Aurora Wings Challenge #40

Woohooo it's time for another challenge over at Aurora Wings and this time we're celebrating .....

... my favourite time of the year :)

I love nutcrackers and have a bit of a collection on my mantle at Christmas time. I also have several decorations I have made myself over the years so decided it was time to put the 2 together and the perfect choice was to use Mitzi's The Nutcracker Doll. This really is one of the major pluses of digital stamps - being able to print to any size!

From my days as a Folk Art/Tole painter I am lucky enough to have a scroll saw - and a hubby who likes to use it. I printed and cut my image out at 11" tall and also cut an offset of my image which we traced onto a piece of 1/2" thick MDF before cutting him out.

I also decided to make a matching gift card so I cut him out at 4 1/4" tall too - before colouring them up the same and adding some gold glitter highlights. He looks sooo TINY next to his big brother LOL. I painted the wood black before attaching my coloured image using mod podge. I also sealed the image with mod podge before applying a paint on satin varnish to protect it. The only thing left to do is add a small stand at the back to make him more stable - hubby will be onto that after his overseas work trip ;)

And here is a close up of the finished card to go with him - he may yet be a Christmas present for someone and it will be nice to have the matching card.

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Copics Used

Skin {E11, E04, E00, E000, R21, R20} plus E49, E44, E43, E42, 100, C10, C7, C4, C3, C2, C0, G28, G16, G05, R89, R29, R27, R24, R22, R21, YR27, Y17, Y06, Gold Stickles