Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas 2011 - Day Nine

What can I say but, "Fun, Fun, Fun."  Tim's Day Nine tag lesson is all about the background, so go have a look and join in on the fun!  For my background stamp, I used the "Snowflake" from Impression Obsession and I also received more background stamps today!  WooHoo!  This is also linking up to Inspiration Emporium.

I used Tumbled Glass to ink up my stamp and then followed Tim's instructions and finished with Faded Jeans.  All shading was done with Vintage Photo.  For my main piece, I had to use the "Lamppost."  I painted Grunge with the black dabber, distressed a little.  Now I don't know how well this will look, but I made the lamp look like old frosted thick glass!  I cut a piece of plastic, embossed with the Damask folder, sanded lightly, inked with Scattered Straw and clear embossed, repeated with Dried Marigold.  Now most of the embossing faded away, but the effect was pretty cool.  I added a piece of wax paper to the back and I just love how this turned out!  I really looks like glass!!  Promise!  I did the snow effect with paint, glitter, stickles and more paint.  Again I wanted a snow look, but also some of the icing that always goes along!  I may live in CA now, but I know about snow!  For the holly I glued down some of my leftovers from the "Glassine" technique, cut and added a thin layer of Peeled Paint Stickles.  Once dried I put little touch of snow and ice on the leaves!  The berries I painted with red and then added dimension with Xmas Red Stickles.  The Joy was cut from the Market Place strip and covered with UTEE.  My little deer has a red nose and a garland wreath with little red lights!  It was a berry, until someone turned it upside down, before the stickles dried! 

My DH just got home a little while ago after being gone most of the week, so I am quite happy.  It has been a long week with battling this cold/flu or whatever, but thankfully, I have been able to play!  Have a wonderful evening and will see for Day 10!