Saturday Showcase - 6 Easy Cards with 1 Tim Holtz Stamp Set

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I wanted to share a fun challenge I gave myself. I challenged myself to use only 1 stamp set to create 6 simple cards that can be good for any occasion.  I chose to use the Tim Holtz Set - CMS385 "Into the woods".  I wanted a woodsy look that could be good for fall, Christmas, or masculine cards.

3 of the cards are A2, one just a bit shorter than A2, a slimline card, and one that's about 2/3s the size of an A2 (made from the scrap from cutting the slimline card).

A simple frame card (you could easily switch out any of the animals to the bear or the fox from the set).

Simple and woodsy.

Woodsy with a splash of color.

A touch of plaid for simple color.

A simple and easy wreath card. (This could also be a bird nest. I should have done a touch less stenciling for my preferred look).

My favorite of all the cards, and yet the simplest!

What do you think of these cards?
This stamp set could easily make so many more simple cards, or awesome elaborate ones!!

Products Used:

Stamp Set - Tim Holtz Into The Woods
Inks:
    Distress Oxides - Vintage Photo, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain,  Forest Moss, Crackling Campfire, Candied Apple, and Black Soot
    Original Distress Inks - Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain
    Other Inks- Delicata Golden Glitz, Embossing Ink
Embossing Powders - Black and Red
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - THS021 Speckles
Tim Holtz Small Talk Stickers
Plaid Scrapbook Paper
Blending Tool

Saturday Showcase

Hi Everyone, Tera Here. This is my first Saturday Showcase for the Funkie Junkie Boutique! I wanted to showcase a project using some of my favorite things... Stamps and Inks/Sprays! If you don't already know me, I am a rubber stamp addict! I also love bugs and grungy vintage things. Naturally I combined those to make a super cute and easy A2 card that you can use for any occasion!

To start I used a pale greenish white piece of cardstock from my stash. I stamped the type background in speckled egg distress ink. After drying that with my heat tool, I then used one of the large layering stencils (THS143) with an embossing dabber to apply a thin layer of embossing liquid through the stencil. The embossing powder/glaze I used was "fossilized amber"

I forgot to take a picture after I inked around the edges... I used the speckled egg, and walnut stain to add more grungy goodness like you see above.

On a separate piece of paper I stamped one of the butterflies from the specimen set in black soot archival ink. 

Before cutting it out I used the spray stains above to color my image. After I cut it i used walnut stain distress ink again to ink the edges.

Before gluing my butterfly down I added the specimen stamp and some stitches to finish off the background.

For the card base I used an ultra dark brown piece of cardstock (It's almost black). 

I hope you liked this little inspiration!!!

Products Used: 

Stamps: Specimen, Stitches, Newsprint &Type

Layering Stencil: THS143

Distress Ink: Speckled Egg, Walnut Stain

Archival Ink: Black Soot (You can now preorder the large size HERE)

Spray Stains: Antique Linen, Old Paper, Speckled Egg, Broken China

Embossing Glaze: Fossilized amber

Embossing Dabber