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Dec 8, 2022

Tim Holtz Snowmen Stamps Christmas Cards


Hello friends!  I'm so excited today to share a new batch of Tim Holtz Christmas cards with you.  It's been too long since I had a good play with my TH stash and I'm so glad I was able to squeeze these in this year.  Today's cards focus on the adorable snowman from the Winterscape stamp set and I've used a variety of background elements to create these variations.  

For the background, I dipped my panel in Tumbled Glass, then stamped the greens and berries in Rustic Wilderness and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Inks using the Winter Watercolor stamp set.  (More cards coming with this amazing set soon!)  I finished by watercoloring my snowman to match.  I really love this red, blue and green combo for Christmas!  


For my next card, I cut my watercolored snowman with a circle die, then used the base of the Snowglobe 2 to turn it into a snow globe.  I added one of Tim's label tape stickers over that and hand drew the marks on the "glass" to resemble highlights.  


For the background, I dipped my panel in Lumberjack Plaid, then stamped the diagonal Perfect Plaid background stamp in the same ink.  Next, I used my embossing marker and a ruler to draw lines over the plaid and embossed in white.  (Note: you need to use an embossing buddy between layers to avoid powder sticking everywhere!)  I finished by stamping my card base with the Flurry and Pine background stamp.  Love those snowy splatters!  



You may remember the scenes I stamped last year with the Winterscape set.  You can find those HERE.  In fact, you can view all of my Tim Holtz projects HERE.



Well, this year, I wanted to do another version and chose green!  I'm so in love with Rustic Wilderness, so I used it as my primary blending color.  This card is definitely a bit grungier, but was really fun to create.  The sentiment is one of those clear stamp & stencil sets from Joann.com.  The embossing powder got a little carried away when I heated it over the stamp, so I used my Posca to draw some more lines and blended them out to gift the effect of a blizzard/snowy winds.  It was my effort to salvage the card and I think it worked.  I hope to try again with more green later.  



I made one more pair of cards using that same stamp/stencil combo.  I used the Plaid and Nordic stamp set for the bottom half and texture paste through the snowflake stencil.  


For the garland and bow, I used dies from the Deck the Halls die cut set.  The colors of these cards are Faded Jeans and Cracked Pistachio.  


I do hope these cards have given you some ideas.  Remember, when you purchase items through my clickable links it helps support me and enables me to bring you even more crafty ideas.  Thank you for it all and have a merry merry Christmas season.  I'll be back soon with my Tim Holtz Christmas card part 2 post.  Until then click HERE to see the TH Christmas stamp collection at Scrapbook.com.  Hugs, Autumn

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4 comments:

  1. A fabulous selection of cards Autumn, I love your green snowy scene, especially the embossed snow flurry :) - I don't make 'snowy' Christmas cards as we have Christmas in summer here, and I cannot equate snow and Christmas easily.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  2. Gorgeous cards, Autumn, you have roc ked the scene again! Hugs, Valerie

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  3. wonder filled cards Autumn. So much fun to see as I am sure they are to create. Love the mix of old and new products. thanks as always for sharing and all the inspiration.

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