Christmas Contemplation

Here's a little mixed media piece I made for my studio.  Sometimes, we all need to be reminded during the holidays to slow down, relax, and contemplate!  I was inspired by this charming Polkadoodles digi, Delivering Gifts by Sledge, and the idea just ran from there.  Winnie looks so 'deep in thought' as she travels through the snow with her companions.  

I started by Copic coloring the image, and then turned to my background.  I chose a tan plaid paper from Winnie White Christmas Big Kahuna Download.  I imported that pattern into Cricut Design Space and added the snowflakes (Winnie Winterland) in red, green and tan.  While I was in DS, I printed out the tags (Winnie Winterland) and the sentiment (Winnie Special Moments Quotes) onto a red rectangle changing the font to white.  

Once all was printed and cut, it was time for some messy fun!  I brushed matte medium over the background and "drew" around the area where my image would go with a brown pen smudging as I went.  I did some minimal stamping and inked the edges of the tags.     

Next, I adhered the background paper to a piece of corrugated cardboard from an old box.  Texture pasted went around the edges for a snowy effect!  Now for my favorite part, adhering all the pieces.  I love it when it comes to this point and I get to start choosing all the goodies!  What's even better is almost everything here was in my scrap bag!  

My plan is to hang this through the holidays and then hole punch for a Holiday Art Journal.  Who knows, I may end up keeping it a piece of wall art.  Hmmmm......I'll have to contemplate this!  

Material List:

Polkadoodles Digi:  Delivering Gifts by Sledge
Polkadoodles Paper:  Winnie White Christmas Big Kahuna Download
Polkadoodles Tags and  Snowflake:  Winnie Winterland
Polkadoodles Sentiment:  Winnie Special Moments Quotes
Copic Markers
White Gel Pen
Texture Paste
Destress Collage Medium
Metallic Gold Paint
Pearl White Paint
Brown Marker Pen
Corrugated Cardboard
Brown inks and various stamps from stash
Odds and Ends from Stash:  Fibers, Gems, Ribbons, Sequins, Button, Gold Thread, etc

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I'm off contemplating the following challenges: 

The Corrosive Challenge:  AG
We Love to Create:  AG Mixed Media
The Outlawz Festive Friday:  Christmas
Aud Sentiments:  AG with a sentiment
ABC Christmas Challenge:  Q is for Quote
Back to Basics and Beyond:  Use a Digi Image
Sweet Stampin' Christmas:  Christmas

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