DIGITALLY SWEET - challenge #65

Another fabulous week at Digitally Sweet

Challenges and I'm really enjoying my time here. I had another wonderful image to play with again this week... 

...Saint Nicholas himself. 

This weeks image comes courtesy of DigiDarla Designs.

You can find the image here

This week, I used my watercolour pencils to colour the image (I bought some new watercolour pencils a couple of weeks ago and can't stop using them!)and I think they look fab with this image as the colours aren't too bright, they are muted and keep the image looking vintage-y.

After colouring the image - I wanted to make a plaque rather than a card. 
I painted a piece of chipboard using olive green emulsion paint.

I stamped the chipboard using a scroll motif then heat embossed it using silver embossing powder. 

I also inked the edges of the board and embossed it using the same silver powder. After embossing, I inked over the top with the same stamp using vintage photo distress ink to give it a layered, muted effect.

I spelled out the word s-a-n-t-a using die cut letters and also the numbers 2 & 5.

I covered them with clear ink and embossed them using gold powder. 

I stamped the poinsettia stamp several times on tan core'dinations card. I cut the whole flower out three times and cut the center of the flowers a further six times. 

I layered the flowers up and arranged them on the bottom of the plaque.

Another great week at Digitally Sweet. 

Ingredients:

* Watercolour pencils

* Piece of chipboard

* Floral/scroll motif stamp

* Embossing powder - gold & silver

* Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

* Poinsettia stamp

* Die cut letters/numbers

* Core'dinations card

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment if you wish.
Lis xxx


I would also like to enter my creation in the following challenge/s:

* Use numbers @ Hels Sheridan Blog

* Favourite Christmas colours @ TTPH