Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous Summer 2024 - Floristry Card Set

I'm blowing the dust off this blog...it's been a minute. Hello friends! This week was the launch of the Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous Everyday 2 Summer Stamp Sets, and the LIVE is currently on showing all the sets as well as samples from the Makers. I'm always awestruck with the creations, and it amazes me that you can do so many things with the same set of stamps. I created five makes for the LIVE, and the first one is made with the Floristry Stamp Set, stamped on Black Kraftstock with Glacier White Pigment Ink from Ranger, and then inked over to show color, plus colored in with the new Distress Spritz.  I love how these came out. Enjoy!

Cut a piece of Black Kraftstock to 8 inches.  Place the paper in the platform and add the flower image from Floristry, arranging it in the middle but more tilted like in a diamond shape. Stamp in Glacier White Pigment Ink from Ranger a few times until nice and crisp and bright white. Add a sentiment on both ends about 1 inch from the edges, and stamp those with the Glacier White, leaving all the stamps in place, just in case you need to restamp later.  Let this dry thoroughly or use a heat tool. I add two sided tape to the back before adding the wet color so the paper remains flat and does not bow up, fyi.

Using Detail Blending Tools, apply Distress Archival Ink to the white areas, starting with the leaves so that it is easier to make out all the flowers for later. I started with Crushed Olive on all the leaves, then added Rustic Wilderness over in the more shaded areas of the leaves, and then blended in Peeled Paint. I just dabbed the color on with the tool.

Apply the ink to the flower areas next. I used Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Dusty Concord, and Kitsch Flamingo. I also randomly color in the letters as well. When all are colored in give this a quick dry with the heat tool. 

Using the new Distress Spritz colors that coordinate best with the colors of ink (Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet), shake them up and get them ready to use along with a Detail Water Brush that is empty…you don’t need any extra wetness. Doing one color at a time, pour out a bit onto the glass or silicon mat (about a pea size) and pick up the color with the brush and color in the flowers first this time, trying not to go over any black areas if you can. Finish using the color on random parts of the letters of the sentiments. Wash out the color and then move on to another color, doing all the areas that you can with it so you don’t have to go back for more. Once all the flowers are colored move on the leaves. When all is colored in, add a little heat to make sure all is dry. 

Using a white pen of choice (I like a Gelly Roll) add some highlights on the flowers and leaves to help define them especially if you painted over the black areas like I did. If you stay on the colored areas with the white pen those are your highlights. Outline the letters if you wish and any leaf areas as well. Using a regular paper trimmer, cut the card in half so that each are 4 inches long and are now separated. Cut and fold two card bases to whatever you like…I used 4 x 5.5”. Ink the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink or another brown. Cut two white mat pieces to be flush with the top and showing 1/16” on the sides and bottom, so 3 7/8 x 5 3/8”, and add this on the base card using two sided tape. Using a Deckle Trimmer cut the flower card to 3.75 x 5.25” so that when you mount this just a bit of white mat is showing around the sides and bottom, but don’t add it yet. Add a piece of Tissue Tape to the bottom of each flower card so it’s between the words and bottom edge. I used the dots from the Trims set. Using a sanding tool, barely sand off the side edges and bottom to reveal the Kraft paper under the black. Ink those sanded sides with Vintage Photo. Then mount the flower card on top of the white mat. 

Supplies:

(Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Heat Tool, Two Sided Tape, Detail Blending Tools, Detail Water Brush (Empty), White Pen, Deckle Trimmer, Sanding Tool, Scissors, Ink Blending Tool)

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Black Kraftstock, Trims Design Tape

-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Floristry

-Ranger Pigment Ink: Glacier White

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Dusty Concord, Kitsch Flamingo

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spritz: Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Vintage Photo

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock: White

Thank you so much for stopping by, and for all the comments here and on social media. I'll be back again soon with another make from the LIVE. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!