A Festive Special Delivery...

Hello friends...

Hope you all had a great weekend and ready for the brand new week ahead and a brand new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week, our theme is called, Tear It Up and whether you tear your paper or maybe use torn strips of material, we can't wait to see how you'll interpret the challenge!

For my project, I created a panel using paper's from Tim Holtz's Christmas Paper Stash that I tore down the centre and then added rips and tears around the edges. I also added torn corrugated card for a little more added texture and plenty of layers for some dimension...

 

So, let's get started and here's how I created this project...

To begin with I took a piece of the patterned paper from the stash and tore it from top to bottom. Taking the two torn pieces, I then rolled the edges of the paper to accentuate the tears. I placed the two pieces in front of me, with a gap of approx. 1' showing all the way down from top to bottom. I then placed a piece of the wood effect paper behind the gap, so that this shows through. I attached the wood effect paper to the torn pieces and then machine stitched around the outside edge to create a border. Using the paper distresser tool, I ran it around the outside of the paper to create small rips and tears.

Matt the papers onto red kraft card, leaving a border showing around the outside. I then matted onto gold metallic card and a layer of chipboard which I painted with Aged Mahogany Distress Paint.

To add some texture to the background, I tore some pieces of corrugated card, added a light wash of gesso over the top and placed this torn border strip across the centre of the matted layers.

To create the central focal point on this project, I began by cutting a piece of the polka dot card from the Christmas Kraft Paper Stash measuring, 10 x 12cm and matt this onto gold metallic card. I then cut a further panel of the wood effect paper and matted this over the top of the polka dot card ~ this creates the first layer, which I then attached to the right hand side of the torn paper background, using foam pads to add dimension.

For the next layer, I cut a piece of corrugated card from the textured paper surfaces and added a layer of gold deco sheet over the top. I then matted a piece of ephemera, the Christmas Carol music sheet onto kraft card and adhered this over the top of the deco sheet before adding some more ephemera pieces and a Christmas Paper Doll which I coloured with Distress Marker Pens.

I mounted this finished section of layered matts over the top of some die cut foliage ~ cut from Classic Kraft Stash with a light wash of Picket Fence over the top and then glittered with Rock Candy Glitter. I also added some berries to the die cut pieces using dots of Nuvo Glitter Drops.

To complete the focal point, I added a Christmas Clippings Sticker ~ A Merry Christmas To All and die cut a bow from red card, using the die in the Holiday Greens die set. I then placed the bow over the top of the foliage, in the bottom left hand corner.

To complete the background, I added a Special Delivery Ephemera piece just below the central section and outlined it with a Black Soot Crayon.

Now all that is left is all the little finishing touches and I began by colouring my baubles using turquoise and cranberry Alcohol inks. I then attached the baubles over the top of the torn corrugated card, on the left hand side of the dimensional centrepiece.

I added a mirrored star to the top right hand corner of the photo matts, which was lightly altered with Mushroom Alcohol Ink and placed an Index Clip, again altered with alcohol ink, gold mixative and mushroom in the bottom right hand corner.

On the left hand side, I clipped a Hinge Clip ~ coloured with the gold mixative and mushroom alcohol ink and hung a Christmas Typed Token from some chain.

To complete the project, I placed two mini knobs at the top and the bottom of the torn section.

As always, I hope you love the project I've created and enjoyed how I built up the layers to create the dimension on this piece. If you do need any further inspiration, then look no further than our blog to see all the wonderful creations from all the very talented Design Team members and every week, one lucky random participant has the chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in and good luck....

Thank you so much for stopping by today and see you again very soon!

Love Emma xxx

Recipe for project:

Tim Holtz/Sizzix: Holiday Greens, Festive Greens

Distress Paints: Picket Fence, Aged Mahogany
Distress Marker Pens
Black Soot Crayon
Alcohol Ink: Gold Mixative, Mushroom, Turquoise, Cranberry

Idea-ology: Christmas Paper Dolls, Mirrored Stars, Christmas Clippings, Christmas Ephemera, Hinge Clip, Baubles Findings, Index Clips, Christmas Typed token
Mediums: Collage Medium, Rock Candy Dry Glitter, Nuvo Glitter Drops
Surfaces: Classic Kraft Stash, Metallic Kraft Stash, Christmas Paperie, Christmas Kraft Stash, Textured Surfaces, Deco Sheets
Finnabair Mini Knobs
Ranger Craft Sheet

Big Shot

Heat Gun