The week before Halloween, I made Christmas cards. Yep. And as I type this post, I have a PL spread laid out for the week of Halloween. For some reason, I was so glad to put away the Halloween decorations. **gasp** So, while I finish up this PL spread, how about I share some Christmas cards?
This didn't start with Christmas cards in mind. It started because I wanted to "get messy" and play with mixed media. So, off to the mixed media drawer I go.
Has it been that long? My gel medium was jelly. My crackle paste was rock hard. And the lid on the matte medium would not budge. The matte medium was salvageable - Dale was able to open the jar! But not without a colorful phrase!
Looking for mixed media inspiration, I decide to visit some class materials I had on mixed media projects and learned about a new way to do the shaving cream technique. I chose a series of green (of course) reinkers (little bottles of liquid ink), grabbed a can of shaving cream (not much in the can and I could have used a shave - but hey - it's crafty time!) and got to work.
Out came several neat unique backgrounds that I made into four unique Christmas cards. Here is the first one.
Not my original idea, but I thought this was really cute. An elf. A headless, arm-less, leg-less elf - but forget that part. It's still cute! I was pleased to be able to use so many neat items from my stash! The doily (there's gold under that collar), the corduroy brads (um, hello!) and the POW glitter paper (the butter of glitter paper). Plus a sheet of striped designer paper from a past December Daily mini kit. I don't consider the black cardstock stash, but a staple - gotta have it.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a moo'valous day!
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