Thank you for G45 and Mojo Monday

 

I've made a Thank you card for two challenges.

November Graphic 45 challenge

and

Mojo Monday Challenge #318

 

Love using G45 paper line.  Their paper such high quality.

You can bend and manipulate it to create depth.

 

Snowman for Christmas

I adore doing these canvas pictures.  The Christmas theme is quickly becoming a favorite for me.

I create my background using gesso, Traditions acrylic paints, sprays.  Some brushed on, some stenciled on and some sprayed.

I roughly free hand drawed the snowman and the tree and cut them out of good quality designer paper.  The cheap stuff doesn't hold up as well.  Using liquitex matte medium I glue them down.

 

Then the fun starts again!

I paint and smear using brush and fingers.

To get the edges and the shading I used GELATOS.  LOVE those!!

 

I love my finished piece.  I'll be entering it in the November challenge at Faber Castell.  One of my favorite companies!!

Santa mixed media canvas

I have loved making Christmas items.  This is a flat canvas board. Size 9x11.

The background was started with Liquitex matte medium and ripped book page pieces.

I sprayed blue inks around the edges, then brushed acrylic gesso on the inside. 

I glued punched snowflakes (SU punch)-used blue and grey designer papers.

I free hand drew the santa on piece of designer paper and cut him out. Glued him on.

Painted him with Traditions paint.

Did some stenciling over top of him.

 Punched two holes in the top and threaded some satin ribbon to hang it with.

Entering this into Craft my Life challenge.

Wedding Card with Mojo Monday sketch.

Mojo Monday Always has a fun sketch.

I need a wedding card.

 

Here is it.

I'm linking to Mojo Monday #318

Tag inspired by Alison Bomber

 

 

I participated in a challenge at Paper Artsy today.

Alison Bomber is the featured artist.

 

Did lots of layers.

Love how it turned out.

Will make a great encouragement for someone.

 

Check it out for some inspiration

Paper Artsy

Cereal box magically becomes card holder!

I entered into a challenge over at My Scrap Room

We had to alter a cereal box into a card/envelope holder for Christmas.

We had to use Christmas theme, poinsettia, ribbon, felt, and  a stamped image.

 

 

 

 For my poinsettia I used Mark's Finest Papers stamp set.  Has a beautiful poinsettia.  I fussy cut several layers and then put them together with Scrap Dots.  Give them some height.  I used Distress stickles and Liquid Pearls to jazz them up.

 I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set, outlined stamped it withTim Holtz Snowman Blueprint tag & die cut it.  My felt is the little leaves on the poinsettias around the sentiment.
Add string pearls from Wild Orchid Flowers. (that's also where the small poinsettias came from)

 Here's a close up of the fussy cut poinsettia's

 

I LOVE how it turned out.  I'll definitely put this to use immediately!
Hope you'll go check out Gina's site.  They have tutorials, swaps, photo gallery like all ning sites.

Entered this into challenge at Craft My Life

Decorate Pilar Christmas Candles

There are several ways you can decorate a candle. 

Using Archival ink, stamp your image/sentiment onto tissue paper.

You can color your image.  I used markers and gelatos with a paint brush.

In the past I've also colored with pencils. Even though the tissue paper is delicate, it's amazing how well you can color it without ripping it.

Cut it out as close as possible.

 lay the image onto your candle and cover it with a piece of was paper. You want the waxy side facing the candle.  Heat it with heat gun and it magically melts the tissue paper into the candle!
I love doing this-amazes me every time!!

 I tried stamping directly onto the candle with a word stamp and brown archival ink.  It ended up smearing off. I think it was the finish on my candle?  I ended up taking a paper towel and wiping it off.   The candle on the left is the sentiment and image (cut two different pieces) and melted them on.

 The I took minimal embellishments and added to them.  I was really fun.

 Use buttons, ribbon, flowers, lace, cardstock-whatever you want!

You can find the supplies: cardstock, archival ink, distress ink, prima flowers, lace, trim, Kaiser Craft and Graphic 45 Christmas designer papers, ribbon at our store.  Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium  PRICES ARE DISCOUNTED DAILY 20-25%

Hope you have a fabulous Friday!!