Advent

I know its a few days into Advent but  I can show you this project today.
It was made  for the first Challenge in December over at Gingersnap Creations.
Thankyou all for inviting me to be a Visiting Artist  again this month.
The theme for this week is  'Starry Nights'. GS 130
This started life as a mirror, bought from Ikea. Out came the acrylic tester paint pots for the background, then I had fun smudging on silver paint.
The Advent days  clock is from Tando as are the trees and Santa's sledge .
It took some working out to get the right size numbers for the dial, this is where the old computer came in useful. All the colouring was done with acrylics.
As you can tell the glitter was liberally sprinkled and I added some stars to guide the Sleigh.
Covering  the mirror in the centre  is a  craft paper, printed with   one of my favourite Christmas poems by Clement Clarke Moore, it goes like this,-
Twas the night before Christmas,
When all through the house.
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a mouse.
This is now hanging in my kitchen, with the pointer moved every morning bringing the 25th ever closer.

Just has a message from Zoechaos about a Winter Festivals challenge over at Tando Creative so I am  posting my callender  here as well.
Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.

The Big Guy

Card week again over at Try it on Tuesdays and this time  the theme is Father Christmas.
My card is layered with a variety of papers. The 'big guy' is a Paper Mania stamp.
The shading is watercolour paints. Antique linen and vintage photo distress inks.
Once again I used my Holly Alterations die, adding a stamped Tim Holtz ticket.
Please pop over and see what my team mates have been making, and join us this week.

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.

A Winters Day

 I have finished my cards, hip hip, hooray.
 Over the next days I will be adding  a few more for you to see, I love the run up to Christmas, when everything gets to look so festive.
This winter scene was made using Lindsey Moore stamps. Lots of glitter, some white flower soft on the fence posts and cottage roof. I used watercolours to colour.
The tree is  a Tim Holtz die and the ribbon came from my stash.

Challenges
Make My Monday  - Seasonal, add some glitter.
Just for Fun             -Winter
Chocolate Baroque have a  White Christmas challenge, pop over for all the details, there is a super prize on offer
Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.

Christmas Trees

Another Christmas card ready to post.

This time I have used navyblue cardstock for  some of the layers but it has shown black on the photo. Again poor light in the north, we have an icy wind, its freezing cold as well.

The main image is a Personal impressions stamp which I heat embossed using white powder, then coloured with watercolours, adding a bit of red  glitter . Finishing with papers and ribbon from my stash.
Challenges.

Sugar Creek Hollow  Non traditional Christmas colours
Crafty Card Makers Heat Embossing

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.

The Dressmakers.

Dressmaking/ corsets/ accessories   is our 10th Challenge theme  over at Fashionable Stamping challenges.    Please pop over  here  for all the details and see what we have all been making.  We love our stamping and hope you will include some in your work.

I  enjoyed making  this small  collage hanging,  a real change to Christmas cards.
The stamps  used  are by Creative Expressions and Stampers Anonymous.
I stamped the tailors dummy onto stickyback canvas,  to add a bit of texture.
All the colouring is antique linen, vintage photo and walnut stain distress inks..
The trimmings are all from my stash.

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments

Book in a box.

Make my Monday's challenge this week is to  ' Make a  box in a Christmas style'.

This little box is shaped like a book and is 2.5 x 3.5  x1 inch in size.
I spent a bit of time tearing decoupatch paper, very theraputic when the computer is in a 'go slow' mode.
 Had a load of fun sticking down the small pieces.
 Inside , I made a pull out book, it is decorated on both sides, using a variety of stamps,  pictures  etc.   This is the best photo  of many, I hope  it  gives  you an idea of the inside.
It is now parcelled up and ready for posting to a crafty friend, who I cannot persuade to use her blog.

Jusr found the Happy Daze blog's December challenge is gifts and  tags. So the box will pay a visit here as well.

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.

Thankyou card

The last theme for Novembers Challenges over at Gingersnap Creations.

GS 129 'Once in a Blue Moon' , is  make a thankyou card.

My card is for a special friend, and  I even got round to making the box.

The card is layered, using a tree bark folder and a branch which I cut out. My stamp of the Collie Dog is from a Joanna Sheene set.

The stamps used for the rest of the piece are Chocolate Baroque, Artistic Outpost and a few that have long since lost their makers names.

Trimmings are from my stash. Shading is vintage paper, tea dye distress inks and watercolour paints.

This was to have been my last post as November  Visiting Artist  for Gingersnap Creations, but  I was so excited when I was invited  to visit for December as well.

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate you calling.

I will be trying to visit all my lovely followers blogs, but I am having a few computer problems, using my OH's laptop at the moment and so missing my big screen.