Believe in Christmas

 The first of my November projects for Thompsons craft supplies and of course it has to be Christmas themed

and a gorgeous collection from AB studio Holly Jolly Christmas

for this i used one of my pallet wood rustic backgrounds.

for this project i used.....

AB studio holly jolly christmas papers

AB studio glam christmas paper

AB studio stencil tree

Pentart modeling paste

pentart metalic wax in green and silver

fabrica decoru magic paint, cinnamon with gold

color glow blue saphire

snowflake stencil

thompsons craft supplies flower collections

christmas words

from my stash i also used white gesso, clear gesso, some red paint  and a wooden word Believe.

Firstly I stencilled my trees and the snow flakes and fussy cut some from the gold foiled sheet when it was all dry i covered it all except the gold foil with clear gesso.

i used my magic paint, ble saphire and then my waxes to coour my back ground.

I then fussy cut lots of the elements from the extra sheet in the paper pack and some of the larger poinsettia from one of the sheets in the pack.

next I backed my reindeer to give him a bit of strength and then layered up my paper elements, painted them all with clear gesso to add strength .

I painted my wooden word believe in red and added my title and layered up round it.

I then added my flowers and lastly splattered with watered down white gesso. 

 

Mixed Media, Christmas Star

love my Christmas star, 

all products from Thompsonscraftsupplies

using the Home for christmas papers from mintay 

creative embellishments holly wreath 

rustic paint ruby 

cheesecloth

firstly i gesso'd the edges of my star, i cut out my backing paper making it slightly smaller than the star , i distressed the edges with scissors, then using a journaling pen and the rustic paint (ruby) also using the ruby i stenciled on the stars onto my backing paper.

i painted my wreath with the rustic paint , placed some cheesecloth in a circle on the star then mounted the wreath using 3d foam pads and gel paste as my glue.              

i then did a lot of fussy cutting from the home for Christmas element sheet that comes withing the paper pack, this was all mounted to create height using 3d foam pads and gel paste, all overlapping, i then added my title which is from the Tim Holtz idiology chipboard Christmas quote chips.

i added some ribbon to add a bit more texture and as a hanger.

lastly i mixed some white paint with a little water and splattered.