Hello there! I have thoroughly enjoyed making all of these Christmas cards for Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous this year, but this one (and maybe the next two) is my fav of all the ones I made, I think. I love poinsettias, and love using Specialty Stamping Paper like this. Enjoy!
Make
sure Glass Mat is clean...alcohol works well. Cut Specialty Stamping Paper to 4
x 8 1/2 inches. Apply Fired Brick, Fossilized Amber, Vivid Chartreuse, and
Peeled Paint Archival directly from the pad to the glass mat liberally. Mist
with a good amount of Alcohol until you have big droplets. Swipe SSP through
wet inks several times until background is covered. Apply single ink and mist
and tap paper into the wet ink to create a mottled look. Repeat until you like
the look, but note until it's completely dry, it will change and lighten. SSP
can take lots of ink and alcohol. As far as I know SSP is the only paper that
can do this with the alcohol to reveal all the layers of ink. Let dry or use a
heat tool.
I did these three using the technique above.
Using
a stamping block and music notes, stamp the image randomly in Fossilized Amber
three times. Stamp the script randomly three times using Vivid Chartreuse. Dry
as ink on SSP stays wet longer.
Using
a stamping block, stamp the flourish randomly using Peeled Paint Archival five
times. Stamp the registered letter image once in Black Soot in the upper right
corner. Dry.
Using
the stamping platform, stamp the poinsettia in the middle of the card using
Black Soot, and then heat emboss using Gold Embossing Powder. Repeat this with
a partial stamping on both side edges of the card, heat embossing in gold.
Stamp the sentiment to the right of the center poinsettia in Black Soot using
the platform, and heat emboss in Clear Embossing Powder. Ink the edges of the
card in Fired Brick Archival.
Use a Twisted Citron
Distress Crayon and water brush to color in the center of the main poinsettia.
Color in all the other petals with Festive Berries Crayon and the brush. You
will probably need to go over each petal twice for a bolder look. Let each
layer dry before the next. Coloring beside a bright window will help you see
the gold embossed lines better. Clean off any crayon on the embossing with a
paper towel.
Cut
black cardstock to 3 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches, and mount the card onto this using two
sided tape. Then mount this onto a kraft card base measuring 4 x 8 3/4 inches.
Ink the edges of the kraft in Black Soot. Use a black fine permanent marker and
ruler to draw a thin border around the card between images to help draw the eye
in. Stamp a few snowflakes in Picket Fence Distress Ink randomly around the
card just holding the stamp in your hand. Let dry or use heat tool.
Supplies: (Paper Trimmer, Glass Mat, 91% Alcohol, Stamping
Block, Heat Tool, Stamping Platform, Ink Blending Tool, Two Sided Tape, Design
Ruler)
-Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper 8.5 x
1
-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Fired
Brick, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, Black Soot
-Ranger Archival Ink: Vivid Chartreuse
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mister with
Alcohol
-Stamper's
Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: The Poinsettia
-Ranger Embossing Powder: Gold, Clear
-Ranger Surfaces: Black Cardstock, Kraft
Cardstock
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons:
Festive Berries, Twisted Citron
-Ranger Detail Water Brush
-Fine Permanent Marker: Black
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress
Ink: Picket Fence
I'll be back in a few days. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
