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tim holtz holiday inspiration series: have yourself a merry little christmas

I'm so excited to be joining a group of talented crafters sharing holiday projects with you during the month of November and beginning of December using all the latest holiday stamps and products from Tim Holtz!  All the projects will be showcasing products from the new Holiday Season release. If you have not seen everything that has come out this season you can watch all of the Facebook Live product release videos HERE and just in case you miss any of the projects Tim will be sharing a weekly recap each Saturday over on his Blog.

This was a fun card to make and color. Here's a quick run through of how it came together: 

• Ink up the Christmas background using Shadow Grey Archival Ink. Use a baby wipe or towel to dab off some the ink before stamping, so the background is not perfectly covered. (I used Archival Ink for the background since I wanted to color over it). Stamp the background onto Distress Watercolor paper.
• Stamp ornaments and sentiment from the Tattered Christmas stamp set on top of the stamped panel.  
• Draw in the "strings" with a permanent maker.
• Add Platinum Stickles to the tops or the ornaments. 
• Paint in the ornaments using Distress Inks that have been applied to a kraft sheet by picking them up with a water brush and painting the ornaments in. 
• Ink the edges of the panel with Pumice Stone Distress Ink 
• Glue a black panel to the card base
• Add plaid paper from the Idea-ology Christmas Mini Paper stash
• Add fringe on top on plaid paper
• Adhere stamped and colored panel on top 

I hope you enjoyed this card, and that you will try some of these techniques out for yourself! 

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tim holtz holiday inspiration series: peace on earth

I'm so excited to be joining a group of talented crafters sharing holiday projects with you during the month of November and beginning of December using all the latest holiday stamps and products from Tim Holtz!  All the projects will be showcasing products from the new Holiday Season release. If you have not seen everything that has come out this season you can watch all of the Facebook Live product release videos HERE and just in case you miss any of the projects Tim will be sharing a weekly recap each Saturday over on his Blog.

Today I am featuring a simple stamped card with a background of paper from this year's Idea-ology collection, and simple stamping on a panel of Mixed Media Heavystock that I cut out with the Stitched Rectangle die. 

 

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tim holtz holiday inspiration series: christmas wishes

I'm so excited to be joining a group of talented crafters sharing holiday projects with you during the month of November and beginning of December using all the latest holiday stamps and products from Tim Holtz!  All the projects will be showcasing products from the new Holiday Season release. If you have not seen everything that has come out this season you can watch all of the Facebook Live product release videos HERE and just in case you miss any of the projects Tim will be sharing a weekly recap each Saturday over on his Blog.

Today I'm featuring this pretty Christmas wishes card. It starts out as one panel, and gets stamped, cut and layered back together to give it a little something extra for the holidays. I stamped all of this card panel using Distress Oxides, I love how vivid the colors are and how crisp the images come out. Here's a little tutorial on how I created it: 

   

Stamp the flurry stamp with Broken China Distress Oxide on the panel using a Stamp Platform. This is great when you want to make multiples too! 

 

Add the Christmas and Wishes sentiments, using Candied Apple and Black Soot Oxides, also using your Stamp Platform to line up the sentiment. 

 

Stamp and fill in the pine branches in various colors of greens (I used Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio,Lucky Clover and Peeled Paint)

 

Once you are done stamping, let the panel dry, then cut a rectangle out of the center of the panel using the Sizzx Stitched Rectangle Thinlits die. Now it's time to create some dimension on the card when we layer it back together. 

 

Adhere the outer part of the rectangle to your card base, then layer a piece of gold metallic kraft stock on top of it (this piece should be just a bit larger than your Stitched Rectangle). I also distressed the gold kraft stock edges a bit with my sanding block. 

I added some color and contrast to the edge of the Stitched Rectangle with a bit of Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon on the edges of the rectangle to bring it all together. Adhere the Stitched Rectangle with foam tape on top to give it added dimension. With the Stamp Platform, it was easy for me to make a bunch of these cards at once! 

 

SUPPLIES USED: 

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Flurry and Pine stamps CMS312
Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Christmas Classic CMS322
Distress Oxide Inks 
Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stitched Rectangle Thinlits
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic Kraft Stock
Metallic Distress Crayons Set

 

tim holtz holiday inspiration series: in the meadow

I'm so excited to be joining a group of talented crafters sharing holiday projects with you during the month of November and beginning of December using all the latest holiday stamps and products from Tim Holtz!  All the projects will be showcasing products from the new Holiday Season release. If you have not seen everything that has come out this season you can watch all of the Facebook Live product release videos HERE and just in case you miss any of the projects Tim will be sharing a weekly recap each Saturday over on his Blog.

Today I am sharing this fun Snowman card with the new Tattered Christmas set! I love the small stamps and cute fonts in this set. They are perfect for tags and cards, and I am so happy that there are now die cuts from Sizzix to go along with them! 

Here is the card I made with the cute snowman in a fun winter scene: 

 

neat and tangled: warm winter scene cover plate

Today is Day 4 of the Neat and Tangled release and this may be my favorite Neat and Tangled die ever, the warm winter scene cover plate. I see so many uses for this die all year round! 

 

Here is the card I made using it. A little time consuming, but super simple to create! 

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: joyful sentiments & radiating star stencil

It's Day 3 of the Neat and Tangled release and today we are featuring these beautiful Joyful Sentiments and Radiating Star Stencil:

 

For my card today, I've used the Radiating Star stencil and layered it into 3 panels with the sentiment in the center and outlined them in Stickles to give it a lot of shimmer and sparkle:

 

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: christmas pageant

It's Day 2 of the Neat and Tangled release, thank you for stopping by! Today we are featuring the Christmas Pageant stamps and dies and you are going to love these little kiddos all dressed up in their cute costumes!  
 

I created a little 'stage' for them today, and used the Merry Christmas sentiment as a banner for their set.... 

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: tree duo stencils

Hi there! Welcome to Day 1 of the Neat and Tangled November release. Today I am featuring a card with this brand new Tree Duo Stencil set. This set is super fun, and it coordinates with one of my all time favorite holiday sets, Scandinavian Prints Christmas: 

 

Here is the coordinating set: 

And the super bright and happy card I made using both of them together, creating a pattern inspired by this one from Magrikie.

I finished my card off with another favorite from last year's holiday release, the Merry and Bright die.

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!

tim holtz holiday inspiration series: christmas cheer

I'm so excited to be joining a group of talented crafters sharing holiday projects with you during the month of November and beginning of December using all the latest holiday stamps and products from Tim Holtz!  All the projects will be showcasing products from the new Holiday Season release. If you have not seen everything that has come out this season you can watch all of the Facebook Live product release videos HERE and just in case you miss any of the projects Tim will be sharing a weekly recap each Saturday over on his Blog. Today I have a card featuring three stamp sets: 

This was a fun and simple card to make. I stamped the word Christmas and embossed it with gold embossing powder, then stamped the word cheer in Jet Black Archival Ink. To create the snowflakes I used Distress Paints in Tarnished Brass, Brushed Pewter and Antique Bronze to create my snowflakes in different colors. It is super easy to "ink" up your stamps with paint using a foam blending tool. Be sure to clean your stamps off right away when you are done! 

 To finish off the card, I added a few of the Idea-ology Fluted stars, which I also painted with the same colors of paint.