Stamper's Anonymous Halloween 2021 - Wicked Hipsters and Bold Frights Halloween Cards

October is almost here, and this is finally my last of the Halloween makes and my last Stamper's Anonymous Halloween project from the Tim Holtz Live! Talk about fun! These two, an old married couple, have unique personalities and just crack me up. She is loud and shrill and oh so fun, and he is dry and grouchy. They both have the best head of hair ever...oh my word do I love them! Enjoy!

 

Starting with the sentiments from Bold Frights for the cards first, stamp the sentiments onto Kraft Cardstock, using the Stamp Platform and Black Soot Archival, and immediately pour Clear Embossing Powder over and heat emboss. Cut the sentiments as shown so that the word 'Halloween' will make sense with the sentiment. Choose the words you want and the word 'Halloween' from the Chit Chat sets, ink the edges in Gathered Twigs Distress Ink, and stick them to black cardstock adding a little Collage Medium for extra adherence. Trim around them. Mount the 'Halloween' also on orange cardstock, and trim around it.

 

Cut a Kraft Heavystock card base to 4 x 9.25 inches when folded, times 2 if making both. Cut a black cardstock mat to 3.75 x 9 inches, 2 of them. Cut Watercolor Paper with a Deckle Trimmer to 3.5 x 8.75 inches, 2 of these. Set card bases and black mats aside for now. Plan out the cards by placing the sentiments and stamps from Wicked Hipsters where they will go so you know where to start stamping.  

 

 

On the bumpier side of the Watercolor Paper, stamp the pearl necklace where it needs to go using the platform and Black Soot Archival, stamping a few times so the image is nice and crisp. Then stamp the bowtie on the other piece doing the same. 

 

 

Place the lady hipster in the platform and stamp her above the necklace, only stamping once as this image will be covered up, except for the loose hairs around her head. Using another piece of Watercolor Paper, stamp her again, this time on the smooth side of the Watercolor, and stamping her a few times so the image is nice and crisp. Stamp the gent hipster above the bowtie once, and then again nice and crisp on the extra piece of Watercolor. Cut the couple out from the extra piece of Watercolor, and just cut around their heads, leaving the extra hairs and ends of the mustache off as they are too hard to cut anyway. Set those aside for now as you will be working on the card fronts first.

 

 

Ink around the Hipsters on the card fronts using Antique Linen Distress Ink and an Ink Blending Tool, trying not to get the ink on the bowtie and necklace. Flick water over the card fronts for water marks. Add Gathered Twigs Distress Ink straight from the pad on the silicon mat and mist a bit of water into it. Pick it up with a paint brush and flick this over the cards. Blot off any excess and let dry or use a heat tool. 

 

 

Using the smallest Harlequin Shifter pattern in the trio of Layering Stencils (You can paint over the stencil in Black Soot to allow the paint to get in the recessed marks, wipe it off the top, and let dry, so you can see the marks easier for the shifting over of diamonds on the stencil.), lay it over the left side of one of the card fronts, and ink over the some of the diamonds randomly in Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink just so the diamonds are on the corner and down the side. It doesn't matter is you get the ink on the hipster, just don't get it on the bowtie or necklace. Do the same for the right side, and then the same on the other hipster card front. Clean the stencil of the excess orange ink with a damp paper towel. Place the clean stencil over the diamonds you just inked in, and move it over slightly, covering the orange diamonds with the solid parts of the stencil. Once those orange diamonds are covered, the other open diamonds need to be inked in with Black Soot Distress Ink, following the same direction as the other. Repeat on the other side and then the other card front. Clean the stencil. Ink the edges of both card fronts with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  

 

 

Using two sided tape, adhere the card fronts to the black mats and then onto the kraft card bases. Ink the edges of the cards with Gathered Twigs. Ink the edges of the Bold Frights sentiments with Gathered Twigs and then adhere them onto the bottom left of the card fronts, leaving a small gap between the words. Adhere 'Halloween' to the middle of the small gap with foam tape. Use two sided tape or Collage Medium and adhere the group of words to the bottom (I was thinking the top first, and then changed my mind and added them to the bottom instead.) of the card under the large sentiment. 

 

 

Using a small piece of acetate big enough for both pair of glasses, peel the top layer of protective coating off, and place the acetate (clean side up) in the platform. Place both pairs of glasses stamps over the acetate and close the lid to secure the stamps. Using Carved Pumpkin Distress Paint, add a drop of paint to the silicon mat, and pick it up with a clean foam on an Ink Blending Tool, working the paint in. Lightly pounce the paint on the women's glasses covering the raised image, and then stamp it onto the acetate. Repeat a few times until the glasses are nicely covered. Do the same with the men's glasses using Black Soot Distress Paint. When finished set these aside to dry, and remove the foams and clean with water to remove the paint and let them dry to use again. 

