Tim Holtz Merry Christmas Card With Alcohol Lift Technique and Music & Advert

Hello! I finally had a chance to break out my Christmas goodies and get started on some Christmas cards. Thankfully, Tim Holtz shared some of his Holiday Hacks, so the rest of my holiday crafting might go a little faster.

When I purchased Tim Holtz Music & Advert stamps, I immediately saw this being used with Tim's Alcohol Lift Ink. I used Tim's white Yupo paper and my alcohol ink colors are listed below.

I used my lifted image on Distress watercolor cardstock, which I then colored with Distress Oxides --Festive Berries, Iced Spruce and Pumice Stone and Vintage Photo Distress ink. I die cut it with Mixed Media Christmas Thinlits.

I love the Winter Watercolor stamps Tim released this season. I inked the smallest of the poinsettias in Festive Berries oxide, spritzed the stamp with water and made a several impressions. I fussy cut them, shaped and layered them up. The centers were inked with Crushed Olive, and I scribbled the edges with Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon.

I love the new faces in the Christmas Paper Dolls pack, even though I still have plenty left from last year's pack. These two children look like they're dressed up to do some Christmas shopping at the toy store, perhaps followed by a visit to Santa.

I used Holiday Greens, Mini and Funky Festive colored with Distress inks and oxides in greens. My seam binding ribbon is colored with Festive Berries oxide ink, Vintage Photo ink and Tarnished Brass Distress Mica Spray.

An Ideaology Christmas Adornment stands in for a Christmas greeting. I patted it with Picket Fence Distress paint, let it dry a minute and wiped it off with a paper towel. I scribbled it with Tarnished Brass crayon. In real life it's so shimmery!

So that's the start of my Christmas crafting! I hope you'll stop back tomorrow when I will be sharing a Christmas gift using more of Tim's wonderful products. How are you coming along with your Christmas to do list?

Happy Crafting!

Sara Emily

The following Tim Holtz products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper, White 10PK TAC49715	Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift-Ink Pad	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Gold Mixative	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Teakwood TAL40743
Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Caramel	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Slate	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Music & Advert	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Winter Watercolor	Ranger Surfaces Watercolor Paper- 8.5 x 11-ISW39532
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock 4.25 x 5.5 inches-TDA39549	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Mixed Media Christmas by Tim Holtz	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Tim Holtz Stamp Platform by Tonic Studios
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set- Metallics (Antique Bronze/Brushed Pewter/Tarnished Brass)	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Festive Berries	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Pine Needles	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Crushed Olive
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Iced Spruce	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Pumice Stone	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Shabby Shutters	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Bundled Sage	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Forest Moss
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Peeled Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo TIM19527	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence TDF53170	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 11PK - Holiday Greens, Mini by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 18pk - Funky Festive by Tim Holtz 663101
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls, Christmas	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments, Christmas

Anniversary Card for Just My Type Challenge at Frilly and Funkie

Hello friends! It's time for the Funkie girls at Frilly and Funkie to present their inspiration for the current challenge, 'Just My Type' hosted by talented and lovely Jenny.

Here's what Jenny has to say about her chosen theme: As a trained touch typist I love vintage typewriters. I love the way they look and sound and the font they create. For this challenge create a vintage or shabby chic project and include a typewriter, typewriter keys, typeface.

What a great theme that seemed to lend itself to creating an anniversary card for my husband. The typewriter is my favorite of the Inventor series by Tim Holtz, and I used it on my background using Alcohol Lift ink. The original alcohol ink panel I lifted this print from was used on this card.

I also used the lift technique on the mat panel just beneath the Metallic Kraft Stock layer. The typeface image is from Tim's old School Desk set. Both panels were blended with Old Paper and Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide.

I tucked in a scrap die cut with the type die from the Mixed Media #3 set and colored with oxide inks.I tore the edges and blended with Ground Espresso Distress ink.

The happy couple is one of my favorite Paper Dolls. I just distressed them with my Prima paper distress tool my good friend Autumn gifted me with last Christmas and blended them with Vintage Photo ink.

I used Ideaology Type Charms for part of my sentiment. I removed the bail and antiqued them with Caramel alcohol ink and Chunky Rust Baked Texture powder.

I made a sentiment panel reading 'mytype' by adhering letters from the Mixed Media #3 die, which I cut several times. I adhered them with Distress Collage Medium Matte and lots of patience. When dry, I colored with Distress Crayons, smeared the letters with Prima White Gold Metallic Wax and more crayon. Eventually, I ended up sanding the letters to removed most of the color. Originally, this read '#justmytype', but it just didn't look good sprawled across the card, and I figured my husband wouldn't get it anyway. I don't think he got it anyway; he kept wondering what 'afkpu' meant. LOL!

That's it for me today! I do hope you will visit the blog to see what the entire Frilly and Funkie team has created just for you! And then, it's over to you! We'd love to see you play along with our 'Just My Type' challenge! As always, the Design Team will choose their top four favorites, with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, and the next three will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Challenges entered:

Love 2 Create Challenge #13, Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes

Artistic Stamper October's Creative Challenge - Inktober

Dies R Us Challenge #106 - Anything Goes using dies by companies carried at the DRU Store I used a Sizzix Mixed Media 3 die.
Scrapy Land Challenge #99 Anything Goes I used a Sizzix die.

SumMore Fun Mood Board Challenge #38 Inspired by the Mr. and Mrs. since this is my wedding anniversary card to my hubby. And the some of the colors.

Happy crafting!

Sara Emily

These products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Inventor 1	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Mixed Media 3 by Tim Holtz 661186	Tim Holtz ideaology Metallic Kraft Stock TH93586	Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock 4.25 x 5.5, 20PK TDA53835	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls
Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift-Ink Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Slate	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Caramel	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Teakwood TAL40743
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Terra Cotta TIM22213	Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair-Metallique Wax - White Gold	Seth Apter Baked Texture - Chunky Rust	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Old Paper	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo TIM19527	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Type Charms TH92819