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Hello friends! Hope you're having a wonderful day! The Tim Holtz Holiday Inspiration 2017 Series has begun and I'm so excited. It will continue throughout the entire month of November and into the beginning of December, so make sure to check Tim's blog every Saturday for a recap of all the wonderful inspiration and on the designers individual blogs! There's so much wonderful inspiration, you don't want to miss it… Tim seriously has one uber talented group of designers, everyone of them completely amaze me! This is my first project for the Holiday 2017 series that I am sharing today, a Rustic Merry Christmas Card. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here and I can't wait, it is by far my most favorite time of the year! To start with, I die cut the Sizzix Tree Ring die from a sheet of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. Working on a non stick craft sheet, I shaded the tree ring. Using Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso Distress Inks and a blending tool…starting with the lightest shade and ending with the darkest shades for outer bark (so to speak). I lined up the tree ring cut out with the accompanied tree ring texture fade (that's included in the set) and ran thru my die cut machine. It creates the wonderful textured ring on the slice of wood. Then I shaded the raised areas lightly with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool. I die cut the largest deer from the Winter Wonderland thinlit die using some black kraft paper stash. Then using a sanding grip (making sure to protect my non stick craft mat with a scratch piece of paper), I lightly sanded/distressed the surface of the paper to expose some of the underling kraft. I cut a piece of silver Kraft-Core 4 1/8 x 5 1/4. Making sure to protect my non stick craft mat with a scratch piece of paper, I sanded only in an up-and-down motion on the metallic Kraft-Core with a sanding grip for a fun patina look. Then I cut out "Merry Christmas" using the Retro Merry Christmas thinlit die and sanded silver kraft cardstock. I cut a piece of kraft cardstock 4 1/4x11, then scored and folded at the 5 1/2 mark to make a side folding A2 card as my base. Then cut 3 layer pieces from black kraft-core, silver kraft-core and one of the plaids from the Christmas paper stash. I think this years Christmas Paper Stash might just be my most favorite of all time, just saying'... I distressed all the edges with a bone folder. I attached some linen ribbon to the plaid paper, then adhered all the layers to card front with adhesive. I attached the tree ring to center of card using foam squares. I also attached the deer with foam squares and a little Distress Collage Medium. This has really become my go to adhesive for many things. It dries completely clear and matte. I adhered the "Merry Christmas" to tree ring using the Distress Collage Medium and the thin nozzle is very helpful…along with my tweezers. I rolled the pinecones and o ring in a little Picket Fence Distress Paint on my non stick craft mat. Then dried with a heat tool. I wanted to add some sparkle to the pinecones…but not too much, so I used some collage medium and clear rock candy glitter. It adds just the right touch to this rustic Christmas card. I finished my card by tying off a bit more linen ribbon and attaching the pinecones. A really easy Christmas card that could definitely be duplicated for multiples. I hope you'll give it a try! If you have any questions please let me know I love your comments, I truly appreciate each and everyone of them! As always thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time! xx Bobbi I've listed the products below, used to create this project. I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp. When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase thru that link (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission. Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!
