Rudolph Day Challenge#October.

I had a nice little surprise this week when my prize from the July challenge finally arrived. (Not Mo's fault I hasten to add. I think it had been 'resting' in customs!)

It was a very pretty little nativity die so I decided to use it straight away, and these are what I made.

I am not sure but I think I prefer the one without the brown mat behind the frame. They are on the same colour base cards, somewhere between these two, but the camera saw them differently!

I have not used yupo paper before. I bought a pack ages ago. I can't even remember my reason but I must have had a plan at the time! Anyway I thought it was time to have a go and I used it with alcohol inks. It was great fun and kept the colours true and bright. I engineered them slightly to get the paler yellow area behind the crib, but other than that I let it do its own thing,

I chose the best place for the die to go, then glued it in place and cut round it. Then I cut a gold scroll frame from vinyl on my Silhuette Cameo, and also a brown mat for it on one.

I mounted it all on a 15cm card cut from a 12" x 12" sheet of American Crafts vanilla card, and added a die cut gold star above the crib.

I also received some black diecuts of the three kings, and for them I covered two sheets of yupo paper with shades of blue alcohol inks. When they were dry I lightly spritzed them with a very old silver mica mist, and glued the die cuts over this. 

Then I cut two white base cards and stamped a line of script using another ancient warrior, a Serendipity stamp, and glued my inked piece below it. This time I added a silver star.

Easy cards to make and quite efective so Thank You Maureen.

I will be adding these to the October Rudolph day Challenge.