'tis the Season

 It's time for the New Challenge over at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

and since it is sooooooo close to Christmas

I thought I would make something easy -  a Tag. 

I started by stenciling my tag with Tim's Holiday Knit

with transparent matte texture paste then

spraying and wiping with his Broken China Oxide Spray

Added my die cut trees, hills and deer after they were

glammed up with Chunky White Enamel and Elizabeth Craft

Cool Diamonds.

Inked binding with the same spray and also

a touch of Nuvo Blue Blitz Powder heating it till it melted

and added some wire to the back.

Sentiment is from Tim's Great Outdoors Stamp Set.

Finished the front with a tiny star.

I like the look of two tags so went ahead and

stenciled the back one with the same stencil

and texture paste.

Think it just finished my tag off nicely.

Here's a few photos I took along the way.

Pop over and see what my Talented Team Mates created

and come join us this month. 

We are having January off which works out perfectly for me

as I recover from knee surgery

which by the way is when this goes live.

Thanks for leaving your lovely comments

throughout the year. I really love reading your thoughts

and are so encouraging.

Merry Christmas!

See you in the New Year.

Happy Birthday 'Deer'

 Welcome to December and our New Challenges over at

STAMPlorations

Check out what my Team Mates created for the

Stencil Challenge and come join us this month.

Here is my Make!

I had intentions of making a Christmas Card

but the colours I inked up weren't suitable so

a Birthday Card came about instead.

You can never have too many eh!

Lots happening here...

Background was an array of Distress Oxide Inks

using ARTplorations Art Splatters

with the edges inked directly from the pad.

Experimenting with my 

ARTplorations Christmas Reindeer

I stenciled with oxide ink then added

Transparent Texture Paste thickly

and waited patiently for it to dry hoping

it would turn out - which it did!

While waiting for that to dry I played around

with more oxide inks and waxes to add dimension below the deer

with ARTplorations Placid and my

STAMPlorations Ever Day Greetings Sticker 

tearing the edges and inking.

The reindeer has also been waxed with

Art Alchemy Rich Copper and Fire Ruby.

Adhered to an orange frame to match the 

Crackling Campfire Ink

and on to coloured card base.

Here is a close up of the reindeer - 

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Thanks for checking in. 

Lovely reading your kind comments.

A CAS Merry Christmas Card for Mix It Up Challenge

 Did someone say Christmas?

Well it is nearly here and over at Mix It Up Challenge

our Anything Goes with the 

Optional Twist for December is CAS (Clean and Simple)

Just what we need  this month.

here's a close up - still hard to get a good photo

of the sparkle!

I was recently gifted the tree die I used above

so I decided it needed 'sparkle' and so it is.

The background was a mix of smooched Magical's

and Nuvo Powder.

Added a silver Christmas Die attaching to

white card base and my

CAS card is complete.

Pop over and see what the Team created

and join in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.