 

 

Take the cut out hipsters and use Distress Crayons to color them in, using the silicon mat as a palette and a Water Brush to pick up the Crayon and color in. I used Pumice Stone for the hair, Hickory Smoke for the eyes and nose, Antique Linen and  Picket Fence for the face, teeth, and necklace with a little Picket Fence in the hair, and Carved Pumpkin for the bowtie and hair bow. Also color in the hair and mustache that will be seen on the card fronts. Using Mica Stain (shaken up first and then cleaning the nozzle before capping up) add a few drops to the silicon mat and using the Water Brush, pick up Empty Tomb and add it to the hair and mustache, Jack-O-Lantern to the bowtie and hair bow, and Crooked Broomstick to the hair and necklace for a little shine. Add Collage Medium to the back of the hipsters, and adhere them over the coordinating card fronts lining everything up. Take the glasses and peel off the back coating and add Collage Medium to the rims and adhere them on to each hipster. Use a white gel pen to add a few highlights to the hair.

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Heat Tool, Scissors, Ink Blending Tool, Deckle Trimmer, Water Mister, Small Paint Brush, Two Sided Tape, Foam Tape, Glass Mat, Detail Water Brush) 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock, Black Cardstock

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Bold Frights, Wicked Hipsters 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Black Soot 

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Clear 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Classic Kraft Stock, Chit Chat Stickers, Seasonal Chit Chat Stickers 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen, Carved Pumpkin, Black Soot 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil: Shifter Multi Harlequin (smallest pattern) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Carved Pumpkin, Black Soot 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons: Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Antique Linen, Picket Fence, Carved Pumpkin 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stain: Empty Tomb, Jack-O-Lantern, Crooked Broomstick 

-Acetate, White Gel Pen

 

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas 2021 - Holiday Brushstroke 2 with Christmas Vault Series Metallic Cards

Hello All! Welcome to a Christmas post. I think I am going to do Christmas posts on Sundays for awhile so you can expect to see a festive make each week for a bit. These cards are made with the new Tim Holtz Sizzix dies, Holiday Brushstoke 2 and a few from the Christmas Vault Series. While die cutting I interchanged the colors of Metallic Kraftstock to make each one, so one is more gold and the other copper. Hope you can see that. Enjoy!

 

 

For two cards, mist a half sheet of White Heavystock lightly with water, then mist over Prize Ribbon Distress Spray Stain and Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide Spray. While wet mist over Crooked Broomstick Distress Mica Spray. Dry with a heat tool and blot off any excess. Rub Distress Micro Glaze over the top to bring out all the colors and marbling a little better, and wipe off with a paper towel. Use a paper trimmer to trim into two 4.25 x 5.75 inches. Have Kraft cardstock bases ready to go at 5 x 6.5 inches when folded.

 

 

Die cut all the pieces from the Holiday Brushstroke 2 Thinlits twice using two shades of silver, two shades of copper, two shades of gold, and two shades of blue all from the Metallic Kraft Stock, Metallic 2 Kraftstock, Metallic Confections Kraftstock, Metallic Jewels Kraftstock. Alternate the colors of coordinating Kraftstock to assemble the pieces with Collage Medium. Die cut the 'Christmas' using the gold and copper as well as the large bows using the two shades of silver from the Christmas Vault Series Thinlits. Lay the pieces out on the card front so you know where things will go. 

 

 

Using the 'Merry' Thinlit from Retro Merry Christmas, die cut the word in the lower right corner of the card front about 1 inch up and 1/2 inch over from the right. Save the inside letters for another project. Do the other card. Ink the edges of both card fronts with Prize Ribbon Distress Ink, and then mount each on either of the blue Kraftstock Metallic using two sided tape. Then mount those on either gold or copper Kraftstock. 

 

 

Mount the card front on the Kraft card bases and ink the edges of the card bases with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. Adhere the 'Christmas' below the 'Merry' with Collage Medium. Assemble the die cuts and adhere to the top left portion of the card front using Collage Medium and foam tape for the pine cone. Add the bow with Collage Medium.  

 

 

Use Platinum Stickles to add berries to the swag. Let dry.  

 

Supplies: 

(Water Mister, Heat Tool, Paper Trimmer, Two Sided Tape, Ink Blending Tool, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Foam Tape, Scissors) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Heavystock: White 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain: Prize Ribbon 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray: Prize Ribbon 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stain: Crooked Broomstick 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Micro Glaze 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Prize Ribbon, Gathered Twigs 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Metallic Kraft Stock, Metallic 2 Kraftstock, Metallic Confections Kraftstock, Metallic Jewels Kraftstock

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Christmas 2021):Holiday Brushstroke 2, Christmas Vault Series 2021 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte 

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Retro Merry Christmas 

-Ranger Stickles: Platinum  

Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be back again this week with a Halloween make. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Stamper's Anonymous Halloween 2021 - Halloween Doodles Witchy Pumpkin with Moths Spell #31 Card

Hello All and happy Thursday...almost the weekend! Here is another Halloween make using the new stamps from Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous...the Halloween Doodles and Moth Study sets. I had so much fun making this fun card and jumping into fantasy land. Enjoy!

 

Cut White Heavystock to 4.75 x 6.25 inches for card front. Gather stamp sets and Moon Masks and plan out cards. Place solid Moon Mask in upper left corner. Ink over this and the rest of the paper with Prize Ribbon and Wilted Violet Distress Inks from Ranger with Ink Blending Tools. Keep blending and adding inks until nice deep sky is created.

