I Love Santa - Christmas Tag

Gnomes sure have been a big thing this winter in craft land.  I couldn't resist this little Gnome Santa from Unity Stamp Co., the set is called Joy & Blessings designed by Angie Blom.  I coloured the images with my Derwent Intense pencils.  It was fun, I love how you can use different pressure to get the deeper shades.  The tag is outlined in white pigment ink.

City Sidewalks Busy Sidewalks - Unity Planner Journal

Ooooh this was a fun page to do - the image is coloured with copics and then I went over the green presents with a CTMH shimmer pen.  The background was inked with distress ink through a Newton's Nook Music Note stencil - I tried to tie in the background to the sentiment - whenever I read the sentiment I hear the song in my head.  

Christmas Gnome Tags

Remember I said I had been adding some new products to my stash?  Well here's some more - these adorable Gnome tags are made from a die set from Simon Says Stamp.  Everything is die cut and pieced together.  I coloured the noses and beards with copics.

To finish them off I added some bells and bows to the hats.

Merry Everything - Christmas Card

I've been adding some new to me products to my stash - like I need them!  This is a stamp set from Newton's Nook called Santa Paws and has the coordinating die set.  I coloured the images with copics.  But the real star of the show in my opinion is that background!!  I used various distress inks to blend this together, making the centre appear highlighted or glowing.  The sentiment was covered in gold embossing powder and I used Heide Swapp Gold Color Shine for a starry appearance.  I can't wait to try more backgrounds this way in other colour combinations.