Tim Holtz Stamptember 2021 Christmas Card

How about a little Christmas for you again.

I got the idea that I wanted to create a scene looking out the window to see Santa and his sleigh taking off into the night when I saw this stamp.

First for the background I used some Tim Holtz wallpaper.

I ink blended the night sky and then stamped Santa and sleigh over that.

I die cut the window using the Window & Window Box die out of woodgrain paper and inked that up. I probably used a little crayon too. I die cut the tree and the candle out using the Festive Thins die set.

The sentiment is cut using a die from the Holiday Words Script set.

Supplies:

• Distress ink
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Holiday Words Script die set
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Festive Things die set
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Window and Window Box die set
• Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper Scraps

Hero Arts World Card Making Day Card

Howdy! Finally catching up with November. I was away on World Card Making Day so at the end of November I finally made the Hero Arts card by watching the replay of the live that Libby did. Part of the thing too was I wanted the Winter Woods Heroscape stamp and die sets, actually for quite some time, so once I saw this card I thought now is the time to get it.

I just think this is the cutest card that Libby designed and showed us how to make. You can’t really see it but it is a pop up card. The bears are on the little box that pops up.

There is ink blending, die cutting, a tiny bit of coloring, and heat embossing on this.

Supplies

• Hero Arts Fuzzy Winter Animals
• Hero Arts Winter Woods Heroscape
• Hero Arts inks
• Copic pens
• Hero Arts White Puff embossing powder

Hero Holiday 2021 Stamp-Along

I did the Hero Arts second stamp-along and really enjoyed it. So many great looking cards. They use current/newly released stamps but you can always substitute.

You pay a small fee for all the classes but get/use your own supplies. There was 10 cards made by 10 different people and all were such fun and great looking cards.

Most of the supplies needed are pulled and ready to go.

The red basket is nice to keep all the stamps sets and different papers that you cut ahead of time.  I also have supplies in the little trays by my glass mat. It is really a good idea to get most everything pulled and on your table and get the homework done.

So nice of Hero Arts to give away prizes too! I happened to win one and this is it. I really like their Reactive Inks so I was happy to fill out my collection.

I will write just a brief little bit about the fun things on each card or other tidbits of info..

This was just a cool design and great color scheme. The holly wrapped to the front which is a unique design. I wasn’t going to do it exactly like the teacher made it but that is the point that I thought try all the things. And I love this card!

With the flap open.

On this one the technique is to ink each stamp using 3 colors and a couple times stamping over to get down plenty of ink. Then spritz and use a air blower to move the ink around.

I got a little to ambitious with the die cut card panel part. I cut it out with fun foam that had paper over it to give it dimension. So much for any kind of short cut. It took me forever to get it all apart and I had to do a little altering. This was not part of the original card from the class.

For this one I did a substitution since I didn’t have the ornament set by Hero Arts. I die cut the ornaments instead of stenciling. The die is not by Hero Arts and I decided I am not that crazy about the huge ornaments so I am going to pass on this die. I substituted the pine bough using an older Hero Arts woodblock stamp that I had.

Another one that I just love the overall look a lot. Again the holly is a great image. The color combo is so nice. The stamping of the sentiment is supposed to be a second shadow stamp. I may need to practice that one.

This is a shaker card and came out so pretty. I substituted the whole card panel on this one too. The background is ink blended and has some clear embossed snowflakes over it.

This is an extra card where I substituted the ornaments they used with other Hero Arts ornaments. The silver poinsettias are done with a stencil.

This was a fun one creating the blustery day look. The things I learned on this one is how to bend the light post to get the bent look, the swirls that create movement on the background and the wind lines created with a white gel pen. So cute!

For this cool background I learned about the bokeh look. So very cool.

One more ornament substitution card. For this one I used some Hero Arts dies from awhile back to make stencils and then inked thru them to create the solid ornament background. Then I used mostly background stamps to add the patterns on the ornaments. As you can see this is a z-fold card.

This is an overall love the look card. Layers of stamping, splattering and ink around the edges for the background. The holly is watercolored and just a great image. I am glad I got the holly stamp and matching die sets.

What a super cool technique for this one! It is all about the trapped ice pond. You use two pieces of acetate and use either a lacquer pen with glitter or clear glue and add glitter in between them. Such a great look!

