Good morning, it's the start of a new challenge over at CRAFTY CATZ, the theme is always ANYTHING GOES. I had a play with my Lavinia Stamps and made a Christmas card. A lot of masking and manipulating of the stamps went on... getting the layers to match up was a bit fiddly. I was happy with how it turned out though until I added the 'snow' some glittery paste stuff, meant to be white but looks yellow to me and makes me think of the Frank Zappa song! The stamps I used are a mix of old and new, the little houses and snowy pines are new, the small pines are older. I used watercolours to colour the houses.
There's more inspiration to get you started over at Crafty Catz.
Today is also my granddaughter Emily's birthday, 12 today and growing up too fast. I won't see her until Sunday when they're all coming over for a meal and a family get together, so looking forward to that.
Thanks for visiting,
have a good weekend.
Chris
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Happy birthday to Emily and enjoy your family day Sunday. Love the layered Wintry scene, embossed background and your yellow snow-don't eat the yellow snow lol.
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Hope Emily has a wonderful birthday.
ReplyDeleteLove your card Chris, as for the yellow snow its probably the light but if not it will make someone smile I am sure. xx
Enjoy seeing Emily and your family on Sunday for belated birthday celebrations. A fabulous snowy scene.
ReplyDeletePretty scene with the Lavinia houses Chris, dare I say mine are still un-inked. Enjoy your family day on Sunday.
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A very cute Christmas scene Chris and my snow sometimes goes yellow too, love the embossed background and hope you have a wonderful family get together, happy birthday to Emily xx
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Such a Magical scene Chris so of course the snow would be dreamy and creamy. Love this embossing folder.
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What an enchanting winter scene, and the careful masking with the Lavinia houses and pines creates wonderful depth while the soft watercolors bring a gentle glow that contrasts so well with the humorous touch of the unexpected yellow snow.
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Super cute scene you have created!
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Your design is so inspirational, never thought to use the Lavinia houses like this. First thing I thought of when I saw your blog title was the Zappa song lol! Happy Birthday to Emily and enjoy today.
ReplyDeleteIt's absolutely gorgeous. Love the eclipse effect and the houses are so adorable. I hope you are all having a lovely time at Emily's birthday. Happy Birthday wishes to her. xxx
ReplyDeleteLove the intricacy of this Chris, I love using these Lavinia houses for Christmas cards and I adore how you have built up the layers with the dry embossing as well xx
ReplyDeleteI love this Chris. Thank you so much for entering our challenge at CRAFT Challenge, looking forward to see you again next challenge.
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