{"id":324,"date":"2018-08-10T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/articles\/holiday-cards-using-texture-paste-and\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T11:52:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:22:28","slug":"holiday-cards-using-texture-paste-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/holiday-cards-using-texture-paste-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday cards using Texture paste and glimmer paste!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHello!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI&#8217;ve had the best time making these holiday cards&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nusing Craftangles stencils, Craftangles white glimmer paste and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/art-supplies\/mediums-and-varnishes\/craftangles-mixed-media-essentials-texture-paste-white-120-ml-ctmmtpw120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles white texture paste!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHere we go&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the first card, I used a technique called shifting..demonstrated by Tim Holtz during his new release yesterday on facebook.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nIt basically means that you apply colour through the stencil,&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nshift the stencil and then apply the second colour.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHere is a process video showing you how I created this background&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nusing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils\/craftangles-stencil-squares-ctcs65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Craftangles &#8216;squares&#8217; stencil<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/index.php?route=product\/search&amp;search=tim%20holtz%20distress%20inks&amp;description=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Holtz distress inks.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nAnd, here is a video showing you how I made the card. Im not sure about the little green leaf..but I felt the need to break the colour scheme of orange and black and brown with a pop of colour!<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nWhat do you think?<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/orange-mug.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1152\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/orange-mug.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the second card, I started by applying&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nwhite glimmer paste through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils?limit=100&amp;bfilter=m0:149;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Snowflakes&#8217; stencil,&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nto a white card base.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI have been using the Impression Obsession map background a lot lately and I had some scraps.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp;I used this map scrap to create the curved base for the little car (Lawn Fawn) to ride on.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nSuper cute no?<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glitter-snow-flakes.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1152\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glitter-snow-flakes.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHere is a detailed image of the glimmer paste.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glitter-snowflakes-detail.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1152\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/glitter-snowflakes-detail.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHere is process video showing how I used the glimmer paste and made the card.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nYou can also see the mistakes I&#8217;ve made and how I fixed them!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the next card, I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/art-supplies\/mediums-and-varnishes\/craftangles-mixed-media-essentials-texture-paste-white-120-ml-ctmmtpw120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles white texture paste<\/a> through the&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils?limit=100&amp;bfilter=m0:149;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;flower cluster&#8217; stencil.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nWhile it was wet, I covered it with gold embossing powder.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nOnce dry, I heat embossed the gold..can you see the fabulous texture??!!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI just LOVE how this turned out!!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI stamped and die cut the misteltoe using Hero Arts stamps and dies&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nand adhered the panel to a red card base to finish the card!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gold-texture-mistletoe.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1152\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gold-texture-mistletoe.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHere is a photo showing the gorgeous detail of the gold embossed&nbsp; texture paste !<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/texture-paste-gold-emboss-detail.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1152\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/texture-paste-gold-emboss-detail.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHere is a process video showing how I applied the texture paste and gold embossing powder.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the fourth and final card,<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI have used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/art-supplies\/mediums-and-varnishes\/craftangles-mixed-media-essentials-texture-paste-white-120-ml-ctmmtpw120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles white texture paste<\/a> which I have coloured using Tim Holtz Distress inks.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils?limit=100&amp;bfilter=m0:149;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Marble effect&#8217; stencil<\/a> to create this background and some Hero Arts and Impression Obsession dies to create the Christmassy foreground.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHere is a video showing you how I made this card.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nYou can see in the video, that I started out using very little texture paste for the first colour..but then added more and as you can see, the colours have blended beautifully.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/texture-sky-.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1152\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/texture-sky-.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThanks for having the patience to go through this long post.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI hope you enjoyed these videos.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI&#8217;d love to hear what you think!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThanks so much for stopping by!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHave a great day!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nParu Mahtani<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I&#8217;ve had the best time making these holiday cards&nbsp; using Craftangles stencils, Craftangles white glimmer paste and Craftangles white texture paste! Here we go&#8230; For the first card, I used a technique called shifting..demonstrated by Tim Holtz during his new release yesterday on facebook. It basically means that you apply colour through the stencil,&nbsp;&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/holiday-cards-using-texture-paste-and\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holiday cards using Texture paste and glimmer paste!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[494,3,84,539,553,303],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations","tag-christmascards","tag-craftangles","tag-craftangles-stencils","tag-craftanglesglimmerpaste","tag-craftanglestexturepaste","tag-handmadecards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}