Hi there 🙂 I can’t believe that it’s November, and Christmas is very quickly approaching!! It’s also time for the mid-challenge reminder at Aurora Wings Challenge Blog. We have a fun theme this time
It really makes for endless possibilities, depending on your mood and preferences! I was really leaning towards a Nightmare, but when Halloween passed, and me being Ms. Last Minute, I slipped into more of a dreamy mood for my project 🙂
I chose to go with a Christmas decor item, inspired by The Nutcracker, and featuring Mitzi’s lovely Clara, found here on aurorawings.com and here in the Etsy store, and The Nutcracker, found exclusively in the aurorawings.com store. I colored 2 of each image, making the Clara colorings mirror image, then fussy cut them out. This was fun, as I was back to my old trick of printing images soooo tiny, but I got it all done without cutting any extremities off 🙂 I glued the Claras back to back, sandwiching some string between the two pieces, so they could spin, then set this aside.
I die cut the “window” that Clara is suspended from, twice from a brushed silver paper, and once from cardboard, to give it stability. I built the circular base from cardboard, then covered it with the same brushed silver paper. The window was assembled, with Clara, then inserted into a notch that I’d cut in the base. I used some sparkly eyelash yarn in a pretty blue to glue around the edges of the base and window, then die cut some corner pieces from a blue CS. I found some sparkly tulle, and gathered and glued it to the base, adding a white ribbon to finish it. The sentiment, a quote from the Nutcracker, was computer generated, then die cut with a blue frame to match the top corner pieces.
 I added some rhinestones and a white bow, before affixing the Nutcrackers on either side of the window….as guards 🙂
 Here is another picture of my project, from a different angle. 🙂
Posted by Susan Sudbury on Monday, November 5, 2018
I’d like to enter this in the following:
World Wide Open DT Challenge – #10 ATG Oct/Nov
DL Art – November Linky Challenge
The Sketchy Challenges – #147 ATG
Stamping Sensations – November Get Ready For Christmas
Addicted To Stamps – #168 ATG with optional Use Ribbon
Get Creative Challenges – #75Â Anything But A Card
Incy Wincy Challenge – Christmas
Classic DT Open Challenge – #11 ATG
EEEK! How gorgeous and creative, Susan! Such a fabulous Christmas scene. Love the brushed silver with the royal blue and your details on Clara and the Nutcrackers are AMAZING! Perfect sentiment, too. Love, love, LOVE! xxD
OMG, we need a video of this one, Susan! I want to see Clara rotate!! What a brilliant project! I can’t believe you got this done so quickly, and you totally blew my mind with this one. There was a time in my life where holiday season meant the Nutcracker production, and I know that the ballet people would kill to have this! LOL Really magical and gorgeous for the holiday season. Thank you so much for this grand inspiration today! Mitzi xxx
This is an absolute WOWSER. Stunning, jaw dropping and gobsmaker. You did an amazing job with this entire project and I just love it. Great work.
Thank you for sharing with us here today at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Annette DT Registered Owners/Admin for World Wide Open Design Team Challenge
A really delightful and magical Christmas creation, many thanks for joining in with our ‘Get ready for Christmas’ theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.
B x
Wow this is just stunning .Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Michelle DT Owner/Admin for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/
The silvery metallic look adds a magic touch, great work. Thanks for sharing with us at Incy Wincy Christmas challenge, CarolG
Super Awesome! Thanks for Joining our challenge at Addicted To Stamps.
Wow what an amazing creation!! So much attention to detail and the sparkle really adds to the magic of it all. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month.
Pinky
This is gorgeous Susan. A really fabulous idea. Thank you for sharing with us over here at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Gale DT for http://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/
This is a realy special design. Very nicely made.
Thank you for sharing this amazing creation at our challenge, I hope you will join us again at our next challenge.
-xiss- Renate.
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
Lovely work, thank you for joining us at Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog.
Good luck
Carla DT
WOWZER!!!!! I love it. This is so spectacular Susan, how creative and fun,
Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes NOVEMBER 2018 Linky Challenge. Have a blessed day
DL.ART
DIANA L.
Stunning project. Thank you for joining in the Christmas challenge at Incy Wincy Designs.
A beautiful Christmas creation. A fantastic design and idea. Looks so magical. Thanks for joining our challenge at Addicted to Stamps.
Great creation! Thanks for joining us at Get Creative Challenges.
groetjes, Ellen