Hello. It’s time for the new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge. Carol is hosting this time round and having reached the letters ‘H’ and ‘I’ the themes are:
H is for Hats
I is for Inky
Here is my card for both themes:
I started with the background, as I knew I would need drying time for this – something I am a little too impatient for usually.
I applied some crackle paste through the Tim Holtz stencil in the middle of the panel – not straight, very haphazard – and set that aside to dry. I left it until the following day, then took out my Mica sprays – and just sprayed, added water, sprayed again, moved it around, added some drops of water – you know how it goes……then let that dry…..
I then used some Tim Holtz die sets for the foliage, which were die cut from a couple of previously created ink smooshing panels, with the berries die cut from Spellbinders red glitter foam.
I used a Lawn Fawn die and silver glitter foam for the large sentiment, backed with a layer of white card stock for some stability.
I wanted to add a Christmas hat so Tim Holtz to the rescue again with one of his die sets – and red and white glitter foam from Spellbinders.
This background is really shimmery in real life – difficult to capture in a photo – but I think you can make out some shimmer and shine.
I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations following one or both of our two themes. xx
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Addicted To Stamps and More – die cuts and stencils
Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas
Creative Fingers – anything goes
Craft Rocket – layer it up
Creative Artiste Mixed Media – anything goes mixed media