 

Keep Moon Mask in place and lightly mist Hocus Pocus Distress Mica Stain over sky area. Add a drop of Picket Fence Distress Paint to silicon mat and spray a tiny bit of water into the paint and mix. Pick up the watered down paint with a small paint brush and flick over the sky area for some stars. Clean off Moon Mask and let this dry a few minutes.

 

 

Place open coordinating Moon Mask over the solid Moon area, and lightly ink in with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink. Remove mask and use a clean paper towel and smudge over the ink. Protect the sky area with paper towel and add the Moon Mask back to the solid area and lightly mist Empty Tomb Distress Mica Stain over the Moon area. Ink the edges of the card fronts with Hickory Smoke, and then dry thoroughly with a heat tool.

 

 

Place a piece of Specialty Stamping Paper (about 4 x 5 inches) in a Stamp Platform and the hat and pumpkin from Halloween Doodles and two moths from Moth Study to the paper. Close the lid to secure the stamps. Ink the stamps with Black Soot Archival Ink, and stamp the images a few times until the images are nice and crisp. Choose one of the moths and stamp it again, as you need three total. Dry the images with a heat tool as ink stays wet longer on SSP, and then cut all the images out.  

 

 

Color in all the images using Distress Ink straight from the pad and a Detail Water Brush, and using the silicon mat as your palette. Note: I printed out images of real moths to use to help me decide which colors. I used Mustard Seed on the pumpkin, buckle, and moths, Carved Pumpkin on two of the moths and the pumpkin, and Hickory Smoke on the hat. You don't need to color in the stem of the pumpkin. Use a white gel pen to add more dots to the moth's wings. Ink the edges of everything with Gathered Twigs.

 

 

Cut a slit on the hat's brim between the front and back looking part about 1/2 inch. Slid the pumpkin into the slit and use Collage Medium to adhere the pumpkin in place. Cut the largest pumpkin face from the Halloween Remnant Rubs set and cut the eyes, nose, and mouth apart. Use a Rub Tool and rub the images onto the pumpkin's face.

 

 

Place the card front back into the Stamp Platform, and lay the pumpkin witch where you think it looks best. Add the magic sparkles to one side of the pumpkin and close the lid to secure the stamp. Remove the pumpkin, and then stamp the sparkles in Picket Fence Distress Ink, stamping them a few times for a nice crisp look, and then immediately pour Clear Embossing Powder over them, and heat emboss. Remove the sparkles stamp and place it on the other side of where the pumpkin would be and stamp in Picket Fence and heat emboss with clear powder. 

 

 

Ink the edges of the card front with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink, and then mount on black cardstock cut to 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches with two sided tape. Mount this onto a Kraft Cardstock base cut to 5 x 6.5 inches when folded. Ink the edges of the card with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. On a thin strip of White Heavystock, rub on the words 'Halloween Magic Spell' from the Halloween Remnant Rubs. Cut around the words, ink the edges in Gathered Twigs, and mount onto Kraft. Cut around that and ink the edges. Add a colon (:) after the word 'spell' with a permanent marker. Add the 'No. 3' stamp from Moth Study to a small stamping block, and stamp onto a Label Sticker using Black Soot Archival. Add the 'No. 1' stamp to the block and only ink the '1', and stamp it next to the 3. Dry with a heat tool slightly, ink the edges of the label with Gathered Twigs and mount on Kraft, cut that out and ink the edges. Mount both the sentiment and number on the lower left side of the card with Collage Medium. 

 

 

Using foam tape, mount the pumpkin witch to the card, but do not stick down the tip of the hat. Take a small jumpring and three pieces of string about four inches long each. Tie one end of each string to the jumpring, making knots. Trim off as much as you can of the end of the knot, and add Collage Medium to the back of the knots and then hook the jumpring to the tip of the hat, and press the jumpring down until the glue secures it. Add two sided tape to the back middle of each moth as well as a little bit of Collage Medium. Get one of the strings and stick the string to the back and then onto the card, doing the same with each moth and spreading them out to look like the moths are carrying the pumpkin witch. Trim off any excess string and curl the tip around if you can, and add a little Collage Medium to the string to hold the tips down. 

 

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Ink Blending Tool, Glass Mat, Water Mister, Small Paint Brush, Stamp Platform, Scissors, Detail Water Brush, Remnant Rub Tool, Heat Tool, Two Sided Tape, Small Stamping Block, Foam Tape) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Layering Mask: Moon (Largest Size) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Prize Ribbon, Wilted Violet, Hickory Smoke, Gathered Twigs, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Picket Fence 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stain: Hocus Pocus, Empty Tomb 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Picket Fence 

-Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Black Soot

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Halloween Doodles, Moth Study 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology:  Halloween Remnant Rubs 2018, Halloween Remnant Rubs 2019, Classic Label Stickers, Jumpring 

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Clear 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock, Black Cardstock 

-White Gel Pen, Black Permanent Marker, Thin String 

I'll be back again in a few days with a Christmas post. Until then, thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!