What does "winter" conjure up for you? "Chestnuts roasting on an Open Fire, Jack Frost Nipping at Your Nose". Are you all singing along? Cold, crisp mornings, pretty frosty patterns on leaves and plants, bare trees prettying up the landscape, warm fires and hot drinks.
In my case, as I am in Munich at the moment, (oh so clever being able to blog from there without my laptop - just kidding this is a scheduled post) I need to add Gluhwein, hot steaming cups "mitt Rhum". Oh what a different woman I become when out of my own country, knocking back those steaming alcoholic drinks. I can vouch I will be having two or three of these per day, along with Reibekuchen, Bratwursts and anything else that takes my fancy. But is Munich ready for me and my new boots and my stripey socks?
Trendy or Wot? (one son thinks NOT)
But I digress as I sit dreaming of my few days away visiting the Christmas Markets in Germany the weekend before I go. But to the task in hand.
I did not want not make another Christmas Card and so I thought of bare trees as a landscape but to be honest I did not want to even make another card. So I turned to my dies and a current favourite - Spellbinders Poinsettia. Isn't it a gorgeous die? At the moment that and the Anemone are my two favourites. Had a little bit of paper left over from when I was dem'ing at Leigh for Oyster Stamps (hi Graham and Tracy) which is absolutely gorgeous. Wish I had had the forethought to buy some. It is like a parchment type paper, in a sort of smoky blue but one side has this almost greeny yellow iridescence about it. It's fab - pity it won't show up here in the photo. Wonder if they still have it at the shop?
Anyway, I cut the poinsettia out and then took a tin from my cupboard, painted it with Snowflake Fresco paint to give it a light base and then put Ice Blue over the top. When it was dry I dabbed Sky Fresco over it with a piece of crumpled up Cling Film. It was finished off with Ultramarine Stazon snowflakes.
The Poinsettia was stuck to a circle of silver mirror card and placed in the centre to cover up the clear middle that said "National Trust". All I have to do now is make something to go inside it and I have a gift for someone.
This photo does not do the die justice.
Rightio - now to see what Zoe has said in her intro to this month's themes on JFF - hope to see lots of entries.
