Holiday Bear!

Hello Gerda Steiner Designs Fans!  Christi here from Scrapping For Tranquility, Guest Designing once again.  I loved it so much the first time thought I would do it again!  

When I volunteered to Guest Design, I was told about the new release coming up for the holidays and they sent me this wonderful stamp set called Happy Holidays.

I loved everything about this set but that adorable bear really stood out to me so that is where I began.

I have decided to hand make all my gift tags this year since it seems  I never can get my Christmas Cards done.  LOL  Anyone else out there like me???  LOL  This way they have a little taste of my card making but not a full fledged card.  It still comes from my heart but also fits into my busy schedule.

I used Prismacolor Pencils to color him and Wink of Stella, Silver  for my silver stars and fuzzy around his hat.  I then used Brushed Pewter Distress Spray Stain to spray on my blank tag and let it dry while cutting out a star for the background to match my bear.  Once it was dry, I put it together, added some dots in blue sparkle and silver .  Pulling some ribbon through to match, I then added a sentiment ,I had in my stash, that I felt went well with my tag, I called it done.

  I hope you enjoyed my project as much as I enjoyed making it.  Until next time......

It's beginning to Smell a Lot like Christmas

 Hello Gerda Steiner Fans!  Christi from Scrapping For Tranquility here.  I am honored to finish up my Guest Designer time this time with one of my favorite stamp sets, Smell Like Christmas.

Not only does this set have some of the cutest mice but love all the cute sentiments.

When I saw this set I pictured exactly what scene I wanted to make.  I imagined being outside playing in the snow and someone bringing hot chocolate, with marshmallows and fresh baked cookies outside to you.... YUM!!!!  Just the smell alone makes you "float through the air" as if you remember being in one spot one minute and the next you are on top of cookies and hot chocolate.  I can smell them just sitting here at my computer.

I first took watercolor paper and Broken China Distress Oxide Ink and blended it for my background.  After that dried I used a snow flake stencil by Simon Says Stamps and Picket Fence Distress spray and made my snowflakes.  I colored with my Copics all my pieces assembled my card but wanting the little guy "smelling" the goodies to have the action of "floating",  I put him on a wobble.  Watch him in action below.

I have truly enjoyed the honor of being a  Guest Designer for Gerda Steiner Designs and hopefully I will see you all again!

Thank you for having me!

 I get all my cardstock and other pattern papers from 12x12 Cardstock shop.  Following is an affiliate link that is no cost to you but helps me defray costs for me.  When visiting 12 X 12 Cardstock shop, at check out use code CHRISTI10  for 10 percent off your order.  Thank you!