Stamper's Anonymous Christmas 2021 - Holiday Things Christmas Tree Card

Hello Everyone and welcome to a Christmas post! This time it's Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous goods. Oh the new stamps are so great! I hope you were able to catch the Live yesterday with all the amazing amazing samples...just a WOW!!! I had fun with this first make, but I have to admit that I redid and started over a few times. When you are stamping this much...I used all 13 images on the set to make this tree...it's a lot of stamping and masking and planning. Since I already have it laid out for you though, you should be able to breeze right through and make this card in no time if you choose to. Enjoy!

 

 

Cut Ivory Heavystock to 4 x 9 inches, and place in a stamp platform.  Lay out the first five stamps (star, tree, santa, sleigh, candle) as shown from the Holidays Things set on the paper to see the placement. Starting with Santa, stamp him in Black Soot Archival, and then stamp him again without reinking (to clean) onto a sticky note for masking. Cut him out, and place this onto the stamped Santa. Place all the other stamps onto the platform and secure them. (NOTE: It would be a good idea to keep the stamps in place just in case after you color them in, that you might need to restamp them in a darker color to help them pop.) Stamp the sleigh in Hickory Smoke Archival under the Santa so that it looks like his feet are on the sleigh, and make a mask of it.  Stamp the candle in Hickory Smoke below the sleigh. Stamp the tree above Santa in Peeled Paint Archival, and make a mask of it. Then stamp the star above that in Hickory Smoke, and make a mask of it. 

 

 

Stamp the next four images (and masks) the wreath in Hickory Smoke, and globe and both branches in Vintage Photo Archival. Remember it's best to leave the stamps on the platform for restamping, but if you only have only platform (yes I am lucky to have a few) then stamp and color in with Distress Crayons and restamp, then add the new stamps after. 

 

 

Stamp the snowflake in Faded Jeans Archival and the deer in Hickory Smoke, with masks.  

 

 

Finally, stamp the pinecone and juniper branch in Vintage Photo Archival with masks. 

 

 

Use all the masks and stamp the corner of the pine branch and fill in all the areas in between the stamped images to look like a tree, using Peeled Paint Archival Ink.

 

 

Color in the images with Distress Crayons and a Detail Water Brush, using the silicon mat as your palette, working lighter and then drying and adding more color to the shaded areas for depth.  I used Faded Jeans, Festive Berries, Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron, Hickory Smoke, Iced Spruce, Brushed Corduroy, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Mustard Seed, Gathered Twigs, Picket Fence, Crackling Campfire, Rustic Wilderness, and Pine Needles crayons. When you like the look of everything, restamp any images that might need more definition if you haven't already. For example, I stamped the wreath originally in Hickory Smoke Archival, but after coloring in I thought it needed to be darker so I restamped in Black Soot Archival. 

 

 

Taking a piece of computer paper, fold in half and in half again, and cut around in an oval type shape, and open up. Fit the paper (now mask) over the card to see if it covers up the tree area leaving a small border. If it doesn't continue to cut until it does, and if it does grab the thinnest pattern of Stripes Shifter Layering Stencil. Lay the oval mask over the tree area leaving a slight border and lay the stencil over this and secure with tape. Ink if the first color over the stripes, Faded Jeans. Move the stencil over and ink in again continuing the first pattern of stripes until the ink stripes cover the card. If need be (like I did), shift the stencil down to continue coloring in the stripes. Clean the stencil. Pick up the stencil, and cover the first Faded Jeans stripes (shifting) and ink in the new pattern of stripes with Vintage Photo Archival. Move the stencil over and continue the pattern, all the while remembering to keep the oval mask on. 

 

 

To give the scene a slightly more vintage feel, ink around the borders with Antique Linen Distress Ink, carrying the ink into the oval area. Ink the edges of the card with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  Use Twisted Citron and Rustic Wilderness Distress Crayons to color in the Christmas tree branches a little for some more depth, using the water brush. Use the Tarnished Brass Crayon and color over the star, candle holder, deer, and pinecones for some subtle sparkle.

 

 

Use a gold paint pen to draw lines on each side of the Faded Jeans stripes for more of a vintage wall paper look.  Cut and fold a kraft cardstock base to 4.25 x 9.25 inches, and a Gold Metallic Kraftstock piece to 4 1/8 x 9 1/8, and mount the gold to the kraft. Then mount the card front onto the card base using two sided tape. Ink the edges of the card base with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. Add Twinkle Stickles to the snowflake, Lime Green to the juniper berries and the rest of the tree like ornaments. Add Xmas Red to the other berries and then more to the small tree and the rest of the tree like ornaments. Add dots of White Opal Liquid Pearls to Santa's suit trim. Finally, add Glossy Accents to the raised areas of the star, all the pinecones, the deer's eyes, Santa's spectacles, buckle, and boots, all the land areas on the globe, and then to the candle flame and candle holder. Let dry.

