Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Christmas Release

Hi my friends, woohoo exciting news, Tim Holtz and Ranger have just released a Christmas bundle of delicious products, 6 new Distress Mica Stains, Snowfall Grit Paste is back again and Texture Paste Sparkle. Join Tim on his YouTube Channel on Saturday 2 September 9am PT, 12pm ET and 5pm UK for a fun festive demo with the new products.

After I made my swatches, I had lots of fun using two of the new Distress Mica Stains, Frozen Fog and Juniper Berry and Snowfall Grit Paste to make a Winter Wonderland Christmas card with lots of shimmer and icy sparkle.

I began by spritzing Frozen Fog and Juniper Berry Distress Mica Stains on to an A2 panel of Distress Black Heavystock followed by a spritz of Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink, dried and spritzed on some droplets of water.

Check out that delicious shimmer

I stamped the tops of Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Bottlebrush Trees, inked with Versamark ink, along the bottom of the panel, sprinkled with Simon Says Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. I re-stamped the trees to fill in the gaps inked with Black Soot Distress Archival, sprinkled again with clear embossing powder and heat set. I added splatters using the nozzle from Dina Wakley's White Gloss Spray.

I applied Distress Snowfall Grit Paste through Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Snowflakes Layering Stencil.

Once the paste was dry, I added more splatters of Dina Wakley's White Gloss Spray and Idea-ology White Christmas Remnant Rubs from my stash, sadly now discontinued.

To finish, I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5.1/4", matted on to Simon Says Matte Silver card trimmed to be 1/8" larger and fixed to a black A2 card blank.

But, there's more exciting news, Ranger have re-released the limited edition Christmas Distress Mica Stain Sets 1 - 4 from previous years, so if you missed out, now is the time to grab them.

Happy Crafting and have fun

Hugs Kath xxx