Love You | Tim Holtz Idea-ology & Spellbinders

Hi friends!  Today’s project is a quick anniversary card that’s so easy to make using products from Tim Holtz’s Ranger and Idea-ology lines as well as a couple products from Spellbinders.  Let’s see how this goes!  

The supplies used were:

Spellbinders “Brushed Black” Cardstock

Spellbinders “Precision Layering A2 A” Dies

Tim Holtz / Idea-ology Paper Dolls

Spellbinders “Tiled Hearts” Embossing Folder

Spellbinders “Sneaking a Kiss” Die Set

Tim Holtz / Idea-ology Metallic Colors Kraft-Stock (Pink)

Tim Holtz / Idea-ology 8 x 8 Paper, “Limited Release from the Vault - Wallflower”

Tim Holtz / Ranger Distress Crayons – Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar

Tim Holtz / Idea-ology Paper Dolls

Q-Tips (for adding color to the paper dolls)

Paper Sanding Block

Scrapbook.com 1” Foam Adhesive Roll, 1mm

Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

I started the card by die cutting the Spellbinders Brushed Black cardstock and a piece of the metallic pink Kraft-Stock from Tim Holtz / Idea-ology using the Spellbinders “Precision Layering A2 A” dies – the black was cut using the largest die in the set and the pink metallic was cut using the second to largest die.  I then embossed the metallic pink Kraft-Stock panel using the Spellbinders “Tiled Hearts” embossing folder.  After embossing the metallic pink panel, I used a fine grit paper sanding block and scuffed up the edges of the panel and lightly sanded the surface of the panel to dull the finish and allow the paper’s core to be revealed… essentially, I distressed the panel a bit.  The last panel was diecut using the same Spellbinders A2 layering dies, but this time I used the third largest die and diecut a piece of the Tim Holtz / Idea-ology “Limited Release from the Vault – Wallflower” papers that I felt matched my theme the best.

Now for my focal point.  From the Tim Holtz / Idea-ology Paper Dolls pack, I selected a couple who appeared to be from a wedding photo and began to selectively colorize some of the paper doll’s features using my Tim Holtz / Ranger Distress Crayons.  I colored the bride’s flowers and groom’s boutonniere and pocket square using Picked Raspberry and used Spun Sugar for both of their cheeks.  Lastly, I added strips of 1mm foam tape to the back side of the bridal couple.

I added 1mm foam tape to the reverse side of my pink embossed panel and adhered it to the center of the brushed black cardstock panel.  I also added the same foam adhesive to the back side of the patterned paper and adhered it to the metallic pink panel.

For my sentiment and embellishments, I chose to use the Spellbinders “Sneaking a Kiss” die set from their December 2023 release and diecut the “love you” and string of hearts dies from the same metallic pink cardstock as the embossed panel.

I glued the love, you, and heart loop die cuts to the card front using my married couple as a guide on placement.  Then I used the negatives from the string of heart die cuts – which left me with three little pink hearts – to utilize as my only embellishments for the card front which I glued in place after adhering the lovely married couple onto the card.  And that’s a wrap!

I hope you enjoyed this quirky little anniversary card that was so much fun to make and possibly found inspiration for some of your own card making projects.   

Until next time… happy making!

I Love You - Happy Anniversary | 2023

Every year I like to make my husband a handmade anniversary card that is personalized just for him. Only until yesterday, did I find out he has been keeping them all these years. He is so sweet and sentimental... never in my wildest imagination did I think he was actually keeping my little creations. Just another reason why I love him!

For this year's card, I started by creating an alcohol ink background by using Ranger's Watermelon and Shell Pink alcohol inks. I just randomly drop the ink here and there on the yupo paper, occasionally adding a little blending solution to get things moving about, and when I think I like what I see... I either let it dry naturally or I do like I did this time and dry it with the heat tool (not the embossing heat tool!). After the yupo has almost completely dried, I took a gold piece of gold DecoFoil and wadded it into a tight ball to wrinkle it and then spread it across my alcohol ink background. What happens when you do this is that the foil will stick to the areas that are still tacky on the inky background making it almost look like a geode or slab of granite that has gold veins running through it - you know what I mean! Once this was completed I set this aside to allow it to completely dry while I moved onto the next task.

I took a black scrap of cardstock and Altenew's Antique Gold metallic pigment ink and stamped the Lavinia Stamps' "Background Script" stamp onto the black cardstock. Since it's a pigment ink, some additional drying time is required. While this was drying, I used the Scrapbook.com's "I Love You" die set and used the outline die to cut a piece of mirror gold cardstock and since the inky background was dry, I used the letter die to cut the "I Love You" from the alcohol ink yupo paper. Next, I put thin strips of red line tape on the back of the words to ensure good adhesion to the mirror cardstock and adhered those together.

For the sub-sentiment, I used Hero Arts' "Message Strips Stamp & Cut XL" stamp and die set. I used Altenew embossing ink and Simon Says Stamp Fine Black Embossing Powder to emboss the Happy Anniversary sentiment stamp onto a piece of gold mirror cardstock. I used the die that came with the stamp set to cut out the sentiment and placed Simon Says Stamp 3D foam squares to the back side. I adhered the sub-sentiment to a scrap piece of the alcohol inked panel and trimmed all edges around it to give it a little bit of a tight frame.

I cut a black piece of cardstock to be 4-1/4" x 11" and creased it down the center at 5-1/2" to create a top folding A2 card panel. Using a generic torn edge die set that cuts frames that I purchased from Amazon, I diecut a piece of Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red cardstock to be one size smaller than A2, and using the same dies I diecut the gold script stamped panel to be one size smaller than the red panel. Then I used the ATG to put adhesive tape to the back of the to card from panels together and onto the actual card base. Lastly, I adhered the two sentiments to the card using black Simon Says Stamp 3D Foam Squares and that completes this fun card.

I hope you enjoyed this card and that is gives you some ideas and inspiration for creating cards that you need in your arsenal.

Thank you for stopping by to see me... I appreciate you doing so!

Happy Making :)