiration from the Makers on Tim's YouTube Channel HERE or Blog HERE.

I coloured A2 panels of Distress Watercolor card with Distress Spray Stains and Distress Mica Stains - Saltwater Taffy/Sugary Gumdrops, Lost Shadow/Frozen Fog and Salvaged Patina/Frosty Mint. I applied Distress Black Texture Paste Opaque through the Berry Leaves Mini Layering Stencil to create a circle shape.

I trimmed acetate to A2 and die cut using a circle die. I inked the sentiment from Festive Print with Versamark ink, sprinkled with white embossing powder and heat set.

I added small dots of Distress Collage Medium behind the letters on the acetate panel to fix in place. I coloured Distress Grit Paste Snowfall with Saltwater Taffy Distress Re-inker and applied through the Twinkle Mini Layering Stencil.

I stamped the house images on to scraps of Distress Watercolor card, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival, sprinkled with Ranger Black Embossing Powder and inked with Saltwater Taffy and Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide inks, sprinkled with the matching Distress Embossing Glazes and heat set. I fussy cut the houses to leave a small border and fixed to the panel with black foam squares. I inked the stars image with Black Soot Distress Archival and stamped on the background.

I painted Distress Texture Paste Sparkle generously over the circle die-cut panel and set aside to dry.

I inked the house images and sentiments from Festive Print with Versamark ink, stamped on to Distress Black HeavyStock, sprinkled with Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder and heat set.

I trimmed the sentiments and fixed to the acetate panel with strong adhesive tape, applied tape to the back of the sentiments and used to fixed the acetate to the card panel.

I fussy cut the houses and stars to leave a small border and fixed to the panel using black foam squares to add dimension. I used a small paintbrush to apply Distress Texture Paste Sparkle over the sentiments and the images.

I die-cut a second acetate panel, fixed temporarily to the card panel and applied Distress Grit Paste Snowfall through the Twinkle Mini Layering Stencil.

I inked the house and sentiments with Versamark ink, stamped on to scraps of Distress Black HeavyStock, sprinkled with white embossing powder and heat set. I trimmed the sentiments, die-cut the house using a small circle and fixed to the panel using black foam squares. I positioned them so that they would hold the acetate in place. I coloured Distress Grit Paste Snowfall with Salvaged Patina Distress Re-inker and again used the Twinkle Mini Layering Stencil to add stars to the opposite corners.

I lifted the acetate back from the corners, placed the stars image on a small Grid Block, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival and stamped under the coloured Distress Grit Paste Snowfall.

I trimmed all the panels to 4" x 5.1/4", matted on to A2 panels of Distress Black HeavyStock and fixed to top folding white card blanks.

I'll be back soon to share the Christmas Shaker Ornaments I made with Festive Print, in the meantime, have fun with your Christmas makes.

Hugs Kath xxx

Winter Woodlands Card and Envelope

Hi my friends, woohoo what a great Stampers Anonymous Christmas YouTube Live party with Tim and Mario to celebrate the Christmas release, fabulous stamp sets to suit all tastes, more great layering stencils and as always amazing inspiration from my fellow Makers. If you missed out on the fun, you can always catch up on replay at Tim's YouTube Channel HERE or Blog HERE. I made 3 projects for the Live using the gorgeously rustic Winter Woodlands stamps and Ticking and Grain background, stamps which I know are going to be much-used favourites.

I'm sharing the card and envelope I made and giving you a behind the scenes peek of how my creative process works because nine times out of ten, I have no idea what I'm going to make and I get around that by just creating backgrounds and taking it from there. Things are likely to get messy so I laid down my (can't live without now) Tim Holtz Media Surface Mat and spritzed Antique Linen Distress Oxide Spray and a little spray of Frosty Mint Distress Mica Stain on the mat, spritzed with water, dragged a panel of Distress Watercolor card through the inks, dried, tapped back in to pick up the remaining droplets and repeated the process until I had 3 panels with neutral backgrounds to work with.

I added random stamping on the panels using Ticking and Grain and images from Winter Woodlands inked with a mix of Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide and Distress Archival, Bundled Sage Distress Oxide, Ground Espresso Distress Oxide and Distress Archival and added splatters of Frosty Mint and Unravelled Distress Mica Stains.

This is the panel I chose for the card, trimmed to 3.3/4"x 5.3/4" and stamped the tree image inked with Rustic Wilderness Distress Archival ink.

I stamped the banner images from the stamp set on to scraps of the coloured card, inked with Ground Espresso Distress Archival ink, trimmed and roughed up the edges, added Idea-ology Halloween Pearl Droplets, matted the panel on to white card coloured with Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink using the direct to paper technique and matted on to 4" x 6" white card blank.

I made an envelope for the card from one of the other panels and added extra images stamped randomly to fill in the blanks.

To hide some ink splotches on the back of the envelope , I stamped the Grain background, inked with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide and assembled the envelope. I just think that it makes a card extra special if it has a matching envelope.

I'll be back soon to share the tag and gift wrapping, in the meantime, have fun with whatever you're making and Happy "Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Christmas" shopping. 

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says - What's Your Favourite Colour?

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...

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR?

That's the 24 million dollar question for a lover of the Distress palette but after much pondering, I decided to go with RED, definitely a favourite. I created backgrounds with Tim Holtz/Ranger Yuletide Distress Mica Stain and Barn Door Distress Spray Stain, Stampers Anonymous Cosmopiltan + Lined, Halftone + Rings, Tiny Poinsettia Mini Layering Stencil from Set 54 and Texture Paste Sparkle and die-cut with Tim Holtz/Sizzix Holiday Blocks Thinlits to make a trio of retro modern cards.

I began by creating different backgrounds on Distress Watercolor card. I spritzed Yuletide Distress Mica Stain and Barn Door Distress Spray Stain on to the craft mat on my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water and tapped the first panel repeatedly into the inks and dried. I tapped Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Cosmopolitan and Lined and Halftone and Rings into the remaining ink and stamped on to panels of Distress Watercolor card. I spritzed Yuletide Distress Mica Stain and Barn Door Distress Spray Stain through the Tiny Poinsettia Mini Layering Stencil, turned the stencil over, spritzed with water and printed on to another panel of Distress Watercolor card. Lastly I applied Distress Texture Paste Sparkle on to Distress Watercolor card with a large paintbrush.

I die-cut lots of different shapes from all the backgrounds using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Holiday Blocks Thinlits and pieced together temporarily until I was happy with the layout.

Once I had completed two panels that I was happy with, I fixed them on to panels of Distress Black HeavyStock trimmed to be slightly larger.

I created a third panel to use up the left over backgrounds using the small square from the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Holiday Block Thinlits to create a frame and matted on to Distress Black HeavyStock.

I added sentiments using Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Christmas Noel Remnant Rubs

I added Trinity Stamps Bubble Blowout embellishment for a touch of festive iridescent bling and fixed the panels on to 4.1/2" x 5.1/2" white card blanks.

If only the camera could capture the magical shimmer and sparkle

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

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

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx