CHRISTMAS TREE, OH CHRISTMAS TREE, YOUR ORNAMENTS ARE HISTORY - FREE DIGI

I drew this a few weeks ago thinking it might make a fun digi, knowing cats as I do and from my own past experience,  you usually have to keep an eye on the little critters when the Christmas tree is up.

Hope you like it

LEFT click the above pictures to download the PNG format images.

Vince x

AMERICAN GOTHIC SNOWMAN CHRISTMAS DIGI

I've always liked the different versions people make of this famous American painting and thought I'd have a go at my own in digi form.
And as usual, just in case the digi is a little fiddly to colour I've made a coloured version and a ready made sheet too with backing paper and sentiments.

I hope you like it

Vince x

CHRISTMAS, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE DIGI.

I woke up this morning thinking about Christmas time and how much I look forward to this time of year and I got to thinking about the old saying "I felt like all my Christmases had come at once"

A bit of a silly saying really, BUT ...wouldn't that be grand, to have ALL your Christmases from past present and future to all come in one go, all those wonderful Christmas Days gone by spent with love ones that are no longer with us, all those lovely presents, tree's and decorations, the turkeys, the puddings and crackers .... 

Well anyways, that was the inspiration for this rather strange Past, Present and Future digi.

As usual I've made a coloured version but I've also done a full page print off with topper, background and sentiments.

I hope you like them

Just LEFT click the pictures above to download.

Vince x

SNOW PEOPLE, FRAMED CHRISTMAS DIGIS

 

Today I thought I'd make a couple of Christmas digis that have a frame which can be stamped in.
Maybe they'd be useful for using your Christmas sentiment stamps on, an embellishment or even a photo?

I've named them Monsieur et Madame De Flurry and as you can see Madame Flurry is a bit of a glamour puss and likes to dress up, especially at Christmas time.

I hope you like them.

To download just LEFT click on the above pictures.

Vince x

PUPPY LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS DIGIS

A few people had mentioned they preferred dogs to cats and I didn't want to leave them out, so I swapped the kitty for a pup.

I hope you like him.

Just LEFT click to download.

Vince x

KITTEN KISSES CHRISTMAS DIGI

Well, that time of year is nearly upon us yet again, just where did that last year go!?
Suppose I'd better get started on my Christmas cards.

Anyone who knows me well will be aware of my love of cats and my and weird fascination of their little pink noses, I don't know what it is about them, they are just so adorable.
That's why I spent a few hours yesterday afternoon making these digis, in honour of our feline friends and their cute schnozzles.

I hope you like them.

Just LEFT click to download the above pictures.

Vince x

A SURPRISE CHRISTMAS GIFT - MICE DIGI

Still on the theme of the little mice, I thought I'd make another Christmas digi.
Elmer the mouse elf surprises Mrs Bonnie Applecheeks (sister of Maude) with a Christmas gift.
Smells like cheese to me.

Hope you like it

To download, just LEFT click and save.

Vince x

FESTIVE CAROL SINGING CHRISTMAS MICE.DIGI

Uh oh, looks like I'm stuck on a theme again, though I have to admit that I do enjoy drawing these funny little mice.

They're all having a bit of a Christmas sing sing then it's all back to Maude's place in the skirting board for a quick hot toddy (or 4) to warm the cockles.

Just LEFT click on the pictures above to download.

Vince x

DANCING MICE CHRITMAS DIGI

As I liked these little mice so much and had fun making them, I thought I'd turn their witches clothes into Christmas garments.

I hope you like them too  :0)

Simply LEFT click each picture to download.

Vince x

CHRISTMAS SCARECROW FREE DIGI

I've had this idea in my head since the summer when I saw a scarecrow standing proudly in the middle of an allotment and I wondered if the owner dressed him in seasonal clothes (I know, I think of some really weird stuff sometimes - hee hee)

I decided to make two versions of him as here in the UK the robin usually represents the season whilst in the US I believe it's the Cardinal. So you can take your pick which on you prefer.  :0)

As you can see I've made a coloured and plain digi of both, just LEFT click on any to download.

I hope you like him,  :0)

ONE 12" SHEET = FOUR CARDS.

I set myself a challenge !

I HATE wasting beautiful paper so I cut a 12" sheet of DoveCraft "Victorian Christmas" into four 7"X5" pieces and set about using the pieces to make 4 cards.

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Card 1 -

I first scuffed around the edges of the card with a Brown ink pad, mounted the picture on Beige card cut with decorative scissors and edged it with Brown ink.

A strip of paper which I had left over from card 3 was cut with decorative scissors and also edge inked with Brown.

The snowflakes and sentiment were die cut I lightly dabbed the sentiment with blue and beige ink pads as it was too white.

The snowflakes, picture and sentiment were applied with foam pads.

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Card 2 -
Again I first edged the card with a Brown ink pad, then after stamping "Merry Christmas" on a strip of white card I used re-positionable glue to adhere some small die cut snowflakes.

I rubbed over the whole thing with chalks trying to match it to the paper as best as possible.

I peeled off the die cuts and gently rubbed over the whole thing to blur the effect.

I then backed the strip with a slightly larger piece of Gold mirror card and cut with decorative scissors ( I seem to use these scissors a lot) and topped it off with small "Gold" gems.

The 3 Gingerbread men brads were each pushed through a punched Gold square of mirror card and then pushed into position on the card (1" apart)

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Card 3 -
I measured half way down the card then cut it across horizontally, then measured 1" down from the top of the card and cut again.

(the waste center part of this card went to on make the "strip" on card 1)

A piece of 5"X7" clear acetate was glued inside to the 1" top part of the card using double sided tape.

I then adhered the bottom part of the card onto the front of the acetate using double sided tape.

(you could just use a small strip of acetate inside the card I suppose but I thought that using a whole sheet would stabilise the card more.)

With our new "Crocodile Chomper" I rounded off the card edges. this cut through the acetate and card like a knife through butter!

Now I had a 7"X1 1/2" window to fill ...

I decided to use the same "Merry Christmas" stamp as on card 2 as this filled the area perfectly.

I made 2 small marks with soft pencil on the right inside edge of the card and drew faint lines horizontally across the inside of the card this gave me the position of the window and made positioning the "Merry Christmas" stamp much easier I erased the pencil marks afterwards.

I used thin silver peels offs on the top and bottom edges of the window to cover the "raw" edges.

The 5 girls picture was first applied to white card to make them sturdier then cut out and adhered with thick foam pads.

I wanted snowflakes on this card too but didn't like white ones as they stood out too much, so I rubbed over a piece of White Glitter card with a sponge and different coloured ink pads and then die cut the ink stained Glitter card with the Cuttlebug snow flakes die.

These were also applied with foam pads with some overlapping onto the window.

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Card 4 -

The corners were first rounded off then inked with a Blue ink pad.

On this card I used a quote cut from "Christmas card quotes" by Hot Off The Press.

Using chalks I rubbed around the quote trying not to get too much chalk on the letters.

Using a clear "Stardust" Sakura pen I drew round the "Christmas Greetings" message to make it pop a bit more, cut the whole thing into a rectangle and punched the corners with a decorative corner punch.

I matted this using Gold Mirror card and rounded off the edges.

The sentiment was then added to the card with foam pads.

I glued a length of Blue ribbon to the card using double sided tape and made a bow with more of the same ribbon wrapping a Gold brad around it before adhering it to the card with sticky dots.

3 Gold mirror card die cut snowflakes glued to the bottom right of the card finished it off.

(The Blue ribbon is not as bright as it appears in this photo)

Hhhmmm ! I still have a 2"X2" piece of paper left over !

I'll put that in my "scraps drawer" for another project.