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sss: gift it

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Let It Snow Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too!

 

This week our challenge is Gift It and I've created a cute little gift bag that is perfect to hold some jewelry...


 

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So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

 

 

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tim holtz holiday inspiration series: red nosed reindeer

Sharing a few of my projects this week that Tim featured on his Facebook live back in September. 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 missed any of the projects Tim has been sharing, there has been a weekly recap each Saturday over on his Blog.

This card is a card that Tim shared over on this Facebook Live video featuring all of the holiday Stampers Anonymous stamps back in September. It was so fun and easy to make that I thought I would make a bunch of them at once, and share the process with you. I made 10 cards at once, and it was super easy! 

I first cut a bunch of 5 x 5 panels of Distress Watercolor cardstock, and applied paint to them through the Peppermint stencil using a foam blending tool. Make sure to use just a tiny dot of paint (smaller than a pea), and to dab it off onto your craft sheet before applying the paint through the stencil, so it does not seep under. 

It's not important to stencil the entire panel, since you are only going to see the outer inch or so of each side of the paper. Apply the paint through the stencil onto all of the panels. 

While the panels were drying, I cut out the Stitched Squares to stamp my reindeer on, using the die in the set that is 4 x 4.

Using the Stamp Platform, align the reindeer stamp on the panel, and stamp them in Ground Espresso Distress Ink. The stamp platform made it super easy to stamp a lot of panels all at once. 

Gather up the remaining supplies you will need: some Gumdrops inked up with Red Pepper Alcohol ink, and some Linen ribbon along with all of your panels. I applied the inked Gumdrops to my finished cards with matte Distress Collage Medium. (note: the dark chocolate panels are 4 1/8 square and the kraft panels are 4 1/4 square)  Once you have all the pieces together, assembly is a breeze...

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tim holtz holiday inspiration series: star of wonder

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.

Here is my last card in the inspiration series. I had a few that were featured on Tim's Facebook live that I will share later this week. For my card today, I wanted to showcase the star stamp from the Carved Christmas 2 set on a "starry night" background.

To create this card, I stamped the star with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink and embossed it with Ranger Holographic embossing powder, and cut it out. I also stamped and embossed it in clear embossing ink on my card panel of Distress Watercolor card stock that I had cut with the Sizzix Stitched Rectangle die, so the "carved" marks would show. 

To create the inky, starry night background, I inked up my panel with a combination of Distress Inks in Blueprint Sketch, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot (mainly on the outer edges). Then the entire panel was spritzed with water using a Distress Sprayer. Once the panel dried, I sprayed it with some Distress Mica Spray in Brushed Pewter. 

To complete the card, I layered the rectangle on a black yardstick from the Classic paper stash, then layered that piece onto a piece of silver metallic cardstock and finally onto a metallic gold card base. I then adhered the cut out star onto the card with foam tape. 

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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: 

 

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.