🖤Happy Christmas🖤

I everyone, I’m back in the Christmas groove again, and would like to share another Christmas bauble scene I made. I love the challenge of creating a little fantasy scene in such a small space! For this one I reversed the method I used on my previous bauble card, using the stencil mask (inner) to create the bauble shape rather than the actual stencil (outer). Here it is.

I blended three colours of Distress Oxide ink around the bauble stencil mask to define the bauble shape, then spattered with water to add some texture. I then placed the stencil over the bauble shape and used Mini Hill Masks to create landscaping with more DOX and stamped the trees using a variety of shades of green Versafine Clair. I added second generation stamped background wording, and two small stamped baubles which I shaded with my Zig pens, white pastel pencil and Spectrum Noir sparkle pen. I added some stamped holly branches using 2 shades of VFC to add interest, then stamped and shaded a little robin. I hand drew the bauble strings and added highlights with white Posca pen and Sakura Stardust pen before adding some white Posca snow spatters. When dry I added my stamped and cut out sentiment and matted the finished piece onto dark turquoise card stock and a card blank.

With hindsight I’m not completely happy with the brighter shade of green I chose to stamp one of the larger trees and think I should have used Avocado instead, but hey it’s done now, and overall I’m quite pleased with it.

Here’s an angled pic to show the sparkle.

Stamps:Tracy Evans Boutique Designs TE18 Decorations, TE21 Holly and Berries, TE22 Christmas Wishes, TE23 Winter Delights;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Iced Spruce, Bundled Sage, Salvaged Patina); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Bali Blue, Avocado, Shady Lane, Green Grass, Rainforest, Pinecone, Morning Mist); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Sakura Stardust pen (clear); pastel pencil (white); Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); Posca pens (red, white);

Tools: Tracy Evans snippet stencil SS6 - Bauble; Lavinia acetate Mini Hill masks.

Challenges I would like to enter:

12 Months of Christmas #115 - Anything Christmas Goes (4th entry)

ABC Christmas Challenge - U is for Unusual Christmas Colours

Addicted to Stamps and More #479 - Any Occasion

Allsorts #802 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (October) - Use a Stencil (3rd entry)

Dream Valley #323 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

FarmQuest Country Christmas #13 - Anything Country Christmas Goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #170 - Anything Christmas Goes

Simon Says - Celebrating 20 Years of Distress #SSS20YearsofDistress

Sparkles Christmas #165 - Use the word “Christmas” (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #669/670 - Anything Goes (4th entry)

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,