Stickled Pine Branch Geo Ornament Christmas Cards

I'm getting closer to being ready...a few more things to go, but time is not on my side. Hope you all are ready. Today, another set of cards...glitzy with a ton of Ranger Stickles to highlight Tim Holtz's Sizzix Thinlits Pine Branch and Geo Ornament, you know how much I love to fill those open shapes with Stickles!!! I think one is more masculine and the other feminine because of the colors...I like that! Enjoy...and REALLY thank you so much for finding the time to stop by...I promise I will stop by your sites soon.

I die cut the pinecones with Kraft Paper and then mounted on dark brown cardstock. The ornaments were die cut with Champagne Metallic and mounted on dark brown as well.

Then I die cut a slew of the needles with various green cardstock. The two background papers are from Tim's Christmas Stash from this year.

Using Mixed Media Heavystock, I inked over it with Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy and misted with water for a great vintage look, and then stamped the Christmas Words from Tim's Stripes and Holiday Type from Stamper's Anonymous in Pumice Stone. Then I tore the patterned papers so that you would see half of each on the front of the card.

I heat embossed the sentiment from Christmastime 2 onto the bottom of the patterned paper in Liquid Platinum from Ranger...it matches the Champagne Metallic wonderfully, and even though it's subtle, it's perfect to balance out all the glitz about to go on.

Then came all the Stickles that I filled into the pinecone and ornaments. I love doing this. Then it was just a matter of adhering and layering all the die cut pieces.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:  

(Craft Sheet, Paper Trimmer, Die Cut Machine, Pencil, Stamp Platform, Heat Tool, Two-Sided Tape, Foam Tape)

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock, Mixed Media Heavystock

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Metallic 3 Kraft Stock, Christmas Paper Stash (2019)

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Geo Christmas, Pine Branch

-Core-dinations Tim Holtz Kraft Core: Nostalgic

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Brush

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Pumice Stone

-Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

-Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Stripes and Holiday Type, Christmastime 2

-Ranger Embossing Ink: Liquid Platinum

-Ranger Stickles: Cinnamon, Sandstone, Mystic Green, Lime Green, Cranberry, Cotton Candy, Glisten, Platinum, Champagne, Gold Dust

I've been overwhelmed by all the comments and cheers on these Christmas projects this week...thank you so very much! I'll be back tomorrow! I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Stamped Toile Christmas Cards

Happy Wednesday everyone, and one week to go...I'm still not ready! Today, another set of cards that I was so excited to make, but didn't quite fulfill my expectations. I have to learn to embrace imperfection...hard to do. Anyway, my cards are filled with Tim Holtz stamps from Stamper's Anonymous in a toile type pattern in red and blue. My house it filled with Christmas toile items during the season, and I absolutely love it.

Using images (outside per the toile look) from seven stamp sets, I planned out my pattern, and thought I would just repeat it until this 12x12 piece of Ranger's Specialty Stamping Paper was all covered.

I stamped the images in Wendy's Red Geranium Archival, and dried the paper thoroughly with a heat tool and left it out all night to dry. I loved the red so much that I decided to do a blue as well, and used a combination of Cobalt and Cornflower Blue Archival. My pattern did not repeat like I wanted it to, because I couldn't get the images to fit correctly, so I just filled in with the images that worked...oh well, I still liked it.

I trimmed down the paper to size for my cards and found out that the red smeared a little. So I dried again and again, but still had some smudge. I think I must have used too much ink, and I did reink the pad before I started. I will keep that in mind for next time. The blue did not smear, and I didn't reink those pads, so that is why I think I had the problem on the red. So to alleviate the smearing and so the embossing powder wouldn't stick to the red, I pounced on an antistatic embossing bag of powder, and that worked well. I stamped and embossed the 'Merry Christmas' with Jet Black and Black Sparkle Embossing Powder.

Tim has such a great selection of papers from his last too Christmas Stash pads, so I selected various plaids for the backgrounds. I also added a strip and bow of black velvet.

  

 

 

 

 

Supplies: 

(Craft Sheet, Stamping Block, Heat Tool, Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Two Sided Tape, Scissors)

-Ranger Surfaces: 12x12 Specialty Stamping Paper, Black Cardstock

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Scenic Holiday, Scribble Woodland, Festive Overlay, Holiday Greetings, Christmas Magic, Mini Holidays 3, Just Believe, Christmastime

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink: Red Geranium, Cornflower Blue

-Ranger Archival Ink: Cobalt, Jet Black

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Black Sparkle

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs

-Ranger Ink Blending Tool

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Christmas Paper Stash (2018), Christmas Paper Stash (2019)

-Ranger Multi Medium: Matte

-Black Velvet Ribbon, Cream Card Bases

Thanks again for all the comments this week...I so appreciate it, and I'll be back tomorrow with more.
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

A Christmas Story Lamp Card

I'm back, and this time with the first set of Christmas cards for this season, and boy did I have fun with these. My favorite comical Christmas movie is probably A Christmas Story, and when Wendy Vecchi released the No Ring Art stamp set from Stamper's Anonymous, my first thought was the Christmas leg lamp using her sexy legs stamp. Enjoy, and I'll be back tomorrow.

I gathered all the Wendy goods and planned out my cards.

