Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous Spring 2025 - Hippity Hoppity Got Candy Easter Card

Hello Everyone! Thanks so much for all the comments on my last post on IG! Today, I have an Easter make from the Re-Release of Stamps and Stencils from Stamper's Anonymous and Tim Holtz. I just adore the Blue Prints sets, and had fun with all the bright colors on this. Enjoy!

 

Cut a piece White Heavystock to 3.5 x 8.5”. Place the paper in the platform and add the bunny from the Blueprints set to the top middle, and the egg right below. Stamp in Black Soot Archival from Ranger nice and dark. Add two sided tape to the back of the paper to keep it flat for the next parts.

 

 

Place the wording Hippity Hoppity vertically to the top left and Got Candy vertically on the bottom right (from the Spring Shadows or Mixed Media Stamp/Stencil Set) on the paper in the platform. Ink the words with a combination of Picked Raspberry, Mermaid Lagoon, and Fossilized Amber Archival Inks, and stamp. The colors will blend to give you a rainbow look. Place the stitches from the Spring Sprung set on or use a stamping block if it's easier, and stamp repeatedly in the same colors down the left side and up from the right side. Use a Deckle Trimmer to trim off both sides of the paper.

 

 

Cut and fold a Kraft Cardstock base to 4 x 9 inches, and set aside. Cut another pieces of White Heavystock to 3 7/8 x 8 7/8. Take the stencil from the Mixed Media Spring Shadows set (THMM163), and Distress Inks in Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon, and Picked Raspberry, as well as Mini Ink Blending Tools. Stencil in the plaid portion of the stencil alternating the ink colors to create the plaid pattern. Ink the edges of this and the card base with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink. Mount the plaid onto the card base.

 

 

Ink the edges of the bunny and egg with Brushed Corduroy, and mount onto green cardstock, then trim around the green closely making only a slight border. Add foam tape to the back and mount onto the card front. Using the same Distress Ink colors straight from the pad and a Detail Waterbrush, color in the titles, bows, grass, flowers, and egg designs. Use Stickles in coordinating colors to fill in the bows, flowers, and egg designs. Let dry.

 

Supplies:

(Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Two Sided Tape, Scissors, Stamping Block, Deckle Trimmer, Ink Blending Tool, Mini Ink Blending Tool, Foam Tape, Detail Water Brush)

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White

-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Mini Blueprints 2 (CMS146), Spring Sprung (CMS084), Spring Shadows (CMS393)

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Black Soot, Picked Raspberry, Mermaid Lagoon, Fossilized Amber

-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Mixed Media Stamps/Stencil: THMM163 Spring Shadows 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Brushed Corduroy, Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry

-Ranger Stickles: Yellow, Sea Glass, Glam Pink

-Green Cardstock 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I'll be back again with one more Easter make. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Mr. Rabbit Easter Card

Hello Everyone! Hope everyone is doing well as there is a lot of yuck going around. Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous have come out with another surprise holiday stamp set. These surprise sets have been a real treat, and this Easter set titled Mr. Rabbit is just in time as Easter comes early this year. Just look how adorbs that bunny is, so so good for Springtime too! Enjoy this quick step out with the new set combined with the Note Quotes set and some Mini Brushstroke Flowers from Sizzix. 

To make a 5 x 7 inch card I first cut a piece of Distress Mixed Media Cardstock to 4.5 x 6.5" using a Deckle Trimmer. I repeatedly stamped the Plaid image from Mr. Rabbit over it, lining up the images best I could using Ground Espresso Distress Archival Ink. Taking some white vellum cut with the Deckle Trimmer to 4 x 6", I repeatedly stamped the two Dye Egg Script pieces using Frayed Burlap Distress Archival Ink. (NOTE: Now that the card is finished the Frayed Burlap was not quite dark enough to be seen, so a darker ink would have been better.) I added another piece of vellum behind this to make the vellum less transparent using two sided tape. Taking a piece of Specialty Stamping Paper from Ranger, I stamped Mr. Bunny in Vintage Photo Distress Archival Ink, and left him in the stamping platform as he would need to be stamped again after coloring.

