Saturday Showcase - Tim Holtz Chapter 3 Christmas Thinlits Dies

Welcome, friends! It's my turn to host the  Saturday Showcase at The Funkie Junkie Boutique challenge blog, and I've chosen to shine the spotlight on Tim Holtz Chapter 3 Christmas Thinlits dies which are currently available in The Funkie Junkie Boutique. I hope you will pop over to see just how easy these different cards are to create, given these wonderful die sets.

Big hugs! Sara Emily

 

Peace & Joy Christmas Cards With Tim Holtz Snowy Stars

  Hello friends! Can you believe I've not finished sending my Christmas cards yet? With the challenge focusing on Stars over at Simon Says Stamp, I pulled out an older Tim Holtz Thinlits die - Snowy Stars to make a pair of simple cards.

Backing the die cut on the first card is the silver Decosheet I've hoarded for quite some time.

I cut the Star of Bethlehem from Metallic Kraft Stock and topped it with a tinier one (Impression Obsession) cut from a scrap of the Decosheet.

I have to say this Impression Obsession die set is my favorite non-Tim Holtz set and helps me focus on the real reason for the season -- our Savior is born! The Sentiment is one from the Festive Overlay set, inked in Black Soot Distress Archival ink, then heat embossed with clear powder. I shortened the sentiment by taping off "In the New year", so everything would fit.

This one is slightly different not only in color but I off set the manger from the Star, and left off the little stars. These cards are so easy to make, and I've got to get back in the Closet and make some more.

I'm wishing you Peace and Joy this Christmas and into the New Year. Hugs and Blessings, Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stars

Country View Challenges December 2019 - Stars

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #62 Anything Christmas Goes

Crafty Cardmakers #247 Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Christmas Card Day

Vintage Christmas Cards With Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper

Hello friends! I am over at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog with a Saturday Showcase Tutorial on how I made these two vintage Christmas cards featuring Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Worn Wallpaper and several of his Sizzix Thinlits dies. It  would be great to see you there!

I also made these four quick cards using the Christmas Wallpaper, Paper Dolls, Ephemera and Snippets packs. It's hard to discern from the photo, but there are touches of Stickles and Distress Clear Rock Candy Dry Glitter on each of the cards to up the holiday cheer.

I'd like to wish all of my American friends a joyful and Happy Thanksgiving! All will be quiet here, so I hope to take that opportunity to visit your blogs.Thanks for dropping in! Happy Christmas crafting! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
Simon Says Stamp Christmas Card Day

Scrapy Land Challenge #126 Anything Goes  I used 5 Sizzix dies on my first 2 cards and a Sizzix die on my blue card.
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes #414 - #415
We Love 2 Create at Polkadoodles Challenge #11 - Anything Goes Mixed Media
Double D YOUR CHRISTMAS STYLE Vintage/Traditional for me!

Vintage Christmas Card for The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Welcome friends and visitors! It's time for the start of a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, and this time our hostess is the talented Jenny Marples. She titles her challenge 'Lovely Leaves', and this is how she describes it:

At this time of year leaves take over from flowers as the stars of Nature's display - the deciduous ones take on beautiful Autumnal hues before falling to the ground, whilst the evergreen ones keep our gardens from looking bare as we wait for new flowers to appear in the Spring. For this challenge make sure to add leaves (or even Pine Needles if you like) to your vintage or shabby chic projects.

As always, the winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team. Please see the blog for details.

I chose to make a vintage Christmas card that features one of Tim Holtz Ideaology Christmas Worn Wallpapers, along with some of his more recent and some past released Sizzix Thinlits dies and Stamper's Anonymous stamp sets. Most of these products can be found in Linda's shop, and the links are listed below. 

You'll spot many types of  evergreens leaves on the Worn Wallpaper and lots of leaves in my dimensional arrangement made from die cuts from the Pine Branch, Funky Festive Florals and Festive Greens Thinlits sets colored with Distress inks and Oxides.

Tim's new Lumberjack stamp makes a subtle background for my Christmas message die cut from the Christmas Ribbon Thinlits set. I stamped some music scores from the older Music & Advert set. 

If you want to know more about how I made this card and another version using the same exact products,  I hope you'll join me for an easy step by step Saturday Showcase tutorial on The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog this coming Saturday, November 23, 2019.

That's all for me today, but I hope you'll pop over to see what amazing projects my talented teammates have made for you featuring some Lovely Leaves at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge Blog. Then I hope you'll show us how you incorporate leaves on your own shabby chic or vintage projects and join us for a chance to win one of the great prizes! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Sara Emily

 Sharing with:
Simon Says Stamp Christmas Card Day

These products were used on my vintage card and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Worn Wallpaper

Pine Branch Thinlits

Christmas Ribbon Thinlits
Funky Festive Florals Thinlits

Festive Greens Thinlits

Stitched Ovals Thinlits

Tim Holtz Cling Stamps - Lumberjack

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic Kraft Stock

Distress ink Frayed Burlap, Pumice Stone Old Paper, Walnut Stain, Forest Moss, Peeled Paint

Distress Oxide Pine Needles, Evergreen Bough Ground Espresso, Gathered Twigs

Distress Paint Ground Espresso

Distress Crayons Set #3, #5, #7

Distress Collage Medium Matte

Distress Collage Medium Crazing

Ranger Alcohol Pearl Smolder 

Stamp Platform

Sizzix Accessory - Chrome Precision Base Plate for Thinlits

Silent Night, Holy Night

Hello! We are one day closer in our Advent journey! Hallelujah! The Lord is coming! I love the Wise Men die by Tim Holtz--it is my favorite of his ever! I've seen so many beautiful cards made with it, but none more beautiful than those made by Ann Sullivan Barnes (aksbarchitect CREATES), and I just had to case her card. Thank you for the inspiration and wonderful tutorial, Ann!

