Stamp an Easter Card with Distress Embossing Glaze

Even though the studio is blown up for my massive redo, I had to sneak in a chance to use a few new products that I’d recently bought before Easter passes me by. So today I’ve got a quick Easter card that I made to play with them!

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Supply List:

• Tim Holtz idea-ology Wallflower Paper Pad

• Tim Holtz Stamper’s Anonymous stamps:

  • Spring Shadows

  • Mini Bouquet

  • Field Notes

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink:

  • Embossing

  • Antique Linen

  • Old Paper

  • Forest Moss

  • Ground Espresso

  • Rustic Wilderness

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink:

  • Speckled Egg

  • Rustic Wilderness

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze - Kitsch Flamingo

• Ranger Inkssentials Heat It Craft Tool

• Tonic Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

• Tonic Tim Holtz 7” scissors

• Ranger Inkssentials Mister

• disposable make-up applicator

• Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool

• Bazzill Smooth Cardstock - Almond Cream

• foam adhesive squares

• card base

Whew, looking at that list, it feels like that’s a lot of stuff, for what really was an easy card to make! But it’s just basically all my go-to tools (like my Distress Inks) and “stash” - like the Wildflower paper pad that I’ve had forever and have been using bit by bit.

The two new products that I made this card to play with are the Spring Shadows stamp set, and the Kitsch Flamingo Embossing Glaze. I just knew those two items would be perfect to use together! The embossing glaze provided a brilliant pop of color for the bunny, but allowed the text paper background to show through, preserving the vintage look.

And bonus, before the design was done, it turned out I got to spend some more time with the new Rustic Wilderness Distress ink color, too! I used both the regular Distress and the Distress Oxide of the Rustic Wilderness color to stamp some of the flower stems. The different ink formulations stamp as just slightly different colors, helping to give a more “natural” appearance to my “greenery” on the card.

I really wanted to use the Happy Easter sentiment from the Spring Shadows stamp set but couldn’t figure out how to make the long narrow sentiment work well in my design. It turned out that it fit just perfectly if I stamped one word and then the other as two lines inside one of the label stamps from the Field Notes set. It made the perfect little sentiment block! I will definitely be using these two stamp sets together this way again!

This little pink bunny looks so fun nestled in his garden of greenery…what do you plan to use Kitsch Flamingo Distress Embossing Glaze for?