Mistletoe Memories

Challenge day at Practical Scrappers and this week's focus is ink/chalks. I really wanted to create faux burnt edges with inks on a piece of music and the old picture of me fit in quite well.  This is probably my favorite baby picture of myself and my cousin Scott.  We were 2 and 4, and obviously, he wasn't too enthralled with me. 

To make the music, I printed "Silent Night" out on plain ivory paper, tore around the edges, and attacked it with my ink.   I used 4 shades of brown.  Starting with the lightest shade, I lightly rubbed the ink toward the midde....then I did the same wiith the next shade, stopping about an inch for the center.  Then I chose the next darkest shade, concentrating on the sides and blending toward the middle.  Finished with a dark (almost black shade) of brown around the torn edge.   Paper is Debbie Mumm...holly leaves are Stretch Your Imagination cut at 2 1/2" and enhanced with MS glitter.   Title is written on an inked Stampin' Up marquee punch.

Say Cheese

At Practical Scrappers, we were supposed to create a layout of one of our Christmas traditions.   I chose the annual Christmas photo of the kids.  I used EveryDay Paper Dolls for the Camera....cut on real dial size 3 in silver foil and black.   Cut apart the silver to use as accent pieces.   Trimmed with a white gel pen....and rhinestones.  The little mouse is from Animal Kingdom....face is layered....and I added some circles for the ears.   I cut the legs/arms apart and reattached them. Face is inked and doodled and pop dotted.  I put a little Santa hat from Pooh and Friends on him, cut from red foil with white trim.   The cheese is the party hat from Doodlecharms.  Title is Stickers (so glad to use up some of those.....too many at Big Lots!!)  Added some Favorite Findings metallic snowflakes here and there....and some of that great red rhinestone bling!