Excuse my horrible photos; I was in a rush to get my cards in the mail. I noticed the cat hair laying across this one when I was editing, but I thought the colors were as accurate as they were going to get in this shot. I used the same Distress Oxides that Ann did--Tattered Rose, Seedless Preserves, Aged Mahoghany and Chipped Sapphire, dipping in puddles on ink in that order. But I also blended with Black Soot and Chipped Sapphire inks before splattering with a little water.

I stamped my stars with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide like I did on this card. I heat embossed 'Silent Night, Holy Night' in Princess Gold powder. This stamp is a gift from my friend, Autumn, and is one of my favorite Christmas stamps. I cut the Star of Bethlehem from the background and inlaid one cut from Metallic Kraft Stock.

Merry Christmas!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Warm Winter Wishes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Christmas
Country View Challenges December 2018 - Christmas
Cropstop November Link Party - # 46 "Anything Goes"
Scrapy Land Challenge #103 Anything Goes  I used one Sizzix die.
Card Mania CMC#111 Christmas

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2pk - Wise Men by Tim Holtz 663127	Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Great Outdoors	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Tattered Rose	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Seedless Preserves
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Aged Mahogany	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Chipped Sapphire	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Chipped Sapphire TIM27119	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot TIM19541

Contemporary Christmas Card-A Compilation of Old and New Tim Holtz Products

 Hello! I hope you are enjoying this wonderful Advent season! I have a simple (and I mean SIMPLE) Christmas card to share with you. This one marries some of Tim Holtz older releases as well as the newly released Funky Festive Thinlits dies.

The 'Christmas' die cut is left over from this card using the Retro Merry Christmas Thinlits die set. All I had to do was cut the included 'Merry' out of Metallic Kraft Stock.

I  colored a scrap of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide to cut greens from the Funky Festive set and added a few Holiday greens I had on my worktop. The bow  (Funky Festive) was also cut from metallic card.

The black card was stamped with the Nordic stamp (Plaid & Nordic) using more Cracked Pistachio oxide ink. I tap the stamp with the ink pad and spritz the stamp lightly with water before making the impression. This was mounted on a panel of Metallic silver and all the die cuts were adhered with Distress Collage Medium Matte.

I'll have a few more cards to share with you, and then I will take a few weeks off from blogging to celebrate Christmas with my family

Merry Christmas!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Warm Winter Wishes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Christmas
Country View Challenges December 2018 - Christmas
Scrapy Land Challenge #103 Anything Goes I used three Sizzix dies.
Crafty Cardmakers #224 Christmas
Cropstop December Link Party - # 46 "Anything Goes"
Love 2 Create Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

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

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Plaid and Nordic	Thinlits Die Set 2PK Retro Merry Christmas by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 18pk - Funky Festive by Tim Holtz 663101	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 11PK - Holiday Greens, Mini by Tim Holtz	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Cracked Pistachio
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock 8.5x11 inches - TDA53842	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933

White Christmas

 Hello! I hope you are enjoying this Advent season and taking time to reflect on the birth of Christ and the hope He brings us. I spent a rainy weekend afternoon making some Christmas cards. I'd like to share this simple one with you today. I'll be back tomorrow with my Design Team project for Frilly and Funkie.

I cut Tim Holtz Tangled Twigs die from Metallic Kraft Stock, sanded  and heat embossed with sparkly powder. I layered this over a panel I colored with Distress Oxides, Weathered Wood and Stormy Sky. I tucked in a Flurry #2 snowflake cut from water color paper.

I cut a snow drift from the Home For the Holidays Thinlits set and heat embossed with more of the sparkly powder. I smudged shadows using Hickory Smoke Distress crayon and a very slightly dampened finger. A Paper Doll (I think he is from this year's release.) and a Remnant Rub from last year finish off this super simple card. I scuffed the Paper doll and colored with Gathered Twigs oxide ink and when the card was assembled I splattered with Picket Fence Distress paint using my Splatter Brush.

Merry Christmas!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Warm Winter Wishes
Country View Challenges December 2018 - Christmas
Scrapy Land Challenge #103 Anything Goes I used 3 Sizzix dies.
Cropstop December Link Party - # 46 "Anything Goes"
That's Crafty Anything Goes
Love 2 Create Challenge #15 - Anything Goes
Dies R Us Challenge #110 - Snowflakes I used 3 Sizzix dies mentioned in the text.