Through the Glass

  Hansel and Gretal always creeped me out when I was a kid.  It was a mystery to me why the witch wanted them so bad and it grossed me out.  So, no wonder I'm not a fan of gingerbread houses!  However, I picked up the new Christmas Blueprint stamp set because I really wanted the Candy Cane...which I did not use.   I'll get around to it.  I like the challenge of using everything I have.   I do have the window & window box die.  It's one of those things I wanted to have but not yet sure what to do with?  Challenge accepted.     No tutorial this time:(  It's really cold here and I was suffering with a headache.  I have even had to stop yesterday.  So, just pictures...sorry.  But I'll tell you what I used if you want to read.  

 

I stamped the gingerbread house on water colour paper and when to town inking with my distress inks, walnut stain, tea dye and antique linen for the house...kinda ombre like.  Then a bunch of bright distress inks for the candy, seedless preserve, festive berries, ripe persimmon, mustard seed, evergreen bough and peacock feathers.

 

 

For the tag we are inside looking out... so I created a worn wallpapered wall.  I dragged some picket fence paint covering the tag then dry.  I stamped a scroll font, Apothecary cms138 with archival black and used iced spruce and antique linen stain.  Spritz the stain on your mat then drag.

 

 

The mini blueprint 5 cms170 is where these wee candy canes (I had to sneak some candy canes in here) are coloured with marker and cut out.  I gave the bow a shot of glossy accents.  Packs a punch! 

 

 

The mini wreath is the same.  Now this is a fussy cut! 

 

 

I cut the window and Pediment pieces with grungeboard.  I then made the paint all eroded looking with distress paints picket fence, pumice stone, gathered twigs and brushed pewter.  This a fun technique I learned in the Creative Chemistry 102 class.

 

 

Another CC102 technique is cracked class.  I'm using this one a lot.  I tried to angle the camera so you can see I created a "flocked" icy window pane. Sadly, my windows are doing this on their own at -20C!

 

 

The window is popped up so I could add on the edge-tree line trees.  I covered them with distress glitter peeled paint then a little liquid applique snow heated to puff up.

 

 

The final bits are the tinsel and Christmas word bands.  I inked the word band with picket fence distress paint to further the worn look.

 

I was inspired by this weeks Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge; It's a Mystery.