Small turquoise tag with Harvey by Tim Holtz

I'm here with my second project that I made for our November challenge on the Country View Challenges blog. The theme is Tag Only and the lovely Jo is your hostess in this month. This tag is another version of my first Harvey project. Earlier I put Harvey on a blue tag, but I wanted to play with colours and wanted to find out what colours is good with the gold and white Harvey. So here is my tag with Salvaged Patina background.

Since I really liked the knitted background of my first tag, I stuck with that background for this tag as well. But I changed the colour because I knew that turquoise and gold look good together. This is why I chose the Salvaged Patina.

Here you can see, how I made the background.

I used the middle sized tag from the tag collection Framelits die set by Tim Holtz. I cut out tree tags, 2 tags from white watercolour paper and one from blue card stock. I wanted a sturdy tag, so I made a sandwich with the blue in the middle. 

Before I glued them together, I embossed one of the turquoise tags and inked the edges of both painted tags. If you use paints, you rather use Archival inks for inking. Then I glued them together.

For some interest, I added some white splatters. 

If you want to know, how I assembled my Harvey, then you can have two earlier tutorials here and here. 

I also wanted to show you with this tag how perfect the size is, and thus the backside, so that you can stamp one of the Bold Tidings Mini texts there.

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits die, Tag Collection (658784)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harvey Colorize (666066)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Mini Christmas Things (662418)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Swirling Stars (663095)

Sizzix embossing folder, Holiday Knit (661366)

Stampers Anonymous, Bold Tidings Mini (CMS440)

Ranger Distress paint (Salvaged Patina, Picket Fence)

Ranger embossing powder (Princess Gold)

Ranger Distress Archival ink (Vintage Photo)

Schmincke Aqua Bronze (Rich Gold)

DecoArt Americana paint (Natural Buff)

etc.

So if you have a project on tag, please don't hesitate to join our November challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop.

Le soldat rose wishes you merry Christmas - Harvey in pink

When one idea comes from an other idea, and you just can't stop thinking and creating, that's so cool, that's the flow. Last time I made a card with a red Harvey standing next to Santa's big bag. Well, Harvey was guarding the toys. And that's what Soldat Rose (Pink Soldier) does. This is a French musical and when my daughter was 7 years old, her school, the Luxembourgish École Francaise performed this play with the participation of all students. My daughter was a doll in this play.

And now the story in a nutshell. Le Soldat Rose was the ancient toy in a department store, in the toy section. No one wanted to buy it, because the boys didn't like his colour, and the girls didn't want a toy with a gun. A little boy, Joseph hid in the toy department, and when the shop closed, the toys came to life. There were many loveable character in this musical and the music was just super. I really love this musical! So this musical inspired my card.

The background was made exactly how I explained in my earlier card, just click on the card with red Harvey word above. Here I just used a different stamp set. 

The candy cane is not from the Toyland die set, because I wanted to place it on the right side, so I made another one from the Mini Christmas Things die set.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harvey Colorize (666066)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Toyland Colorize (664972)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Mini Christmas Things (662418)

Stampers Anonymous, Christmas Nostalgia (CMS207)

Idea-Ology, Christmas paper stash (TH94085)

Idea-Ology, Christmas Droplets (TH94297)

MFT Stamps, French Greetings Galore

etc.

Oh, and the story takes place a few days before Christmas and has an absolute happy ending. Joseph the lost boy finds his parents and the pink soldier finds his fiancée, who is none other than the doll of Joseph's sister. 

Christmas card with Harvey by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, although I still have gold and white Harveys  waiting for a place on a card or a tag, I decided to make a more traditional nutcracker style Harvey. Here it is.

The thing is, that I wanted to use the Music&Advert Christmas stamp set for a very long time but the gold and white Harvey just didn't fit to this background - according to my taste :-) This is why I made a red Harvey.

For the background, as I mentioned, I used the Advert stamp from the Music&Advert stamp set. I stamped on a watercolour paper with Vintage Photo Archival ink.

Then I applied diluted Antique Linen ink on the whole surface and inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

Then I muted back with diluted white paint. I not just tapped the surface with that paint using a piece of sponge, but I also spattered the surface with the same watered paint.

Well, the background is ready. Now I will share with you some tips about Harvey. I've started to use these tricks with the gold Harvey and I used for my new Harvey as well. But I have to add here that my tricks are just additions to the Sizzix video that I also followed when I first assembled Harvey.

If you've already tried to put together a Harvey, you might realise that one part of Harvey's shoulder is deeper than the other part and you have to stick an epaulette here. I wanted to equalise this level difference. So I cut out two sets of epaulette, one from kraft paper and one from gold metallic paper. The kraft paper set were cut half and glued to the lower part. Then I could glue the gold epaulettes to an even surface.

