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When you make a conscious choice to be happy, no one can take it away from you because no one gave it to you: you gave it to yourself.

A quote from April Green's - Bloom For Yourself Journal

Monday, 19 August 2013

Christmas in August

Well I'm back today to share my latest Crafty Boots Challenge project. The theme chosen by the fab and talented Sandra is Christmas in August.  So you have our permission to dig out the Christmas stash and play along.

I'm trying, this year, to make Christmas projects using images that aren't actually meant for Christmas. Characters that aren't related but when coloured and matched with Christmas stash they work. Here's my gift tag I've made - 


The character is Chilling Kaylee digi stamp from Some Odd Girl. The background is created by stamping the baubles from Stampin'Up Ornament Keepsakes using Gum ball Green ink. I added red buttons and sentiments from Craftwork cards. I like the idea of Kaylee sitting so she is off the tag. I coloured her using a mix of Copics, Spectrum Noirs and Graph It markers.



So there you go. Simple really. I look forward to seeing your creations.
Take care Zo xx


7 comments:

Stephie Boots said...

Kaylee looks fab! I never thought of using those baubles for a background! Love it! xxx

Mrs Beez said...

This is such a fun tag and, until I read your post, I assumed it was a Christmas image!!Great colour choice - just what I might wear myself, when I'm not wearing claret and blue! x

Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com said...

Zoe what a wonderful tag loving the baubles and image brilliant.

I wonder if I can ask how you managed to get the link on your gallery for visiting your docrafts gallery I have been searching for this widget without success.

As you can see I have a new blog and wondered if you would kindly re follow me again. Love Alison xxx

Dee's Craft Room said...

Love how you have created your background for the tag, I must try this. I would never have guessed that this wasn't a Christmas image, you have coloured it is imaginatively.

Dionne xx

Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com said...

Zoe thank you so much have managed to link the logo and my gallery on Docrafts, copied your logo but added my link and I checked it works. brilliant thanks for your help. Love Alison xx

Unknown said...

Love the stamp really fun!

Helen said...

Great tag, Zoe.