12th November, 2019

not a modern christmas

Hello friends! I’m back with another card that I made with the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Christmas stamps. Catch up on all the fun on Tim’s blog.

iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz stampers anonymous holiday stamps modern christmas deer
I reached for the modern christmas (CMS388) stamp set again and set out to make another vintage card.

iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz stampers anonymous holiday stamps modern christmas deer
I used a sheet of Dina Wakleys cotton watercolor paper and applied opaque crackle texture paste with a palette knife and set aside to dry. Next I sprayed the background with antique linen distress spray and used one of my favourite background stamps from slight alterations (CMS060) stamp set with frayed burlap distress ink using the spritz and stamp technique from yesterdays card. I used the same technique again to stamp the deer, which I fussy cut.

iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz stampers anonymous holiday stamps modern christmas deer
I covered the crackle paste with vintage collage medium and once dry, rubbed distress crayons into the cracks and edged with walnut stain distress ink.

iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz stampers anonymous holiday stamps modern christmas deer
I added red stitching with my sewing machine, I use a Singer heavy duty machine and whatever thread I have to hand. Tim asked me if I stitch and then trim the cardstock, which is actually a really good idea and would probably be far easier, but I use the sewing machine foot thingy (very technical over here) to run the edge of my cardstock and it gives me a stitched line right next to the edge. I was hopeless at sewing a couple of years ago and had a hate hate relationship with my machine, but with practice, some good advice from Paula Cheney (always try on a piece of scrap first) and you all cheering me on, I’m doing better and don’t hate it anymore! So thanks!

iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz stampers anonymous holiday stamps modern christmas deer
I cut a mount using the Tim Holtz stacked postage thinlits die with blackout kraft-stock and stitched rectangles thinlits die with distress watercolor cardstock.  I added idea-ology hardware heads which I painted with candied apple distress paint and rubbed off to give a chippy paint look.

iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz stampers anonymous holiday stamps modern christmas deer
I did the same with the numbers from the idea-ology numeric set and added a merry christmas stamped from the modern christmas stamp set. I used the music and advert (CMS358) stamp set, stamped in ground espresso archival ink to create a background. I sprayed antique linen distress spray over the top and spritzed with water droplets for the bleached effect.

iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz stampers anonymous holiday stamps modern christmas deer
Using the yuletide gathering (CMS390) stamp set, I stamped holly, watercoloured with distress re-inkers and fussy cut. I adhered just at the base and used a paintbrush handle to curl the holly slightly to lift from the card for dimension. I also added a little piece of torn paper stamped with the music under the holly and stitched.

iGirlZoe: Tim Holtz stampers anonymous holiday stamps modern christmas deer
Thanks for stopping by, let me know if you have any questions and I will be back tomorrow with another card.

Zoe



7 Comments »

  1. Cyndi Landrigan says:

    Absolutely love everything about this! Thank you so much for sharing!!

  2. Sue says:

    I do love your work Zoe! This card is sweet!! What you did with the crackle for texture, even just the paper you crackled has lovely texture. Thanks for sharing!

  3. Lucy says:

    I love this. The sewing lessons are great too. I’ve never added stitching to my projects, but perhaps it is time. Your red thread outlining the project is a perfect accent.

  4. scrappergirl56/Sherry says:

    Agree with Lucy, the red thread is perfect. Love this one, may have to make a version of this one for my Christmas Card this year….I’ll be back tomorrow to see what is next…love this day to day inspiration, goes great with my coffee…LOL.

  5. Freddie says:

    Breathtaking my friend xox #lilo

  6. paula says:

    that is the MOST perfect sewn edge EVER!!

  7. Oh the texture and the red thick thread frames this perfectly! LOVE!

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