Merry Christmas

Hello everyone!

It's Saturday and I'm delighted to introducing you to our new challenge at 52CCT. 

For the next two weeks we'll play with shadows. You can use stamps, stencils, embossing powder ......but you can also draw the shadows yourself.

On the challenge blog you can find some videos on how to make shadows if you are not familiar with this technique. 

I decided to draw the shadows myself - the straight lines of the subjects on my card made it very easy.

I positioned the subjects provisionally and shifted everything slightly to the bottom right. I drew a fine line at the bottom and right edge of the shapes and then pushed the pieces back to their original position. I coloured the shadows and then embossed about two thirds of the panel with a wall pattern. I stuck the beam to this border and hung the stockings on it so that the previously drawn shadows corresponded with the subjects. 

Finally, I stuck a strip of Washi tape to the bottom border and stamped the sentiment - which I also shaded.

Everything is colored with alcohol markers and fussy-cut... 

Have fun with the challenge!

Linked up with:

Jingle Bells - Cardstock Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Autumn Colors

The Crafter's Cafe - Dots and/or Stripes

Mix It Up - Anything Goes + Embossing

Sparkles Christmas - From our House to your House

The 12 Month of Christmas - Christmas 

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

     

     

Stamps: Stockings (Stampin'Up); Sentiment (The Stamps of Life);

Inks: Crumb Cake and Early Espresso (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Dies: Beam (a label die-cut from Deco Time cut in a half)

Embosing: Deco Time

Alcohol markers, washi tape,