Showing posts with label Tim Holtz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tim Holtz. Show all posts

Friday, November 01, 2024

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!

Monday, October 14, 2024

Tim Holtz Stamper’s Anonymous Christmas 2024 - Holiday Whatnots Home For Christmas Rosette Gift Tags

Hello Everyone. Here is the last project shown on the Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous Christmas Live, the Rosette Gift Tags made with the Holiday Whatnots and Home for Christmas Stamp Sets. These rosettes will dress up even the most basic packaging, and were so much fun to color with Ranger Distress Watercolor Pencils. Enjoy!

 
Taking a full sheet of the Black Kraftstock (6x8 inches), place it into the Stamping Platform. Arrange any of the sentiments from the Christmas Whatnots Stamp Set that you want that will coordinate with the images from the Home For Christmas Stamp Set, two largest first, about an inch down from the top of the paper spacing them evenly apart, and then the smaller three below about an inch down from the middle of the paper, spaced evenly apart, and then close the lid to secure them. Stamp these twice with Glacier White Pigment Ink from Ranger so they are nice and white. (Note: I always reink my Glacier White Pigment Ink pad about an hour before I stamp if it has been a bit since I've used it.) The ink will stay wet a bit so let this dry naturally while you remove and clean the stamps as you are finished with them.
 
 
Cut a piece of Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper to about 5x5 inches, and place this onto the Stamping Platform. Take all five of the images from the Home For Christmas Stamp Set and arrange them on the paper leaving a little space between each one, and close the lid to secure them. Stamp these just once with Black Soot Distress Archival Ink. The ink stays wet longer on the SSP so leave this to dry a bit or use a heat tool for a quick dry. Leave the stamps in the platform because you will need to restamp the images later after coloring.
 
 
Using Distress Watercolor Pencils and a Detail Waterbrush color in the images and sentiments. The SSP images will be cut out so if you go over the lines it's no problem, but the Black Kraftstock sentiments will not, however if you color over the lines you can cover it up with black pen. The colors I used are Antique Linen, Speckled Egg, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs, Lost Shadow, Lumberjack Plaid, and Festive Berries. Leave the black for now, and cut out the SSP images.
 
Select five designs from the Christmas Kraftstock Paper Stash. Using the rosette dies from the Vault Rosettes Thinlit, Rosette Set Thinlits (comes with two), and the Sizzlit Decorative Strip Snowflake Rosette, from Sizzix, choose which ever you want and die cut 5 sets, one for each SSP image. The decorative strip you need only die cut once, the rosette set needs three each, and the Vault Rosette needs four. Take the Bigz Stacked Stars Die and red glitter paper from the Christmas Deco Sheets which is has an adhesive back, and then add two sided tape to the back of Black and White Dotted Paper from the Christmas Paper Stash, and die cut five sets of the stars as well.  Join all the rosette pieces together with two sides tape and Collage Medium for extra strength, and then add a strip of any Tissue Tape to the back for extra sturdiness so the bends you make won't tear at the score lines, and then add the matching black and white dot to the front of each, again for more security as well as making matches for a cohesive look. 
 
 
Ink the edges of all the stars with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink, and have them ready but don't stick them on anything yet. Make all the bends on the rosettes by bending back and worth, and then join the two ends together with both tape and Collage Medium. Plug in a detail glue gun and have it heating up. Take one of the rosettes as well as a large and medium star of either pattern. Peel off the back of both of the stars and add Collage Medium as well (keeping in mind which size is better for the front and other will be for the back). Push the rosette in on itself and flatten it Kraft side up which is the back, making a circle opening in the middle about 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter and add a line of glue from the glue gun around the hole opening, and then immediately press a star on to help hold it in place, and put pressure on it with your hand for a few seconds. Carefully flip the rosette over using both hands to keep it flat and holding it down (although if enough hot glue it will stay fine), and then add a line of glue from the glue gun around the hole opening and then place the other star over this pushing it down and in place and holding the rosette flat again for a few seconds. The picture shows a rosette front on the left and on the right the back of another. Add a smaller opposite pattern star to the one on the front. Then flip over the rosette and add two more smaller stars alternating the pattern. Do all five rosettes the same. Ink the edges of the rosettes with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.
 
 
This picture shows a close up of the front of a rosette without the star on and you can see the glue in the center from the glue gun.
 
 
Take the sentiments and use a paper cutter to cut them apart about 1/8 inch out from the words and make the cuts slightly slanting out from the top so it's just a little wider at the bottom. Use scissors to fish tail the ends for a ribbon look. Use a white pen to add a border on the ribbons, and to add detail work to the letters. Cut out the images if you haven't already and ink the edges with Gathered Twigs. You can add more details with the white pen. Use Glossy Accents on any bits on the images that need shine, like the car windows, the glass on the snow globe, the berries in the stocking, the ribbon on the present, and over the ornaments. Let dry. Add two sided tape to the portion of the ribbon above the sentiment as well as Collage Medium, and adhere the ribbon to the back of the rosette so that only the sentiment is showing behind it. Place pressure on it or use a weighted objects on it for a few minutes. Add foam tape to the back of the images only in the center where it will adhere to the center of the star and add those on each one.
 
 
Cut strips of Black Kraftstock about 1/2 x 5 inches (or use one paper and cut after you've stamped like I did) and stamp the 'to' and 'from' in Glacier White from the Festive Print Stamp Set. Fish tail the ends and punch a hole at the top. Run string through the top hole on each rosette and add the black 'to from' on it and tie in a knot to hang the rosette from. If you used the Vault Rosette there are no holes, but you can punch one at the top or punch one on each end like I did for a decorative look. I also stamped the same sentiments from the rosettes onto the kraft wrapped present and kraft paper sack to match the rosette, and colored them in to match before adding the rosette tag on.
 


 



 
Supplies:
(Paper Trimmer, Die Cut Machine, Craft Pick, Two Sided Tape, Glue Gun, Ink Blending Tool, Mini Hole Punch, Stamp Platform or Two if you have another, Scissors, Water Mister, Detail Waterbrush, Foam Tape)
-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Christmas Kraftstock (2017), Christmas Paper Stash (2019), Christmas Deco Sheets, Christmas Design Tape (2019), Black Kraftstock, Twine String
-Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz Die: Stacked Stars
-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Vault Rosettes, Rosette Set
-Sizzix Tim Holtz Sizzlit Decorative Strip: Snowflake Rosette
-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs
-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set (Christmas 2024): Holiday Whatnots, Home For Christmas  
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Black Soot
-Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper
-Ranger Pigment Ink: Glacier White
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils: Antique Linen, Speckled Egg, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs, Lost Shadow, Lumberjack Plaid, Festive Berries
-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Festive Print
-Ranger Glossy Accents
-Black Pen, White Pen, Kraft Wrapping Paper 
 
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and for all the comments here and on social media. I'll be back again in a few weeks. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!