Merry Christmas Everyone

Last Holy Jolly Christmas Challenges post for 2015 and we are having a month long Christmas challenge this month. 

This is my second project for this challenge and I made a Christmas card with a digital image from Fred She Said Designs. I think this elf is so cute. The image is called Naughty or Nice Elf

I used several different patterned Christmas papers for my card along with several Christmas findings fto create my card collage.  The image was coloured with Copics and glitter .  Thank you for stopping by and have a great holiday season.  See you back here in 2016. 

Have a Merry Christmas

I made this card using Time Holtz's bird crazy stamps.  I made several versions of this card for my friends this Christmas. I thing they are so cute.  

The products I used for this card are:

Tim Holts's bird dies and accessories

Tim Holtz festive Scribbles die

Copics

Gell Pen

Distress ink

modelling paste

Glitter paper

Acrylic paint

Stencil

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a wonderful holiday and all the best  to you  in 2016. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Mix Media Card Challenge - Celebrations

Crafty Creations - Happy Holiday

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Moo-Mania & More - Christmas

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Die-cuts & punches

Crafty Time - Anything Goes

The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze - Christmas

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

The last challenge of 2015.  We have had a great year at Incy Wincy Designs.  Lots of great sponsor and fabulous participant in our challenges. 

For this challenge the theme is  to make your project related to Christmas and be humorous.  Dr. Digi's House of Stamps is the sponsor of the challenge and it a great source of humorous stamps. 

The image I used is called Christmas Chris .  I coloured the image with Copics and a glitter pen.   The background papers are by Bazzilla and I added a sentiment by A Muse Artstamps and some holly to complete the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a very Happy Holiday, see you in 2016. 

Wine Bottle Charm

Last post for 2015 for Come and Get It Challenges and of course the theme this month is Christmas and I have made a wine bottle charm for my last project using a digital image from Bugaboo, one of this month's sponsors. The image is called  Ruby Christmas -drink.

I thought the image was perfect for my wine bottle charm.  The wine label background is part of a wine friendship stamp from my stash and the wine glasses are a die cut from my stash also.  I also used wire and beads for the charm to attach to the wine bottle, Copics,acrylic paint, Diamond Glaze, designer paper and glitter on the project.

I am going to make a few of these for hosts gifts this year.  Come join us for our final challenge this year at Come and Get It. Happy Holidays everyone and see you here in 2016. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges;

Great Impressions - December Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Christmas
We Love 2 Create  - Anything Creative/ Mixed Media Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - must be Christmas anything goes Christmas 
Sweet Stampin - Christmas Presents 

Month long Christmas Challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges

This is one of my projects for our month long Christmas Challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges. 

I used an image from one of our sponsors, QKR Stampede. The image is called  Caroling Snowman .

Here is a closer look.

I used an old book cover for my base of my wall hanging and covered it with burlap that I  painted white and blue. I added strips of glittered paper for the snow on the ground, Tim Holtz pine trees that I painted with white acrylic paint.  I added my caroling snowman that I coloured with Copics and a few glitter pens. I made the hanger out of a piece of wire from a stash in my husband's shop. To complete the hanging I added a large snowflake die. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join in our Christmas Challenge this month at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge.  

Last Challenge of the year at Not Just Cards

This is the last challenge of the year at Not Just Cards for 2015. The theme of the challenge is anything goes.  I have created 2 projects for the challenge.

I have a used an image from Morgan Fitzsimon's Art Stamps  called Cameo Fae for my art journal page. 

To make my background for my project I used Panpastels, script rubber stamp, and flourish rubber stamps.  My image was coloured with Copics, gell pen and a glitter pen. I added a rubber stamped butterfly to complete my journal page.

I think Cameo Fae is a beautiful digital stamp and lots of fun to create with. 

For my second project I used an image of Julia Spiri for my card.  The Image is called Indian Girl with elephant.



I coloured the image with my Copics,a glitter pen and a white gell pen.    I used some of the handmade paper I bought on a holiday in Italy one year.  I liked how it went with the image. I added sequins to complete the card. 

 Thank you for joining us at Not Just Cards this month. Pop over to their challenge blog to see the other creations that the talented design team created to inspire you. . Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you in 2016. 

I am entering my mixed media art journal page in the following challenges:

Card and Scrap - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes
Scrappers Delights  - Anything Goes 

I am entering my card with the Julia Spiri image in the following challenges:

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes + Blog Hop/Scramble
Great Impressions - December Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Crafty Time - Anything Goes
Doodle Pantry -  Anything Goes
The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes

Red and Silver Christmas Challenge at Incy Wincy Designs.

It is a Red and Silver Christmas Challenge at Incy Wincy Designs this week. Lacy Sunshine is our sponsor.  

 

The image I used to make my card is called Mistletoe Ornament and can be found here.   I thing that she such a sweet Christmas image.  To make my card I used the following products:

Copic Markers 

Flower Soft (snow)

Fabric Christmas napkin (background for tag)

Ribbon

Glitter 

Silver snowflake piece

Merry Christmas die

Glitter

Ribbon

White Gell pen

Thank you for stopping by. Pop over to the Incy Wincy Challenge blog to see the beautiful cards the restof the design team has created  to inspire you. 

