Merry - Funky Festive

Funky Festive is a fantastic die set to have for the holidays. It has everything - greenery, flowers, berries, bows - a definite must have die for holiday projects. I used it on so many of my Christmas samples. 

This simple, traditional card features the poinsettia a few greens and a bow from the Funky Festive. They are paired (yep I was all about pairing this year) with a staple holiday die, Candlelight.

I kept the background simple with just the 3-D Lumber Texture Fade cut out of the large Stacked Label and the sentiment was cut using the Holiday Words #2 set.

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I have another giveaway! It’s a pile of vintage ephemera and trinkets I got from shopping Tim Holtz’s Vintage Stash Sale at Carson. ❄️❄️

If you want to be entered, to win some of Tim’s Vintage Stash, comment on any of my posts here with #timholtzchristmas2018 ☃️☃️

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I’ll pick a couple of names on Monday Dec 10 at 12 noon PT. 🌟🌟

Winter Wonderland - Branches and Funky Festive

I was so excited to see the Branches Bigz die from Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations. I've wanted a substantial branch for a long time and there are several branches on this die. It's fabulous!

Since it was part of the Christmas 2018 release, I of course needed to do a Christmas/Winter card.  I cut this branch out of black chipboard and Distress Woodgrain Cardstock colored with brown Distress Stains. I then sealed it with Distress Collage Medium because I didn't want the Distress Stain to color the snow.

I spred Grit-Paste on the top edge of the branch to mimic snow and sprinkled a little bit of Dsitress Glitter on it too. Then I set it aside to dry. While that was drying I cut and colored the berries from the Funky Festive die set. I added Glossy accents to the tops of all the berries and set them aside to dry.

For the background, I embossed a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock with the Simple Snowflakes Embossing Folder. I liberally spread Ranger Opaque Crackle Texture Paste over it and set it aside to dry. When I was dry I Used a blending tool and colored the entire surface with Stormy Sky Distress Ink, making sure in went down into the cracks. Then I wiped off the excess with a slightly damp towel.

The last thing I did was to cut the title out of Distress Watercolor Cardstock using the Holiday Thin die set. I sprayed it with Distress Resist Spray and dusted it with Distress Rock Candy Glitter. Then backed it with the leftover piece of brown woodgrain cardstock.

The last thing to do is to assemble it and attach an Ideaology Index Clip with a bit of jute tied through it.
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I have another giveaway! It’s a pile of vintage ephemera and trinkets I got from shopping Tim Holtz’s Vintage Stash Sale at Carson. ❄️❄️

If you want to be entered, to win some of Tim’s Vintage Stash, comment on any of my posts here with #timholtzchristmas2018 ☃️☃️

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I’ll pick a couple of names on Monday Dec 10 at 12 noon PT. 🌟🌟

Joyful - Alcohol Ink Metallic Mixatives Meet Whimsy Decor

This summer, long before Tim Holtz introduced his new line of fantastic Metallic Kraftstock, I wanted to used the new Christmas Whimsy Decor die cuts to make a metallic Christmas card. So here is what I did.

I started by applying a single color of Alcohol Ink Metallic Mixative to one felt covered applicator. I pounced it all over a piece of Alcohol Ink Cardstock. When the Cardstock was mostly covered, I did the same thing with the next color.  I did this with (from L to R) Pearl, Gold, Copper, Gun Metal, Silver, Rose Gold)  I love how little bits of the white paper shows through.
NOTE: For this card you don't need to cut any ornament pieces from the pearl mixative paper, save it for the background, and you will need three gold and three silver to finish the card.

 

 Then I cut all the pieces of the three ornaments in Whimsy Decor from all of the colors.

Don't be intimidated by all these wonderful little pieces. I lay them all out and then glue the pieces on in order so that each ornament gets a different color. You will end up with 5 of each ornament, so you can make several cards or tags with the extras.
NOTE: For this card you need to save one set of ornament decor though for the step below.

I wanted this card to be a shaker card, so what I did is to take the pearl mixative paper, cut it out with the largest Stacked Label die, then dry emboss it with the Star Bright embossing folder.

Once that was done, I looked at where I would place two ornaments on the card and then I taped the bell shaped outer ornament on the pearl piece and cut it out.  I then backed it with a clear transparency film and attached the Decor pieces onto the window as if it was an ornament. 

Since it is a shaker, I added the foam tape to the underside of the piece for dimension and to seal the area for glitter, and then poured in a little bit of Glitter Dust before adhering it to the Gold Mixative backing 4x5 1/4, as seen below. Then I attached the entire piece to a 4 1/8x5 3/8 piece of Silver Mixative that was finally attached to a copper colored cardstock base 4.25x5.5.

 To finish it off I added a sentiment from Thin Holiday Words in metallics and cut some of the Funky Festive greenery and bow to add to the top. I did pop the copper ornament up with dimensional adhesive.

I also added a little glitter dust to the brads with some Glossy Accents just for a fun additional touch of "whimsy!"