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!

Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous Halloween 2024 - Boo Sheet Halloween Party Treat Sacks & Tags

And I'm back to show you the last little project to go with the Boo Sheet Halloween Party theme, using the new stamps and stencils from Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous, and seen in the Live last Saturday. I really can think of several other decor pieces to make with these for a party, as the images are so stinking cute. Don't you agree? Enjoy these Treat Sacks and Tags! 

 

(NOTE: The Archival Ink takes a bit longer to dry on the glassine, so take care not to smear it, or use a heat tool to help dry.) Place a white glassine bag in the platform and take the small extra ghost stamp on the lower right side of the glassine just for placement so don't close the lid yet. Take the mini witch's hat, broom, and pumpkin pail from the Mini Bird Crazy & Things and figure out the best placement of them using the little ghost. Remove the ghost and then stamp the mini things in Black Soot from Ranger.  Place another glassine bag in and repeat and do as many as you want. Clean the stamps off by stamping the remaining ink from them onto a large sticky note, and then cut the images out. You are finished with these stamps so remove them.  Place the sticky notes on the images and then add the little ghost on and stamp it in Black Soot over the sticky notes. Place another glassine bag in and repeat and do as many as you want.  Clean this stamp off on another sticky note and cut it out. Remove the little ghost as you are finished with it.  Take the large ghost stamp and place it next to the little witch ghost in the center area of the glassine just for placement so don't close the lid yet. Take the bowler hat and pumpkin pail from the Crazy Things and figure out the best placement of them using the large ghost. Remove the ghost  and then stamp the images in Black Soot. Place another glassine bag in and repeat and do as many as you want. Clean the stamps off by stamping the remaining ink from them onto another sticky note, and then cut the images out. You are finished with these stamps so remove them.  Place the sticky notes on the images as well as the broom sticky note,  and then add the large ghost on and stamp it in Black Soot over the sticky notes. Place another glassine bag in and repeat and do as many as you want. Clean this stamp off on another sticky note and cut it out. Remove the large ghost as you are finished with it. Place all the sticky notes on the images and then arrange the large web over them and close the lid to secure the stamp. Stamp the web in Hickory Smoke Archival Ink. Place another glassine bag in and repeat and do as many as you want. Remove this stamp and add the two sentiments or whatever you want, as well as the bow tie on the large ghost, and stamp them in Black Soot Archival Ink. Remove all the stickys and save for another time. Place another glassine bag in and repeat and do as many as you want, and don't worry about the sticky notes anymore.

 

Take #8 Black Tags for as many of the treat sacks as you are making, and cut off the bottom two inches on each and save those for another project. Place a tag in the platform and add a sentiment from the Halloween Whatnots Stamp Set just below the tag holes. Speaking of the tag holes, I don't like that brownish color for these tags so I color it in with Black Soot Archival Ink, FYI. Close the lid to secure the sentiment and then stamp it with Glacier White Pigment Ink a few times to make it nice and bright. Repeat with more tags and sentiments. Let this ink dry a while or use a heat tool. Take the Mini Jacks Layering Stencil and place it below the sentiment along the bottom border of the tag so that two open pumpkins are centered along the bottom. Using a clean foam and ink blending tool, ink in the solid pumpkins with Glacier White Pigment Ink and then let dry. If you get white anywhere you don't want it use a black pen and Black Soot Archival to cover it up....the beauty of using a black surface.

 

Using Distress Watercolor Pencils and a Detail Waterbrush, color in the parts of the sentiments that you want, as well as oranges for the solid pumpkins with green stems, but I kept the center pumpkin white, as well as the accessories on the ghosts with the glassine bags.  Keep in mind that the pencils will color over the black portions, but again you can use a pen to color them back black on the tags. The water makes the glassine slightly buckle but it will flatten out when dry. See below for the colors I used. For the witch's buckle on the hats, I used Antique Bronze Distress Crayon with the Waterbrush. Use a white pen to add dots in each of the centers of the eyes, as well as add eyelashes to the little witch. Let the bags dry well. Place the face part of the Jacks stencil over the pumpkins and use Black Soot Archival to color them in. Select letters for a name or initials using the Halloween Transparent Tiles and secure those on to the bottom of the tag edge using two sided tape. Crinkle up some Halloween Fringe and use two sided tape to secure it on over the top of letters. Add ribbon to the tag hole and tie it onto the fold down bag through a hole made with a hole punch once your bag is filled with treats. 

 

 

Supplies:

(Stamp Platform, Scissors, Sticky Note, Water Mister, Detail Waterbrush, Paper Trimmer, Ink Blending Tool, Two Sided Tape)

-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set (Halloween 2024): Boo Crazy, Halloween Whatnots  

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Black Soot, Hickory Smoke

-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Crazy Things, Mini Bird Crazy & Things

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils: Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs, Hickory Smoke

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon: Antique Bronze

-Ranger Surfaces: Black #8 Tags

-Ranger Pigment Ink: Glacier White

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil: Mini Jacks 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Halloween Transparent Tiles, Halloween Fringe, Halloween Trimmings

-White Glassine Sacks A2, Black Pen, White Pen 

 

I'd love to see if you make any of these or add to theme with a whole new make...let me know! Thanks again for all the comments! I'll be back again soon. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!