It’s time for GET CRACKING ON CHRISTMAS with projects featured from COLORADO CRAFT COMPANY! Such distinct images and designs from the Big and Bold, “Holly & Berries” and Whimsy World, “Let it Snow.”
Each month Jenn Shurkus sponsors the “Get Cracking on Christmas,” series that helps us prepare Christmas and Holiday designs ahead of the busy season. Jenn even has a giveaway when you follow along, link your project and comment on her blog post or tag her on instagram using the hashtag #Getcrackingonchristmas .
What is Christmas without Holly! I fell hard into my watercolors when I inked up the BIG and BOLD, Holly & Berries stamp! This gorgeous image is sure to be an easy focal point for your Holiday card, dinner placard or in a frame like I used here.
Watercoloring the Holly image was so relaxing. Using Ranger, Archival Ink to ink my image on Moulin du Roy watercolor paper, I watercolored my image using Daniel Smith watercolors. Stamping several images of the berry part of the stamp, I watercolored, fussy cut them out and layered with one of the many sentiments in the set. Highlighting the berries with some Tim Holtz, Rock Candy, dry glitter. At this point, this is ART! So I framed it!
Using the Whimsy World, “Let it Snow” set I created two wintery, Christmas cards.
Who doesn’t love a snow globe scene! The sweetest little evergreen trees pair perfectly with the deer and the snow stamps. The set includes several sentiments, Merry and Bright used here and others. Merry Everything! sentiment is from the Holly & Berries set.
And, because I just loved this “Let it Snow” set another card using an eraser.
I wanted big snowflakes, so I used an eraser on the tip of a pencil to make my random flakes with Hero Unicorn white pigment ink. Then, while I was getting artsy, I used my Tim Holtz Distress Glaze in Vintage Photo to make my snow globe base all shiny, glossy. A random piece of sparkle paper made my snowdrift. I love the font on the “let it snow” sentiment! A piece of twine finishes off the card.
A big THANK YOU to COLORADO CRAFT COMPANY for being so generous and sending along these two beautiful Holiday sets!
The 5 x7 barn wood frame was purchased off etsy for this particular project. There are several different ones to choose from available on Etsy.
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