Merry Christmas In My Grungy Style

 Happy New Year! Holiday Hues is the challenge theme Pamellia chose at Frilly and Funkie this time, and we get to pick our favorite holiday and our favorite colors of the holiday! My project today is not what you would expect at Christmas, but what can I say?...I love a grungy palette for any holiday! And Christmas is my favorite! Well, so is Halloween, but for now, it's Christmas!

It was a busy day on Christmas Eve, and I found myself putting together a few last minute gifts.  One of these is this gift card wallet I made for my husband.  I actually had the gift, but it was too heavy and bulky to wrap, so I tore off part of the label from the gift and put it into this folder and tied it on our tree.  If anyone knows the story of the Christmas mouse, you know he is Santa's helper, and he always ties a gift on the tree with yellow ribbon.  One of our family's traditions is to tie one gift for each member on the tree with yellow ribbon.

This fits right in with Claudia's Make Time challenge at Our Creative Corner; I definitely felt free with my creativity in making this, but I sure did not allow myself "time". However, I did manage to pull some of those awesome colors from her mood board.

Lots of Distress inks in browns, neutrals, and just a little Iced Spruce for the background, front and back of my Ranger manila card. On the front of the card, I swiped silver texture paste through Tim Holtz snowflakes stencil and sprinkled with Ranger silver tinsel embossing powder and heat dried (Of course, I was in a very big hurry!). I sprinkled on Frantage and heated from underneath and wiped on some metallic wax on the snowflakes and around the edges.

On the back I used the stencil with crackle texture paste and when dry, wiped a little metallic wax with my finger on the snowflakes and around the edges.

   

Inside I stamped Tim's Merry Christmas snowflakes in Iced Spruce and stenciled more snowflakes with crackle texture paste. While it was still wet, I sprinkled with Frantage and then heated. More Frantage at the bottom of the card. They look like black blobs in the photo above, but actually are antique gold.

Merry Christmas is a Top Dog die embossed with Ranger silver Tinsel powder. I shaded with Hickory Smoke Distress marker. This is actually quite sparkly in real life.

To prevent the gift's label from falling out,  I made two accordion folds from heavy vellum and glued them in place at each side to form a pocket. I dyed some grey vintage seam binding with Ground Expresso Distress ink and a spritz of Perfect Pearl spray and tied it closed.

I would like to enter this into the following inspiring challenges:

Frilly and Funkie Holiday Hues

Mixed Media World MMW # 10 Inspirational Image

Emerald Creek Dares "Celebrations Around the World"

As You Like It Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner Make Time Mood Board Challenge
The Artistic Stamper January 2016-New Creative Challenge-Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Winter Wonderland

Fashionable Stamping Challenge # 106 Make Your own Background

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #154 Happy Holidays!

Crafty Cardmakers and More # 154 Snow

Thank you for stopping by today, and for all your wonderful comments!  I truly enjoy reading each and every one of them! Blessings be yours in the New Year!

Hugs!

Sara Emily