Maura's Musings: holiday cards

Monday, March 6

Lucky Embossing

Hello Monday my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Things With Wings Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

The first of the month we always showcase a company, and this month it is our own wonderful Simon Says Stamp!

Please join me in welcoming our guest designer for the month of March, Pauline C of Passion for Papercradts. Welcome!

This week the challenge is: EMBOSS IT!

For me, March is the month to celebrate my Irish, so I decided to begin the month with some St. Patrick's Day cards.

I began with some colorful green ink smooshing on watercolor paper.

Once dry, I blended in some Citrine with a small Simon blending brush - I love these blending brushes and reach for them all the time.

Then, I splattered them. I use a couple of drops of dish soap in water and an old toothbrush. Use a paper towel to lift up the splatters after a few seconds.

I added the four leaf clovers from the die cut to the inside of my cards.

I embossed the background while the paper was still damp with Simon's River Damask embossing folder. Then, I layered the Linking Lucky Clovers and a shamrock onto the card.

I finished up with some hand dyed ribbon, and a handwritten Lucky on black cardstock.

Well, I think nothing says you are Irish like greens and shamrocks! Wishing you a Happy St. Patrick's Day on March 17 if you celebrate, or as my three year old self said to our neighbor, "You can be Irish today."!

I hope you will join us for some embossing fun this week!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

Supplies:
CZ Designs Linking Lucky Clovers Die

Simon Says Stamp River Damask Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz/Sizzix Lucky Love 3D Embossing Folder

Sizzix Big Shot Foldaway

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks - Limelicious, Field, Aegean, Citrine

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brush Citrine

Simon Says Stamp Black Dye ink

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Black and Green Leaf card stock

Canson Watercolor paper

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

Wendy Vecchi Nonstick Craft Sheet

Hand dyed ribbon

3M Adhesive Tape Glider

Simon Says Stamp Big Momma Foam Tape

Signo White pen

Tim Holtz Paper Trimmer

Bearly Fine Art Glue

Simon Says Stamp Bone Folder

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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Hello Monday my friends! Welcome back to this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - SANTA! and we are celebrating all the wonderful products of the Professor - Tim Holtz this week!! He is the perfect choice for this challenge with all of his wonderful Santa stamps.

Please join me in welcoming our December Guest Designer - Susan Babcock! I know you will love her beautiful creations.

SANTA CARDS

I started making my cards for this post using the Tim Holtz Stamptember 2021 stamp set, and it wasn't until I finished that I realized this set is not still available. I know many of you have it, but if you don't, not to worry, I have more Santa cards to share. I did have a lot of fun creating this set of cards though, and you can apply the methods to any cards.

Version 2 - inked with different colors and a white moon...

And here are some sparkly Santa cards I also made to share...who can stop at one Santa?

I began with the distress oxides for the background, masked out the moon, then went back in and added the yellow, like a harvest moon.

Next I added white embossing powder to the trees.

I used black soot on the Santa and reindeer.

details...

Believe in the magic of Christmas!

Why make just one card when you can make a set?

I also love the Cozy Christmas stamps and made a few cards with them. I started by stamping the images, then adding color and fussy cutting them. I added details with white pen. The metallic kaleidoscope backgrounds add a festive touch to the cards.

I used silver and gold papers for the background, and layered everything up.

Now it's your turn to celebrate Santa! Get out your Tim Holtz products if you have them and find some time to play and share with us. Our generous friends at Simon Says Stamp are offering a $25 shopping voucher to a participant drawn at random.

SUPPLIES:

tim-holtz-cling-rubber-stamps-cozy-christmas-cms444	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Archival-Ink-Pad-BLACK-SOOT-Ranger	Tim Holtz Ranger VILLAINOUS POTION distress oxide ink	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke
Black Soot - Distress Embossing Powder	Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Marker	Tim Holtz - Distress Markers - Forest Moss	Tim Holtz Distress Markers SHABBY SHUTTERS Ranger	Festive Berries
Simon Says Stamp KALEIDOSCOPE Embossing Folder	Tim Holtz - Tonic Maxi Guillotine Comfort Paper Trimmer	Craft Scissors - Tim Holtz	Tim-Holtz-Tonic-GLASS-MEDIA-MAT	Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail
Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing and Watermark ink	Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Simon Says Stamp Card stock Peacock Teal	Simon Says Stamp MATTE GOLD MIRROR cardstock	Simon Says Stamp MATTE SILVER MIRROR cardstock
Simon-Says-Stamp-Card-Stock-100-GREEN-LEAF	Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock	simon says stamp 120lb white card stock	Canson Watercolor Paper	Studio Katia WHITE Double Sided Foam Tape
Daniel Smith Watercolor HANSA YELLOW LIGHT 5ml	Zen Watercolor Brush set	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER	ranger mister bottle	https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product?id=63719-ball signo pen gel white
Ranger Glossy Accents Glue	Ranger WHITE OPAQUE PENS set of 2