Above The Rooftops

Good morning, Kirsten here. There's less than two weeks to the big day, how are your preparations going? I'm making no comment about mine - :-) - so let's get straight on to today's project, the Santa & sleigh from the Merry Christmas set of MDF baubles from Imagination Crafts..................

I kept this one very traditional, using red, green & gold. I painted the outside of the bauble with Red Starlights & added Bright Red Sparkle Medium with a palette knife to get quite a thick layer of texture. 

I painted the Santa, sleigh & reindeer with Antique Gold Starlights on the top half & Topaz on the bottom half, then applied Gold Shine Sparkle Medium on the top half & Antique Bronze SM on the bottom half................

I wasn't sure what to do with the bottom half of the bauble until I woke at 3 one morning with an image of these Craft Emotions' houses in my head - not often I get inspired like that, but I'm grateful to my muse for visiting me, even if she did wake me at ridiculous o'clock. :-)

I painted the houses with Black, Antique Gold & Topaz Starlights & glued pieces of card I'd painted with Rich Gold Starlights to the other side, then used hot glue to stick them to the back of the bauble................

I die cut a pile of poinsettia & leaves (Tim Holtz' cutting dies from my stash), from thick card so that I could crumple & crease the die cuts, painted them with Red, Green & Emerald Starlights & added Gold Shine Sparkle Medium with my finger, then attached them to the bauble with hot glue..................

         

 

That's all from me for today, have a great week, see you next Monday. 

Kirsten