Hi crafty friends, so super excited to be a part of the Scrap ‘N Stamp Christmas Critters Inspiration Hop! Get ready for a dose of joy & holiday cuteness as we feature adorable Christmas Critters in our projects this December! Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or just looking for some holiday inspiration, this hop is sure to have something for everyone.

Be sure to leave comments at each stop along the way- a winner will be randomly selected from those comments to win a $50 gift certificate to the SNS online store & announced on the SNS blog December 26.

Of course there’s also a SALE 20% off Critters until December 7, so have fun shopping after you hop! As a bonus, while supplies last you can get a Christmas Critter stamp for FREE with any purchase over $50! Just look for this cute penguin stamp and add it to your shopping cart!

I had so much fun making this card using many Tim Holtz products. To create my background I used tumbled glass oxided spray, and distress ink, salvaged patina distress spray and antique linen and vintage photo ink. For my backgrounds I always do multiple layers …spray the panel with water and than add my sprays , after each layer I spritz it was water . I try and do at least 3 layers drying each one in between the next. Using faded jeans distress ink I stenciled on Plaid and with hickory smoke archival ink I stenciled on Merry Christmas. I find that using the Tim Holtz blending brushes I get alot of the details from the stencils.

Using black soot archival ink I stamped out some images from Christmas Cartoons and colored them up using a mix of copic markers. I die cut the Big Tidings Noel from distress watercolor cardstock and sprayed with mica sprays shiny bauble and juniper berry .

For Noel I added splatters using picket fence distress paint and die cut some trees from Road Trip colorize and stars from Forest Shadows which I originally colored in yellow but changed it to white for the final make.

It was so much fun putting the card together. I used foam tape to add dimension to all the die and stamp pieces. Finished off with popping up the panel onto a cardbase.

Hope you like my step by step. You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below: click on the picture and it will take you directly to the product. If purchased through the link provided I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate all your amazing support. Looking forward to sharing many more projects and techniques including my favorite .. mixed media.

Hop Order:

Here’s the full hop order:

Scrap’n Stamp

Allison

Kia

Kulbir Kirkland You are here 🙂

Tara Next stop

Kate Keight Krafts

Meghan

Tracey Mehak McNeely

Deepa Robbins

Heather Telford

Dina Roedel Kowal

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by today. Hope you will subscribe to my blog for future posts. See you again soon with another crafty make.

Kulbir