tim holtz holiday inspiration series: have yourself a merry little christmas

I’m so excited to be joining a group of talented crafters sharing holiday projects with you during the month of November and beginning of December using all the latest holiday stamps and products from Tim Holtz!  All the projects will be showcasing products from the new Holiday Season release. If you have not seen everything that has come out this season you can watch all of the Facebook Live product release videos HERE and just in case you miss any of the projects Tim will be sharing a weekly recap each Saturday over on his Blog.

This was a fun card to make and color. Here’s a quick run through of how it came together: 

• Ink up the Christmas background using Shadow Grey Archival Ink. Use a baby wipe or towel to dab off some the ink before stamping, so the background is not perfectly covered. (I used Archival Ink for the background since I wanted to color over it). Stamp the background onto Distress Watercolor paper.
• Stamp ornaments and sentiment from the Tattered Christmas stamp set on top of the stamped panel.  
• Draw in the “strings” with a permanent maker.
• Add Platinum Stickles to the tops or the ornaments. 
• Paint in the ornaments using Distress Inks that have been applied to a kraft sheet by picking them up with a water brush and painting the ornaments in. 
• Ink the edges of the panel with Pumice Stone Distress Ink 
• Glue a black panel to the card base
• Add plaid paper from the Idea-ology Christmas Mini Paper stash
• Add fringe on top on plaid paper
• Adhere stamped and colored panel on top 

I hope you enjoyed this card, and that you will try some of these techniques out for yourself! 

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