It's A Stitch Up

My goodness, the weeks are rushing by, aren't they. It's Friday again, and therefore

it is time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland. This week our theme is

'IT'S A STITCH UP' 

We want to see some stitching on your creation. It can be real or faux.

The fabulous prize this week is a $15 gift voucher from The Paper Shelter.

The Paper Shelter very generously gave the Icicles team several images to use.

This beautiful image is called Holy Night and it also came with this lovely 

design paper. I thought the lacey border looked as if it was stitched, but I

decided to draw faux stitching around the mat.

I used crackle medium on the fence and while it was wet I sprinkled Rock

Candy Distress Glitter over it. I applied 2 thick layers of white acrylic paint

on the die-cut trees and also sprinkled the top layer with the glitter. Sadly

the beautiful sparkle does not show up. Likewise, the sparkle of the

liberally applied Star Dust Stickles to the printed trees, the snowflakes, 

and the 'Noel' do not show, and in places it appears pink.

This sweet image just melts my heart, and was a joy to colour with

my trusty Promarkers.

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There are lots of trees on the front of the card, so I decided to use this

gorgeous embossing folder which I bought very recently, inside my card. 

I also used just half a tree die-cut, coloured with several green DIs, to  

add interest to the panel on which I will write my personal message.

Challenges I would Like To Enter

As You Like It - 'Alcohol or Distress Markers and Why' (Alcohol because they blend so beautifully, and as stated by several DT members, they can be used to colour ribbons and other embellishments)

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #89 - 'Use A Die-Cut'

C.R.A.F.T. #307 - 'Christmas'

Crafty Catz #275 - 'It's A Girl Thing'

Creative Corner - 'For A Child'

Di's Digi Designs - 'Include An Animal'

Holly Jolly Christmas - 'Trees' TOP 3

Incy Wincy - 'Embossing, Wet or Dry' (my embossing is inside the card)

Sparkle 'n' Sprinkle - 'Anything Goes' (with loose glitter, embossing powder and/or flocking) TOP 3

The Crafter's Cafe #112 - 'Animal Antics'

Image - The Paper Shelter (digi) Holy Night

Paper - The Paper Shelter (digi) included with above image

Colouring - Promarkers

Dies - Impression Obsession Fir Trees, Mini Snowflakes; Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments; Marianne LR 0205

Embossing - Nellie Snellen Christmas Trees

Distress Inks - Tim Holtz Iced Spruce, Bundled Sage, Weathered Wood, Frayed Burlap

Glitters - Stickles Star Dust; Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Dry Glitter

Acrylic Paint - Semco Matte White

For a chance to win that great prize, why not pop over to Winter Wonderland, have a look at my Icicle teamies' gorgeous creations, then enter your own creations in our 'It's A Stitch Up' challenge.

The last two weeks have been frantically busy for me, and the coming week is shaping up to be the same. However I hope to squeeze in some crafty playtime...I am feeling a strong urge to get my fingers inky and messy, so..........

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer. x

Raccoon Friends

Hello fellow crafters, and a big welcome to my newest followers, Mamma Mia and Debi. Thank you for taking the time to sign up, and I hope you enjoy your visits.

There is a new challenge for you at Penny's Paper Crafty, and our theme this week (my card may give you a clue) is

'CIRCLES'

Our 2 generous sponsors this week are

and

The image I have used is 'Most Adorable Raccoons' by The Paper Shelter. 

I think I have mentioned before that I love recycling. The silver layers are actually the underside of yoghurt lids. The darker one is the same brand as the others, but reflected the top I was wearing.

Racoons are not found here in Australia, so I had to look them up on the internet to see what colours they are. I coloured them with my Promarkers. They really are the cutest little critters, aren't they.

I'm not really happy with the inside of my card. Rather than adhere a piece of the DP to the bottom of the card, I decided to split the piece, for a change. The 'corners' are just a circle I cut into quadrants.

Challenges I would like to enter are:-

An Oldie But A Goodie - 'Inspired By A Song' (Rocky Raccoon) 

(DP is about 4 years old)

Kaboodle Doodles #172 - 'Stripes and/or Circles'

LEJ Designs #54- 'Die Cuts and/or Punches'

Try It On Tuesday - 'On The Wild Side'

Digi Makeover #89 - 'Friendship'

Image - The Paper Shelter digi Most Adorable Racoons

Colouring - Promarkers

Sentiments - Stamp it, and unknown (Hello)

Paper - DCWV ?Glittered Stack

Dies - Spellbinders Classic Circles

Embossing - Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Ink (sponging) - Memento London Fog

For a chance to win great prizes, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty and enter our challenge.

Hugs,

Jennifer. x