I colored in the Plaid with Distress Watercolor Pencils and a Detail Water Brush, using Speckled Egg, Ground Espresso, and Scorched Timber going vertically, and then using Vintage Photo, Stormy Sky, and Scorched Timber again going horizontally. I colored in Mr. Bunny with the same colors on the suit trying to mimic a plaid pattern, adding Victorian Velvet for the ears and nose, adding Pumice Stone to the fur with a little Picket Fence on top. 

I placed Mr. Rabbit back into the stamp platform and stamped him with Ground Espresso Archival this time, added a little more Picket Fence Pencil for some highlights to his face and ears, and then I cut him out, and set him aside.

Using the largest oval from the Sizzix Movers & Shapers Sized Ovals set, I used more SSP and die cut it. I colored in the egg with Speckled Egg Distress Watercolor Pencil using a Broad Water Brush. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Note Quotes set and heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. I used the Dots image and stamped it above and below the sentiment in Speckled Egg Archival Ink. I inked the edges with the same ink. 

I used a Liquid Gold Fine Tip Pen to add circles around the dots and a line above and below the sentiment on the egg. Then I cut and folded a Kraft Cardstock base card to 5 x 7", and inked the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I cut Gold Kraftstock to 4 7/8 x 6 7/8", inked those edges and mounted that on the card front. I inked the edges of both the Plaid and Script with Ground Espresso and mounted those on as well. I adhered the egg on to the upper right corner on the vellum using two sided tape, and then figured out where Mr. Rabbit would go but I did not adhere him yet. Once I knew his placement, I placed the whole card into the platform. and stamped only the whisker parts of Mr. Rabbit onto the front of the card so that they would match up with the rabbit when I added him. Then I added Mr. Rabbit and gave him a dot of white in his eye with a white pen. 

I added two sided tape to the back of more Mixed Media Cardstock and die cut the lily looking flower and parts three times from the Mini Brushstroke Thinlits Set. I left the die cuts in place and colored them in with the Watercolor Pencils using Twisted Citron, Mustard Seed, Picket Fence, and Rustic Wilderness with the Detail Water Brush to make them look like traditional Easter Lilies. Then I adhered them on the egg and one small one that I cut from the larger onto Mr. Rabbit's suit coat. I added dots in the center of the flowers with the gold pen. 

Supplies:

(Paper Trimmer, Deckle Trimmer, Stamping Platform, Detail Water Brush, Broad Water Brush, Ink Blending Tool, Anti-Static Pouch, Heat Tool, Scissors, Two Sided Tape, Die Cut Machine)

-Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media Paper: Ivory

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Mr. Rabbit

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Vintage Photo, Ground Espresso, Frayed Burlap, Speckled Egg

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils: Speckled Egg, Ground Espresso, Scorched Timber, Vintage Photo, Stormy Sky, Victorian Velvet, Tea Dye, Pumice Stone, Picket Fence, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers Die: Sized Ovals (large)

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Gold

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Gold Kraftstock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs

-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Note Quotes

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Mini Brushstroke Flowers Thinlits

-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte

-White Vellum, DecoColor Liquid Gold Extra Fine Pen, White Pen

Thank you so very much for stopping by today. As always, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Mini Brushstroke Flowers in Papercut Cafe Cups with Bunny Stitch Easter Rabbits Entangled Cards

Hello All, and Happy April! Easter is this week, and so I have a pair of cards made with the new Everyday Dies and Texture Fades from Tim Holtz and Sizzix, that I think turned out just adorable. The new Bunny Stitch Thinlits pair perfectly with the new Papercut Cafe and Mini Brushstroke Flowers, and these were so super fun to make. Enjoy, and Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

I used felt from Sizzix to die cut all the main pieces from the Bunny Stitch Thinlits and mounted it on to the base pieces of each item cutting them from Kraft Cardstock from Ranger. I used regular pink thread to sew into the hollow parts of the ears and nose of each bunny. Then I used a thicker white thread to create the bunny's whiskers, just going in and out around the nose, and securing the back with scotch tape. For the eyes I used Tim's Brown Craft Thread, tying a knot and leaving the threads for the eyelashes. They are not perfect looking, but I like the little slant the knots give to the eyes. I also free hand cut the fluffy tails using the felt. I inked the edges of everything with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

 I die cut all the pieces from the two cups from Papercut Cafe using Ivory Heavystock, and the main saucer and cup piece using parts of the new Collage Strips from Idea-ology. I love the those strips and love that you can cut apart the pieces that you need and all the patterns work so well together. So I made one blue flower cup and one pink. I inked the edges of everything with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

For the Mini Brushstroke Flowers, I die cut the ones I wanted (and there are so many to choose from) using Watercolor Cardstock with two sided tape on the back. I colored them in with Distress Watercolor Pencils and a Detail Waterbrush leaving them in the negatives. Then I adhered them together, and into the cups. 

