LOC Christmas Pages

Wow - Christmas is coming fast - are you ready!?!?  Our Scrapbooking Group had our final get together for this year and decided we would make a Calendar for Ann who is our SU Demo and inspiring teacher.  We all created the artwork for one page - I was asked to do two, which if you know me at all, you would know is not problem at all - inspite of being asked the night before!  LOL!

I loved doing December - Christmas - what else but the Layers of Color Reindeer Waltz art stamp set!  I love this reindeer and was happy to have it and every other image used here, stamped and sitting on my desk - in the ''one day I will get to that..." pile - I am sure I am not the only one with one of those!! LOL

I was inspired by my talented friend Gunn, whose Christmas Tags are amazing - I saw the way she had embossed acetate and tried it - I love the effect it has over the reindeer - thanks Gunn! 

The Pocket Watch is a Spellbinders DieCut that has been embossed and inked with Distressing Inks - I love this DieCut and need to use it more!!  The sentiments are from Stampin' Up.

The next project is for a summery month - the one it was used for I am not sure as I was too busy trying to get two new projects finished - Ann can you help me here!?!  I will show you my other projects in my next post....

I used the wonderful image from Stampin' Up for the background, lightly colouring the ornate frame with SU Chalks and adding that touch of Kindy Glitz that just seems to bring images to life.

The butterflies are from the Layers of Color Butterfly Collector art stamp set

They have also been coloured with SU Chalks and a Blender Pen, Kindy Glitz added and some small pearls to finish off!  The DP is from K&Company's McKenna Collection - this was the first stack of DP's that I ever purchased and is still a favourite!

I would like to take this opportunity to say 'THANK YOU ANN for being such a wonderful inspiration and Mentor to me.  I met Ann at some local Markets and spent a lot of time at her stall watching and learning.  I am honoured to call Ann my friend and love the way she evolves with her artwork on a daily basis and loves to take everyone she can on the creative journey that we all love to be on - thank you Ann - you are such an inspiration - I {{{heart}}} you!!!

These are for the following Challenges:

Let's Ink It Up - Christmas - with Sparkle and Bling - page 1

Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Winter - page 1

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Christmas - page 1

Iris Spot - Holidays/Winter - page 1

Ellephantastic Challenges - Winter/Christmas - page 1

Stampin Royalty - Bring on the Bling  -both pages

Stamp with Fun - Christmas - page 1

Southern Girls - Vintage - page 1

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Stamp Company. 

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