Warm Winter Wishes

Hello everyone who's waiting for this new 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

This week we stay in a very Xmasy mood and the theme is

WARM WINTER WISHES

Remember you can win a $50 voucher and spend it over

Simon Says Stamp Store to still grab some winter goddies.

You 've probably noticed I was totally out of crafting during last month

and it's due to my serious and painful problems with lumbar disc hernia 

I keep struggling for the 4th week now with sadly not much progress. 

However I'm hoping my neurosurgeon will find out a solution tomorrow. 

So, this set of deep brown Xmas cards were done just before my

disc collapsed and I can present them now, That's a good habit to make 

projects in advance but sometimes I'm just not that well organized. 

I had so much pleasure to make this cards with all those deep dark colors.

I am not a traditional-colors-of-Xmas person so that's my comfort zone.

The backgrounds for both of them were made using different mixes of

Distress Oxide Inks and water. This one was made on kraft paper and then 

stamped and embossed with SSS Mod Trees Background stamp.

The frame was made with the Lumber 3D embossing folder, sprayed with 

Distress Ground Espresso spray and treated with Distress Oxide Iced Spruce,

The red ornaments were taken from a paper from my stash and covered with Glossy Accents to give them a shine and deeper color. 

Finally I sprayed it all heavily with white acrylic paint. 

The sentiment is in Polish and means Happy Christmas!

This second one was made in a very similar way to the previous one, 

the same techniques of making background, the same embossing elements 

and I only added my favourite snow effect with the amazing Stampendous Embossing Enamel.

The sentiment in Polish is the beginning of the Xmas carol:

Silent night, Holy night...

Have a wonderful Xmas preparation time!

Products used:

Tim Holtz Sizzix LUMBER 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder	/Tim-Holtz-Sizzix-WINTER-WONDERLAND-Thinlits-Die	Impression Obsession Steel Dies PINE BRANCH	Tim Holtz Sizzix TATTERED PINECONE Die Bigz	Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp MOD TREES BACKGROUND	Stampendous chunky white embossing enamel
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad OLD PAPER Ranger tdo56096	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad ICED SPRUCE	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide SPICED MARMALADE	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad-CARVED-PUMPKIN
Peeled Paint - Distress Ink	Forest Moss - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Resist Spray	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PUMICE STONE
Dina-Wakley-Ranger-KRAFT-PAPER-PACK	Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Spray	Tim Holtz Distress Paint PICKET FENCE Ranger	Emboss it Dabber	simon says stamp clear embossing powder
Tim Holtz Long Fastener Brads	simon says stamp craft tacky glue	Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI FOAM ADHESIVE	Hemptique Natural Hemp Cord Twine	Heat it Craft Tool	Ranger Glossy Accents Glue
Sizzix BIG SHOT EXPRESS Gray and White	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform

 

Let it Snow

Hi there and welcome to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

This week we'd like to LET IT SNOW

As always you could be a random winner of $50 voucher

and spend it at Simon Says Stamp Store.

It's that time of the year when you definitely must start making

Christmas cards even if it's not cold enough outside 

and your mojo still doesn't feel the wintery or Xmasy mood, 

just like mine didn't. 

I saw though that when you push yourself to make it anyway, 

suddenly it seems you can not stop and just get involved into Xmas. 

This was my case when I made this one 

and some more which will be shown a bit later. 

I'm glad I made them all taking an advantage of my mojo. 

Getting involved into the mood has a one very serious problem: 

you just completely forget to make pictures of the process...

I started with embossing the background and gave it a bit of a blue

shades, very light and random, just to get rid of a white space.

Then I cut out my frame using a very old burlap paper I found.

After cutting the tree line I blended it with green distress inks

and sprayed with water to give more interest.

I touched the tree line and the reindeer (thanks, Sandra!) with 

Emboss It Dabber and covered with a product I used for the first time 

and totally got in love with - Stampendous Embossing Enamel.

Isn't is LOVELY? 

This fresh and deep white on any color surface is AMAZING

and this one called Chunky White looks just perfect as a snow!

I added a bit of it also to my frame, couldn't resist, lol. 

Products used:

/Tim-Holtz-Sizzix-WINTER-WONDERLAND-Thinlits-Die	Tim Holtz Sizzix TREE LINE Thinlits Die 661604	Tim Holtz Sizzix PAPER SNOWFLAKES MINI	Tim Holtz Sizzix HOLIDAY WORDS	Simon Says Stamp Basic Squares Wafer Dies	Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp MOD TREES BACKGROUND
Stampendous chunky white embossing enamel	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide BROKEN CHINA	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide PEELED PAINT	Peeled Paint - Distress Ink	Forest Moss - Distress Ink
WOW Embossing Powder MINT MACAROON	EK Success Powder Tool Applicator	Tsukineko CLEAR EMBOSSING INK Stamp Pad	Neat and Tangled CRYSTAL CLEAR Sequin Mix	Prima Flowers MINI STARS Finnabair Mechanicals	Hemptique White Hemp Cord Twine
Heat it Craft Tool	Dina-Wakley-Ranger-KRAFT-PAPER-PACK	simon says stamp craft tacky glue	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform	Sizzix BIG SHOT EXPRESS Gray and White	Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI FOAM ADHESIVE