Christmas Robin

Hello all...

Well, we're almost at the end of December and I hope you had a lovely festive season and managed to get some crafting done in between all the festivities and maybe use some lovely new craft products that you may have been gifted. 

I didn't manage too much crafting myself, as the dining table where I craft, has been cleared for Christmas until New Year. I didn't realise just how much I miss having that workspace to go to, to create, whenever I want.

Here's my second DT project for Country View Crafts for December, creating a little scene in my journal (which I want to start using more), although this also could be made as a Christmas card. 

I wanted to ‘embrace the white space’ which I rarely do, so this only has a pop of colour. 

I hope this will inspire you to try this out too if you usually fill your work with colour - I guess this could also be called a CAS (Clean And Simple). I think it's quite effective.

 

On their Facebook page, Country View Crafts have a December challenge - with the theme 'Christmas' - and the challenge ends on the 31st December 2023, so there's still time to enter to win a £25 gift voucher for the randomly selected winner of the challenge, to spend on the Country View Crafts Website here https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/.

You can enter up to 5 different Christmas themed projects.

Follow the link here to enter on their Facebook challenge page - Country View Crafts and Challenges: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 

So, how did I make this page....

 

The products used in this make are:

 

 

In my journal using Distress Ink Pumice Stone, that I'd dabbed onto my craft mat and watered down, I lightly splattered it with a brush, trying to keep it mostly in the middle. I kept a sheet of paper on the journal page on the right as I didn't want it to get anything on it.

I then lightly hand pressed the word stamp from Visible Image Distressed Christmas in two areas overlapping the splatter.

 

I decided it needed a sentiment, so I used the one from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Jolly Holiday CMS 474.

 

I stamped the Visible Image Christmas Robin with Archival Ink onto a good piece of cardstock.

And then painted with the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolour Pencils.

After fussy cutting out the images, I laid them onto where I wanted them on the page.

I cut the Robin's legs off during fussy cutting (purposely) and  stamped him onto the page before gluing on the fussy cut one. The watercolour journal has got an uneven surface so I had to draw in the legs as they didn't get a clear print.

 

 I cut out the cluster of the three berries and raised them with some 3D foam on top of the others, and then added a few dots of Glossy Accents to the Robin's eye, beak, leaves and berries. I also went over some of the black lines on the main images with a fineliner pen to make them a bit darker.

 

And here is the outcome....

I like the simplicity of this and think it'll make a great Christmas card for next year.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and I hope I've inspired you with a new Christmas card idea to get ahead for next year and also to join in the challenge ending this December to win the fabulous £25 voucher.

Here's wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year.

 

Happy Crafting as always.

See you next year,

Carol xx

The products and brands used for this:

 

Dina Wakley Products

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/dina-wakley-641-c.asp

Tim Holtz Distress inks and watercolour pencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

 

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-oxide-ink-pad---pumice-stone-96663-p.asp

Versafine ink pad

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/versafine---clair-ink-pad---morning-mist-116918-p.asp

Archival ink pad

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-archival-ink-pad-jet-black---90mm-x-62mm-1609-p.asp

Visible Image

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-1095-c.asp

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-stamps-by-stampers-anonymous-193-c.asp

Glossy accents

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-inkssentials-glossy-accents-59ml-2-fl-oz-4799-p.asp

Quick and Easy Christmas Card

Hello, 

It's almost Christmas and time for my first December DT project for Country View Crafts to inspire you to make something Christmassy and enter their December Challenge on Facebook which can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1625820124831250&type=3 

The prize this month is a fabulous £25 voucher to spend at the Country View Craft online store so you won't want to miss out on this.

I thought I'd make a quick and easy Christmas card for when you know you're running out of time to make anything too complex.

So without further ado, here's the instructions on how to make this.

First, I cut a piece of watercolour card to 4 x 4 inch to form the base.

I dabbed the Distress Inks onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and then dabbed it onto Speckled Egg all over first, then Salvaged Patina towards the top and then Prize Ribbon above that.

Then I stamped the large snowflake in one corner with Distress Ink Pumice Stone, and then in the opposite corner with Distress Ink Tumbled Glass.

I then stamped the sentiment Let it Snow from the same Visible Image set as the snowflake, in the bottom right hand corner.

With the stamping completed, I mounted it first onto black cardstock (leaving only a small edge), and then mounted this onto Kraft cardstock that is 11inch width x 5.5inch height and then folded, to form the card.

I added a small wooden snowflake to the centre of the top right stamped snowflake and then added a little blue gemstone to the centre, but if you haven't got a wooden snowflake, you can always cut from one from a die and use that. And here you have it! 

You can turn out multiples of these in no time, by using a stamping platform and rotating the watercolour paper to reflect the two snowflakes in the two corners.

 I hope this inspires you to get making some Christmas cards/tags when you think you really don't have much time. 

Wishing you a fabulous Crafting Christmastime.

Products used for this card are:

Visible Image Let it Snow stamps
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-clear-stamp-set---let-it-snow-152392-p.asp

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inks:
Salvaged Patina
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-ink-pad---salvaged-patina-134123-p.asp

Speckled Egg
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-ink-pad---speckled-egg-121192-p.asp

Prize Ribbon
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---july-2021-release---distress-ink-pad-prize-ribbon-136375-p.asp

Pumice Stone
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-oxide-ink-pad---pumice-stone-96663-p.asp

Tumbled Glass
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-ink-pad---tumbled-glass-3052-p.asp

Gemstone (cut out from design)
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/basic-grey-bling-it-designer-rhinestones-tree---sky-3742-p.asp

Wooden snowflake from my stash.