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Holly Berries stamp and matching die sets
• Hero Arts Merry Snowmen and matching die sets
• Hero Arts Buffalo Check Bold Prints stamp (love this)
• Hero Arts Reactive Ink
• Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment ink
• Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic ink
• Hero Arts Embossing Powder
• Copic Markers
• Hero Arts Merry Christmas Cover Plate die
• Hero Arts Big Pine Bough wood block stamp
• Hero Arts October 2020 My Monthly Hero set
• Hero Arts various snowflakes
• Older Hero Arts Background Stamps
• Impression Obsession French Text stamp
• Hero Arts Sparkle Clear Lacquer Pen

Hero Arts 2021 Stamp-Along Fun

Hello! Today I have several cards that I made during a craft along event that Hero Arts did on July 17. It was an all day event and many different design team members made cards that you also made at the same time. They have another one coming up and I would highly recommend it.

Are you ready? Get something to drink and maybe a snack…

This is a spotlight card taught by Daniel West. I used a stamp from Simon Says Stamp to make this. There is vellum covering the stamping on the base of the card. I colored with Copics.  The sentiment is heat embossed.

Supplies: Simon Says Stamp Sketched Flowers and I think the sentiment is from Hero Arts It’s Your Day set.

This card was done by Maria Willis. It is a gatefold card and also includes some vellum. Heat embossed flowers on vellum and cut out by hand. The background is Hero Arts Reactive ink blending with stenciling and shimmer mist over it. The sentiment is heat embossed and raised with foam.

Supplies: Simon Says Stamp Sketched Flowers, Hero Arts Reactive ink, Tim Holtz stencil, Spellbinders circle die, Hero Arts It’s Your Day birthday stamp set

A One Layer Looking Glass Card designed by Lydia Fiedler. You stamp the background with a text die. For the scene you use the Looking Glass die and then paper piece it back in to make a one layer card. I added the frame as an extra little thing which I cut out with a square die and the Looking Glass die. The sky is ink blended and the tree is colored with Copics.

Supplies: Hero Arts Canyon Lands Looking Glass die, Memory Box Stitched Square die, Impression Obsession French Text background stamp

Looking Glass Window Card. This was done by Nichol Spohr. This was fun because part of the scene is on the inside of the card.

I ink blended the front panel first using Distress Oxide ink. For the front of the card I stamped with the Sun Ray stamp and lightly stamped some text over that. Cut out a square which give you the piece for the inside of the card. Color the tree with Zig Clean Color Pens.

For the inside cut out the grass/frame and the mountains. Color with Zig Clean Color Pens.  Place those on the square with the sun rays along with the frame which the grass is part of.

Supplies: Hero Arts Canyon Lands Looking Glass die, Memory Box Stitched Square die, Impression Obsession French Text background stamp, Hero Arts Sun Ray Bold Prints, Zig Clean Color Pens.

Color Layering Sea horse birthday card. Jessica Frost-Ballas designed this card.

Ink blending on the background. School of fish and bubbles heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Seahorses stamped and die cut.

The sentiment is heat embossed with white powder.

Supplies: Hero Arts Color Layering Seahorse, Hero Arts It’s Your Day stamp set

Color Layering Jellyfish with “waves” background. This is a Mindy Eggen card design. For the background I ink blending through a stencil and then ink blended over that fading as it went across. I am not super great at blending like this but it came out ok.

Two jellyfish are stamped right on the background and the big one is layer stamped and die cut.

The sentiment is stamped right on the background.

Supplies: Hero Arts July 2016 My Monthly Hero, Hero Arts Swirl stencil

Rainbow Watercolor Backgrounds. These are by Channin Pelletier. I am going to start by saying this was the most fun for me. Why? I have never done this before and it is just so happy! These are similar but a few different ways of doing them. To start each card you heat emboss on bristol paper using white powder.

For this first card I kind of scribbled lines across the card all the way down the card in the all the colors using water based pens. Then I used a brush and some water to spread the color out and blend the colors.

The sentiment is die cut.

For this one you color the different colors in pie shapes, douse it with water and use a blower to send the color out to the edges from the middle. The word celebrate is die cut (1 black and 2 white) and layered slightly offset. The other part of the sentiment is heat embossed and hand cut.

For this you color along vertically but only about half way down, douse with water and then blow towards the bottom of the card. The sentiment was done the same as the card above.

This believe it or not was the technique where you blow out from the middle. It was my first attempt and I had a little to much water so all the color went past the edges so you don’t have any streaks. This stamp might be a little to solid in places too for this technique to really shine. However I like how it came out. A nice background.

Whew.. I love all these rainbow cards and you should give it a try.

Supplies: Hero Arts Jelly Fish Party Bold Prints stamp, Hero Arts Everything Flower Bold Prints stamp, Hero Arts Birthday Stamp & Cut XL (love the font for the dies in this set), Reverse Confetti Thanks Square die, Simon Says Stamp Hello Dies, Local King Rubber Stamp water based markers

Now we have a Tri-fold stand up card. The teacher for this card was Debi Adams. Here is the jelly fish background stamp again. I was lucky to win this from Hero Arts.