 

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Sticky Note, Ink Blending Tool, Glass Mat, Detail Water Brush, Heat Tool, Scissors, Computer Paper, Sticky Grid Tape, Two Sided Tape) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: Ivory

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Holiday Things  

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Faded Jeans 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons: Faded Jeans, Festive Berries, Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron, Hickory Smoke, Iced Spruce, Brushed Corduroy, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Mustard Seed, Gathered Twigs, Picket Fence, Crackling Campfire, Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles, Tarnished Brass

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil: Shifter Multi Stripes (thinnest pattern) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: 12x12 Metallic Kraftstock, Christmas Trim Tape 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock 

-Ranger Stickles: Xmas Red, Lime Green, Twinkle 

-Ranger Glossy Accents 

-Ranger Liquid Pearls: White Opal 

-Marvy Deco Color Extra Fine Gold Paint Pen

I'll be back again tomorrow afternoon with a super special and secret make. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Stamper's Anonymous Halloween 2021 - Halloween Doodles and Bold Frights Cards

Hi everyone! Today, I've got more Halloween. This time two cards made with the new Bold Frights and Halloween Doodles Stamp Sets from Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous. The Doodles are a fav set of mine...so darn cute. Enjoy!

 

 

Cut Kraft Cardstock base to 4 x 5.5 inches when folded (times 2 if making two cards). Cut black cardstock mat to 3 7/8 x 5 3/8 and adhere to Kraft base with two sided tape. Ink the edges of the Kraft base with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. Set aside. Cut White Heavystock to 3.5 x 5.25 inches for card front. Gather stamp sets and Moon Masks and plan out cards.

 

 

Working one card front at a time, place solid Moon Mask in upper left corner. Ink over this and the rest of the paper with Prize Ribbon, Wilted Violet, and Carved Pumpkin Distress Inks with Ink Blending Tools. Keep blending and adding inks until nice deep sky is created. Repeat on other card.  

 

 

Keep Moon Mask in place and lightly mist Jack-O-Lantern Distress Mica Stain over sky area. Add a drop of Picket Fence Distress Paint to silicon mat and spray a tiny bit of water into the paint and mix. Pick up the watered down paint with a small paint brush and flick over the sky area for some stars. Do the same to the other card front. Clean off Moon Mask. Let these dry a few minutes.

 

 

Place open coordinating Moon Mask over the solid Moon area, and lightly ink in with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink. Remove mask and use a clean paper towel and smudge over the ink. Protect the sky area with paper towel and lightly mist Empty Tomb Distress Mica Stain over Moon area. Repeat on other card. Ink the edges of the card fronts with Hickory Smoke, and then dry thoroughly with a heat tool. 

 

 

Place card front in a Stamp Platform and add the sentiment from Bold Frights in lower right corner. Close the lid to secure the stamp. Rub an anti static pouch over the card front so the colored powder doesn't stick where you don't want it. Ink the stamp with Distress Embossing Ink, and stamp the sentiment a few times until you see a nice wet image. Immediately pour White Embossing Powder over the image, pour off, then heat emboss. Repeat with the other card front using another sentiment.

 

 

Place clean White Heavystock in the platform and stamp the images from Halloween Doodles in Black Soot Archival...one skeleton, 3 bones, both pieces of candy, one potion bottle, and three candles. Remove, then stamp the ghost in Black Soot Archival onto white vellum. Cut out all of these pieces.  

 

 

Color in all the images except the ghost and skeleton using Distress Crayons and a Detail Water Brush, and using the silicon mat as your palette. I used Antique Linen on the candles, skeleton, and bones, Carved Pumpkin on the candy and bottle, and Gathered Twigs and pretty much everything. Adhere the skeleton and ghost to the card fronts on the left, using Clear Foam Tape on the ghost and regular on the skeleton. Cut a 1/4 inch wide x 3 inches or so or Kraft Cardstock, ink the edges heavily with Gathered Twigs and adhere above the sentiment to look like a shelf. Adhere the bones to the shelf on the skeleton card and the bottle and candles to the ghost card shelf.

