A Merry Christmas

Hello All and Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!

I hope you are all doing well and are busy prepping for a fun day with family and friends tomorrow. I’m back today with another card I created for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Holiday Release. This is a card that could be fairly easily mass produced if you are planning on sending holiday cards.

It uses the new Glorious Gathering (CMS351) What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL stamp!!

I also used the new Christmastime (CMS352) and the background Music and Advert (CMS358).

I used my Stamp Platform and Distress Markers to color the stamp directly, spritzed the colored area with water, then stamped it again and again until I had the look I wanted. Super easy yet a beautiful effect.

Let’s Begin!

First, I started by stamping the Music background stamp with Watering Can Archival Ink. Then blended bits of Hickory Smoke, Frayed Burlap, and Antique Linen Distress Oxide. I then blended a bit of Walnut Stain Distress Ink around the background and mopped up some drips of the ink with my paper. I also spritzed the paper with my Distress Sprayer, dabbed and dried the background with my heat tool.

Then I colored the stamp directly with a variety of Distress Markers, spritzed it with a bit of water and stamped one corner, then flipped my paper around and did the other corner.

After my glorious background was complete. I blended a variety of brown distress inks onto a piece of watercolor paper that was cut to the same size as the glorious background. I then cut the paper to create a frame with the TH Sizzix Stacked Postage Die Set.

I stamped the phrase “A Merry Christmas” with Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide onto a scrap piece of watercolor paper that had been blended with brown distress inks. Then I embossed the phrase with Clear Embossing Powder. I snipped the right side of the phrase piece off to create a banner. After that, I stitched the frame with my sewing machine and black thread.

I created a background paper for my framed piece to be matted on to.

Then adhered all the pieces together and added the phrase and a piece of crinkle ribbon that had been dyed with some gray, black and brown distress inks.

With that, my card was complete!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Have a wonderful day and Happy Thanksgiving!

Creatively Yours,

Stacy

GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES –

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous- Glorious Gathering (CMS351), Holiday Greetings (CMS353), Music and Advert (CMS358)

Tim Holtz/Sizzix- Stacked Postage

Tim Holtz/Ranger- Clear Embossing Powder, Watering Can Archival Ink

Distress Ink and Oxide-  Black Soot, Evergreen Bough, Forest Moss, Ground Expresso, Iced Spruce, Aged Mahogany, Walnut Stain, Hickory Smoked, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen

Distress Markers- Variety of Colors

Distress Tools/Mediums- Distress Sprayer, Media Mat, Heat it Heat tool, Blending Tools, Watercolor Paper

Tim Holtz/Tonic- Stamp Platform

Tim Holtz/Idea-ology- Crinkle Ribbon

Other- Sewing Machine and Thread