Stella Christmas

The images from Bugaboo always bring a smile to my face. For this one I simply coloured with Copics and added a little Fun Flock to the edges of her dress and cap. Although this sentiment was part of the download, I decided to write it myself rather than use the one provided as I didn't think think that the weight of the type or the font itself matched the image too well. I used DJB Baby Bump instead and split the sentence into two parts to arrange around the figure.

It's my DT card for Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

I'm not sure if it's actually Bah Humbug, but she looks a little grumpy!

DO join in the fun!

Gnome

I downloaded this digi image from a craft magazine's website... I thought he looked really cute. This one was called a DIY image as it was a separate gnome and two different sets of hands. This one holding a gingerbread man and another holding a bauble. The  problem arose in trying to put the hands in a credible place on the gnome. I worked in Word and had to use a text box to place the hands appropriately. I made the box transparent and when I had the size and position as good as I could get them, I removed the lines  from the text box and printed him. I think it looks as though the hands are emerging through his beard.

He's coloured with alcohol pens and after cutting out, popped onto dimensional pads.

The 'merry' is stacked and the lower gold layers just slightly offset, to give a little more dimension.

A snowy sky (Sheena Douglass) and (Memory Box) tree lined hillside completed the scene.

Merry Little Christmas  - Anything Goes

Dies R Us Challenge - Trees or Leaves

CAS Christmas - Warm and Cosy (That beard looks kinda cosy)

'Tis the season

Here is  my DT card for the CAS Challenge at Happy Little Stampers!

For this I dug out my Penny Black die which begins with the prompt words from the challenge. In fact there are a few fa la las  on the end of the die cut but I didn't think that the whole thing fitted so well into my SSS 'Bough of Holly', so I cut them off.

I added a little dry embossed panel of snow from Sheena Douglass ,behind the aperture and popped just the edges of the die cut onto the front panel so that it appears to float.

I have done quite well with making Christmas cards throughout the year this time and hopefully there won't be such a frantic scramble to make more at the last moment... fingers crossed.

Tarnished metal

The girls over at CAS Mix Up have challenged me to try something new yet again. I had never heard of this technique and today got into quite a pickle trying out some of the ways of achieving this effect.

 

This was one of the easier methods from the videos linked on the challenge blog, but I have tried some of the other techniques... as my inky fingers are testament to... I will be blogging some of those when I have decided what to do with the treated card!

For this one I began by embossing a piece of dark cardstock in a Craft Concepts embossing folder. I then dragged a Versamark Ink pad across the raised surface, and sprinkled embossing powders in Gold, Copper and Silver  randomly over it and heat setting. I then dragged a little black Stazon over the top.

I did a similar process for the Alexandra Renke die cut, which I thought complemented the EF really well. I simply added a few black dots for the centre of the flower.

I used some of the same dark cardstock for the sentiment panel, and embossed the Clearly Besotted phrase in gold.