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Two Sided Tape, Ink Blending Tool, Glass Mat, Water Mister, Small Paint Brush, Stamp Platform, Anti Static Pouch, Heat Tool, Scissors, Detail Water Brush, Clear Foam Tape, Foam Tape) 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock, Black Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Layering Mask: Moon (Smallest Size) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Prize Ribbon, Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin, Hickory Smoke, Embossing Ink 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stain: Jack-O-Lantern, Empty Tomb

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Picket Fence

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Bold Frights, Halloween Doodles

-Ranger Embossing Powder: White

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Black Soot

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons: Antique Linen, Carved Pumpkin, Gathered Twigs

-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte

-Vellum

 

Thank you so very much for stopping by today. I'll be back again soon, but this time with a Christmas make, and then I have a few more Halloween makes. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas 2021 - Christmas Vault Series Metallic Card

Hello Everyone! I'm taking a tiny intermission from Halloween and bringing you some Christmas. Did you happen to catch that Tim Holtz Sizzix Live yesterday?!! WOW! My head is still brimming with inspiration from all the makers...just crazy fabulous! I am also so happy to finally have a Christmas make up. Here is the first of my Sizzix Christmas makes using the new Vault Series, which are smaller renditions of oldies but goodies, which I love revisiting especially in the new size. This card was so easy to throw together as well. Enjoy!!!

 

 

Cut and fold a Kraft Cardstock base card to 5 x 6.5 inches, and ink the edges of the card with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and an Ink Blending Tool. Cut an Ivory Heavystock mat to 4.75 x 6.25 inches and adhere it to the card front with two sided tape. Cut a piece of champagne/platinum colored Metallic Kraft Stock to 2.5 x 4 1/8 inches for the upper right of the card, and one 2 1/8 x 4 1/8 inches for the lower left side of the card. Cut Kraft cardstock to 1 7/8 x 2 1/8 for the upper left, and one 2 x 2.5 inches for the lower right. Lay these on the card front just so you can see the layout of the card design. Die cut one gent, 2 wreaths, 1 little bows, and one lady from Kraft Cardstock. Die cut one lamp stand, 2 little bows, both faceted stars, 'Christmas', and one large bow from the champagne Metallic Kraft Stock. Fold the stars so they are ready, and affix the large bow together using Collage Medium. Add 'merry' from the Seasonal Chit Chat Stickers to Ivory Heavystock, cut around it, and adhere to the same Metallic Kraft Stock, and cut around it for the sentiment. Lay all the die pieces where they will go as shown so you know the layout of the card.  

 

 

Remove all the pieces from the card front and lay them somewhere safe and positioned like they were on the card front to make it a little easier and help you find things. Take the two Metallic panel pieces and working one at a time, mist lightly with water and lay inside the Arched Texture Fade. Run through your machine three times for nice deep embossing. Do the other panel. Ink the edges of both pieces with Vintage Photo Archival and then run the pad over the top of each piece to further bring out the raised edges. Using Archival on the Metallic pieces ensures the ink not coming off. Add two sided tape to the back of these and secure on the card front where they go. 

 

 

Take the two Kraft pieces and lightly stamp part of the Advert background over them in Gathred Twigs Distress Ink. Ink the edges of those and secure them on the card front where they go using two sided tape. Take the gent and lady, and stamp over them using the Music background stamp and use Vintage Photo Archival this time to make the image darker. Ink the edges of both of these people in Vintage Photo as well and adhere them to the card front using Collage Medium. Stamp over both wreaths using the Advert background picking out a good part of the design to see on the wreaths and using Vintage Photo. Ink the edges of those, and set those aside for a bit. Ink the edges of the faceted stars and large bow with Vintage Photo as well.

 

Ink the edges of the light post and two tiny bow with Vintage Photo, and then adhere the light post next to the lady with Collage Medium. Adhere the wreaths (one on the gent and one on the lamp post) with Collage Medium, and then the bows on the wreaths. Ink the edges of the little Kraft tiny bow and cut it in half. Adhere it to the back of the lady's dress with Collage Medium. Adhere the 'merry' to the top right side of the Kraft panel in the lower right. Then adhere the 'Christmas' below that and over to the left some with Collage Medium. Use a paper towel to make sure there is no Collage Medium showing on any of the Metallic pieces to look cleaner. Finally use Collage Medium to adhere the large bow below the sentiment, and the two faceted stars to the upper left on the Kraft. You will probably need to hold the stars down until they are secure, or use hot glue to make this some easier.

 

Taking a medium and three small Mirrored Stars, drop Silver Mixative over them to cover completely and then drop a little Mushroom Alcohol Ink over that and let them dry. Adhere the medium star to the grouping of faceted stars, and the tiny ones on the chest of each person, and one for the dot of the 'i' in the word. Use Platinum Stickles on the word, the bows, the wreaths, the scarf, the hats, and anything else you want bling on. Let dry.

 

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Two Sided Tape, Ink Blending Tool, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Water Mister, Scissors) 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Heavystock: Ivory 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Metallic 3 Kraft Stock, Seasonal Chit Chat Stickers, Mirrored Stars

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Christmas 2021): Christmas Vault Series 2021 

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Multi-Level Texture Fade: Arched 

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Music and Advert 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Vintage Photo 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink: Silver Mixative, Mushroom 

-Ranger Stickles: Platinum

 

Thank you so much for looking. I'll be back again this week with a Halloween make. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!