I stamped the 'this side up' in Red Geranium Archival from Ranger and Wendy, and stenciled in the Fragile with Fern Green.

I covered up the words from above with sticky note, and then stamped the background stamp over in Jet Black.

I mounted the card onto blue cardstock and then the card base, and added Wendy's Washi Tape across the top and bottom. I inked the edges of everything with Tree Branch Archival.

I inked over the Mat Minis with Leaf Green and then Fern Green, and then stamped the coordinating door over the trim.

Using more Mixed Media Cardstock, I inked over it with Sky Blue Blendable Dye Ink and misted with water for a wintry sky look. Then I stenciled in the tree several times with Fern Green and dried really well. I stamped the Pin Point Dots in Sky Blue and embossed with White Embossing Powder for snow. Then I trimmed the paper down to fit behind the windows and adhered them.

I inked over the trim  and lamp shade Mat Minis with Dandelion and inked the edges with Tree Branch. I added Antique Linen Distress Paint from Tim Holtz in the center of the shades and let that dry. Then I drew in the lines on the shades with a gold Pitt Pen. I also inked in the rectangle lamp bases with Watering Can Archival.

I stamped the legs onto Specialty Stamping Paper and embossed them with Clear Powder, and cut one leg off for the lamp.

I gave the shade and leg more shading with Pitt Pens, and misted the shade with Pearl Mica Mist. I added the trim around the shade, and cut off the extra length of fringe. Than I attached the shade to the leg with foam tape.

I adhered the window, table top, and lamp base to the card, and then added a layer of Gloss Multi Medium to the window for a glass look.

I inked in the leaves and berried, and stamped the coordinating images. I cut the leaves and berries apart so I would have two parts.

I stamped and embossed the 'merry' sentiment with Clear and Jet Black, cut it out and mounted onto blue cardstock. I typed out the 'and bright' with a dymo, and added the sentiments onto the cards. I added the holly and used Stickles to highlight the berries and washi tape.

   

 

 

 

 

Supplies: 

(Craft Sheet, Stay-tion, Stamp Platform, Scissors, Cream Card Bases, Heat Tool, Two Sided Tape, Paint Brush, Foam Tape)

-Ranger Surfaces: Mixed Media Heavy Cardstock

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink: Fern Green, Red Geranium, Tree Branch, Dandelion, Leaf Green, Carnation Red, Watering Can

-Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stamp Set: Label It Art, Art of Making It Merry, Front Door Art, No Ring Art

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stencil For Art: Classic Words

-Ranger Ink Blending Tool

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Washi Tape 2

-Light Blue Cardstock

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Mat Minis: Front Door Art Coordinates, #shelfie, Holly and Berries

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Blendable Dye Ink: Sky Blue

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stamp It Stencil It: Holiday Icons

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Background Stamp: Pin Point Dots

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Seafoam White, Clear

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Perfect Card Adhesive

-Ranger Multi Medium: Gloss

-Faber-Castell Pitt Pens

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Antique Linen

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Mica Spray: Pearl

-Black Silk Fringe

-Dymo Caption Maker with Red Tape

-Ranger Stickles: Cranberry, Burgundy

Thank you so much for coming by, and I hope you are more prepared for Christmas than I am. Until tomorrow...I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Christmas Embossing Tinsel Personalized Name Tags

Yikes, not only have I been away so long, I've been sick and so busy that I am so behind on my Christmas makes. Christmas really seemed to come way too fast this year.  I'm only half way through my Christmas cards, but I have a bunch of stuff to show you this week, so please stay tuned. I decided to start with tags for Christmas presents to check off the list first, and all of these are made with Tim Holtz stamps from Stamper's Anonymous and Ranger Embossing Powders and Oxide Inks.

 

 

 

I tried to match the tags to these cute little bags, so I started with a gold embossed tree from the Tree Line set.

I stamped the plaid in Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink so I could see it on the black tag, and then embossed with Red Embossing Tinsel, after masking off the tree and inside.

I stamped the names in Tall Text using Picket Fence Distress Ink and Snowflake Embossing Tinsel. Green Embossing Tinsel was using on the green tags.

It was the Great Outdoors and Into the Woods for these tags, along with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink and Silver Embossing Tinsel.

To make the tag below, more of the same with the addition of Twisted Citron Oxide Ink and Lime Green and White Embossing Powder.

It was not too hard to emboss on top of other embossing, but I had to make sure not to put too much heat on the powders so it wouldn't spread too much.

Supplies: 

(Kraft Sheet, Stamping Platform, Paper for Masking, Embossing Tool, Scissors)

-Ranger Surfaces: Black #8 Tags

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Black Soot

-Stamper's Anoymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Tree Line, Perfect Plaids, Tall Text, Into The Woods, Great Outdoors, Worn Text

-Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide: Candied Apple, Pine Needles, Hickory Smoke, Twisted Citron

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Picket Fence

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Gold, Lime Green, White

-Ranger Embossing Tinsel: Red, Green, Snowflake, Silver

-Marvy DecoColor Premium Gold and Silver Leafing Pens

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Christmas Circle Words

-Ranger Embossing Pen

-black velvet ribbon, white gel pen
 
I'll be back again tomorrow with the first set of Christmas cards. Thanks so much for stopping by!
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!