For the stamping.. I stamped the jelly fish on a piece of paper that was cut in half to put on the side panels. Then I stamped again and colored in the jelly fish with Copics and a shimmer pen and cut the piece that goes in the middle of the frame and then hand cut a couple jelly fish to put on the side of the frame. The sentiment is heat embossed.

Supplies: Hero Arts Jelly Fish Party Bold Prints, Hero Arts July 2016 My Monthly Hero (sentiment), MFT Pie

Heartfelt Creations Create a ‘Scape Backcountry Birthday Card

Hello! Here I am with a birthday card for my son. He turned 30 in May. Does that mean I am getting old? Ha! It kind of hit me. Lately he has been doing a lot of mountain biking. So that explains the card. The bike looks kind of ghost like but his bike is gray so there it is.

The background is a combination of stamping, ink blending and coloring with Copics.

The dirt is ink blended and then stamped with an old Stampin Up stamp I found in my stash that is perfect for dirt. The grass I think is ink blended. The trees and mountains are colored with Copics. The sky is ink blended. The birds are stamped using a Hero Arts set.

The bike stamp was a lucky find. I got it the same day I made the card which was either the day before his birthday or on his birthday. I got it at either Michaels or Joanns and neither one has that great of a selection so I was very lucky to find it. It may not look like a mountain bike but at least it doesn’t have a cute basket on it with flowers.

I put the sentiment on the inside because I didn’t want it on the scene.

Supplies:

• Heartfelt Creations Create a ‘Scape Backcountry stamp set
• Hero Arts My Monthly Hero June 2017 stamp set
• American Crafts Bike stamp
• Distress Oxide ink

Hero Arts S’mores Bonfire Birthday Card

I have a birthday card today that I made with stamps from one of my very favorite stamp companies. That would be Hero Arts. I made this for a good friend of mine.

I just love this cute set. I am not often into the little cutsey stuff but these guys are so much fun.

To create the scene and specifically the background I did some ink blending and masking. I die cut some grass but I had to cover the grass when doing the sky and cover the sky when ink blending the grass. For the dirt I found an old Stampin Up woodblock stamp to add little dots all over. I was excited to have this come out nice so that stamp is right on my desk for future cards. The stars in the sky were stamped.

Then I stamped the critters, fire, trees and moon. I colored them with Copics and then die cut them.

The sentiment is stamped.

Supplies:

• Hero Arts S’mores Bonfire stamp set
• Avery Elle Loads of Wishes stamp set
• Hero Arts S’mores Bonfire matching die set
• Distress Oxide inks

Tim Holtz Merry Moose Christmas Card

And another one for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers blog hop. This moose is such a fun one and I finally got it out and used it.

I die cut out all the pieces using two die cut sets by Sizzix/Tim Holtz. I inked up some of the pieces around the edges and some over the whole die cut. For the mountains I added a bit over the top to tone down the off white. As you can see these are paper piecing dies.

The background I am pretty please with. It came last. I ink blended using Faded Jeans and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks. Then I put a bit of Picket Fence Distress Paint on my mat and added a bit of water. I used a good old sponge and lightly tapped it on the background. I also splattered a bit of the white.

The sentiment is stamped.

Supplies:

• Distress Oxide Inks
• Distress Picket Fence Ink
• Distress Splatter tool
• Tim Holtz Alpine die
• Tim Holtz Merry Moose die
• Hero Arts Christmas Folks stamp set

Tim Holtz Pine Branch Die Set Christmas Card

Here we go with a Christmas card I made awhile ago. I was kind of playing around and trying some things.

For the background I used some Distress Oxides (Frayed Burlap, Evergreen Bough, Pumice Stone, Antique Linen). I used the Gothic stencil with grit paste and went over the paste with Tarnished Brass Crayon. I also stamped using the swirl and text from the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Poinsettia set.

The pine cones and branches are colored with Distress Oxide ink and die cut using the Tim Holtz Pine Branch set.

The sentiment is stamped using a stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Poinsettia set.

Supplies:

• Sizzix Tim Holtz Pine Branch die set
• Tim Holtz Gothic Stencil
• Ranger Grit Paste
• Distress Crayon – Tarnished Brass
• Distress Oxide inks
• Stampers Anonymous The Poinsettia stamp set

Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems 2 Birthday Card

This one got by me… So here I am to get it posted. Some Tim Holtz flowers for my sister.

For the background I used some Tim Holtz woodgrain paper. It was already ink blended. Then I added to it using crayons Bundled Sage and Tea Dye to give it some highlights. I splattered some Antique Linen Distress paint on it also.

