There’s just something about the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Crazy Birds that always makes me smile whenever I see a card created with them.
I began this card by stamping the Crazy Birds (and their accessories) on X-Press It Blending Card. I die cut the stamped images using the coordinating Sizzix framelit dies and colored the images with Copic markers.
I had positioned the framelits as close as possible to the edges of the stamped images, but there were still some white areas around some of the cut edges. A while back, I ran across a really useful tip and pinned it to my Copic Marker Pinterest Board. Mindy, from My Creative Scoop, had eliminated the white areas by going around the edges with the side of her Copic Marker N5 (I used T7 on this card.). She said this should work with any image you stamp in black, or dark ink. If you stamp in a different color, she suggested using a Copic marker close to that color. It worked like magic!
I added sparkle to the Crazy Birds by brushing on some clear Wink of Stella and added their accessories. I put the Dot Fade Layering stencil on a piece of watercolor paper; sponged Abandoned Coral and Mermaid Lagoon distress inks on with a blending tool (on top of the stencil); removed the stencil; and sponged Mermaid Lagoon over the entire surface of the paper.
The Crazies were anchored with Scor-Tape and Ranger Multi Medium Matte. Memento Ink was used to stamp the “Happy Birthday” and “Celebrate” sentiments. I rubbed some Tim Holtz Micro Distress Glaze on top of the distress inked paper because I noticed it was coming off on my fingers as I was touching the card. I finished the card by anchoring it onto a base of Core’dinations Gemstones cardstock.
Materials Used:
- X-Press It Blending Card
- Strathmore Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140 lb.
- Core’dinations Gemstones Cardstock, Moonstone
- Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz, Bird Crazy, CMS212 (Stamps)
- Sizzix Tim Holtz Framelits, Bird Crazy, 660954 (Dies)
- Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz, Crazy Things, CMS237 (Stamps-these are the accessories. I used the bow tie, glasses, and birthday hat.)
- Sizzix Tim Holtz Framelits, Crazy Things, 660953 (Dies-accessories)
- Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz, Crazy Talk, CMS236 (sentiments)
- Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Abandoned Coral and Mermaid Lagoon
- Copic Markers: T7, B02, B04, B12, R32, and R43
- Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz, Dot Fade Layering Stencil
- Kuretake Zig Wink of Stella, Clear
- Ranger non-stick Craft Sheet
- Ranger Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool/Mini-Ink Blending Foam
- Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform
- Fiskars Procision Rotary Bypass Trimmer (12”)
- Martha Stewart Scoring Pad/Fiskars Dual-Tip Embossing Stylus
- Memento Ink, Tuxedo Black
- Ranger Multi Medium Matte
- Tim Holtz Micro Distress Glaze
- Scor-Tape: 1/4” and 1/2″
- Ranger Craft Scrubbie
- Baby Wipes and Paper Towels
Machine: Sizzix Big Shot, with two cutting pads, and the magnetic platform
I hope my card made you smile!!!
Diane