Stamper's Anonymous Christmas 2020 - Alcohol Ink Lift Retro Flakes Cards

Hello everyone! It's an exciting time right now for paper crafters and card makers as Christmas crafting seems to be in full swing everywhere I look. Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous have just released their Christmas stamp sets, and I was so honored to be asked to create samples for the stamps. To say I had fun creating is an understatement...I was positively giddy as I LOVE Christmas!  So I have many projects to show you over the next several weeks that Tim showed on the LIVE yesterday, as well as some not on the LIVE. To start off I have this pair of Alcohol Ink Lift cards using the new Retro Flakes stamp set. Enjoy, and a HUGE thank you for looking and commenting!

 

On a piece of 5 x 7 regular white Yupo, pounce on Aquamarine, Glacier, Cobalt, and Amethyst Alcohol Inks from a blending tool (I usually do a dime size dot of each color onto the felt). If you blow on the paper while pouncing you will create tiny dots while drying. 

 

Since I knew I would be stamping snowflakes I decided to make bold circles of color. Let a drop of Amethyst fall to create a circle of color. If there is not much movement use a drop of Blending Solution to help move the color. Add drops of Pool as well as the Amethyst until you achieve the look you want.

 

Arrange Retro Flakes stamps on a stamping platform, and add Yupo and secure with magnets, to lift the ink. Have a piece of Glossy Cardstock ready to go as well as a paper towel. Apply Lift Ink Pad to stamps being liberal with the ink. Close platform and press firmly onto each stamp area, and lift lid. Remove the Yupo and set aside, then add the piece of Glossy inside the platform. Close and press firmly. Lift and remove Glossy. Add Yupo back in place and put the paper towel on top and then close platform pressing firmly again. Lift and remove paper towel. So pretty huh?!! Use paper towel to light rub Yupo in circles until all Lift Ink is removed. Clean stamps before using again. You can repeat this again if you did not get a good enough lift image. Let the Yupo and Glossy air dry a bit.

 

Cut white card base to 5.5 x 5.5, purple metallic cardstock to 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 (ink edges in Dusty Concord Archival), light blue cardstock to 5 1/8 x 5 1/8. Use two sided tape to secure purple on white card, and then blue on purple. Set aside. Trim Yupo and Glossy to 5 x 5. Using the Christmastime 3 snowflakes, stamp them on the open areas on the Glossy with Mermaid Lagoon Archival. Ink edges as well. Let dry. I did the same on the Yupo, but found that my embossing powder stuck to the snowflakes, so keep that in mind. Next time I will stamp after the embossing on the Yupo.

 

Add Yupo or Glossy paper to stamping platform, as well as sentiment and two large snowflakes in lower right corner. Close platform to secure stamps. Pounce an anti static bag over the paper (very liberally on the Yupo), and stamp in Mermaid Lagoon or whatever color ink. Remove paper and pour on Silver Embossing Powder over a scrap paper, and shake off. The Glossy paper does well, but the Yupo might have embossing powder where you don't want it so use a paintbrush to brush the extra powder away. Heat emboss and then repeat with the other. When heat embossing on Yupo make sure the heat tool is plenty hot, and heat the powder very quickly while the Yupo is on a safe flat surface, working quickly so the paper does not warp as it is plastic. Mount onto blue cardstock to finish.

 

Supplies:  

(Glass Mat, Alcohol Ink Blending Tool with Felt, Stamping Platform, Paper Towel, Paper Trimmer, Stamping Block, Heat Tool, Two Sided Tape, Scissors) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo: White 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink: Aquamarine, Glacier, Cobalt, Amethyst, Pool

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Retro Flakes, Christmastime 3 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift Ink Pad 

-Ranger Surfaces: Gloss Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Blending Solution 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Dusty Concord, Mermaid Lagoon 

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Silver 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Metallic Confections Kraftstock 

-Light Blue Cardstock, White Card Base

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back this week with more, but before I go I really want to thank Tim, Mario, and Paula for giving me the kick in the butt to get paper crafting again, especially during this pandemic. Words cannot express enough the gratitude I have. So blessed! I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Eileen Hull Teacup and Spoon Autumn Flower Arrangement

Happy October everyone! It's time for the Sizzix Chapter 4 Die Release, and Eileen Hull has two new dies...3D Teacup and Spoon Bigz L Die and Post Scoreboard XL Die, and with a slew of talented Designers, she is doing a Blog Hop! I've used the Teacup and Spoon Bigz L Die to create this Autumn Flower Arrangement.  It was a small labor of love, but will look great on my dining table for the Fall season every year, so it was totally worth it. When I was little my mother had this old vintage pottery coffee cup that had that glazed drip look in browns and oranges. I have searched the web and couldn't find any pictures from what I remember, but the Hull (go figure) brand is so similar. Anyway, I tried to recreate the look on this teacup. It really came out best as I remember that cup. This is a long post so grab pumpkin spice something or another.

