Winter card with sledding girl

I love this Pure Innocence Dashing By stamp set from the MFT! So when I learned that the second theme of the Creative Olympics is 'Winter Scene' I knew I had to use this stamp set.

What I used:

MFT, PI Dashing By

MFT, Oh Christmas Tree

Die-Namics, Snow Drifts

Die Namics, A2 Stitched Rectangle, Stax 1

MFT, Snowfall stencil

Copic Sketch markers

Ranger Texture Paste, Opaque Matte

And here is the link to the MFT challenge if you want to join in: Freestyle

Winter canvas with sleigh and deer by Tim Holtz

Yesterday was a wonderful day, I received a lovely comment and I was informed that I won $50 voucher on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge with my wintry canvas with sleigh and deer by Brenda Walton. Woo hoo!!!

It was a great inspiration to leave my daughter's room where I was nearly lost in the past few days with sorting out her legos :-)

Well, I returned to my craft room and the blogland.

Parallel with the Brenda Walton canvas I started to make another one with exactly the same techniques but with Tim Holtz dies, stamps and stencils. Here it is:

And another pic:

With my canvas I would like to join:

- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Christmas/Winter Holidays

- A Vintage Journey: Winter Wonderland

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Canvas with sleigh and reindeer by Brenda Walton

Here is a canvas I nearly forgot to finish it off! It was my daughter who found it yesterday and told me it was beautiful and asked me to finish it. Well, I was a good mum and now you can see my wintry canvas with crinkled paper napkins, stamped and stencilled snowflakes, pearls and glitters (and so on, and so on) on the background.

The sleigh and the reindeer are Sizzix Bigz Die by Brenda Walton: the Sleigh Favor Box (658742) and the Reindeer (658738).

The snowflake and the text are Sizzix Thinlits Die by Tim Holtz: Paper Snowflakes (660059) Home For The Holidays (662419). 

The paints and crackle medium are from DecoArt.

With my canvas, I would like to join the following challenges:

- A Vintage Journey: Winter Wonderland

- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Icy Inspiration

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Winter card with a little girl and a sled

As you can see, I'm preparing for the winter :-) 

Actually I had bought this stamp from the MFT (or from their German dealer) a long time ago and I just forgot about it.

So it was the time to use it at last! And I think for the first try I could make a really nice card :-)

What I used:

MFT stamp, PI Dashing By

MFT Die-Namics, Snow Drifts

MFT Stencil, Snowfall

DecoArt acrylic paints (for the sky)

Ranger texture paste (for the snowfall)

Ranger Archival inks (for the edges and stamping)

Ranger Distress and Zig Clean markers (for the colouring)

Ranger clear embossing powder (for the text and for the main image)

And one more thing... as for the sketch... it was not my idea, I had to follow the MFT sketch because I would like to join the MFT Sketch Challenge 351.

Christmas card with deer and sleigh

Today is December 5th, tonight Saint Nicholas (Mikulás) will visit the Hungarian kids to put some tiny presents and candies to their shiny boots. Usually the kids put their cleaned and waxed boots on the windowsill to find the Mikulás treats on the following morning.

Mikulás comes in a sleigh pulled by deers (not reindeers). So for the second inspirational piece of our December challenge over at Country View Challenges I have brought you a card with Sizzix - Tim Holtz Prancing Deer (660033) and Sleigh.

I used a heavy duty craft sheet as a basic. Then I covered with a light blue winter patterned paper but before I stencilled snowflakes with pearl shine modelling paste/texture paste. 

I cut out the sleigh and the deer from chipboard and painted with acrylic paints. After drying I smeared some shine on the surfaces.

For the text I used Tim's Thinlits Script Die, Holiday Words (660058).

I hope you like it! And if you have a project in Christmas theme (I bet you have), please don't forget to link it to our December challenge at Country View Challenges where you can win a £20 voucher!

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #13

It was a very busy day but I'm here with the 13th vintage Christmas postcard.

Two children are sledding in the snow with a pine tree.

This card was posted in 1938.

Tomorrow I come again!

You can find my other cards under the label: 'old Christmas cards'.

White wooden reindeer sleigh with crackles - candy dish

Petit traîneau blanc en bois à effet craquelé 


I made these candy dishes for my nephews.

Now, let me show you some pictures and let me give you a simple tutorial. 

I used a plain wooden reindeer sleigh.

First I applied DecoArt Patina to the wood.

Then I put a layer of DecoArt Weathered Wood Crackle Medium.

Then I painted white with acrylic paint.

I sanded the edges and finished with one layer of acrylic medium.

Inside of the sleigh I glued brown checked paper.

Mixed media canvas with Tim Holtz sleigh, packages and deer

Canvas mixed media avec le traîneau, les boîtes et le renne par Tim Holtz

This is a small (24x18 cm) canvas I have made for the approaching Christmas. 

First I have made a winter night background... What is interesting about the background that I used black acrylic paint instead of ink for the tree stamps. I put the black paint onto the stamp with a sponge.

For the sleigh and the deer, I glued together two chipboards to give them dimensions.

For the packages, I used book pages what I coloured with Ranger Distress inks and glued on white cardstocks. At the end, I put a little Perle modelling paste.

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, Sleigh Ride by Tim Holtz (660038)

Sizzix Bigz Die, Retro Packages by Tim Holtz (660037)

Sizzix Bigz Die, Prancing Deer by Tim Holtz (660033)

Sizzix Framelits Die&Stamp Set, Holiday Joy by Tim Holtz (659376)

akrylic paints

Ranger Distress ink pads and markers

cardstock, chipboard, book pages

Schmincke Acrylic Fluid Medium

Greetings

Dear All!

A wish you a blissful and peaceful Christmas and all the best for the new year!

Thank you for your visits in the past year and in the future!

Monika

Sizzix - Winter picture from a chocolate box

Here's a winter picture which is made from a Lindt chocolate box.

I had to work on it a lot but I enjoyed every minute of it.

If you want to make something similar you have to do this:

1. Take an empty chocolate box and paint it white with acrylic paint.

2. When it's all white cover it with book pages. You have to use decoupage glue and you have to glue both side of the paper. The papers have to be totally wet of glue to soften and to fit perfectly on the box, to blend into the box.

3. When it dried put a slight layer of modelling paste everywhere (inside-outside).

4. When it dried put another, a thicker layer on the inside bottom and a slight pearl white layer on the inside top. 

5. Cut out the kids with sleigh shape at least three times from black cardstock and glue them together to make a little dimension for them. Cover it with black Marabu Glitter Liner.

6. Cut out the tree border shape two times from white cardstock and paint them with inks. 

7. Paint the sky part with blue ink.

8. Glue the tree border to the top of the hill and put another coat of modelling paste.

9. Cut out the letters and glue to the top of the picture.

10. Glue some tiny pearl to pretend as if the snow is falling.

11. Glue the kids on the snowy part with 3D glue.

12. Put a slight coat of acrylic medium on the outside part of the frame to give a little protection.

13. Attach a frame hanger with hot glue.

14. And now the picture can go to the wall.

What I used:

Sizzix Originals Die, Kids&Sled by Rachael Bright (659593)

Sizzix On the Edge Die, Tree Line by Tim Holtz (658258)

Schmincke modelling paste

Tsukineko Memento and Ranger Distress inks

Schmincke acrylic fluid medium

cardstocks

tiny pearls

Marabu black glitter liner

hot glue, 3D adhesive, Tacky Glue

frame hook