 

 

 For the background of the card front, I cut a piece of Watercolor Cardstock to size, times two, and misted it with Twisted Citron Oxide Spray and a little water. While it was damp I ran it through the machine in the Entangled 3D Texture Fade. Talk about LOVE!!!! This fade is gorgeous! I rubbed the pad of Peeled Paint Distress Archival Ink over the raised areas, and then trimmed around the top raised images to look like blades of grass and foliage. 

 

For the sky, I cut more Watercolor Cardstock and misted it with Tumbled Glass Oxide Spray and water, and then into the Dotted 3D Texture Fade. I rubbed the pad of Picket Fence Distress Ink over the dots, and inked the edges with the same color. I mounted these onto White Heavystock and then onto a Kraft base card cut and folded to 5x7 inches. 

 

 I stamped the sentiment onto more White Heavystock, from the Spring Shadows stamp set from Stamper's Anonymous, and mounted it onto Kraft with a fish tail cut. I cut Crinkle Ribbon enough to go around each card front and back a bow, and misted it with water and Mustard See Distress Oxide Spray and wadded it up to dry. Then I tied it around the front. Then I added on all the die cut pieces with Collage Medium and foam tape. 

 

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Two Sided Tape, Scissors, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Sewing Needles, Scotch Tape, Ink Blending Tool, Waterbrush, Water Mister, Small Stamping Block, Hole Punch, Foam Tape)

 -Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock

 -Sizzix Felt Sheets: Neutral, Bold, Pastel

 -Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Everyday 2023): Bunny Stitch, Papercut Cafe, Mini Brushstroke Flowers 

-Tim Holtz Coats and Clark Craft Thread: Dark Brown

 -Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte

 -Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: Ivory, White

 -Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Collage Strips, Crinkle Ribbon

 -Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Picket Fence, Tumbled Glass,

 -Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock

 -Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencil: Mustard Seed, Kitsch Flamingo, Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness

 -Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray: Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, Mustard Seed

 -Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fade (Everyday 2023): Entangled, Dotted 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Peeled Paint, Ground Espresso

 -Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Spring Shadows

 -Pink Thread, Heavyduty White Thread

 

Thank you so very much for stopping by today! I'll be back real soon. I wish you all a happy and blessed Easter full of LOVE! Until next time, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 - Happy Easter Colorize Papercut Chicks and Bunny Games with 3D Doily Cards

Hello All! Here are my last cards from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 Live, and these cute cute Easter cards are made with the Colorize Papercut Chicks and Bunny Games Thinlits, along with the 3D Doily Texture Fade. Oh my goodness, have you ever seen a more CUTE bunny and chick?!! I want to adopt these guys and let them run around my house with the dog! So so precious! BUT, these cards have to be the most cute project I've ever done...there was no way I could grunge these guys up. They needed to stay clean and cute! ;0)  That Texture Fade is amazing too. I thought it made the best lettuce looking hills, perfect for the bunnies. Enjoy!

 

 

Die cut pieces for the chicks using two yellows of felt, an ivory felt, orange, and black cardstock, after adding two sided tape to the back of each paper or felt.  Die cut two grasses (if making two cards) with three colors of green cardstock and ink the edges of each with Peeled Paint Archival Ink before assembling. Use Metallic Confections pink and Classic Pink for the eggs. 

 

 

Die cut the rabbits with ivory, white, and pink felt and black cardstock. On the flowers, die cut three of each die piece in white and yellow felt and then mix them to get 12 flowers in all. Die cut six grass blades in green. On the eggs, die cut two base eggs for each size in a matte cardstock, and one each of the pattern egg in a matching Metallic Kraft Stock. When you remove the solid piece from the pattern egg, use the loose pieces for the other egg base...no waste. Die cut the banner in white Heavystock and all the banner pieces in three colors of Metallic Kraft Stock. You can save the extras for another project.

