I Spy With My Little Eye #10

Hi everyone, December is flying by, Christmas is almost upon us and it's time already for a new I Spy With My Little Eye... challenge over at Ellibelle's Corner.  Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last time … please do check over on Ellie’s blog to see if you are one of our top picks. 

I have chosen the challenge theme this month, and it is

I Spy With My Little Eye 

 Something Old and/or Something New 

There are lots of possibilities with this theme ... you could make a project for New Year or some other new occasion, use some new stash if Santa is kind, or try a new technique. Alternatively if none of those ideas appeal you can use some of your old favourites - we look forward to seeing your interpretations! Please do pop over to Ellie's blog to see her fab creation and link up your entries here. 

Once again we have a guest designer for December and that's Carol, so please do visit her blog here and take a look at her fab interpretation of this theme.

Here's my card for the challenge. I tried to cover all bases with this, namely:

Something old: darling Pipin the hare and my large fairy fir tree

Something new: Small pine trees, snowflakes and the li'l houses (all new in the past few weeks)

Something old AND new: The gorgeous little fairy house on this make was kindly gifted to me by a dear blogging friend who was having a crafty clear out (she knows who she is!!) - so it is old but brand new to me!! That was what inspired this project.

I started by stamping the fairy house, then masked it and created the background sky, moon and hills using blended Distress Oxide inks and masks. I then stamped my background trees in Medieval Blue and Morning Mist VFC and the little houses with the hill mask in place, then removed the mask and stamped the foreground tree and Pipin the hare. I removed the house mask and coloured it with Distress watercolor pencils, then added some sparkle to the lit window with Sakura Stardust pen and Posca snow to the roof and eaves, plus a little hanging charm. I stamped various snowflakes and heat embossed with detail white embossing powder, then added liberal highlights with my Sakura Stardust pen, and pastel pencil on Pipin. Lastly I stamped my sentiment, edged the finished panel in blue and matted onto a snippet of pink card stock. 

Stamps: Lavinia Zen Houses, Small Dwellings, Fairy Fir Tree 2 (large), Small Pine Trees, Red Pine (small), Fairy Charms, Pipin, Snowflakes, Snowflakes (small); Uniko Christmas Wishes;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Stormy Sky, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire); Distress Watercolor pencils (Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon, Prize Ribbon); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Medieval Blue, Morning Mist, Charming Pink); Versamark; detail white embossing powder; Sakura Stardust pens (yellow, clear); Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); Posca pen (white); pastel pencil (white);

Tools: Lavinia Mini Hill Masks, Circle masks.

Challenges I would like to enter:

12 Months of Christmas #107 - Anything Goes Christmas 

613 Avenue Create (December) - Anything Goes with option Any Winter Holiday

As You Like It - Anything Goes

Cards 4 Galz #214 - Christmas Card

Creative Crafting Uncles #48 - Christmas and/or Happy New Year

Double D - Winter Snow Scene

Dragonfly Dreams (December) - Christmas (2nd entry)

Lavinia Creative Challenge (December) -The Magic of Christmas (4th entry)

(version of card without sentiment)

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity #180 - In the Deep Midwinter (6th entry)

Papercraft #101 - Christmas

Peace On Earth #54 - Anything Christmas Goes 

(2nd entry)

Simon Says (Monday) - Let It Snow

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Christmas Critters

Stamping Sensations (December) - Favourite Colours (3rd entry)

(I like most cool colours such as blues, pinks, lilacs etc. and there are quite a few of them in this scene).

Word Art Wednesday #627/628 - Anything Goes

The I Spy challenge will end on the Sunday before the next challenge starts at 23:39 US Central Time - so this time that is Sunday January 14th, and the next challenge will begin on Wednesday January 17th. 

Thanks to Ellie for inviting me to be her co-designer on the I Spy Challenge during the year, and to everyone who has entered the challenges in 2023 - we hope you will continue to support the challenge as we go into 2024!

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,