Happy Holidays with Kit Inspired by Tim Holtz
Hi Bloggers! Happy Sunday to you! I’m excited to bring you this fun & festive card by Paula Cheney! It’s almost entirely made with the contents of our 2013 Holiday Card Kit inspired by Tim Holtz! That’s right! So much crafty goodness in ONE kit! How awesome is that? You can even pick if you want CLEAR or CLING stamps in your kit!
Paula provided some great step by step still shots & instructions so you can make your own version of this great card! Enjoy!
Step 1: Color one of the Ranger Watercolor paper pieces with Distress Ink – Iced Spruce by rubbing the ink pad on a Ranger craft mat. Spritz ink with water from a mini mister. Lay the watercolor paper into the mix. Dry with a Heat tool.
Step 2: Once dry, cut out bell shape using the Sizzix/Tim Holtz – Christmas Bells Bigz die.
Step 3: Ink the edges of the bell with Iced Spruce. Use the snowflake stamp, that is part of the Stamper Anonymous set included in the kit, to add snowflakes to the bell in Iced Spruce.
Step 4: Ink the edges with Evergreen Bough then add a layer of Distress Stickles – clear rock candy over the top. Set aside to dry.
Step 5: Use a manila tag for the ribbon shape (from the same Christmas Bells Bigz die). Ink entire bow with Festive Berries Distress Ink. Cover with a thin layer of Glossy Accents and add Distress Glitter in Festive Berries over the top. Repeat the same steps with the 1/2 circle die cut – using Evergreen Bough Distress Ink and Pumice Stone Distress Glitter.
Step 6: Stamp Happy Holidays with Distress Ink Festive Berries. Cut one of the cards included in the kit, to fit new card made from solid cardstock. Ink the edges of the paper with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink. Finish off edges with an edge distressing tool. Sew to card front with sewing machine.
Step 7: Once the bell is dry, add to card using a double layer of foam tape under the center of the bell. It helps to bend the watercolor paper slightly so the bell is curved over the foam tape. Add bow to the top of the bell. Use Distress Marker – Picket Fence to color the shadows in the bell and bow.
NOTE:When using the Distress Marker to draw shadows, I just plowed right over the Distress Glitter and Distress Stickles with the brush end of the marker. The marker was not damaged at all. I just had to wiped off the excess glitter when I was done.
One note on the Picket Fence Distress Marker (aka the magic pen), the pen looks clear when you are using it, the white color only appears as it is drying (like magic!). Once you start coloring, wait 5 or 10 seconds before adding more of the white color. Love the effect it gives!
Step 8: Add metal embellishment snowflake to bow.
This is so pretty Paula. Love the embellished bow and metal snowflake to finish up the card. Love this set but funds are low due to Christmas. I definitely have this on my wish list and so many other products.
Beautiful! Tfs! Hugs Traci
lovely – yep, more items added to the wishlist!
Sandra ltb
Gorgeous card!! Love the how to!!
Gorgeous and inspiring! Wish list, nope; wish BOOK yes!!!
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beautiful!
Love all of the texture created with these products. Very motivating.
Wow! This is stunning Paula, lovely card! x
WOW PAula! this is a stunning card! I love bell and the backrgound is fantastic! Wonderful as always! BARbarayaya
Wow what a great card, love Tim Holtz!
The colours and those snowflakes are wonderful!
This is beautiful! The bell really stands out on this card. Love Paula’s crafting style!
I love the bell and vintage look of this card! Thanks for sharing.
Oh wow! That is just gorgeous! I hadn’t seen this awesome bell and I love the way you layered all the color and texture!
Absolutely gorgeous, love it!!!
That’s an awesome bell.
This is beautiful. The bell looks so metallic and old. The ribbon is so pretty – and easy to make. Great job.
Beautiful card and that bell is perfect. Looks great. I hadn’t seen that die, either. Thanks for the photo tutorial.
The new glitter is fabulous!!!! I love the bright red color of the festive berries. Beautiful job.
I would have never thought to use the bell so festively!
Wow this is beautiful and I thought the bell was real so great does it look. Thanks for sharing.
Great card love it !!!
Beautiful card, so much detail on the ball! Love the metallic snowflake too!
This is just beautiful! Thank you for the tutorial.
WOW! This is amazing! Love all the techniques used! Turned out so beautifully!
Stunning card, Paula! Love all the techniques and pictures.
Beautiful card and thanks for the tip about the picket fence distress marker, and for the other instructions as well.
This is really fabulous! Thank you for the step by step. I am going to give this a try!
Another Paula beauty!! Love it! TFS
Gorgeous card and thanks for the tutorial and the tips included!
Thanks for the tip on colouring the bow. It makes a lovely bow. Great card
Wow, fabulous card!
Paula’s such a genius at layering ink and Tim’s other products. This card is just gorgeous and nostalgic.
Really gorgeous card!!
great vintage card! thanks for sharing this tutorial!
Wow this card is breath taking its a work of art great job!
How lovely! Great Christmas card.
Way cool technique! Thanks for the step-by-step!
Beautiful work of art!
Such a beautiful card!
Wonderful project! I love the finish on the bells!
This is a beautiful card. I love all of the dimension the die provides then you accented it. So pretty.
Love this card. Thanks for the tip on coloring the shadow for the bow.
Super Card Paula. I have fallen in love with Tim’s bell die now ;-)
Oh wow!! I love the look of this! Thanks for the step-by-step :)
Stunning!
This is gorgeous…love how the bell looks so real.
Paula’s card is so beautiful! I wish I could afford to buy everything I’d need to make some like this.
Fabulous project from Paula
Beautifully done! Great technique!