Recycle for Christmas at ATP Exchange

Its my turn to choose the theme over at Artist Trading Post Exchange so the theme I picked is......

Recycle for Christmas

Please pop over for all the details and see what we all made.

There is a £10 store voucher to be won, donated by Artist Trading Post
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This is the hanging I made, when I hang it up on the wall, I will be adding some fresh holly around the wire. 

It is just too soon to do that.

On the left  is the wooded plaque  I decided was long overdue
a make over.

First a  few coats of cream acrylic, a bit of random texture  and some stencilling using the  Tim Holtz Festive stencil.

  

I used Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paints Toad Hall and Vintage Lace for my base colours. 

Adding Treasure Gold  wax to the stencil and  edges

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The three panels were all made in the same way. Corrugated packaging, painted with Vintage Lace. Edged with Frantage  embossing .

The poinsettia stamp is from the Stampers Anonymous Christmas Blueprint collection.  Embossed using Ranger gold powder, then water coloured, with a few tiny glass beads in the centers.
I hope you will join us and give something a new purpose in life.

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Christmas is coming TioT 's

'Christmas is Coming', over at Try it on Tuesdays, we hope you all like this theme, we did.

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Another opportunity for me to make Christmas cards.

 I embossed the base card using a Holly embossing folder.

The main image is a Deep Red stamp, I have added no colours to this. Shading all the edges with  a little Weathered Wood distress ink. The die cuts are Spellbinders.

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A speedy card

The Speed Craft Challenge has another Anything goes theme this week. 

You have 15 minutes to make something, the good thing is that you can assemble the ingredients first.
On the left are my stamps [Clarity], inks, muslin. button and card stock.

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Phew did the time speed around the clock, I am so glad I picked out a coloured paper for a layer.

The distress ink blending looked a bit rushed when I looked at my ??? finished card , so I grabbed a pencil with seconds to spare to give the poor bloke with the umbrella somewhere to stand on.

I think it could have done with another layer and some extra background stamping,

 but  I did manage the stick to the time.

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Inspired by Auguste Renoir

Could you imaging cutting up a real Renoir masterpiece to make a Mosaic.  Well , I have just, sort of  done that , but mine were prints copied from a book and are guilt free.
This journal page  is made  with two things in mind.
Art Journal Journey who want us to be inspired by the Masters

Also, for  Journal 52  week 41, the prompt was mosaic inspired.

This is another of my Journal 52 pages from week 38, when the prompt was 

Rhyme Time. I am nearly up to date now, and will share a few more in the coming days.

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A Vintage Dream

Our new challenge theme over at Sugar Creek Hollow is to ..

make a Vintage Christmas card.

Please pop over for all the details and see what we have all been making.

The main stamped, embossed  image here is an old favourite, lightly coloured with water colour paint. I added some chunky  white embossing powder [Stampendous] to represent snow in front of the church.. 

I have layered it onto an embossed and a plain base card The die cuts are Memory Box and Spellbinders.

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Home made Backgrounds

It is my turn to write the Exchange post today over at the Artist Trading Post Exchange Blog.
I am always quite last minute for making Christmas cards, so my exchange is,--- How to make fast and easy backgrounds. I would love it if you popped   over to see how I made the  backgrounds for these Christmas cards.

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Stencils

Two more cards that I made at the weekend using Sheena's stencils

No stamps for this one just Aquatints, stencils, texture paste, a touch of black soot and some gilding wax.

Added one of Sheena's stamped  sentiments to this one.

The times of the 'inky' shows are at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. tomorrow on Create and Craft.

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