LOVE

We have a wonderful Challenge over at :

http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.dk/

called : This the Season ( Everything Christmas Related )

And as you can see I went all in with a Golden Christmas !

For me Christmas is all about the message of love, 

And I started this with a MDF Panel, -painted it white, then used the most beautiful tree Stencil , Bare Tree. I used a mix of brown and white paint and carefully painted through the stencil. After I used Texture Paste , and one bubble from the Bubbles stencil, to create Christmas baubles hanging in the tree.

While left to dry I painted the greyboard snowflake, dove, and text, with 

the gorgeous Metallic Bronze. On top of the snowflake I used another Dinky Stencil :Bubbles,

to create texture, and on the one wing of the Dove yet another : Feather.

They were both used with Texture paste, and left to dry.

The tree now dry ,was in some places given Crackle paint, and again left to dry.The baubles painted with the bronze, and the dove and snowflake, as well. I mixed green and black to add to the bough of peace, and to inside line the love-text .Snowflake had little dabs on the tips, and the whole perimeter of the panel was dabbed ,too. To the dove it was painted into the wing pattern.

After the tree had dried it was overpainted with thebronze, again, showing lovelt crackles. I added torn lace -one of my favorite materials - to the lover left part of the panel, adhered it, together with a piece of dried moss from nature and a piece of fur, making a warm nest for the dove. 

All bits were then adhered , to panel and a sari silk ribbon attached after making two holes, with my Crop A Dille.

I hope this gave you appetite to create a Christmas piece for the challenge, also, 

 the  voucher , would be a lovely gain , to use in January .

Have a wonderful weekend, dear friends.

Hugs and Love Dorthe 

Materials used : 

That`s Crafty : MDF Panels 6x6

Bits and Pieces Grayboard sheets : Christmas Sentiments and Snowflakes - Christmas Birds 

Dinky Stencils : Bubbles TC 005 -  Circles TC003 - Feather TC 098 

Stencil : Bare Tree TC 7006

Multi Surface Paint : Chestnut Brown- White - Black - Metallic Bronze - Green

Texture Paste  - Multi Purpose Craft Adhesive- 

Distress Crackle Paint: Rock Candy -  and Distress Ink : Weathered Wood

Other :

From my stash , piece of fur- dried moss- old lace - sari ribbon