Seasonal Stampers Anonymous

Hello everyone!  Glad to be back here at One Lucky Day after a little vacation to the Portland area last week.  For those of you that follow me on Instagram or Facebook you already got a glimpse of what we saw and did.  For those that did not, I will be posting about the trip once I get back in the swing of things around here.
While I was away, the new Stamper Anonymous sets were released for Halloween and Christmas.  I am sure many of you saw the sets, especially the new Bird Crazy Accessories that Richele worked with.  If not, then please take a look at some of the cards she made using them because they are fantastic!
We have a super line up of great Christmas stamps coming to market!  So hard to even choose a favorite!  Today I'm sharing three cards I made for the Carson show... I'm going to apologize for my photos up front - I did not have time for proper staging before getting them in the mail...so please go easy on me!

First up is a card made with wonderful Christmas Magic set.

I stamped Distress Watercolor paper using Archival Ink so the image would be waterproof.  Then I just colored the image using Distress Markers and a Detailer Water Brush.  I mounted the image onto cardstock, then added a gold Deco sheet border.

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I even broke out the Stickles in Mercury Glass to color the fur on Santa's coat and hat, as well as the top edge of his big toy bag.

Next up I used the Argyle stencil to color a piece of cardstock.

I used Distress Ink in Iced Spruce, Peeled Paint and Crushed Olive and a Mini Blending Tool to make a green "rainbow" pattern on the card face.  You can easily do this by laying the stencil over the card and lightly rubbing the Mini Blending Tool from the top to bottom.  Just move the stencil along as you color in the pattern.

I stamped the giant word BELIEVE from the Handwritten Holidays 3 set with embossing ink then added Sticky Embossing Powder.  Melt the powder with an embossing tool and then add Platinum Stickles Dry Glitter.
NOTE: If you want to know more about Sticky Embossing Powder you can see a step by step tutorial here.

 The Plaid & Nordic set is one of my favorites that was released.  I'll show you why.

It can be just one color...
The Plaid background was stamped in my go-to Christmas favorite, Archival - Sap Green.  Once the card was stamped, I used the new Poinsettia stencil and a Mini Blending Tool to add Festive Berries Distress Ink over the Sap Green stamped plaid.

 

I added silver deco sheet (which is self adhesive), Industrious Sticker strip and a Typed Token to the Trimmings bow.  You might notice I used a metallic card back.  This was from the Metallic Kraft-Core set (cards and envelopes) that was released this year.

You say you want more than one color? You can do that too!

I colored the Plaid pattern using Distress Markers - Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, and Festive Berries. Once the stamp was colored, I very lightly misted the rubber, then stamped the image onto Ranger Mixed Media cardstock.

 I used the large oval to cut out the center of the card and then worked on the center portion.

Again, I used the Sticky Embossing Powder to adhere the Christmas Red glitter sentiment to Core'dinations Kraft Core cardstock for the center.

I also added a few Tiny Tattered Florals (I'm getting way faster at making them!), Linen Ribbon, a colored Gumdrop and a vintage pearl.

I've got one more way to use that Plaid stamp but you will have to wait till my next post! I will be back soon (promise) with more cards and tags from the show!
carry on,
paula

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Mini Handwritten Holidays

Hi everyone!
My week has been very busy with a lot of behind the scenes stuff...even good stuff can keep you running.  I am super excited to share the news that there is a new stamp set availble today from Tim and Stampers Anonymous.  Tim took the all the stamps from the Handwritten Holidays series and shrunk them down so they could be used on Gift Tags!!  I LOVE this idea, because if there is one thing I need every single Christmas it is a gift tag (or a 100).  I was lucky enough to get a set of the stamps to create a display board for the Rubber Stamp show at Carson this weekend so I thought I would share some of the tags I made using the new stamps.

I did use manila tags for some tags.  The stamps fit nicely on tags sizes #1 - 3 which are great for gift tags.

But then I decided to break out the Thinlits die - Labels.

For those of you who have never used a Thinlits die (and that was me about 6 months ago), it is super easy.  First, choose which shapes you want to cut.  I used the larger shapes that come in the pack since I was going to stamp on them.

You will need a magnetic platform to be able to run the Thinlits through the machine.  The "sandwich" from top to bottom is:

cutting pad 

Thinlit (with cut ridge face down)

cardstock

cutting pad

magnetic platform

Here I have the platform, clear cutting pad, carstock and dies lined up.

I placed it on the Vagabond machine and added the last cutting pad over the top.  Then just send it through.  It's that easy.

I used 7 colors of Archival ink for the tags - the 6 that you see here and black.

watering can, potting soil, sienna, olive, sap green, french ultramarine

 

 *I used Sienna Archival Ink, which is a rusty red color for my stamping.  Vermillion is a more traditional red color that could be substituted for the rusty red.

I also used three other stamp sets as backgrounds:

Styled Woodlands

  Christmas Nostalgia

Mini Blueprints 7

So lets get started!

Some are very small, like the postage stamp die - but that size was perfect for Noel.

Some tags I cut myself using the back of the red Kraft-core cardstock.  I like the idea that the tag is red on the other side.  I did use white super fine embossing powder to make the white sentiment pop.

This simple one is a favorite - just a repeated background stamp in Sap Green (definitely a go to color every Christmas).

 I think this stamp is my favorite of the entire set!

 All tags don't have to be red and green!  How about a blue starry sky?

The stamp with Santa in his sleigh is super long so I just used a bit of it.  I think that worked out pretty good.

Super fine white embossing powder works really well with the red Kraft-core cardstock.

If you have more time, this tag was super fun to make using Distress Markers and the Mini Blueprints 7 poinsettia.

Use Distress Markers to color directly on the small floral stamp.  Once done, mist stamp with water and stamp on cut shape to get a watercolor effect.

I really like how this one turned out - I think it would be a great tag for a guy.  I just repeated the stamp over the entire tag to create a pattern.  My Watering Can stamp pad is new so it is still very juicy.  I easily overcame this "problem" by stamping on a paper towel (twice), then stamping the tag to get the faded nostalgic look.

This time I used Embossing Powder in gold on the red Kraft-core.  Super rich looking!

Here is the finished board!

I embellished the tags with Countdown Coins, Mirrored Stars (colored with Alcohol Ink), Red and White Paper String, Red and Cream Trimmings, Gumdrops (center of the poinsettia), and Adornment - snowflakes.
The Crinkle Ribbon ink colors - Red ribbon created with Festive Berries and Barn Door and Green ribbon created with Forest Moss and Peeled Paint.

Win A Set!

Mr Holtz and Stamper Anonymous have given me three sets of the new stamps to give away.  If you would like to win a set, please leave a comment, then check back on Monday morning for the names of the winners!  

Seriously, who doesn't want to win one?

Have a great weekend everyone! I will be busy putting the final touches on my last few classes before the end of the year.  If you happen to be in the San Diego or St Petersburg, FL area, please stop by to say hello!

Paper Tales
Saturday, Nov 15th
San Diego, CA

(619) 222-2510

Whim So Doodle

Dec 5 and 6th
St. Petersburg, FL

(727) 827-4911

now carry on!

paula

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