Thursday 1 December 2011

December is here

For December i tried to recreate a wintery nightime effect. I used Black primer and white Dylusion paints for my background then stamped over with a snowflake stamp in snowcap white when dry.
The tree is a blonde moments stamp i have which i create a tree effect and its one of my fav christmas stamps so versatile. I used 2 distress inks crushed olive, peeled paint and a big and juicy pad with dark green.The snowman is of course Tim Holtz and his fence both were die cut. The fence using coredinations and i sanded it to give a rustic feel. My snowman i used Crackle paint and rock candy to add a shimmer but added black to his hat and an orange nose. The snowflakes are also Tims die cuts and to finish a calendar page with 25th circled.
I have really enjoyed doing this calendar challenge with Kate so thankyou Kate for challenge, and it prompted me to start a blog which although i find hard to keep up with i am hoping to keep it going.
In case i don't post again before Christmas as December is usually a hectic month all round I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a good New Year.
Thankq for looking x

17 comments:

  1. oh this background is great, sent a shiver of cold up my back .. Siobhan

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  2. Lovely, cheery December pages, love the contrast between the cool starry background and the cheery squares. Have a good month, Valerie

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  3. lovely pages darling i really love how you created your snowy background xxx

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  4. Great background you created. Love the papers you used for your squares. :)

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  5. I love your wintery background and the snowman is so sweet! Your november page looks great too! x

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  6. Great layering effect. I think the snowman is a cute touch.

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  7. Beautiful winter night sky - here in NZ we are into daylight savings and sunshine until late! Hope you have a wonderful December

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  8. Hi Steph. Your night time look is great! really different :) Also enjoyed looking at your last post with your lovely November pages :)

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  9. Such a lovely winter feel to your journal page and November is pretty cool as well.

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  10. I tried to stop by yesterday, but the Linky tool was not working. I love your wintery scenes. I wish I were that creative. Also, the Nov. pages were great with the leaves and the white paint. Sometimes we have to substitute and find it all works out well.

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  11. Lovely Christmassy feel to these pages. Happy December!

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  12. Well done for keeping up with the challenge. Love your night time effect and the snowman by the fence.xx

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  13. fabulous page! Love the little snowman in the corner! Hugs Juls

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  14. Well done for keeping up all year! It has been a real pleasure to see all of your pages so thanks so much for joining in. (Maybe next year too?!) Love your coloured squares for December, the colours are perfect for the time of year. x

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  15. Steph I love you Christmassie feel on your December pages and all the bright and colourful squares. Are you doing it again next year?
    Erika.

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  16. Oh how delightfully wintery! Love the colour combo. x

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  17. Wonderful calendar pages. By the way, your tags look amazing! This was my first year reading on Tim Holtz tags, didn't do any though. Yours are just beautiful!

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