Hi everyone! I'm knee high in Christmas crafts lately, and here are some cards I played around with, messed up, and then tried to fix, but I ultimately liked how they came out, and decided to share. Although different colors, these were all made the same with the Poinsettia Duo Layering Stencil from Tim and Stamper's Anonymous, and lots of inks and Embossing Glazes. I hope the recipients like them.
I
wanted a vintage look to these, so using old postcard tags from my stash, I
inked over the edges of them using Antique Linen Distress Ink from Tim and Ranger, and I left the
center area uninked. I added Gathered Twigs to the edges carrying it over a
little. I flicked water on them, and then lightly misted with Old Paper and
Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain. I gave them a dry with a heat tool.
Using
the Stamp Platform I stamped the pine branch with berries from the Forest Floor
Stamp Set using Pine Needles Distress Ink, and stamped one on the top, right
side, and bottom of the tags.
Using
a stamping block, I hand stamped the music notes in Iced Spruce Distress Ink
and the script in Pumice Stone Distress Ink from The Poinsettia Stamp Set
randomly over each tag.
I
taped off the leaves and splatters from the Poinsettia Duo Layering Stencil, so
that only the poinsettias would be inked in as I'm a messy stenciler...can't
help it. I positioned the stencil sideways over the tags do that I could do
both the large and small poinsettias at the same time. On one tag I inked in
Fired Brick Distress Oxide and heat embossed Fired Brick Embossing Glaze over
it. On another I inked in Tattered Rose Distress Oxide and heat embossed in
Tattered Rose Glaze, and on the third, I inked in Picket Fence Distress Ink and
heat embossed in Antique Linen Glaze. The reason I used Picket Fence instead of
Antique Linen was that I thought it might be a little brighter since I was
doing such a light color on a light background. After I did two poinsettias on
all three, I went back and did the third poinsettia in the lower right corner
on each one the same way I did the others.
I
removed the washi tape, and retaped so that I could ink in only the leaves this
time. I used Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink and Peeled Paint Embossing Glaze
for the leaves on all three tags. Then I removed the tape and cleaned up the
stencil.
I
inked over the poinsettias only using Antique Linen Distress Ink to bring out
the veins and lines on the lighter flowers especially. I used a damp paper
towel to wipe off the ink on the glazed parts. Trying to mimic what white and
pink poinsettias really look like, I used a Twisted Citron Distress Crayon and
a Detail Water Brush to go over all the veins and lines on the flowers and
leaves like the ones I have seen in real life, but I was not happy with how it
looked. It went from cool to yuck, and I felt like I really lost the Antique
Linen flowers...they were hard to see now. I was almost ready to throw these
out and begin again, but I pressed on.
I
decided I needed to go darker to bring out the rose and linen flowers so I
inked over the flowers using Gathered Twigs Distress Ink carrying it off over
the borders of the flowers. I immediately was happy about this as I could now
see the details on the lighter flowers, and of course I liked the grunge of it.
I wiped off the ink on the glazed parts, and then decided to go over the lines
again with Twisted Citron Crayon. This time I liked it. I also colored in the
open parts of the stamped pine needles using the Twisted Citron Crayon. My
flowers lost their luster and shine after all the inking and removing, so I hit
them with the heat tool real quick to lightly heat up the glaze to make it
shiny again...a trick I learned long ago after trying to save a project or two.
I
put the stencil back on over the flower, this time no taping any parts, and
inked in the splatters with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I cut a kraft card
base, a green Shattered mat, and a vintage gold mat that I had in my stash. I
inked the edges of all these in Gathered Twigs along with the tag, and matted
them all to each other using two sided tape. I distressed the top and bottom
edges of the green Shattered piece as well since the card was longer than it
was wide.
I
found some old Christmas Word Sticks in my stash, and lightly colored them with
Gold Mixative. I filled in the words with Pine Needles Distress Crayon and
wiped off the crayon on the surface. I am in love with the Velvet Trims (I love
all things velvet.) and used the gorgeous vintage green one to thread through
the word band. I used two sided tape to secure everything, and then fish tailed
the ends of the ribbon. I filled in all the berries on the pine branches and
the centers of the poinsettias with Lime Green Stickles for a little glitz.
Supplies:
(Ink Blending Tools, Distress Sprayer
with Water, Heat Tool, Stamp Platform, Stamping Block, Washi Tape, Scissors,
Silicon Mat, Two Sided Tape, Paper Distress Tool, Alcohol Ink Blending Tool
with Felt)
-Postcard Tags, Vintage Gold Paper
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Antique
Linen, Gathered Twigs, Pine Needles, Iced Spruce, Pumice Stone, Picket Fence
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain:
Antique Linen, Old Paper
-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp
Set: Forest Floor, The Poinsettia
-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz
Collection Layering Stencil: Poinsettia Duo
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink:
Tattered Rose, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing
Glaze: Tattered Rose, Fired Brick, Antique Linen, Peeled Paint
-Ranger Detail Water Brush
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons:
Twisted Citron, Pine Needles
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media
Heavystock: Kraft
-Tim Holtz Core-dinations Kraft Core:
Shattered
-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Christmas Word
Bands, Christmas Velvet Trims
-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Mixative:
Gold
-Ranger Stickles: Lime
Green
Back to the Crafty Cave for me. I'll be back soon. I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
