It Must Be Christmas!

A few Christmas cards have been dropping through our letterbox

so it must be Christmas now!

I thought I'd better get a move on and make a few myself.

I used the Tim Holtz/Alterations  'Ice Skates' Bigz Die from Sizzix.

I made a few with a background of old sheet music, aged and distressed a little and a Christmassy rub on.  The sentiment is rubber stamped onto

a Spellbinder's Nestabilitie die cut shape.

 

I then turned to my box of scraps and used some scrapbook paper

which wasn't at all Christmassy, but I think it still works.

The little sprigs of holly are plastic and came from some of last year's

Christmas Crackers!

 

I die cut the skates from card and leather.

Although the leather does have a nice texture, I think I prefer

to work with the card as it takes the distress ink better. 

Next on my list is to try making some Christmas Crackers -

 I've almost got enough toilet / kitchen paper roll inners!!

Thanks for looking and I hope your

Christmas preparations are going to plan :)

Ice Skates!

My latest favourite Bigz Die by Sizzix

 Alterations/Tim Holtz

is the Ice Skates

I bought it with the intention of making Christmas cards,

but today made a birthday card.

 It has a simple background of a doily and

K & Co Scrapbooking paper edged with a little

Old Paper Distress Ink.

I cut the skates from white mountboard

and painted them with Folk Art Acrylic

'Seamist' colour.

The boot laces are embroidery thread.

The heels and blades were coloured

with Distress Markers.  I tried to make

blades shiny by covering them with a layer

of Mod Podge Lustre.

To go with the card, I made a simple

stretch bracelet.

  

It's made up of Shell and Howlite chips

and a little gold coloured charm.

Hope the recipient will like them.

Thank you for looking :)