O Christmas Tree ...

Hi there,

we are starting a new Mixed Media Challenge over on the STAMPlorations Blog and this is my very christmasy creation:

• color a wooden tree with teal acrylic paint
• apply Prima Marketing Platinum Crackle Paste through the ARTplorations Oh my Stars! stencil and Texture Paste through the ARTplorations Holly Background stencil
• let this dry thoroughly - I actually left it over night
• add shading with Distress Ink Hickory Smoke and a Mini Ink Blending Tool
• color the holly leaves and berries with Derwent Inktense Pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add snowflake splatters with watered-down white acrylic paint
• now you can stick little fairy lights through the holes and have a wonderful Christmas decoration

I can't wait to see your creations in the gallery.

Hugs,

Tags, Tags, Tags

Hi there,

I would like to show you how to create these little Christmas Tags step by step over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog:

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Merry Christmas Snowman Tag

Hi there,

I created this cute snowman tag for the Stamping-Fairies Facebook Group:

• cut out a tag from watercolor paper using one of tag dies from the Tim Holtz Tag Collection
• stamp the snowman with the help of the Lawn Fawn Making frosty Friends set and Versafine Clair Pinecone - use the Masking Technique
• color the image with Derwent Inktense pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• stamp some snow from the Lawn Fawn Snow Cool set with Distress Embossing Ink and heat-emboss them with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• add color to the background with watered-down Distress Oxide Re-Inker Tumbled Glass
• use the rest of the ink to dye a piece of torn seam binding and thread it through the hole of the tag
• stamp the sentiment from the Avery Elle Polar Peek a Boo Pals with Distress Embossing Ink onto a strip of Neenah Desert Storm kraft cardstock and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• add some highlights and faux stitching with a white gel pen

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Thank you Fox

Hi there,

this week I would like to show you this cute little tag that I created using the new Gerda Steiner Designs Foxes set:

• color one of the foxes from the Gerda Steiner Designs Foxes set with Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• cut out one of the CUTplorations Stitched Tags from kraft cardstock and create a background using some of the small images from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set and Versafine Vintage Sepia
• thread dark brown and orange twine through the hole of the tag

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Smells like Christmas

Hi there,

I created this adorable Christmas card for the Karten-Kunst Blog:

• create a background on a stitched panel of watercolor paper using Distress Oxide Inks or Distress Oxide Re-Inkers (Broken China, Peacock Feathers) and water from your Mini Mister
• stamp the Karten-Kunst Spiral-Text Schnee with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• stamp the sweet mouse from the Gerda Steiner Designs Smell like Christmas set with Versafine Smokey Gray, do some paper-piecing with patterned paper from the Maja Designs Home for Christmas 6x6 paper pad and color the rest of the image with Faber-Castell Albrecht-Dürer Pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add white Liquid Applique to the cap and the shoes for extra dimension

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,