Classic Monster - Stampers Anonymous

This summer I was watching a favorite YouTuber of ours on a trip to England and he was sharing about his tour of Bath and somethingas about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. I learned some wierd things about Shelley that day and it tuck with me through the making season I guess. 

So when I saw this Stampers Anonymous Classic #6 stamp set was part of the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween Curation, I just had to make a Frankenstein monster out of it.  

 

Here is the video tutorial where I show how I made Frank out of the four borders on the Classic #6 set. 

 That pinked border is the one that inspired this make. I saw it and immediately thought ...Frankenstein's Monster hair! 

 The eyes took a bit more thinking, and as I often do, I stared at the set for awhile and then went to sleep on it. It's usually while I'm sleeping or showering that I get an idea to work with  that's when I realized the scallop border would be a great shape for the eyes.

Of course the scars or stitches stamp was obvious. but the nose, mouth and eyebrows again gave me some trouble.

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That's when I realized I could just freehand a few shapes out of that long rectangle border and it would be simple. Last year I sewed a primitive Frank Halloween poke using Tim's Eclectic Elements fabric and I had done that with felt, so I figured why not with paper?

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 I didn't want to make a card without a sentiment, so I pulled out my Halloween Tiny Text CMS409 for the "peculiar detached fragments" which I thought was perfect for this card!

That's all there is to this card. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial video. Thanks so much for taking time to check this out!

 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 channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you! 

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween Release

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween release is finally here! There are some really beautiful products in this release that can be used all year long for anything, not just for Halloween. I love that!

  I had some fun with The Scarecrow stamp set and I made one mini slimline with the set, then another regular slimline where the eyes light up! So fun! I love that interactive element, but made a plain one for those who maybe didn't want to bother. I recorded a tutorial for these cards and will be editing and posting it soon.

 

A great fall stamp set that can take on all kinds of feeling from harvest to spooky.

 

With Gothic Tapestry, I went back to my fave technique, that Iron-off Resist, but this time I added a few twists. I recorded a tutorial so I will be editing and posting it soon!

This card is the one that had the heat Distress Embossing Glaze on it.

 

 This card is the Iron-off Paper that soaked in the Distress Embossing Glaze from the the original card. When you use Embossing Glaze you get the color of the glaze in the ironed off side. Two cards in one technique, but with very different looks. 

Alright, more details and more cards to come so be sure you are following me on Instagram where I will post as soon as tutorials go live. The following feature on Blogger is messed up and no one could follow even when I had it in the right hand column. Same thing with me not being able to reply to your comments. I can't get either feature to work. Sorry! I do my best as a technically challenged middle aged woman. LOL

Thank you as always for stopping by my blog. I am so grateful for the support!

Have a crafty day,

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store 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!

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous June 2022 Release

 

If you are here right now I'm sure it is because you are excited about the new Stamps and Stencils from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. Hooray for new stamps and stencils! I love that Tim mixes inspiration from the makers with inspiration from his demos all in one live. So good.

 

I will be posting tutorials for my cards from the live this week. These two cards above are the same basic technique, just different colors.

As Tim pointed out in the live, I was on an Iron-ff faux batik kick....ok, who am I fooling....it is hand's down my favorite stamping technique of all time. I didn't realize it went all the way back to the Carol Duvall days though. I love me some Carol Duvall and even went to a taping decades ago. I learned this technique from Jennifer McGuire 2-3 years ago and have been obsessed with it ever since. 😂 

Several people asked for tutorials on the Iron-off technique, and I would say that Jennifer McGuire is the queen of tutorials. I will make this one as a video to show how I did the whole thing, including the iron-off.

Until then, this card uses watercolor stamping and faux batik iron-off. I posted a tutorial on this earlier last week, so if you want to check it out here: You will see how I did it. 

Also, check out some of my first Iron-off cards here and here for the technique.

 

I also already posted the tutorial for making these decorative pots for my fake plants using the new stencils. You can see it here.

 

Stay tuned this week for more inspiration! I'll be posting tutorials for the cards above and some all new things I haven't shared yet.

Thanks you so much for stopping by. I truly appreciate your support!

Have a crafty day!

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store 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!