This is the first of the batch of seven cards I made, thanks to some Pinterest inspiration. Here is the card that caught my eye, and the creators blog, Mrs.B's Crafting Addiction, is here. The Mixed Media dies I used are from this set, which I think is Number 1. I used the distressed harlequin die, and the sort of baroque looking one, far left. I'm assuming this is set No. 1, as it's the only one which doesn't seem to have a number, or the dies to have names! What really grabbed me was Avrils use of the backing paper to the die. I know from her blog she sprayed the red paper to create hers, but it reminded me of some handmade paper I have in a file, bought ages ago at the NEC. They were in A1 sheets, so I'd cut them down to a more manageable A4. There is also a sheet or Orange/gold, but I didn't think that would work for this project. I cut some cardstock with the Mixed Media Thinlits, using a mix of white and cream cardstock. I next cut some of the handmade paper to back them with. I had a total of 7 card bases now. I had a couple that had been left marked slightly by the masking tape I used to hold the dies straight, but I already had a plan to hide that. So here are the bases with their respective backing papers. I attached the backing paper with DST, and I found adding a couple of bits close to the edge of the cutout helped it to lay flat. All mounted, and now for the sentiment. I admit at this point I realised I should really have done this step before attaching the backing paper, especially as I'd used DST, which can easily separate when heat is applied, and I intended to heat emboss the sentiment. The sentiment comes from one of the Phill Martin sets, Snowflake Sentiments. I stamped it in Encore Metallic Gold Pigment ink, and covered with Gold Detail EP. They did warp a little, so I stacked them up, and put underneath an acrylic block with some weight on overnight. Next day they are nice and flat, and attached on to 6"x6" card blanks. Now for the Poinsettias. I have two Poinsettia dies, one from Spellbinders,which has 4 sizes of flower die, and a slightly smaller flowered one from Le Creatif, which has 3 flower sizes, and also has a couple of small flourishes as part of the set. I cut a number of each size of flower from both sets, using some red leather effect paper I have, which gives a great texture to the flowers, as well as some from the cream/gold paper. I also cut some of the largest flower die in both sets from green card/paper, for leaves, as I prefer using that to the leaf die provided. Each flower has its petals rolled over my pokey tool, then the centre embossed on a mat using a large ball embossing tool, to give the flowers shape. They are then layered up, making sure to offset each layer a little to build up the flowers. You can build the flower as large or as small as you like, depending how many layers you add. Here are red and white/cream poinsettias, along with their leaves, stacked up using silicone glue. Next the flowers need centres, and the die sets do provide an option, but I don't like it. I poured some orange/yellow/gold seed beads into a small tub, along with some similarly coloured nail art caviar beads, and gave it a mix. Each flower centre got a blob of Glossy Accents, and then a spoonful of beads. All lay out on a spare Big Shot Pro plate to dry overnight. While they were drying out I die cut some assorted small flourishes, and also the Tim Holtz strip die,Winter Foliage, but I ended up not using that this time around. Next morning they are all set, time to add to the cards. The flourish I wanted to use was not quite curved enough for where I wanted it to sit, so I cut it in half, as the join would be hidden under the flower. First of the batch done, and put aside to dry. Blue background, with red Poinsettias on white bases. One using cream/gold paper, with a Red Poinsettia, on a white card base. You can see a die cut snowflake on 3 of the cards- that was hiding the slightly damaged card from the die cutting! Two with green/gold paper, and different Mixed Media dies. Final pair, using red/gold backing paper. This would be simple enough to recreate either by spraying or stamping a plain paper with gold/silver , and also using some of it to die cut your flowers from. Huge thanks to Avril, for such an inspiring card, that's added another 7 cards to my Christmas stash.
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Hello friends! I'm back today sharing another project that I created for the Tim Holtz Holiday Inspiration Series. This Candlelight Merry Christmas Card was created using new and rereleased Tim Holtz Sizzix Seasonal dies. Let me walk you through how I put it together. To start with, I painted a thin layer of white gesso on 2 sheets of Mixed Media Heavystock. After dried, I applied a light wash of various (green) Distress Paints to 1 of the gessoed Heavystock. Then applied a coat of Distress Collage Medium Matte to both the gessoed and Distress Painted Heavystocks and let air dry. This will allow the Distress Crayons to blend well. I die cut the candles from the gessoed (white) Heavystock and the Festive Greenery from the (greens) Distress Painted Heavystock. (UPDATE) I've listed the Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Festive Thinlits die set at the end of the post, just incase the Festive Greenery is no longer available. I colored the berries with Candy Apple Distress Paint and a small brush, then air dried. I applied various colors of Distress Crayons to all cutouts to achieve more color and shading. I used Metallic Distress Crayons to add a bit of shimmer and sparkle. It's hard to translate thru the photos but, in person it creates a beautiful sparkle and shimmer! I die cut the Retro Merry Christmas from gold Metallic Kraft cardstock. I assembled the card to kraft card base and layered mats with gold Metallic Kraft Cardstock and the Christmas Idea-ology Paper Stash. I hope you'll give it a try! You can find the supplies I've used via the links below. If you have any questions please let me know I love your comments, I truly appreciate each and everyone of them! As always thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time! xx Bobbi I've listed the products below, used to create this project. I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp. When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase thru that link (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission. Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!
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