Christmas Challenge at Come and Get It Challenges

Sassy Studio Design is one of our sponsors this week at Come and Get It's Christmas Challenge.  I have used an image called Hanging the Wreath Sassy.  

I used copics and a glitter pen to colour my image and then added a Christmas flower made up partly of a tim Holtz die and Poinsettia embossing flower and a ribbon flower that I had made. To complete the card I added a Joy die cut.  Hope you will join us this month for our Christmas Challenge at Come and Get It. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Christmas anything goes 
Crafty Calendar - Dec - Let it snow 
Hiding in my Craft Room - Christmas colors 
Scrappers Delights  - Always Anything Goes 
Kitty Bee Designs - Christmas

Anything Goes Christmas Challenge with an Image

This month at Patties creations it is a Christmas theme challenge but you must use an image. I decided to make a Christmas book using some of the wonderful images from Patties Creations.   

This is the front cover of my book.  I used a image called Winter Cottage Scene. I also added snowflakes, bells, ribbons, tags, ribbon, glitter bling and stars to finish the cover . 

I divided my book into sections using several different images from Patties Christmas collection. 
 I used and image called Christmas Mail Box for my address book title page.

I used an image called Polar Bear Snow Globe for this title gift page of my book. 

I used an image called Snowman1 for my event title page for my book.

I used this image called Lamp Post Banner Tree  for my cards and tags orders title page. 

I just love Pattie's Christmas collection of images. 

Along with the dividing pages I also added envelopes for receipts and notes and pockets for stamps and a calendar. 

Some of the products I used for my project are

Ink 
designer paper from my stash
glitter
Acrylic paint 
Flower soft - polar white
Images from Pattie's Creations
Diamond Glaze
Blig
Glitter
Copics

I hope you will join our challenge this month.  We would like to see your Christmas creations. Thank you for stopping to take a look and we will see you back here in 2016 with more great challenges. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges
Art-Journal-Journey - Collage (Altered Art/Mix Media only)
CMD-Challenge - Christmas
Crafty Time - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Merry Christmas
Doodle Pantry - Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers - Mixed Media

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Anything but a card

Christmas Star

Brown Sugar –  Anything Goes

North Pole Express

Exciting news for me, I have been invited to join the talented Creative Artiste Mixed Media team and this is my first challenge with them.  The theme this month is anything goes and I decided to do a Christmas wall hanging.   

The wall hanging is made up of many products from my stash such as 

Just Inklined image called North Pole Express

Tim Holtz Pine Trees dies

Tim Holts Deer dies 

Copics

Diamond Glaze

Merry Christmas die

Glitter

Layers of paper

Polar White Flower Soft

Free digital north pole image 

Several colours of acrylic paints

Hope you will join us this month at Creative Artiste. Pop over to their challenge blog to see the beautiful designed projects that design team have created to inspire you. 

 Remember my favourite quote by Maya Angelou, “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Thanks for stopping by!

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Card and Scrap -Anything Goes
Just Keep On Crafting - Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum Christmas - Die Cuts for Christmas
Artistic Stampers - Christmas

Animal Friends Challenge - Christmas or New Year (must have an animal)
Crafter's Cafe - Cuts and/or Punches
Crafty Time - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Merry Christmas

The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Christmas Gift
Jo's Scrap Shack -  Christmas Joy
Creative Knockouts -Tis The Season
Jilia Spiri Challenge -Altered Art
Star Stampz Challenge - Lots Of Layers 

Trust the Timing of Your Life

I made this mixed media art  journal page for this month's  Forever Dark's challenge.  Ike's Art is the sponsor of the challenge and I have used his Professor Owl for my page. I love the different images that you can find in Ike's collection of digital stamps. 

To create my background I used a combination of spray inks, rubber stamp, acrylic paint and stencils. The owl was coloured with Copics and a charcoal pencil. 

This is the last challenge of 2015 for at Forever Dark.  Hope you will be back in 2016 to join in challenges in 2016.  Happy Holidays to everyone. 

Gone Fishin

I decided this month for my project at Altered Eclectics to do a mixed media piece using a favourite picture of my dad.  The picture was taken a long time ago about 5 years before he passed away.  I loved the smile on his face.  One of his favourite activities was fishing thus the theme of my piece.

I wrapped my board with some textured paper I rescued from my girlfriends recycling bin.  It was used to wrap stained glass. I then used 2 different stencils to add more texture before adding my findings. my findings. I used things in the piece that reminded me of him including real fishing lures, feathers, shells, button and bits and pieces found in a shop.  

The chip board fisherman and fish were finds of a girlfriend who was thinking about me and the project I wanted to do. 

closer look

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Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to pop over to the Altered Eclectics Challenge Blog to view the beautiful projects of the rest of the design team. 

I am entering this mixed media project in the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
Mixed Media World - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
Mixed Media Mojo - Sentiment - no red or green