 

Die cut the cup and teaspoon using matboard. Gently squeeze Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Dabber from Ranger to work area, enough to pick up with a paintbrush, and apply to the bottom of the cup in a streaky zig zag kind of way. Pour Vintage Photo Embossing Glaze over this, pour off excess onto a scrap paper and heat emboss. Repeat with a zig zag layer of Antique Linen, then Rusty Hinge, and finally with Crackling Campfire Embossing Glaze to create that 'drip' look from long ago.

  

Die cut leaves from Spring Leaves die, and apply Embossing Dabber over it and then Antique Linen Embossing Glaze and heat. Adhere leaves to each teacup. Ink over the middle section of the die that holds the cups together with Crackling Campfire Distress and adhere between cups. Ink edges with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I found a saucer at Hobby Lobby that matched the look of the cups, and I painted over it with Crackling Campfire Distress Ink. 

  

To further match the saucer, I added dots of Antique Linen Distress Paint to the top and bottom borders of the cups. For an even more glazed look to the cup, apply the Embossing Dabber over all of the front and shake on Clear Embossing Powder and heat. Repeat with the back. 

  

Add flower foam to the middle of the cup to hold the flowers, and then moss on top of that. Paint the spoon with Tarnished Brass Distress Paint. 

 

I had all the colors of adhesive velvet that I needed except an orange color, so I made my own. Using the ivory colored velvet, I misted it with Crackling Campfire Distress Spray Stain, and dabbed it with a paper towel until I liked the look, and then let it dry. So keep in mind that you can recolor adhesive velvet. Apply the velvet to coordinating cardstock. 

  

Die cut the ivory velvet using the Rolled Flower Thinlit. Roll it up and adhere the bottom edges as you go with Collage Medium. Let dry. Die cut leaves with the green velvet. Thread pearl beads onto a piece of wire 1 yard long folded in half. Place the beaded folded wire through the middle of the flower, and a thread another pearl and leaf through the wire. 

  

Die cut more flowers using the Heart Petals and Heart and Soul dies with the orange and brown velvet, as well as more leaves in green velvet. Repeat the pearl bead to the wire and through the middle of the flower. I made seven flowers in total for the arrangement. Using the Twist and Style Tool, secure the suction cup to a strong table top (I used the glass mat) and add the flower top to the post on the suction cup with the wire right in the middle. Add the end of the wire to the inside holder of the handle and secure with the key, and turn the handle until the wire tightens all the way to the base of the flower and you like the look of the braid in the wire. Be careful not to twist to tight or the wire might break. Remove and repeat until all the flowers stems are finished.

  

Cut the teabag label so that are two, but you only need one for this project so save the other. Add a label to the middle and wording, and ink the edges in Antique Linen Distress. Adhere a string to the top using a Tiny Attatcher.  Paint a metal flower and leaf with Tarnished Brass and adhere to the spoon with Collage Medium, and a pearl bead to the middle.

  

Use a craft pick to make a hole in the foam for each flower and the spoon, and place flowers in the foam along with a little Collage Medium for extra holding power. Add in sprigs of wired berries as well until the bouquet is full. Secure string from teabag in and then cover foam with Collage Medium and sprinkle in moss. Let dry completely and then arrange flowers if need be. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies: 

(Die Cut Machine, Paper Trimmer, Scissors, Heat Tool, Paintbrush, Two Sided Tape, Ink Blending Tool, Kraft Pick, Pliers, Mini Hole Punch)

-Sizzix Eileen Hull Bigz L Die: Teacup and Spoon

-Sizzix Little Sizzles Mat Board: Ivory

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

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Dabber

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze: Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Rusty Hinge, Crackling Campfire

-Sizzix Eileen Hull Bigz Die: Spring Leaves, Flower Layers with Heart Petals, Heart and Soul Flower

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Crackling Campfire, Tarnished Brass

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Clear

-Velvet Sticky Back Paper: Green, Brown, Ivory

-Cardstock: Green, Brown, Ivory, Orange

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain: Crackling Campfire

-Sizzix Eileen Hull Thinlits Die: Rolled Flower

-Sizzix Eileen Hull Twist-n-Style Tool

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Tiny Attacher, Metallic Stickers Labels, Clippings Stickers, Floral Adornments
-Saucer, Floral Foam, Super Moss Coconut Croutons, Beaded Garland, Gold Wire 26 gauge, Pearls Beads, Ivory String

 

This is a blog hop so please visit each designer listed below and leave a comment for a chance to win a wonderful prize given by Eileen. Good luck!!!

Tonya Trantham

Elizabeth Robinson

Julia Aston

Pam Bray

Maggi Harding

Lisa Hoel

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Karen Bearse

Susie Bentz

Jenny Marples

Mitsyana Wright

Jennie Atkinson

Madeline Arendt

Sarah Lizzie Dodd

Sue Eldred

Debbie Bankston

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!