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Cool Yule Masculine Card

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I don’t know about you, but I always seem to struggle with making masculine cards.

So with a few males on my christmas list this year, I played around with the Tim Holtz COOL YULE dies. Here’s one of the masculine Christmas themed cards I came up with. :o)

I started with some Designer Christmas paper in plaid and then cut out a frame using the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frames from Lawn Fawn in a coordinating cardstock.  I adhered the frame to my designer paper using Nuvo Deluxe Glue. I then adhered the panel to a Kraft Cardstock base.

I then cut out a circle using Spellbinder’s Pierced Circles from some more Designer paper and inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. Now for the fun part, I cut out all the snowman pieces from the Cool Yule Die set in different cardstocks and adhered him together….how COOL is he? hehehehe This is such a fun set as you can mix and match a lot of the pieces….so much variablitily in this set!I adhered him to the circle with Foam Tape and finished with a sentiment from Tim Holtz Snowman Blueprint set. Which has a label I stamped with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and the sentiment in StazOn Blazing Red Ink.

I kept it pretty simple for mailing and like I said before, I struggle with Masculine cards and WHEN TO STOP. lol. But here’s the inside using the same design as the front and an old sentiment from Cornish Heritage Farms.

I hope y’all have a Happy Holidays and I’ll see you back here after Christmas with another fun lil’ make.

Happy Craftin’!

~hugs~

Amy

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Tuesday with Tara {take 128}

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Happy Tuesday!

It’s hard to believe there are just two weeks until Christmas… wow!  Today I’m sharing two cards that I created together. The design is the same, but the way I cut the background papers meant I could easily duplicate the card with just a slight variation.

The focal point of the card is a combination of the new Retro Merry Christmas die by Tim Holtz and a smaller version of the cardinal stamp by Dina Wakely.  I was pretty delighted to find how well they fit together 😉

The letters were simply die cut from black card stock (with Be Creative Tape on the back for easy gluing). I stamped the cardinal multiple times on white card stock and inked it up with a couple shades of red Distress Ink, just using an ink blending tool.  I avoided the beak and legs and used Distress Markers to add color there.  I used a black stablio pencil (blends easily with water and fingers!) around his eyes so he really looks like a cardinal, then finished him off with some Nuvo glitter drops to highlight his eye.

The background of the card features double sided paper from an old Christmas paper pack by Tim Holtz.  I cut two pieces to the size of my card base, then rotated them and trimmed them both at the same angle.  I then was able to flip the top portion and alternate patterns on my cards.  On the ‘solid’ part, I added  some stamped greenery (Tim Holtz) and text (Artful stamper).  Some rustic ribbon and die cut holly leaves with a touch of red bling finish off the card.

As you can see I also pulled out a ‘stitch’ stamp to add a bit of detail to the top portion of the card.  Here’s what the alternate card looks like:

I hope you like it!  These came together fairly quickly once I had my concept, and I really love the simple, bold features.  One of my favorite things about my home in the south is seeing cardinals in my own front yard on a regular basis.  They have always been a favorite seasonal symbol for me 🙂

Wishing you a blessed week as you prepare for Christmas…

Inky hugs,

Tara

 

Materials Used: (sorry, links aren’t working!  I’ll add them soon!)

Tim Holtz Retro Merry Christmas Die

Dina Wakley Birds on Branches (I’ve used a limited edition smaller version of the stamp)

Tim Holtz Holly die

Distress Ink in Candied Apple & Fired Brick, Vintage Photo & Forest Moss

Assorted Distress Markers

Double Sided Christmas paper (I used an OLD pad by Tim Holtz)

Silent Night Text Stamp by Artful Stamper

Greenery Stamp by Tim Holtz

Be Creative Tape

Red Bling

Rustic Ribbon

Nuvo Glitter Drops in Blizzard

Black Stablio Pencil

 

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Tuesday with Tara {take 76}

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Happy Tuesday!  It`s a `blue Christmas` kinda day, and I`ve got two cards to share!

First up is a card that shows off a beautiful vintage image by Stampendous, I simply stamped in black Archival ink on watercolor paper.  Once dry, I used a wet paintbrush to pick up some Color Burst pigment and added color to the outside of the focal point of my image.  I wanted to add color but keep my card monochromatic, so this was a fun way to do that.  I continued adding color and water and blending it out, careful to keep the outer edges perfectly random looking 😉blue-christmas-2I added a touch of color to a few areas on the focal point so it wasn`t such a stark contrast.  I also added a touch of glitter with a glitter marker.  After tearing the right edge, I cut a couple slits on the left edge and threaded a silk ribbon through it to add a soft bow.

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Here`s my second blue card- this one is simply snowy, with another Color Burst background.  I went for a spot detail with some stamped snowflakes around it, then embossed a large white snowflake and layered a die cut snowflake over it.  Underneath my snowflake image I added some die cut letters to spell JOY.  These were painted white and glittered up.

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Here`s another look at the snowflake image:

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And here`s a closer look at the letters on the card:

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Here`s hoping your Christmas is anything but blue… unless it`s covered in paint, ink & glitter 🙂

Inky hugs,

Tara

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