Sunday 22 December 2013

Happy Christmas


Journal Page for Stampotique Challenge Anything Goes and the Craftbarn Alpha Challenge Letter X-Xmas!

I have longed to use Oh my Deer as this was my first Stampotique acquisition! and along came Santa Baby who arrived just this week!!
I started by stamping the images and colouring with water colours an early Christmas present!

Then distressed the edges with Distress inks, Black Soot, Walnut Stain and Barn Door
The Dictionary background was washed with DecoArt Quinacridone Gold, Burnt Orange and Carbon Black

Once dry I applied the collage pieces and distressed further with the inks and acrylic paint splats
Have a lovely Christmas Everyone and a Happy New Year!

Jools :)

19 comments:

  1. I just love how you've used so many stamps for this, wonderful. Happy Christmas Jools!
    Thanks for joining in with us at Stampotique :)

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  2. Great page. Merry Christmas BJ

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  3. A wonderful spread! You are a master at using these quirky Stampoteque images! Great background too!

    Merry Christmas to you and yours!!

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  4. A fabulous journal page Jools, love the stamps you have used.
    Have a wonderful and magical Christmas.
    Festive greetings.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  5. Great piece of art, Jools. Merry Christmas to you too !
    Corrie x

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  6. Jools, this is just great! I don't think you used *every* Christmas stamp that Stampotique makes, but you have come pretty close! This is just such a fun scene. Great work!

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  7. Visiting from The Craft Barn - I think your images are wonderful. Merry Christmas :o)

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  8. Hi Jools - thanks for the tip - I wouldn't have been doing this if you hadn't prodded me back in February!! Great X page!

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  9. Wow, stunning page...love love love it, Jools!

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  10. How cool, that's a fantastic page, love the images.

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  11. Wow - totally drop-dead brilliant! Completely love these pages!!
    Alison xx

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  12. Love, love , love the way you've put together these Stampotique images.

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  13. I am not a fan of Stampotique images but the I love how you put together your page with lots of grungy and distressed effects.

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  14. Well done on this last page! I have always been a fan of your gorgeous pages. Thank you for playing with us through 2013. Happy New Year
    Izzy

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  15. LOVE your X page!! ....Fabulous use of the Stampotique stamps. Jan x

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  16. Love this page. It looks fantastic and I know its not easy to get a balance with all the different stamps. You have the right amount of colour to grungy murkiness. Just such a fun page.

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