Hi everyone!
Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner? Where did this year go?? I am here today to share my take on the December challenge for Scrap the Girls, which just happens to be about Christmas. This months mood board is called 'The Christmas Dress' and your challenge is to be inspired by one of the "spectacular" dresses on the board. hehe
I chose the dress featuring gingerbread men and candy canes and used it document some photos of my daughter and her first ever gingerbread house. As I am not a fan of the "traditional" Christmas colour scheme of red and green, I pulled the yellow from the dress for my primary colour, and then threw in some red and lime to give it a bit of a festive feel.
To create my background I started with some Dina Wakley acrylic paints - beginning with Lemon applied with a wide brush (with a little water added to make it more fluid); then some Lime added over the top.
I then took an orange gelato and added some extra colour to the top and bottom corners, as well as adding a scribbled border around my page which I then blended out with a baby wipe to soften it a little.
Next, I added a little Colour Blast Lime Colour Artist Ink which I added with a small brush then tipped the page up to allow it to run down.
Finally, I added a little white paint with a brayer where my photos were going to go, just to bring back the colour a bit.
Then it was time to start building my layers over the top. I began with some strips of red chevron and heart washi tapes, which were there to represent the candy canes on the dress and the lollies in the photos. I also added a couple of small pieces cut from a Jane Davenport printed napkin that featured a paint palette design on it.
I then added a piece of spotted tissue paper in my focal area. I love the way tissue paper "melts" into the background, allowing the colours underneath to show through. Next, I added a paint sample card and a paper doily, before using a Prima star stencil and some texture paste to add some subtle dimension. For extra depth, I used the Sky of Stars stamp from Viva Las VegaStamps with some Ranger Archival ink in a few places around the page.
As this month's challenge is being sponsored by our very own Gwen Wruck from Cut to You, Gwen generously supplied our team with some Christmas themed cuts to use on our page. I couldn't go past the cute gingerbread man, tucking him in behind my photos to peek out, just like my daughter was from behind the gingerbread house in the photo. As there was already so much colour on the page, I chose to leave him white to bring some freshness to the page.
I also used some Cut to You stars, also leaving them white; which I adhered with a dab of glue in the centre then bent the points up slightly from the page.
For my title, I used the merry Christmas words from Cut to You, and painted them with Cider Colour Artist Ink, before sticking them onto the page. (I love the way these look with the ink added and the fact I was able to custom colour them to suit.)
I also added some yellow acrylic pieces from Corbett Creations - a heart, tiny arrow and a couple of chevrons. I think they worked perfectly!
To finish off my page I added a little doodling around the border using a coloured pencil, and the date and my journalling using a felt pen. I felt like the page needed a little bit of sparkle (it was a Christmas page after all); so I added some coloured sequins scattered around.
That's all from me today. I hope you will join in with our challenge this month so you can be in the running to win a prize from Cut to You. Gwen has some amazing designs in her store which you can purchase as digital files (for those with cutting machines), or you can have them cut for you and posted to your door! How awesome is that?!
Check out her shop on her website here: https://createdbygwen.com.au/
Until next time, happy scrapping! X
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