O' Christmas Tree Enamel Accents Card

Hello and welcome to the last Monday in November, which means December is right around the corner...yikes, and which means it's time for a new challenge at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge Blog, and which means it's also my last project as Guest Designer for this month. It's a little sad as it's been so much fun. I truly thank you all for the wonderful comments this whole month, and for all the inspiration from your projects...WOW! Thank you Simon Says Stamp for having me, it's been an honor.

This last November challenge is "O' Christmas Tree"....so perfect for the upcoming Christmas holiday, and a good reason to start working on your Christmas projects if you haven't already. The day will be here before we know it...yikes! For my project I decided to finish out a tag I started from my Ranger Enamel Accents and Liquid Pearls Video, and turn it into a card featuring three different Christmas trees.

This is an easy card to make. Begin by stamping two of Tim's Scribbly Christmas Trees from Stamper's Anonymous, onto the right side of a #8 Manila Tag from Ranger, in Hickory Smoke Archival. Die cut Tim's Sizzix Thinlet Festive Scribbles Christmas Tree and Star (the small one) using Manila as well.

Stamp the sentiment in Red Geranium Archival Ink from Wendy Vecchi, and pour the same color Embossing Powder on it and heat emboss it onto a small #5 tag.

Starting with one color at a time, make dots using the Enamel Accents and cover up the stamped images with it. Also make dots around the edges of the tag to make a border.

Make dots on the die cut pieces as well, covering them up as best as you can.

Add a Fine Tip Applicator to the Glacier White Enamel Accents, and make smaller dots and thin lines around the border.

Once all the Enamel Accents are dry, ink over all the tags with Festive Berries and Twisted Citron Distress Ink. Then flick water onto them to make water spots. The Enamel Accents resist the ink...even the white. Ink a card base the same way.

Ink the edges of the tags with Festive Berries, and layer them onto the card base with Adhesive Strips.

Punch out the Laurel Sprigs using cardstock, and add Classic Cherry Enamel Accents to the berry portions. When dry, adhere them around the holes of the tags and add Mirrored Stars. Edge the card with more Enamel Accents.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you again for coming by and visiting! I hope you join along in this festive challenge. You might just be the one who wins a $50 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp!!! Good luck, and I look forward to all your festive entries!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix FESTIVE SCRIBBLES Thinlits Die 660980	ranger manila tags #8	#5 Manila Tags - Inkssentials	Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink Reinker in Hickory Smoke	Ranger DIY Archival Ink Pad
Stamper′s Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Background Stamp in Scribbly Christmas	Ranger Archival Red Geranium Ink Pad	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Embossing Powder in Red Geranium	Ranger Enamel Accents in Electric Lime	Ranger Enamel Accents in Lily Pad
Ranger Enamel Accents in Lemon Twist	Ranger Enamel Accents in Classic Cherry	Ranger Enamel Accents in Glacier White	Ranger Fine Tip Applicator for .5 oz.	Festive Berries - Distress Ink
Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron Ink Pad	MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Ranger Adhesive Strips	Tim Holtz Core′dinations DISTRESS Colorcore 4.25 X 5.5 Cardstock	Sizzix Tim Holtz Large Paper Punch in Laurel
Tim Holtz Kraft core Classic	Multi Medium Matte	Idea ology Mirrored stars

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Three French Cardinals??? On A Christmas Card!

Hello and welcome to the third Monday in November...which means it's time for a new challenge at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge Blog. Thanks for all the lovely comments from last weeks Guest Designer piece, Thankful Manor. I appreciate it and am so thankful for you!

This weeks challenge is "Trio-tastic: Use Three of Something".  You can do absolutely so much with this theme, and I look forward to seeing what you use. I decided to do a few 'three of something(s)'! I have three French Hens...I mean Cardinals, three candy canes, and Santa caps, and I have used only three colors...black, white, and red. Sorry if the 12 Days of Christmas is now playing in your head!

I die cut the Tim Sizzix Crazy Birds with Watercolor Cardstock, after stamping them with Black Soot Archival from Tim and Ranger. I die cut the Birch Trees and Tree Line with Wood Grain Cardstock.

I tore pieces of watercolor cardstock and covered them and all the trees with Grit Paste and then Distress Glitter, and let them dry. I prepared my card base with layers of matting.

I used the Planks Texture Fade to add lines to the Birch Trees, by swiping Hickory Smoke Archival Ink on the inside of the texture fade.

I inked the edges a little, and also added Grit Paste and Glitter here and there.

I needed the Santa caps to be reversed to look a little better, so I stamped the images on Tim's Tissue Wrap and turned them over as well as the die cuts and adhered the wrap down with Multi Medium. It was perfect.

I colored all the images with Distress Crayons and a Water Brush. Then I layerd the pieces with foam tape. I also added Glitter to the caps, and gave the candy canes a Glossy Accents coating.

I stamped the Crinkle Ribbon with Wendy Vecchi's Simply Stripes Background Stamp and here Red Geranium Ink, and then misted it with water to crinkle it.  The sentiment was computer generated.

 

 

 

 

I hope you play along with this fun challenge. Remember, you might just be the one who wins a $50 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp!!! Good luck, and I look forward to seeing all the entries, and once again,  thanks for coming by!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Core′dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC Colorcore 4.25 X 5.5 Cardstock	Eanger surfaces Black cardstock	Ranger Distress Woodgrain cardstock	Tim Holtz Sizzix BIRCH TREES Thinlits Die 660994	Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades in Ink Splats and Wood Planks
Ranger DIY Archival Ink Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink Reinker in Hickory Smoke	Brushed corduroy - Distress ink	MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Tim Holtz Sizzix TREE LINE Thinlits Die 661604
Ranger Palette Knife set	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress GRit Paste	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock	Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink Reinker in Black Soot
Tim Holtz Bird Crazy stamps	Tim Holtz Crazy Things	Tim Holtz Mini Bird Crazy Stamps set	Tim Holtz Sizzix thinlits Bird Crazy	Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI BIRD CRAZY AND THINGS Thinlits Die And Cling Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits in Crazy Things	Tissue Wrap Plain paperie	Tim Holtz Detailer Water Brush	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 1	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 2
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 3	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons set 4	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set 7	Multi Medium Matte	Ranger adhesive foam white
Ranger Glossy Accents Glue	Sakura WHITE OPAQUE GLAZE GEL PENS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon	Stamper′s Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Background Stamp in Simply Stripes	Ranger Archival Red Geranium Ink Pad
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Typed Tokens in Christmas	Jump Rings - Idea-ology

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!