Sunday, December 20, 2015

Let It Snow

It is crazy hectic with last minute details surrounding Christmas Day. Spend it with my fam or my DH fam? Or both? Can I eat 2 large meals?!? Yeppers, I sure can!  I retreated to my art studio and created some me time today and went about designing a canvas. Ahhh, my sweet canvas! How I missed you! Since its been snowing here I was inspired to make this:
I love love love the shimmer from my Primary Elements and Silks. Colour Arte has the most wonderful and brilliant colors. I used: Autumn Skies, Go Navy and a dash of Plum Crazy PE and Cielo Azul Silks. Enjoy and Merry Christmas to all of you lovelies! 
I started with a Prima stencil and some clear matte texture paste. I then heat embossed all three snowflakes and the mini canvases. Glitter glitter everywhere, glitter glitter in my hair! Hehe
I sprinkled the Primary Elements onto my canvas and sprayed with water, blotting and adding color until I was happy. The mini canvases are popped up with different sizes foam dots for added dimension. Once the canvases were added I used some watered down white acrylic paint to highlight all the "snow" bubbles. I then glued the sentiment down with Glossy Accents. I hand died my seam binding with a mix of the Primary Elements and some DI. I tried a new seam binding and in order to get it to crinkle I wrapped a rubber band around it and stuck it in my dryer, waited 20 minutes (agonizing!) and pulled it out. It ended up with crinkles but not as good as others I have used. I added the metal snowflake charm to my ribbon for more texture. The bow is set on a base of cheesecloth and leftover ribbon stuff. The small branches are a punch with Glitter added for some more shimmer. 
Lastly I added the Snow Tex and more glitter. Some of my snow bubbles were highlighted even more with glitter. This was a fun design and it is so shimmery and glitzy IRL but the sun is not out today. Thanks for stopping by during this busy time. Happy Weekend! Hugz and Carpe Diem! ~Niki

I would like to share this design with these lovely challenges:


Winter Wonderland-Christmas Bingo (I used Snowflakes, Glitter, Pearls/Rhinestones)





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18 comments:

  1. Valerie-JaelDecember 20, 2015 at 3:00 PM

    This is really lovely gorgeous colours. I like the idea of 2 Christmas dinners, too....Have a great time, hugs, Valerie

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  2. SandeeNCDecember 20, 2015 at 4:01 PM

    So pretty! Love all the layers

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  3. experiments in paperDecember 20, 2015 at 4:38 PM

    Very pretty, Niki! Loving' those blues!! And wishing we were getting snow....
    Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday - thanks for the great inspiration all this year! xxx Lynn

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  4. talkis23December 20, 2015 at 5:41 PM

    Wow thanks for playing With ColourArte Challenge Blog.

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  5. Astrid MacleanDecember 20, 2015 at 9:43 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous, love those snowflakes, they look so pretty against that beautiful blue background!
    Merry Christmas to you and yours!!

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  6. UnknownDecember 21, 2015 at 12:31 AM

    Wow this is a great card with all details on it.
    Thanks for joining us at Brown Sugar Challenge, and good luck.

    Hugs,
    Merlina

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  7. Felix the Crafty CatDecember 21, 2015 at 6:04 AM

    This is lush Niki, love it. So much gorgeous detail. Have a great crafty Christmas, Angela x

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  8. Julia AstonDecember 21, 2015 at 8:44 AM

    You sure turned plain in fabulous here Niki! love the blues, the textures, layers and the snow! (none here yet in MA!) Merry Christmas!

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  9. Proxxon ToolsDecember 21, 2015 at 10:56 AM

    This is so pretty, thanks for playing along with the Colourarte challenge

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  10. Gibby Frogett December 21, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    There's something magical about snowflakes - love your gorgeous card Niki.

    2 Christmas dinners? I can just about manage the one heaped pile my hubby cooks :)
    Have a great Christmas....... Gill xx btw I've got the info you wanted about the winged clock on my tree - can't see way of messaging you on blog (I've probably missed it) will try on FB instead :)

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  11. UnknownDecember 22, 2015 at 12:26 AM

    I just love snowflakes against a blue background. So shimmery and absolutely gorgeous, Niki. Fantastic job!

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  12. RedanneDecember 22, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    I just love those cool blues, the bow is just fabulous and the snowflakes look amazing! The Snowtex really does look like real snow and gives such a cool appearance to your canvas - love this Niki!! Hugs, Anne xx

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  13. Danielle VincentDecember 23, 2015 at 7:51 AM

    Wow! Beautiful piece of art. Thanks for sharing your step by step process. The finished product is amazingly gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at My Time to Craft!

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  14. Words and PicturesDecember 24, 2015 at 6:32 AM

    Fabulous snowy canvas - love those vivid blues! Hope you enjoy your two big festive meals Wishing you and yours a peaceful and joyous festive season!
    Alison xx

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  15. TangledBlueRoseDecember 24, 2015 at 7:06 PM

    Just love the gorgeous blue! So perfect!
    Merry Merry Christmas! Have a wonderful Holiday!
    ~hugs and peace, ~kim

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  16. SewPaperPaintDecember 26, 2015 at 12:33 PM

    What an absolutely amazing design I love these colors and love your layout hugs, autumn

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  17. sarasclosetDecember 26, 2015 at 6:46 PM

    Hi, Punkin! I hope you had both dinners! And I hope Santa was good to you! What a wonderfully snowy canvas you put together! Love those snow bubbles and that snow along the top! But then those snowflakes really steal my heart, too--the blues on those are gorgeous!! Niki, this has got to be a favorite of mine, for sure!! Sorry I missed this, last week, but so happy I checked in! This is delightful, and tee hee, I just bought those Let it snow thingies at Micheals the other day! I put them in my stocking and acted surprised! Can't wait to use one! Big hugs to an awesome artist!

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  18. UnknownDecember 29, 2015 at 6:59 AM

    Oooh This is beautiful hun... I love the colours and you do make me laugh... two big meals... that's a wow itself!! lol. Just catching up now on what I have missed on your blog, so got me cuppa and will be having a nosy. This is just gorgeous and aren't silks just the bomb!! I love using them too.

    Hope you have had a very good Xmas, and the two meals went down well xxx

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