Preparations for trimming the tree

We chose our tree yesterday and it will be delivered today ready for us to decorate during the week. As regular readers of my blog know Billy my cat likes to write that post and that will be coming up soon. I have lots of treasured ornaments and I decided that I would like to make something handmade for my darling granddaughter Daisy to hang on her tree. She really loves the Visible Image Wonderland characters so I decided that for my Monday design team inspiration I would make an ornament using the fab Cheshire cat stamp.

 I started with a plain wooden snowflake from my stash.

 I gave it a coat of gesso and then added a little sparkle to the edges.
I die cut 2 holly branches

 and added red Stickles to the berries.

 I coloured Mr Cat
from the Cheshire cat set

in festive colours using Zig watercolours. I fussy cut him out and added glossy accents to his eyes and some Glamour dust for sparkle

I wanted to date Daisy's ornament so out came the ever useful alphabetical set . I stamped and embossed 2018 in red.

So then it was just a case of putting everything together. Here he is;

ready with his stocking hung for the man in the red suit to fill to the brim!

I gave him to Daisy on Saturday and her little face lit up. We were lucky enough to see them get their tree and decorate it.

She was so thrilled, bless her and couldn't wait to hang him from the tree.

I would like to enter my tree ornament into the following challenges;

Crafty cardmakers 1/3 anything but a card
 Crafty catz 1/3 anything goes
Fussy and fancy 1/3 Winter/Christmas
Stamping sensations 1/3 winter sparkle
Penny Black and More 1/3 traditional Christmas colours
Love to Create 1/3 anything mixed media
Crafty Calendar 1/3 It's Christmas time
Ribbon girl 1/3 anything goes
Crafteezee a gift
Allsorts 1/3 fairies, fantasy, magical I think my red and green cat is rather magical 😸
Cupcake Inspirations The holidays
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas anything goes

All the Visible Image links can be found here;

Visible Image group page on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you there. You can add work to the new challenge album where one randomly chosen winner each month wins a £40 coupon to spend on the website. For December and January the theme is "Christmas/Winter".

The main Visible Image Facebook page is here; there are weekly stamp giveaways...open world wide.

And the shop web site is here; where all their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased. 

 The challenge ends on 31st January 2019 so you have plenty of time to join us.

I hope you might feel inspired to make your own Christmas ornaments, you don't even need any Christmas stamps to do this. There are only 22 days until the Big Day....are you ready?

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x