Stamper's Anonymous Christmas 2021 - Cozy Christmas with Candle Card

Hi everyone! Today, I have a Christmas card made with the new Cozy Christmas Stamp Set from Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous. I LOVE how this card turned out as I wasn't sure, but the Stripes Shifter Stencil in the background really transformed it for me. Enjoy!

 

Cut White Heavystock to 3.75 x 8.5 inches, and a kraft card base folded to 4.25 x 9 inches, and set the base card aside. Stamp the two focal images from Cozy Christmas on each side of the Heavystock (Santa on the left and snowman on the right) using a stamp platform and Black Soot Archival. Use sticky note to mask off the lower portion of the snowman image and stamp another pine branch in the lower corner for a little more cohesiveness on the tablescape arrangement. The pic shows another stamped piece that I was going to use for cutting out but I decided against that, so disregard the extra.

 

Figure out where you want the table's edge around the middle of the card, and lay the thinnest Stripes Shifter Layering Stencil over the card. Place it so the stencils stripes cover most of Santa's hat to make stenciling a little easier, and then mask the Santa with a little sticky note. Ink in the stripes with Barn Door Archival Ink and an Ink Blending Tool. Slide the stencil over and repeat until the top area is covered with stripes. I did not use the stencil as a Shifter as I wanted the white area, but feel free to do so. 

 

 

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.  Then color in the bottom area in brown to look like a table. I used Candied Apple, Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron, Hickory Smoke, Wild Honey, Gathered Twigs, and Pine Needles crayons.

 

 

To give the scene a slightly vintage feel, ink around the borders with Antique Linen Distress Ink, carrying the corners in with the ink. Use a white pen to draw lines on the snowman's scarf.

 

Stamp the sentiment in Black Soot Archival at the bottom center of the card using the stamp platform and dry it. Shift the stamp slightly and stamp the sentiment again and this time pour Gold Embossing Powder over it and heat emboss for a bolder layered look. Use an Embossing Pen to trace the designs and add stripes to the ornaments, and quickly pour Gold Embossing Powder over them and heat emboss. 

 

 

Using a small paintbrush, brush over the open parts of the ornaments with the new Icicle Crackle Paste. Clean the brush, and then use it to add Snowfall Grit Paste to Santa's suit and hat and the snowman's body. Use your finger to push the Grit Paste down. Let this dry.

 

Die cut the wider candle from Candlelight Colorize using gold Metallic Kraftstock, Blackout Kraftstock, and White Heavystock. Color in the candle flames with Distress Crayons, and assemble the candle and candlestick with Collage Medium, after inking the candle with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Trim the candle down so it will fit better on the card front.

 

Punch a medium sized circle from vellum, and adhere it behind the candle flame. Adhere the candle stick and candle to the card center with Collage Medium. Mount the card front to gold Metallic Kraftstock (12x12 piece), then black cardstock, and then mount onto the card base using two sided tape. Ink the edges of the card base with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

 

Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Sticky Note, Ink Blending Tool, Glass Mat, Detail Water Brush, Die Cutting Machine, Die Pick, Heat Tool, Scissors, Small Paint Brush, Two Sided Tape) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Heavystock: White

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Cozy Christmas  

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Black Soot, Barn Door

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

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons: Candied Apple, Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron, Hickory Smoke, Wild Honey, Gathered Twigs, Pine Needles 

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

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Pen 

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Gold

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paste: Icicle 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Grit Paste: Snowfall 

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Candlelight Colorize 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Metallic Kraftstock, Blackout Kraftstock, 12x12 Metallic Kraftstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte 

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Paper Punch: Medium Circle 

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock, Black Cardstock 

-White Gel Pen, Vellum

 

Thank you so much for coming by here. I'll be back again this week. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas 2021 - Plated Christmas Cookies Ornament Trio

Hi everyone! I've got another set of Christmas ornaments today, made with the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Cookies Thinlits. These were super duper fun to make, and the bright colors make me so happy. Enjoy!

 

 

Die cut one medium Sized Oval to use as a stencil, and 3 large Sized Ovals for each plate (I made three ornaments so I die cut nine large Ovals.), from Ivory Heavystock. Using the Upper and Lower Tiny Tiny Alphanumeric Thinlits, add 'Christmas' to the top of one of the large Ovals and '2021' to the bottom, keeping the dies close to the edge and curved following the plate shape, and run through the die cut machine. Pick out the letters and numbers and save them for another project. Use the medium Oval as a stencil to ink around in Barn Door Archival (see the pic in the next step for more details) with an Ink Blending Tool. Adhere the inked and die cut Oval to a blank Oval with Collage Medium. Ink the center of the 'a' and '0' and then adhere those in place on the plate. Apply Embossing Dabber over the whole plate, and pour on Antique Linen Distress Embossing Glaze over this and heat emboss. On the third large Oval, attach a picture hanger with a brad to the middle top, and then adhere this Oval to the back of the plate. Use your finger and Tarnished Brass Distress Paint to apply paint to the rim of the plate. Let dry and set these aside.

 

Just for a little more clarification on using the medium Oval as a stencil, lay the oval just below the 'Christmas' centered with the plate, and ink around the top half, and then move the Oval just above the '2021' and ink around the lower. Since the Oval wasn't the exact size needed just moving it up and down made the perfect shape so that the words and numbers were inked in to match the shape of the plate. 

 

 

Using about a half sheet of Cracked Leather Cardstock (if making all three), ink over it in Antique Linen Distress Ink, and then die cut the base pieces of each cookie from the Christmas Cookies Thinlits. Ink the edges of each base cookies with Antique Linen as well. Note: I used a Candy Cane Cookie for each plate, so that is three in total for those, and then one of each of the other cookies. Set these aside for a bit.  

 

 

Die cut all insides of each cookies (three for the Candy Cane) using White Heavystock. Separate all the pieces, and discard to tiny pieces in the very inside (like the windows, star, dots, and squiggles, as you won't need the tiny pieces). Working one at a time and one color at a time, apply the dabber to each piece and add Embossing Powder over and then heat emboss. I used White, Lime Green, Forget-Me-Not and Red Geranium powders. This is tedious with all the thin and small pieces so using tweezers really helps especially during the heat embossing so you won't burn your fingers. Once all the pieces are heat embossed, pop the pieces back together, and add Collage Medium to the backs and adhere to the base cookie pieces.

 

 

Fill in the inside tiny spaces with Glacier White Enamel Accents and let dry about an hour. Then add Sprinkled Sugar Stickles on the top of the Enamel Accents and on any white embossed pieces for a sprinkled sugar look. Let dry. 

 

 

Add white Velvet Trim to the picture hangers and tie in a knot to hang the ornaments. Use foam tape and Collage Medium to adhere the cookies to the plates. 

 

 Supplies: 

(Paper Trimmer, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Ink Blending Tool, Heat Tool, Water Mister, Tweezers, Foam Tape, Scissors) 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Heavystock: Ivory, White 

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers: Sized Ovals (large and medium) 

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Tiny Type Alphanumeric Upper and Lower 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Barn Door 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Dabber 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze: Antique Linen 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Tarnished Brass 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crackled Leather Cardstock 

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Antique Linen

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Christmas 2021): Christmas Cookies 

-Ranger Embossing Powder: White, Lime Green 

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Embossing Powder: Red Geranium, Forget-Me-Not 

-Ranger Enamel Accents: Glacier White 

-Ranger Stickles: Sprinkled Sugar 

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Neutral Velvet Trims 

-Picture Hangers with Brads

 

Thank you so much for stopping by here. I'll be back again soon with another Christmas make. I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!