Papercut Christmas Hip Hop Card

Hi All! I'm back with another Christmas card this week, and one I hope you find as fun as I intended. Are you confused on the title of this post? Well to understand my thinking...when I first saw the LIVE that Tim Holtz did, introducing the new Sizzix Dies for Christmas, namely the Papercut Christmas 1 and 2, I let out a laugh as I thought all three of the characters looked like they were raising the roof at a dance club with the way their arms were up. I kept singing the chorus from a Hip Hop song in my head that I thought was real, "Say hey, say ho, say hey, say ho ho ho", but I've looked and looked and can't find any song exactly the way I thought. There are a few like the tune I had in my head, "Hip Hop Hooray" from Naughty by Nature (Remember that one?) and "Scream" from DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (Will Smith), but my tune is a version of both of these. Who knows what goes on in my subconscious mind or where I even picked up the tune, but regardless, I knew I was going with a musical old school hip hop version on this card and with the sentiment. I wish I had a way to record it to sing to you...well maybe not...or at least use it in the card when the recipient opens it, but I don't have such a device. Hopefully the characters convey what I intended. Anyway, I always imagine Santa and his peeps letting off steam and having a good time dancing and singing while they work so hard for all the children of the world before the big day. You gotta have fun doing what you love! I know I did on this card, and it was easy to make.

 

I die cut all the Colorize Papercut Christmas characters (Santa, Deer, Snowman) using papers from Classic Cardstock, Christmas Paper Stash, and Metallic Confections, with all the papers having two sided tape on the back for easier adhering later. (I didn't want the traditional colored clothing for these since I think those are for the big day. These are for the regular days.) I inked the edges of all the pieces with either Rustic Wilderness, Antique Linen, or Gathered Twigs Distress Ink from Tim and Ranger, coordinating the inks with the colors of paper. I assembled all the pieces...well, I lost the eyes to the reindeer and the nose to the snowman, so I cut pieces of cardstock for those because I was too lazy to do it again. I used some markers to color in the debossed portions on Santa's suit and beard, the deer's chest, and added some lines around the snowman. 

 

I cut a kraft card base to 6 x 6 inches (inked edges in Gathered Twigs), the green plaid mat to 5 7/8 x 5 7/8, and a green cardstock mat to 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 (inked both of these in Rustic Wilderness) and adhered them all together for the base of the card. I cut a blue Metallic Kraft Stock piece to 3 x 5, and stamped the music notes from Tim's Music and Advert Stamp Set from Stamper's Anonymous, on it using Speckled Egg Oxide and a stamp platform, then heat embossed in Clear powder. I inked the edges of this with the Oxide and mounted it to the top of the card with two sided tape. I hand cut a white cardstock piece (3 x 5) to look like a rolling hill, inked the edges with the Oxide, and adhered it to the bottom. I die cut the trees from the Colorize Snowscape (not the way they are intended to be used, but I liked the whimsical look) set in white cardstock, inked the edges in Speckled Egg Oxide, and adhered those to the edges of the hills.

 

 Originally, I started die cutting letters from various Alphanumeric sets, but I just didn't have enough room, so I ended up computer generating the sentiment. I cut them out, inked the edges in Speckled Egg and adhered to the top of the card. I colored in a few lines around the bottom of the characters feet, added Grit Paste on top, and then sprinkled on some Mica Flakes and pushed them into the Paste for good adherence. 

 

Supplies: 

(Die Cut Machine, Two Sided Tape, Scissors, Ink Blending Tool, Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Heat Tool, Foam Tape, Palette Knife) 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Classic Kraft Stock, Christmas Paper Stash 2020, Metallic Confections Kraft Stock 

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Colorize Papercut Christmas 1, Colorize Papercut Christmas 2, Colorize Snowscape 

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

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink: Speckled Egg 

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Clear 

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

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Grit Paste: Matte 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Flakes 

-Faber Castell Pitt Pens: Gray, Green, Blue, Brown 

-White Cardstock

 

Yes, I'm a little different! LOL! I'll be back again soon. I hope your Christmas crafts are going well, and of course I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Glazed and Grungy Stenciled Poinsettia Christmas Cards

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!