2021

A simple card for the beginning of a new year.

For the background I used some of my favorite brown colors of distress inks: Ground Espresso, Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo.

I then cut out some 3D  bursts from metallic kraftstock and some circle words from white cardstock and glued these to the background.

To make the numbers 2021 stand out I cut them out three time and glued them on top of each other to an piece of vellum paper.

Products used:

Sizzix: 3D impresslits Radiant, Circle Words Christmas, Colorize Toyland, Society

Ranger Distress Ink: Ground Espress and Walnut Stain
Ranger Distress Oxide: Vintage Photo
Idea-ology: Kraftstock Metallic Confections

Christmas ornaments Paper Village

After seeing all the inspiration from other makers and Tim Holtz facebook live, I decided to make some ornaments with the Paper Village dies.

These cute tiny houses fit beautifully in the Christmastree.

My color scheme for this year was brown (craftpaper) with Distress Glitter dust and Distress Speckled Egg with Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy.

House nr 1 and 2 were made with kraftpaper and corrugated kraftpaper. Tim Holtz explanes the way to make these houses in his Facebook live Holiday 2020: part 1.
I decorated the houses with some Distress grit paste as snow on the roof, woodland trees, some Holiday greens and mini styrofoam balls. I painted the balls red to make them look like berries.

House nr 3 and 4 were made with kraftpaper. I put Distress Glitter Dust on the roof and decorated the houses with some Holiday Greens and styrofoam balls (also painted red). I also used the styrofoam balls to make a pile of snowballs and a snowman.

For house nr 5 and 6 I used white cardstock coloredwith Distress Ink Speckled Egg. On the roofs I put some Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy. These houses are also decorated with Holiday greens an styrofoam balls.

I put the houses on a piece of greyboard covered with grit paste to make the ground look like it’s covered in snow. I cut a little hole in the greyboard to put in a light from the Christmastree. I glued a little clothespin under the greyboard so I could fasten it to the tree.

Products used:
Sizzix dies: Paper Village, Holiday Greens Mini, Trinket Frames
Ranger Distress Ink: Speckled Egg, Gathered Twigs, Pine Needles, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
Idea-ology: Woodland Tree Lot Small, Woodland Tree Lot Mini
Ranger Distress Grit Paste
Ranger Distress Texture Paste Matt

Ranger Distress Glitter Dust and Distress Glitter Clear rock candy

White cardstock, kraftpaper, corrugated paper
Mini styrofoam balls

Gold and silver Cristmascards

The snowflake, pine branches and ornaments were made with metallic cardstock. I used some double sided adhesive tape to glue it down to the paper.

The background was made with Distress Black Soot. It was slightly blended on the paper to get the grey color. I used Stampendous Fran-tage Shabby White embossing enamel to make the embossed speckles.

Products used:
Ranger Distress Ink Black Soot
Tim Holtz Metallic Kraftstock
Stampendous Fran-tage Shabby White embossing enamel
Ranger Embossing Powder Gold
Sizzix dies: Stunning Snowflake, Ornamentel Birds, Retro Merry Christmas, Pine Branch

Holiday Village Christmascard

For this card I used the beautiful Colorize die Holiday Village. I used the die Treeline to create the trees in the background.

Tim Holtz products used:
Sizzix dies: Colorize Holiday Village, Treeline
Ranger Distress Ink: Rustic Wilderness, Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Gathered Twigs, Tumbled Glass, Fossilizd Amber, Ground Espresso

Christmas Time

This card was made with the Sizzix die Christmastime. It cuts a beautiful nostalgic couple , walking after they just bought a Christmastree.

I colored the background with different blue colors and colored a spot with Scattered Straw to create the glow around the streetlight.

Tim Holtz products used:
Sizzix dies: Christmastime, Stitched Ovals
Ranger Distress Ink: Black Soot, Scattered Straw, Pumice Stone, Pine Needles, Tattered Rose, Gathered Twigs, Candied Apple, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire.

Darling Deer Christmascard

For this card I got the inspiration from Kath Stewart. Check it out here on her blog.

For the background I used Distress Ink Faded Jeans, Speckled Egg and the new Distress Color Rustic Wilderness. I think it's such a beautiful green. I put some stars on it by using a stencil and some texture paste and covering this with some glitter.

The cathedral window was painted with Distress Paint Brushed Pewter.

Tim Holtz products used:
Sizzix dies: Holiday Greens Mini, Treeline, Darling Deer, Cathedral Window
Stampers Anonymous: stamp Great Outdoors CMS321, stencil Sparkle THS 132
Ranger Distress Ink: Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans
Ranger Distress Paint Brushed Pewter

Santa’s Wish

For this card I made a tag and glued it down to a card.

The background is colored with  Distress Ink and Oxide Speckled Egg. I used a stencil to create the snowflakes. I used Speckled Egg Oxide so it would be visible but not stand out to much. I sprayed it with water to make it blend into the background.

Santa and the greenery were made with white cardstock colored with different colors.

Tim Holtz products used:
Sizzix dies: Colorize Santa’s Wish, Stacked Archway, Holiday Greens Mini.
Stampers Anonymous stencil Flurries THS 151
Ranger Distress Ink: Candied Apple, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Pine Needles, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Speckled Egg (ink and Oxide)

Papercut Christmas

For these two cards I used the Sizzix dies Papercut Christmas #1 and #2.
I colored some white cardstock in different colors to make Santa, the snowman and the reindeer. 

For the background I used Distress Ink Speckled Egg and Pine Needles. For the pine branches on the square card I used the stamp Yuletide Gatherings and for the rectangle card one of the new stencils: Gatherings.

The circles and squares were cut with the dies Stacked Tiles Circles and Stacked Tiles Squares.

Tim Holtz products used:
Sizzix dies: Papercut Christmas #1, Papercut Christmas #2, Home for the Holidays, Stacked Tiles Circles, Stacked Tiles Squares.
Stampers Anonymous: Stamp Yuletide Gatherings CMS390, Stencil Gatherings THS152
Ranger Distress Ink: Candied Apple, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Gathered Twigs, Pine Needles, Speckled Egg

Christmas mansion

I started with cutting out the Village Dwelling and theVillage Brownstone. I cut both of them twice.
For the middle part of the house, I took the Village Dwellings and glued them on top of each other and glued the upper door shut. Then I cut out the windows on that spot.

I embossed some white cardstock with the 3d embossing folder Lumber and cut the paper into strips to make planks. The planks I glued to the walls of the different parts of the house.

I glued the two Brownstones to the sides of the middle piece and put on the roofs. I had to shorten one side of the roofs for the Brownstone to make it fit.

I used different cutting dies from the Village series to decorate the house.

The snow on the roof is made with grit-paste and covered with Distress glitterClear Rock Candy. On the ground there’s texture paste with Distress glitter and around the house I used Mica flakes.

The tree is colored with Rustic Wilderness. Such a beautiful green.  

The deer are covered with Distress glitter dust.

And I added some lights.

Tim Holtz products used:
Sizzix: 3D embossing folder Lumber, dies Village Dwelling, Village Brownstone, Village Addition, Village Fixer Upper, Village Winter, Village Christmastime, Village Surfshack, Village rooftops
Ranger Distress Ink: Ground Espresso, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Pumice Stone, Rustic Wilderness, Candied Apple
Ranger Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy
Ranger Distress Mica Flakes
Ranger Distress Glitter Dust
Ranger Distress Grit-paste
Idea-ology: Decorative Deer, Woodland Tree Lot Large