The second thing. You might have noticed too, that the face where the moustache is to be glued is lower than the strap of the hat. I solved this problem by gluing the big white dots I cut out with the die says Face, to the back of the moustache. Here you can see the dots I was talking about.

Then here, in this picture you can see how I glued them to the moustache.

And the third trick is how I make the eyes. Some of the crafters thought I used google eyes, but no, I created the eyes. I used the small dots from the dots of the Face die-cuts. I glue them to the best position then I add a tiny drop of Nuvo Ebony Black Drops.

As you can see, I did't put from the tube directly on the eyes. Instead, I put a small amount on my working surface and with the tip of my poking tool I put an incredibly tiny dot on the eye.

So these were my Harvey tricks, I hope they were helpful for you.

 

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harvey Colorize (666066)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Toyland Colorize (664972)

Sizzix Bigz die, Crescent Moon&Stars (658716)

Stampers Anonymous, Music&Advert (CMS358)

Idea-Ology, Paper Stash Metallic, gold and silver (TH93586)

Idea-Ology, Christmas paper pad (TH93988)

Ranger Distress inks (Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Ground Espresso, Aged Mahogany)

Ranger Distress Archival ink (Vintage Photo)

etc.

White and gold Christmas card with Harvey by Tim Holtz

If you have seen my Christmas tag with Harvey, then you know that there are 5 more gold and white Harveys waiting to be used. Here is the second one and I put it on a gold and white card.

Three years ago, I've already made a card with Jolly St Nick using only white and gold (here you will find it), there I got the idea to do it again with Harvey.

The background is a 300 gsm watercolour paper which was embossed with the Sizzix Holiday Knit embossing folder. I inked the edges with Frayed Burlap and Antique Linen and I also spattered the surface with these inks but I watered them before.

And if you want to know how I put together Harvey you can find the tutorial here. And here is my army with Harveys :-)

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harvey Colorize (666066)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Santa's Helper (664192)

Sizzix Texture Fades, Holiday Knit embossing folder (661336)

Sizzix Bigz die, Crescent Moon&Stars (658716)

Stampers Anonymous, Tiny Text Christmas (CMS424)

Schmincke Arcryl Bronze, Rich Gold

Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops

With my card, I would like to join the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Christmas

Passion Cartes Creatives: Embossage à Froid

Small Christmas tag with Harvey by Sizzix Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, it's November and we start a new challenge on the Country View Challenges blog. The theme is Tags Only and the lovely Jo will be your hostess. For this challenge I created a small tag with Harvey, from the latest Sizzix Christmas release by Tim Holtz.

To make this tag, I first assembled Harvey, and not just one Harvey, I put six Harvey soldiers together. Since I painted gold the gold parts, it was more efficient if I made more than one. 

If you don't know how to put together Harvey, then follow this video tutorial on Youtube. This is an official Sizzix video.

And I will show where I got the idea to make Harvey in gold and white. A few days ago I went to the supermarket nearby where they built a Christmas corner filled with nutcrackers of all shapes and colours. And there was the gold section. 

I cut out the base from white watercolour paper and painted the hands and the face to a skin colour with DecoArt Americana Natural Buff.

Here you can see the drying gold parts.

And here you can see my Harvey army :-)

In this picture you can see, that their eyes are light blue, but later I put a tiny black dot in the middle of each eye because somehow I found Harvey a little creepy without pupils.

For the tag, I used the middle sized tag die from the Tag Collection Sizzix Framelits die set. I cut out one from a 300gsm paper then 2 from a lighter blue cardstock. Then I embossed one of the blues with the Holiday Knit embossing folder. 

I didn't want to put Harvey to the middle, but when I placed him to a side, I felt that something was missing from the tag. So I was looking for something to go with Harvey. It was a package from the Mini Christmas Things die set and some tiny stars from  the Swirling Stars die set.

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits die, Tag Collection (658784)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harvey Colorize (666066)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Mini Christmas Things (662418)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Swirling Stars (663095)

Sizzix embossing folder, Holiday Knit (661366)

Schmincke Aqua Bronze, Rich Gold

DecoArt Americana, Natural Buff

Now I have to find out what to do with the other Harveys :-)

So if you have a project on tag, please don't hesitate to join our November challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop.

With my tag I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Christmas

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #44

Now this postcard is really special and it needs a little research. Unfortunately, there's no postmark or stamp on the back, only text and address.  But it seems that it's a World War I postcard.

Anyway, this is a card from one of the World Wars where a poor soldier wishes to be at home with his family at Christmas.