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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Starry Santa


Today I am sharing a recycled star from a birthday decoration.  The Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge is stars and the City Crafter Blog Challenge is Santa Claus is coming to town. The ColourQ colors worked beautifully too!  I combined the challenges to create a vintage star decoration.

The background paper is a combination of Stella and October Afternoon paper for the layers of the star. Then a rim of Melissa Frances Crushed Glitter around the edges.  The edge of the circle is made from crepe paper glimmer misted with Patina blue. 

The center of the circle is stamped using Artistic Outpost - Route 66 and Snowy Woods.  A little distressing, crushed glass and embellishments and done.

Here are the colors:


Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!

Suzz

33 comments:

Debgem said...

What a super ornament! I really like the vintage feel with the image and distressing. It's lovely!

Bobbie Lynn said...

Just beautiful. I have some chipboard stars and now you have given me some ideas. Thanks for sharing.

Lisa Somerville said...

Beautiful vintage Christmas decoration! Love the colors, use of glitter and the map image behind Jolly Old St. Nick!

Lin said...

Love these colors together, Sue! Beautiful and vintagey looking!

Shelly Hickox said...

Soooo pretty, and you used one of my favorite stamps! I honestly don't think there is a thing you do that I don't love!

CropStop said...

Oh the blues are wonderful! What a great way to repurpose!

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Love your recycled star and the Santa is fabulous. Lovely vintage feel to this piece and I love the colour. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x

toscania-art-life said...

Love your star!!!

Tiffany said...

Wonderful holiday decor, Sue! I love all the pretty shades of blue on this project!

Lionelsa said...

Adorable!!!

Barb said...

Beautiful decoration, Suzz! Love these colors, and your new header is stunning!

Candy C said...

Suzz...this is absolutely beautiful! I love the stamp you chose, the colors you used and the embellishments you selected to create such a fabulous vintage star!!! Thanks for sharing your work with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. <3 Candy

Patrice said...

Love the vintage feel!

Kristi S said...

this is gorgeous! saw you over at ColourQ and wanted to stop by to tell you!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Simply breathtaking, thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

Dawn said...

stunning Suzz. Such a beautiful vintage ornament

Anna-Karin said...

Such a beautiful ornament! Love everything about it, the centre piece, the blue glitter, the gorgeous colours. TFS!

Sylvia said...

Beautiful star ornament Suzanne! Thanks for joining us at the ColourQ this week.

email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com said...

I love the sparkle! The color scheme is nice too!

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Nancy said...

Yikes, that is one gorgeous ornament, Sue! I love that you repurposed the star and created something so special!

Linda R. said...

This is so beautiful. I just love it..

So glad you played along with us at CCCB!!

Hugs, Linda

Ros said...

Oh this is gorgeous ... Love the blues and aquas ... and the glitter and of course the image is beautiful ... Thanks so much for your support at CCCB ... always lovely to see your creations

Robyn Phelan Sharp said...

I swear I commented on this yesterday...but I just have to say again..I LOVE THIS STAR!!! The color, the composition...everything!

Dorothy C. said...

This is so beautiful! I also love your new blog header. I have a rectangular monitor and it fills the screen perfectly.

Tracey McNeely said...

Beautiful Star, love the glitter.

Lynn Stevens said...

WOW, gorgeous!!!!!

Gerrie Johnnic said...

You rocked this big time, I love Sue

craftimamma said...

Wow Sue, this is gorgeous! I would never have thought of putting that road map behind the Santa in the main circle. You're brilliant!

Hugs
Lesley Xx

Noelle said...

This is just gorgeous! I love the star shape, the glitter, and the seam binding bow! Thanks for playing at colourQ this week! :)

LeAnne said...

Wowza--look at all the comments and I can see why! This is a stunner! I love AO stamps and this Santa is at the top of the list---I have used him lots of times! Thanks for playing with the CQC this week!

Marian Garcia, Studio M said...

I have to say you have my vote for the Queen title! This is so eye catching and very classy. If you get a chance come by and check out my creation.

xo, Marian
www.StudioMbyMarian.blogspot.com

cnelson said...

Wow!! Absolutely GORGEOUS! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with CCCB!

Shirley said...

Wow! Suzz, what a stunning ornament! I love the colors and how you did the edges of the star and your image! Love the itty bitty star too!