Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I have a CAS card to share; well, my version of a CAS card. This one is perfect if you need a quick and cute birthday card this December
Cute Bristol cardstock down to 4.5″x5.5″ and cut 0.25″ strips of masking tape. Create your grid and ink blend using Distress Oxide in Peacock Feathers, Spun Sugar, and Picked Raspberry. Cut Happy B-day out of the remainder of the card stock and color with Picked Raspberry. Stamp your image with Ink on 3 disappearing ink and leave it in the stamping platform. Restamp your image with Versamark Black Onyx ink. Cut out your image using an Exato knife. After gluing, you’re done!
Happy Thursday morning, everyone! I am back with another tag to match another wrapping paper.
wrapping paper
This tag was inspired by a make done by Stacy Hutchinson for Tim Holtz’s Lumberjack Red release. I had to shop my stash to see what I had on hand that would give me a similar result. I love shopping the stash!
Supplies:
Papers: Nina Solar White 110lb cardstock, red & black cardstock from the stash
Cut a tag using the framed tag large die out of black cardstock. Cut a square of simple plaid using the red cardstock; run this through your sticker maker. Apply to your tag aligning the left sides; cut the excess retaining the right side, then add this to the bottom to fully cover the tag. Cut a rectangle out of a piece of black cardstock to the dimensions 2.625″ x 5.875″. Hold it up to the tag and cut the corners to match. Adhere to your tag and use a hole punch, re-punch the hole. Cut a piece Cut a rectangle out of white cardstock to the dimensions 5″x2.5″. Using both images in the stamp set, using a stamping platform, stamp to create your scene. Paint areas randomly with red paint and allow it to dry. Apply collage medium and sprinkle with glitter. Glue the scene to your stage. Add ribbon, jingle bells, and stickles. Enjoy!
Happy Wednesday morning, everyone! I am in full holiday-making mode. I decided to “up” my wrapping game this year and am attempting to “match” tags to my Christmas wrapping paper. This tag will be paired with a red & white candy cane striped paper. I think it will be adorable. If you want to join me in my quest to match this year, I’d love to see what you make; paste a link of your project below. Hoping some holiday magic comes your way this week!
Directions:
Cut a tag using the framed tag die(medium), brayer and Distress Ink and allow to dry. Cut two rectangles one at 3.5″x1.75″ and the other at 1.5″x2.5″. Withe the lines stamp and Distress oxide ink, stamp the larger rectangle using a stamping platform. Stamp your tree with Archival ink. Place some embossing ink on a mat and thin it with a little water; splatter your tree lightly with the ink and then sprinkle with silver embossing powder. Heat it up. Stamp some stars in the background using distress oxide. Add your sentiment, stamp and #25 using archival ink and a stamping platform. Adhere your layers together. Add some ribbon. Finally, you get to place your stars and candy. Enjoy!
Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. Just had to share a surprise that awaited me on Tic Tac Toes’ Challenge. Thank you, ladies, for choosing my card Christmas Giftcard! I had such a fun time making it! Just had to share some joy that came my way today! Cheers, Makira
Happy weekend, everyone! I have a watercolor-based card to share today. I cased a card of mine from last year, Christmas Magic, as I liked the overall color scheme I used. The process took a few days to allow for the drying of the different layers. Here’s the recipe:
Directions:
Cut the watercolor paper to desired size (6″x4.5″). Place your masking stencil down and ink the background. Spray with water and allow some of the colors to run onto the moon.Using the other stencils, add details to your moon. Allow the paper to dry. Stamp your images using archival ink and allow to dry. Paint the images using oxide, pencils and watercolor. Allow for drying time between layers. I lost a lot of the detail on the tress and had to add the detail back using a fine liner. Add snow to the trees using gauche. Allow your paper to dry. Add white puff embossing powder to Santa’s coat and hat using the embossing pen. Use the gold pen to add details to Santa’s bag. Add your glow effects using a fine paint brush and stickles. Splatter “snow” using white gauche over the card. Create a black border using a ruler and the Sharpie. I couldn’t find a cardstock in green that matched well enough for my liking. So, I created the color I wanted with bristol smooth cardstock and Iced Spruce. Emboss the sentiment on a scrap of the Iced Spruce cardstock with Aged Mahogony. Assemble your layers and enjoy.