The flowers are die cut and water colored using reinkers.

The sentiment is made by die cutting a banner and ink blending Distress Oxide ink. The sentiment is from the Tim Holtz set Saying Stuff stamp set.

Supplies:

• Tim Holtz woodgrain paper
• Distress Crayons
• Distress Paint
• Distress Reinkers
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems 2 die set
• Spellbinders Ribbon Banners die set
• Tim Holtz Saying Stuff stamp set
• Versafine Clair ink

Easter Cards… Lots of Easter Cards

Hello and Happy Easter! I had so much fun creating all of these Easter cards. They are similar in some ways but each is different and the ideas just kept coming. I find that the more I stay in creative mode the more ideas come. So here we go, grab a cup of coffee or tea. As you will see as you scroll down looking at the cards I kind of the like the Tim Holtz Bunny Hop die set. I also had about 20 some Distress Oxide inks on my desk that I used on the cards.

Adding 2 more cards… no more though.

I had to try the kraft bunnies.. They are die cut using the Bunny Hop die set. The background is ink smooshed with Distress Oxide inks. The plants are die cut using the Funky Nature die set & ink blended. The pot is ink blended and embossed with the woodgrain embossing folder. The eggs are die cut from ink smooshed panels.

This is for a friend that likes nice bright colors. The background is a Lawn Fawn plaid paper. The bunnies are die cut with the Bunny Hop die set and ink blended. The eggs are die cut using the Funky Foliage die set and are ink blended.

I need to give some credit on this one. I was inspired by a very cool card made by Fredrikke Andrea Peterson in the Tim Holtz Addicts group. The bunnies are die cut, using the Bunny Hop die set, from ink smooshed panels. The eggs were cut using the Funky Nature die set and some ink smooshed paper. All the background plants are die cut also using the Funky Nature die set. I ink smooshed the plant dies after die cutting. The background was inking over the TH Honeycomb stencil. Entered over at the Love Handmade Cards April Challenge in Flickr.

The background is embossed using the Intertwined 3D embossing folder and then ink blended after embossing. The bunnies are die cut from Lawn Fawn plaid paper. The eggs are die cut and ink blended.

The background is ink blended. The basket was die cut with the Potted die and embossed with the Intertwined 3D embossing folder. The bunnies cut from Lawn Fawn plaid paper. The eggs die cut and ink blended.

What can I say but I love how these wallpaper bunnies came out. The background was die cut using the Papertrey Ink Quatrefoil die and then I ink blended over it. I kept all the pieces in the background die cut. Bunnies were die cut from Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper Scraps and inked around the edges.

The background is cut out using the Papertrey Ink Quatrefoil die and this time all the pieces were not kept. Bunnies are die cut from an ink smooshed panel. The basket is done using the Potted die and the Intertwined 3D embossing folder and then ink blended on it. The grass was die cut using the Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die and then ink blended. The eggs are die cut and ink blended.

For this I had the idea for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers hop but didn’t get it done for that. But.. it is done now. For the background I die cut some clouds and temporarily attached them and then ink blended over the background. Then I removed the cloud die cuts. The mug is die cut using the Lawn Fawn die set Outside In Stitched Mug and Lawn Fawn plaid paper. The eggs are die cut and ink blended. The grass is ink blended and die cut using the Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die. The bunnies just die cut.

Aww the cute bunny by Hero Arts. I stamped the bunny scene on watercolor paper. I used Distress ink reinkers to watercolor. The bunny turned out darker than I wanted but he is so cute. I used part of the Memory Box Egg Basket Frame die set to cut a frame for the bunny scene.

This card I made from a kit from Creative Escape in Los Gatos, CA. They have something called Facebook Fridays and you get a little kit to make a card. The flowers and bunny are felt which is fun!

Another Hero Arts Garden Bunny card. This time colored with Copics. I like this lighter brown much better. Die cut using a Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles.

Ink smooshed background. Die cut grass colored with a Copic pen. Basket, bunny, peep, eggs are from the Two Paper Divas stamp set, colored with Copics and cut out by hand.

Supplies:

• Two Paper Divas Easter Basket stamp set – Hoppy Easter sentiment & images on the last card.
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Bunny Hop die set
• Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die
• Memory Box Egg Basket Frame die set
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Nature die set
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Woodgrain embossing folder
• Papertrey Ink Quatrefoil Die
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Intertwined 3D embossing folder
• Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper Scraps
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Potted die
• Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Mug die set
• Hero Arts Garden Bunny
• Distress Oxide inks
• Distress Reinkers
• Tim Holtz Honeycomb Stencil
• Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles die
• Copic pens