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.
Love every aspect of this card, it has such an old feeling to it,
Great card! Love how you stamped the bell! Makes me want to get out my Tim Holtz supplies too. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Paula did a wonderful Job on this card, love it!
Great tutorial. I am going to try that misting technique for a snowflake card. Thanks so much!
Anything that Tim Holtz does catches my eye, love his designs! Thanks for showing us how to do our own card Paula.
lovely project thank for sharing.
great inspiration today thank you
such wonderful projects today thank you for sharing them with us today.
Great use of Tim Holtz products, thanks fo sharing!
Love the card. I learn so much here!
I love the bell! Very pretty!
WOW! I love the snowy texture on the bell :)
Wonderful and thanks for the tutorial.
Gorgeous! I will have to try one of those Picket fence markers. Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks for the tutorial!! :)
I am officially a convert ~ waiting for the rest of the distress inks to come in the mail! You just can’t go wrong with Tim’s stuff.
That is a very interesting effect!
What a gorgeous card! Love the technique used for the bell…looks so pretty.
Love all the techniques on this card…it’s beautiful!
love your bell with all its details. great inks & dies.
So much detail makes that bell so lovely.
Fantastic card. So beautiful and love the bow and charm
What a gorgeous tag! Thanks for the step-by-step on how to make it.
Love learning new techniques!
Such a lovely card. I follow the blog by email.
Love the layering
Looks great ! Love the tips
loved this tutorial :)
Really pretty and great
tips.
Carla from Utah
The bell looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
WOW–that is a great card!
So beautiful and festive!
Beautiful card! I love the technique with the distress glitter.
you are amazing! The bell really looks like distressed metal, that is awesome! And so many great ideas for the picket fence marker, I love them all. thank you
Very pretty! I love the distressed bell!
Gorgeous card!
Nice card. Going to try the distressing on my bells too!
Thank you Paula for sharing you’re great ideas. Beautiful card.
I so want to have a go at this. I loved this card and Tim Holtz’s products.
Great card! I love how you created the mottled color for the bell! I’m a follower of this blog!
What a fabulous card by Paula with great, detailed instructions! That ‘magic pen’ is so cool! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Awesome card, loved the tutorial.
Really beautiful. Thanks for the tutorial.
Beautiful card…Love seeing so many great ideas!!
I love this card! At first glance, I thought the bell was real metal.
the ribbon makes the bell really pop! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love this! Very nice vintage look.
Beautiful! Your techniques add so much.
Love the way Paula created the lovely mottled Iced Spruce watercolour paper to use with the bell die. The stamped snowflakes give it such a lovely vintage look. Brilliant!
The SSS blog is one of those I have to check out every day! Thank you for the loads and loads of inspiration you bring to us around the world.