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tim holtz/stampers anonymous: halloween 2017

Just a quick share today of a few cards that I created for the newest Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Halloween 2017 release that were shown in Tim's recent Facebook Live post. If you missed it, you can catch it here. There are some really fun samples to see!

 

Aren't these little Pumpkinheads (CMS309) adorable?  I had such a fun time stamping, cutting and coloring them. Some of them are layered with foam tape to give them even more dimension. To create the background base I used Antique Linen Distress Oxide through the new Crossed Layering stencil. I created the sky and earth background by blending the top of the panel with Blueprint sketch Distress Ink and creating the ground with Distress Oxides in Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap and Vintage Photo splatters. I stamped the pumpkins on the base, then paper pieced them from another piece of paper and layered some of them with foam tape to create dimension. 

For this spooky but fun card, I started off with panels of Distress Mixed Media Heavy Stock. I colored them with Distress Oxides in my favorite Halloween colors, Twisted Citron and Seedless Preserves.  I also colored one of the panels with Black Soot Distress Oxide, let it dry then stamped the cobweb (Skulls and Cobwebs CMS306) in Antique Linen Distress Oxide. Once the panel was dry, I stamped and embossed the sentiment in white.  The vampire is from the Monstrous CMS307 set, and I colored him with distress markers, cut him out and popped him up with foam tape. To create the fun scallop detail, I cut two of the scalloped edges that are in the Stitched Ovals set and inked them very lightly with Black Soot Distress Oxide so that the white stitching detail on the scallops would show through.

For my third card, I used the Scared Silly set (CMS311) set to create a fun pattern to go along with the “eye love you” set and colored the images in with Distress Oxides in Twisted Citron, Candied Apple and Broken China and a waterbrush.  To complete the pattern on this card, added some splatter with some watered down Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and added a simple Happy Halloween sentiment from the same set. I love that all of the sentiments are available in a print and a script version!

All of these stamps are available now to order from Simon Says Stamp!

 

neat and tangled: modern triangles

Welcome to Day 4 of the July Neat and Tangled release! Today we are featuring the awesome Modern Triangles die and stencil: 

 

Be sure to stop by the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the design team inspiration! Don't forget - there is a giveaway every day this week of the set(s) being featured that day, and a $25 gift certificate up for grabs at the end of the week. Comment on all of the design team blogs all week for a chance to win.  Winners will be announced on Friday at 7:30am EST!

neat and tangled: schoolhouse

Welcome to Day 2 of the July Neat and Tangled release! Today we are featuring the Schoolhouse set designed by Elena. I just love these little critters all ready to go to school!!! The sentiments are perfect to create cards for both students and teachers...

Be sure to stop by the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the design team inspiration! Don't forget - there is a giveaway every day this week of the set(s) being featured that day, and a $25 gift certificate up for grabs at the end of the week. Comment on all of the design team blogs all week for a chance to win.  Winners will be announced on Friday at 7:30am EST!

neat and tangled: you're a gem

Welcome to Day 2 of the July Neat and Tangled release! Today we are featuring the You're a Gem stamp set and coordinating dies. I just know that I will be coloring these gems in so many different ways! 

For my card today, I cut out the gems and filled them all in with different colors of Crystal Nuvo drops and also added some glitter to the round gemstones. 

Be sure to stop by the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the design team inspiration! Don't forget - there is a giveaway every day this week of the set(s) being featured that day, and a $25 gift certificate up for grabs at the end of the week. Comment on all of the design team blogs all week for a chance to win.  Winners will be announced on Friday at 7:30am EST!

 

neat and tangled: together

Welcome to Day 1 of the July Neat and Tangled release! Today we are featuring this awesome Together set (and coordinating die) designed by Miriam. There are so many awesome combinations that can be made with this set! 

To make this card, I stamped the background in all the colors of the rainbow using my stamp platform, moving the paper up the same amount each time as I went along. I finished off the panel with a bit of black paint splatter.

Be sure to stop by the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the design team inspiration! Don't forget - there is a giveaway every day this week of the set(s) being featured that day, and a $25 gift certificate up for grabs at the end of the week. Comment on all of the design team blogs all week for a chance to win.  Winners will be announced on Friday at 7:30am EST!