Supplies used:
Papers: Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper 140lb, Fabriano Black Black 300g paper, Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock 100lb
Stampersannonymous sets: SSS+Tim Holtz Stamptember 2022 and 2021; Christmas Tiny Text
Embellishments: White Puff Embossing Powder; Aged Mahogony Distress Embossing Powder, Stickles in Unicorn, White, and Green; Gold gel pen; Copic 0.2 fine liner; Tim Holtz embossing pen; Black Sharpie
Stampersannonymous sets: Department Store CMS458, Forest Floor CMS 422, Darling Christmas CMS457,
Embellishments: Nuvo drops in Black; Emerald Creek’s Chocolate Dream embossing powder; Brown Velvet Ribbon by Tim Holtz; ephemera items from TH; Foundry Wax in Statue; Metallic Luster Gold Leaf
Mediums: Distress Collage Medium, Grit Paste in Snowfall
Choose coordinating papers for your card. Score one at 2.25″ and 3.5″ for your base. On the outside of your base paper, apply grit paste mixed with paint and allow to dry. Cut two pieces of postcard cardstock down to size with the deckle trimmer. Glue them together. Place in a stamping platform and stamp with Archival ink in green. Color the red and brown with paint while in the platform. Once dry, stamp the berries, pinecone, and ribbon with black Archival ink. Splatter Versamark Ink randomly on the center image and the back of the card; apply Chocolate embossing powder. Adhere the ribbon and stamped image to the center back of the card.
Find coordinating ephemera pieces and glue the base pieces together. Repeat the stamping, painting, and stamping technique for the center image. Adhere all to the center inside of the card. Using the element stencil and foundry wax, apply to the left inner panel. Add pine cones with ground expresso and embellish them with nuvo drops.
Cut a coordinating piece of paper using the collector to make your pocket and embellish with Metallic Luster. Adhere the pocket and foliage pieces to the inside
Cut your tag out of coordinating postcard paper using the smallest framed tag and Rustic Wilderness. Place the tag in a stamping platform and repeat the stamping, painting, and stamping technique Distress the edges with Ground Expresso. And you are finished!!! Enjoy!
Hi Everyone…welcome to another month on the Colorful Options Blog. Thank you for joining us for last month’s challenge, and we hope you can join us this month, too, because it’s time for a new challenge.
And the theme for this month is……
BURGUNDY
I created a highly-layered, mixed-media card. Like many mixed-media makes, this is not a CAS nor a fast card to make
My card started out by cutting out the paper for the background and adhering it to a white cardstock; ink the edges as desired for a more vintage feel. Cut the bag out of bristol cardstock and ink using a combination of distress oxides in Aged Mahogany and Ground Expresso. For the tree, acorns, bows, presents, candy cane, bear, and garlands: cut using coordinating dies and cardstock stash, inked and non-inked. After assembling the candy cane, coat it with a collage medium and cover it with clear rock candy. The kitty is cut using linen for her head and cardstock for her body; using distress paint, paint the body and head to add your Siamese points. Cover the Siamese’s head with Modge Podge Stiffy; once dry, assemble your cat. I cut a slit in the bag with an Exacto knife to allow the present and the bear to sit “in” the bag for a more 3D effect. Tie a ribbon around the bag and secure on the back with some tape. Layer and glue everything down. Add the Liquid Pearl drops to function as ornaments. Enjoy!
Supplies used:
Papers: Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHRISTMAS Backdrops th94277; Cardstock from the stash in: green, burgundy, ivory; Inked cardstock remnants from previous projects: browns & greens; Linen cardstock; Tim Holtz Gold Cardstock; Nina solar white card stock 110lb; Strathmore Bristol cardstock 110lb
Why don’t you pop over to the Colorful Options Challengeand check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team-mates. As always, you have until Monday, November 28th, 11:59pm US CST time…5:59am(Tuesday, November29th) UK time…6:59am(Tuesday, November 29th) CET to join in with the chance to win a SimonSays Stamp-Tim Holtz 2021 exclusive die: Dashing Through The Snow.
Happy Halloween, everyone! I am starting the Christmas season today with this cute box. I was inspired by Zoe Hillman‘s make for the new Distress Color – Lumberjack Plaid. This is one for you if you need a quick and cute box.
