USA Slimline Card - Curations Summer 2025

Stampers Anonymous Summer Travel Curations is here! I thought it was a great time to get started on my patriotic makes. With the Americana and Mini Americana Blueprints, I made this Slimline Card. 

For the background I masked off the top third, used the Star Stencil from the Mixed Media 41 Correspondence set THMM041. Using a Mini Blending tool and foam I applied Distress Micro Glaze and let it dry so it would resist the Distress Ink. Then I applied Blue Print and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks over it and lightly wiped the ink off the Microglazed stars. 

For the bottom two thirds of the background I masked off the blue area once it was dry and then stamped the stripe from Americana Silhouettes CMS122 repeatedly down the background to make a striped stamp.

To finish the card I stamped three of the mini blueprints, colored them with Distress Inks, matted them with black and popped them up with foam.I matted the background, sewed around the outside edge and this simple patrioric Americana Card was done. Great products make it so much easier to create.

One last little thing, as I was finishing up and taking pictures, I got out my summer patriotic decor and found this cool vintage Cleveland Train box I had gotten last year and it couldn't have been more perfect for Stampers Anonymous right? And the addition of the vintage popcorn box in honor of my friend Tim and his amazing popcorn imagination.

Now let’s go have a creative day! 😃

Tami  

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Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Spring Curation

 

Hello! It has been awhile since I posted. We have been renovating my studio since October. We are just about finished and I am slowly moving things back in and organizing my supplies.

The first things to move back in were my Stampers Anonymous Stamps, Stencils and Etcetera as well as my Ranger ink Distress products so I could get started on these cards. 

I sent these eight projects to Stampers Anonymous, but I have a few extra that didn’t make the shipping date. 😄 I plan to do tutorials and blog posts about each one, but wanted to post pictures first and then I will update later. 

This first card was made with the Natures Moments Set CMS001, French Market CMS071, and the THS0235 Wildflower stencil. 
Hipster Bunny is a unique stamp. He only appears in this Mixed Media set. THMM Hipster Bunny has a stencil with plaid and dots, but I wanted this to have a more masculine feel so I added the mini wood stencil from Set 25. 

I stamped Distress Inks onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock and embossed them with Distress Embossing Glaze for this card using Spring Sprung CMS084 and Noteworthy for the sentiment.

This Faux Vintage Bookcover was inspired by an Instagram Antique shop I purchase from. I've purchased several vintage book covers with images on book pages attached to the front, so I decided I wanted to make some of mhy own. The first one I made was with Christmas stamps. I made a video tutorial, so you can actually see how I made this one by following that tutorial here. 

I made this book cover the exact same way, I just changed the stamps.  The stamps I used for this Faux Vintage Book Cover was the Perspective THMM115 Mixed Media Set.

 The technique for this card was stamping with a stencil using Distress Oxides. I love that technique!

One of these days I will need to make a tutorial for this tag. I used Distress Texture PAste Opaque and Crackle Opaque as well as Grit Paste Opaque and Distress Embossing Glazes. There is a LOT of texture going on with this one.

I had a couple of left over flowers and a butterfly from the tag, so I used them on this sweet little gift card.

Now let’s go have a creative day! 😃

Tami  

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp, Ranger Ink, and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Christmas Plans - Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

 

Yes, I'm still making Christmas stuff. LOL

My studio renovation has been delayed and I'm still working out of boxes and can't find anything, so it is easy to use the stuff I have out.

This vintage inspired book cover decor was on my list of planned makes for December but I never got around to it, so I'm thankful that I could get it done and finished for next year.

 Here is my video tutorial. I hope you enjoy it!

This was a simple make and I love some of the little details on this because those make all the difference. 

All the products I used to make this are listed with my affiliate links below.

Thanks so much for visiting and have a creative day!

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Let's Get Ready for Next Christmas Part 3 - with Whimsy Stamps

 

These are the third set of cards that I made with the Whimsy Stamps Dickens and Tartan papers and a few other supplies. These were made with the scraps from the second set. I just couldn't toss them. I tried, but I just felt like I needed to use them. So here is what I made with the scraps.

I didn't get these cards finished before Christmas so for this time in between Christmas and the New Year when we have some down time and all of our holiday stuff is still at the read, I decided to get some cards made for next year. I hope, like the other two sets, that these Quick Scrap Cards will inspire you to jump in and get a head start on next Christmas before we get completely involved in Spring makes.

If you aren't that type and you are ready to move on, I hope you will save this to watch when you start making for Christmas next year as inspiration for knocking out a bunch of beautiful cards quickly and efficiently. 

Here is the link to the Youtube tutorial.

 

 

Thank you so much for visiting and checking out the quick cards!

Have a creative day,

Tami

Here are the links to most of the things I used to make these cards. 

 I am an affiliate with Whimsy Stamps, Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Let's Get Ready for Next Christmas Part 2 - with Whimsy Stamps

 

These are the second set of cards that I made with the Whimsy Stamps Dickens and Tartan papers and a few other supplies. 

Although I got these cards finished just before Christmas and sent out, this is the perfect type of project for this time in between Christmas and the New Year when we have some down time and all of our holiday stuff is still at the ready. 

If you aren't that type and you are ready to move on, I hope you will save this to watch when you start making for Christmas next year as inspiration for knocking out a bunch of beautiful cards quickly and efficiently.

 

Here is the link to the video tutorial.

Thank you so much for visiting and checking out the quick cards!

Have a creative day,

Tami

Here are the links to most of the things I used to make these cards. 

 I am an affiliate with Whimsy Stamps, Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Let's Get Ready for Next Year! 28 Quick Christmas Cards with Whimsy Stamps

 

I don't know about you, but I still have a bunch of my Christmas stuff out and now that Christmas is over I have some extra time.  I'm using it to make some things I didn't get around to before Christmas this year, so I'll be ahead of the game next year. 

Although I got these cards finished just before Christmas, this is the perfect type of project for this time in between Christmas and the New Year when we have some down time and all of our holiday stuff is still at the ready. I was able to make 28 cards in one making session, which got me a long way into the number I needed for this year.

If you aren't that type and you are ready to move on, I hope you will save this to watch when you start making for Christmas next year as inspiration for knocking out a bunch of beautiful cards quickly and efficiently.

Wishing you a very creative and productive New Year!

Tami

I am an affiliate with Whimsy Stamps, Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!