Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Stamped Toile Christmas Cards

Happy Wednesday everyone, and one week to go...I'm still not ready! Today, another set of cards that I was so excited to make, but didn't quite fulfill my expectations. I have to learn to embrace imperfection...hard to do. Anyway, my cards are filled with Tim Holtz stamps from Stamper's Anonymous in a toile type pattern in red and blue. My house it filled with Christmas toile items during the season, and I absolutely love it.
Using images (outside per the toile look) from seven stamp sets, I planned out my pattern, and thought I would just repeat it until this 12x12 piece of Ranger's Specialty Stamping Paper was all covered.
I stamped the images in Wendy's Red Geranium Archival, and dried the paper thoroughly with a heat tool and left it out all night to dry. I loved the red so much that I decided to do a blue as well, and used a combination of Cobalt and Cornflower Blue Archival. My pattern did not repeat like I wanted it to, because I couldn't get the images to fit correctly, so I just filled in with the images that worked...oh well, I still liked it.
I trimmed down the paper to size for my cards and found out that the red smeared a little. So I dried again and again, but still had some smudge. I think I must have used too much ink, and I did reink the pad before I started. I will keep that in mind for next time. The blue did not smear, and I didn't reink those pads, so that is why I think I had the problem on the red. So to alleviate the smearing and so the embossing powder wouldn't stick to the red, I pounced on an antistatic embossing bag of powder, and that worked well. I stamped and embossed the 'Merry Christmas' with Jet Black and Black Sparkle Embossing Powder.
Tim has such a great selection of papers from his last too Christmas Stash pads, so I selected various plaids for the backgrounds. I also added a strip and bow of black velvet.
  
 
 
 
 
Supplies: 
(Craft Sheet, Stamping Block, Heat Tool, Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Two Sided Tape, Scissors)
-Ranger Surfaces: 12x12 Specialty Stamping Paper, Black Cardstock
-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Scenic Holiday, Scribble Woodland, Festive Overlay, Holiday Greetings, Christmas Magic, Mini Holidays 3, Just Believe, Christmastime
-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink: Red Geranium, Cornflower Blue
-Ranger Archival Ink: Cobalt, Jet Black
-Ranger Embossing Powder: Black Sparkle
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs
-Ranger Ink Blending Tool
-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Christmas Paper Stash (2018), Christmas Paper Stash (2019)
-Ranger Multi Medium: Matte
-Black Velvet Ribbon, Cream Card Bases

Thanks again for all the comments this week...I so appreciate it, and I'll be back tomorrow with more.
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

8 comments:

  1. these are absolutely beautiful... and look like something that I might be able to do.. it's funny i have one of those anti-static pouches and i was never sure when to use it or for what (bought and couldn't remember for what project/product) thank you again for sharing of your creative projects and processes....

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  2. Your designs are wonderful Anita, I love the toile effect you have created and the bold sentiment is such a lovely touch. Beautiful cards! Hugs, Anne xx

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  3. I absolutely adore these cards, I may even try to n KB are some like this for next year! I love toile papers and paired with the patterns and black velvet makes them tres jolie! xxx

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  4. Oooh, la, la! You had me at toile! Beautiful papers you've created with these stamps and inks and the finished cards are so elegant. Some of my favs from this season!

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  5. That's such a great way to make use of all those gorgeous detailed stamps - the intricate toile look is perfect for them. You won't be surprised to learn that the blue is my favourite - (not to mention the misbehaviour of the red ink!) - but they all look splendidly festive.
    Alison x

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