Supplies:
Papers: Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHRISTMAS Backdrops th94277; Cardstock from the stash in: craft, burgundy, black glitter;
Inks: Aged Mahogany in Distress Ink and Distress Oxide Ink
Sizzix dies – Tim Holtz: Festive Bouquet, Vintage Labels Thinlits Dies 665929,CURIO BOX Bigz XL with Framelits Dies 664419
Cut the plaid cardstock and the craft cardstock using the Curio Box Dies. Using the linen tape, tape around the bottom of the box to secure the sides. Cut the front labels using Distress Ink and the Vintage Labels. Stamp the images using Distress Ink. Color the image with watercolor pencils and then stamp it a second time. Cut your foliage using scraps from the stash. Layer them together, and you will have a perfect little gift box. These are fast and fun to make. Have fun!
Happy Sunday, Friends! I am going vintage this weekend. Why? Why not?! This is not a style that normally inspires me. However, it did this weekend. 😁 The card started with the concept of using a sheet from an old pattern; I figured that clearly paired well with the Haberdashery stamp set. The remainder of the card was just going with what worked. Let go and go with what you have!
Supplies:
Papers: Mixed Media Strathmore Cardstock, Blue-green Tim Holtz Cardstock, Craft Colored Card Stock from the stash, old unused patterned tissue paper from Simplicity
Embellishments: Embossing Douber, Frosted Crystal, Collage Medium, Paper Dolls, Omber thread, Tim Holtz Fabric Tape
Directions:
Cut the mixed media card stock down to 3″ x 6″. Using collage medium, adhere your pattern paper to your cardstock and allow it to dry. Apply Distress Ink to the background randomly using a cotton ball. Stamp your images with archival ink and a stamping platform; ink some images more than others for a duotone/multitone effect. Ink the edges with Ground Expresso and Aged Mahogony. Go over the paper randomly with Ground Expresso for a more weathered effect. Stitch the edges of the base. Cut a “seat” for your doll, cover using Tim Holtz Fabric Tape, and then stitch it to the background. Choose an Ideology paper doll and emboss it with Frosted Crystal. Once dry, color the dress with a combination of distressed crayons. Adhere the doll to the background. Mount the background to your paper “frames.”
Enjoy your week! Hopefully, I’ll be able to catch the live next Saturday for the new Distress Color on Tim’s YouTube Channel at 9am CST,10/30/22!
Happy Sunday, everyone! It is still Inktober and decided to play with some ink today. My envelope was inspired by the envelope Nathifa made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas. If you would like to play along, everything I used follows.❄🛷🎄❄
Papers: Stonehenge Aqua Coldpress Black 140lb, Blue shimmer paper from stash, Clear Vellum, Dina Wakely Collage Paper, Black sparkle cardstock remnant from stash, black fun foam
Distress Spray Stain: Prize Ribbon, Black Soot, Uncharted Mariner
Distress Oxide: Prize Ribbon
Distress Mica Stain: WinterFrost
Distress Ink: Picket Fench
Ink: Archival Ink in Black Soot and Prize Ribbon, Versamark Watermark, Donna Salazar Mixed Media Inx in Pewter
Embellishments: Distress Grit Paste-Snowfall, Ideology Doplets-Halloween, DecoArt Metallic Lustre in Silver Spark, Ranger White embossing powder
Stamp sets by Stampersanonymous Tim Holtz: Stamptember 2022, Exquisite CMS453, Bold Tidings Mini CMS440
Die Sets by Sizzix-Tim Holts: Thinlits Bowtied(666063), Thinlits Festive Bouquet(665565), Thinlits Framed Tags(666065), 3D Impresslits Snowflake (665376)
Tools: Stamping platform, Splat Box, Envelope Punch Board, Sizzix Big Shot, small brayer
Directions:
Cut the watercolor card stock down to 8×8. Get out your splat box and have some fun with your stains! Allow drying time. Cut the watercolor card stock down to 8×8, score (3 3/8in) and cut using your punch board. Cut your tag using the pewter ink, brayer and leftover inked watercolor cardstock. Emboss your sentiment and then add metallic luster to the edges. Cut the foliage out of black sparkle cardstock and add grit paste randomly. Cut the bow out of the blue cardstock. Add metallic luster to the accent pieces of the bow. Cut your snowflakes out of vellum and apply grit past to the top of them. Layer and assemble your envelope. I used foam on the edges of the bow to stabilize it as this envelope will be mailed and the bow needed more support.
The liner is very simple and fast to make. Use the collage paper, archival ink, and stamp the flowers in Black Soot and then the snowflakes in Prize Ribbon. Cut down and glue inside. Yes, you will see your glue line; however, the envelope will be sealed and when opened I would expect these edges to be destroyed in the process.
“Have the Courage to Be Imperfect.” – Alfred Adler
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