Tim Holtz Sizzix Sidekick Side-Order Series 2024: Christmas Dress Up Paper Doll Letterboard Cards

Hello All! Exciting news today! Tim Holtz and Sizzix have just added to the uber cute Sidekick Line with five new Side-Order Dies and (Longer) Texture Fades. They are the Letterboard, Christmas, Valentine, Birthday Celebration, and Cafe. They are so super cute, and just because they are small to fit into the Sidekick, you can still use them for larger projects like I did on these 5x7 Christmas Cards. I had so much fun with the sentiments and the dressing up of the paper dolls...I think some of these are hilarious! Enjoy!

Before I jump into the step outs for the cards, I wanted to tell you a bit about the Sidekick  and Side-Orders. I use my Sidekick always while traveling, because it suctions down perfectly on the travel glass mat and fits into the small Sizzix Storage Boxes (the fabric ones). I keep the Sidekick, the acrylic plates (long and short), the embossing plate, sticky grids, and adhesive strips in one box, and the Side-Orders in another...so convenient.

I use the Sizzix Side-Order Storage Envelopes to store  all the dies and fades to keep everything all tidy. They come four to a pack. 

First I fold the paper image to fit into the envelope, and then cut magnetic sheet to fit into that and add the dies on. The previous Side-Orders had smaller Texture Fades, and this release has longer and wider, so I use scissors to snip the slit in the back a little on each side to fit the width of the new fade. I put the dies inside, and slip the one side of the fade into the opening. They are stack nicely in the storage box. This really is a perfect system for traveling, OR if you have a small craft space yet still want to be able to use Dies.
 

 After planning out the cards, I started with the Letterboards first. I cut Black Kraftstock the same size as the Texture Fade, and then ran it through the Sidekick in the fade just one time for a nice embossing. I die cut all the letters for the sentiments on the boards as well using Distress Watercolor Paper from Ranger. 

 

 For the Santa face on the Cabinet Card, I die cut all the pieces, and did two of the mustache to use the other pieces as eye brows. I traced the face part on the back of the solid whole piece and then cut it out so that the face could be seen on the card. I adhered all the pieces together with Collage Medium.

 

 While I was die cutting all the pieces from the Christmas set (two each of the Gingerbread Man (one with a cut out bite) and four Holly), I noticed that the red Holly pieces could be poinsettias, and since you have the pieces after doing the Berries, I also made the poinsettias, adding gold pieces to the centers and then having the extra gold parts so I added those too.

 

 After embossing the Candy Cane Stripe Fade with Watercolor Paper, I used a Detail Waterbrush to add stripes of the Barn Red Distress Ink. I did two of these, and then cut each into eight strips, four for each Letterboard for the frame.

 I adhered the Letters in place first and then added the strips of Candy Cane to the edges, cutting off the excess. I inked the edges of these and pretty much everything with Vintage Photo Archival Ink, even the paper dolls. I used permanent markers to color in some of the parts on the dolls as well.

 For the backgrounds, I misted Watercolor (cut to 4.5 x 6.5 inches) with water first, then Tumbled Glass Distress Spray Stain and Distress Oxide Spray. While drying I misted Tumbled Glass Distress Spritz over.

 Using the Music and Advert Stamp Set from Stamper's Anonymous, I stamped the script in Speckled Egg Archival, and then the snowflakes from Mr. Frostie in Glacier White. I mounted this onto Black Kraftstock, and then Kraft Cardstock base cards cut and folded to 5x7 inches. I added all the pieces onto the front, and then used Snowfall Distress Grit Paste for all the snow areas. I needed it more white, so I inked over it with the Glacier White. Then I covered the snow with Sparkle Distress Texture Paste, as well as the berries and the fur on the hats.

 

 

Supplies:

(Paper Trimmer, Two Sided Tape, Glass Mat, Sidekick Machine, Die Pick, Scissors, Ink Blending Tool, Detail Waterbrush, Water Mister, Stamp Platform, Small Paintbrush)

-Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Nostalgic Collection Cardstock

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Sidekick Side-Order 2024: Christmas, Letterboard 

-Ranger Surfaces: Black Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, Watercolor Cardstock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Paper Dolls, Found Relatives, Christmas Cabinet Cards, Metallic Kraftstock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Barn Door

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray: Tumbled Glass

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray: Tumbled Glass

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Music and Advert, Mr. Frostie

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Speckled Egg, Vintage Photo

-Ranger Pigment Ink: Glacier White

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Grit Paste: Snowfall

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Texture Paste: Sparkle

-White Pen, Permanent Markers

 

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! I so appreciate y'all! Until next time, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!