Mixed Medium with Shari Carroll: Believe
Welcome everyone, it’s Shari here with a mixed medium project. I’ve pulled out all the stops on this one and I enjoyed the process so much!
I’m inspired to start some Christmas decorating and wanted to make a memorable piece. I started off with two sizes of Tim Holtz Vignette Boxes stacked on top of each other.
I’ve colored the Woodland Trees with Evergreen Bough Distress Spray. Then adorned one of them with Coral colored Beaded Berries, Silver Metallic Thread, and a star on top!
I added tissue paper to the back of the Cathedral Thickboard and created a pouch from a storage sleeve to hold the Tim Holtz Tiny Lights in place behind.
Tim Holtz Grit Paste makes the perfect snow, I applied it to the trees with a palette knife then sprinkled Rock Candy Distress Glitter to add some sparkle.
I collaged some book text onto some heavy cardstock and once it was dry, I die cut the Reindeer. I added a twine bow with a couple Jingle bells to finish it off.
Brushed Pewter Distress paint was used to paint the Christmas Typography Findings the were glued in place on the base. I filled in areas with Baubles Findings to help transition the boxes.
I created a snowman by stacking up two Tim Holtz Wood slices and finished off the entire project with some Tim Holtz Mica Flakes which was a game-changer for a beautiful snowy effect.
I filmed the entire process and have compiled snippets of each step and technique for you. Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope I’ve given you some inspiration to make something special for your home this holiday season.
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Funny Friday: Hidden Zinger
Welcome everyone!! It’s Shari here with an installment of our Funny Friday feature!
I’m playing with the Art Impressions Crazy Antics stamp set for this light-hearted card. All looks well at first glance…
… until you slide the cake out to expose a zinger of a message. This super cute Anteater was colored using watercolors and a balloon was added by doing a little masking.
Do you have a favorite funny stamp set? I’d love to hear about it! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great end to your week.
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Geometric Trees Circle with Kristina Werner – CZ Design Clean Line Christmas
Hello all! Kristina Werner here! Today I have a fun card for you made with the Clean Line Christmas stamp set from CZ Design. I thought it would be fun to stamp the trees in the stamp set in a circular pattern! Be sure to watch the video below for tips on getting the trees spaced just right. :)
I stamped the trees in Copic-friendly Intense Black ink from Simon. Then I colored the trees and the background using Copic markers.
The greeting was stamped and white heat embossed over the the pattern. However, the greeting was getting “lost” with the busy tree pattern behind it. To remedy the situation, I used a small blender brush and Black Soot Distress ink to darken up the area around the white greeting. Because the heat embossed greeting has a slick surface, I was able to buff off any ink on top of the greeting, leaving behind a bright white sentiment.
To finish off the card, I drew a white dashed line around the entire area.
Thanks for stopping by today! You can pick up the Clean Line Christmas stamp set HERE.
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