Christmas Animals

Christmas Animals

Hallo There!

.......and we've reached the

end of another busy week!

Time for you to put your 

feet up and relax with a cup

of something warm and

cheery before you have to

hit the treadmill once more

...................!

Here's Jane Castle with the

final Christmas Animal for

this week...:

"Hi Everyone, for my Christmas Animal 

I chose the Stag, such an elegant creature 

and one that has become more readily

 visible in our neck of the woods during 

the past 10 years.

To begin with I coloured some of the

 Creative Expressions Pop-ems deer using

 ink straight from the coffee bean ink pad.

These were then put to one side while I

 created a scene on my card blank.

The sentiment was stamped at the bottom

 righthand corner and the sky was coloured

 with DI and a blending tool.

Next I placed 2 blobs of paint on my craft mat

 and gradually blended graduating colours to 

be sponged through my 

Tim Holtz Woodland Layering Stencil.

Adding slightly different shades as I went.

I love how the Zinc paint gives that

 subtle shimmer. 

Gradually the scene starts to build.

With christmas cards I like to make 

several in one sitting.

Then using the same sponge and paints 

I added some snowey hills to ground my trees

Using a Quickie Glue pen I added some 

glitter to the trees and the ground. 

Stickles could also be used for this.

All thats left is to add my Stag.

Although the coffee bean ink pad isn't a 

pearlescent one it still has a slight sparkle

 and texture.

Really liked using the Pop-ems,

 good selection of sizes and different poses. 

Plus once the deers have been used

 you are left with a pretty comprehensive 

stencil ------ bonus!!!"

Materials Used

Woodware Christmas stamp

Distress Inks

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil

Brilliance Ink Pads

Creative Expressions Pop-ems

DecoArt Metallic Paint

Fresco Finish Chalk Paint

Quickie Glue pen

Glitter

Super cards Jane

Thank you very much

You look to have had a

lot of fun making these

So, that was the week of

Christmas Animals.

Such fun showcasing another

side of Christmas icons

'Till tomorrow 

Mickie xx