 

 

Cut two 'happy' words from the Quotations Metallic Stickers, and ink the edges in Gathered Twigs. Mount these onto a Metallic Kraft Stock (I used pink.) and then onto Kraft Cardstock, inking those edges in Gathered Twigs. Adhere the Metallic banner pieces onto the banner, alternating colors. Cut words from the Tiny Remnant Rubs that have the letters to spell 'Easter' (I used 'observations' and 'adventure'), cut the letters off that you need, and use tweezers to apply them to the banner pieces and rub on. Save the extra letters for another project. 

 

 

Cut Watercolor Cardstock to fit into the 3D Doily Texture Fade. (Note: I used the debossed side.) Ink over the raised parts of the fade with Peeled Paint Distress Archival Ink. Lightly mist the Watercolor Cardstock with water, and then close the fade and run through the die cut machine three times for good embossing. Do two of these for two cards. Clean the fade with 91% rubbing alcohol to remove all the ink. Let paper dry. The green ink is in the debossed areas, so you will use the back of the Doily design rather than the raised design the way the Texture Fade is intended.

 

 

Use the Deckle Trimmer to cut the one blank side on the watercolor down to where the doily pattern starts, so the paper will now be 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches. Ink the open un-patterned area with Speckled Egg Distress Ink and an Ink Blending Tool, taking care to not get into the green area. Ink the open parts of the patterned green area with both Twisted Citron and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks for a more lettuce look. Lightly mist the paper with water to create water droplets and use a paper towel to remove the wet, and let dry. Ink the edges of the watercolor paper with Speckled Egg on the sky area and either one of the greens in the lettuce hill area. One will be vertical and one horizontal for the card fronts. Mount both onto White Heavystock with two sided tape, cut to 4 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches. Then mount this onto a kraft card base folded to 5 x 6 3/4 inches, remembering one is vertical and one horizontal. Ink the edges of the kraft base card with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. 

 

 

To add whiskers to the bunny's heads, first use a Craft Pick and poke a tiny hole through the bunny's face under his nose, on each side of his nose, so you know where the needle will go and you have less of a chance of messing up the face. Use a wide hole needle and add three pieces of white thread to each (about 8 in. each so you have plenty to work with). Place the needle into one of the tiny holes you just made on the front of the head and pull the three threads through (say that fast three times) leaving about an inch of each thread, and then push the needle into the tiny hole on the back of the bunny's head and push the needle through taking care to pulling the threads out on the front. Cut the three threads off the needle leaving about an inch of threads on that side of the nose. You should have long whiskers on both sides of the nose. Add a piece of two sided tape (do not remove the backing yet) over the threads on the back of the bunny's head to hold them in place. Cut the whiskers to the length you want. If the whiskers won't behave and go all over the place add a tiny bit of the Collage Medium to the whiskers and smooth them out and lay them where you want and hold them down a few seconds until they obey. Do the same for the other bunny head. Adhere all the die cuts to the front of the card, starting with the grass, then eggs, then flowers and grass, then chicks and bunnies, and finally the banner and 'happy', and use a bit of Collage Medium to help secure the tiny pieces if there wasn't much two sided tape on the back.

 

Supplies: 

(Scissors, Two Sided Tape, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Ink Blending Tool, Craft Tweezers, Paper Trimmer, Water Mister, 91% Rubbing Alcohol, Deckle Trimmer, Craft Pick, White Thread with Wide Hole Needle)

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Chapter 1 2022): Colorize Papercut Chicks, Bunny Games 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Classic Kraft Stock, Metallic Confections Kraft Stock, Tiny Text Remnant Rubs, Quotations Metallic Stickers 

-Sizzix Felt Sheets: Pastel, Neutral, Bold 

-Tim Holtz Core-dinations Kraft Core: Nostalgic, Classic 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distess Archival Ink: Peeled Paint 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock

-Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fade (Chapter 1 2022): Doily 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink:  Speckled Egg, Twisted Citron, Shabby Shutters, Gathered Twigs 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte 

-Gelly Roll Pen: White

I am totally going to use this rabbit on a new baby card. So darn cute! I'll be back soon. Thank you truly for stopping by. I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!