subdue: transitive verb

to reduce the intensity or degree of : tone down

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I am entering this 6 x 12" wall hanging into:

 

Helmars Christmas Color challenge with Numbers ( 450 and Liquid Scrapdots )

Frosted Designs - Christmas Day 1 - Bird

Paper Playtime - Challenge #89 Christmas Colors

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - #150 Not a Traditional Christmas

 

The background was created with Ranger's ink pads: Picked Raspberry and Worn Lipstick; applied directly to the board from the pad and then embossed with Stamp -n-Stuff: Red Dragon ( gives the background a rough glittery look )

 

 It's not too often that I find a product I am not happy with but I do not like these chipboard letters. The black coating came off just in the gluing process....really? ,They are made by Fancy Pants and I was very disappointed by them. Since they were scraping off I decided to go with the flow and gave them a good sanding to rough them up and then I sealed them with my Golden medium. I glued them down with my Helmars 450 which is perfect for adhering to rough or slick surfaces like the embossed background.

 I really enjoyed using up the numbers from old sticker sheets, GREAT feeling to use them up! I cut the heart from my Cricut: Doodlecharms cartridge, p. 85. After sticking on the numbers I applied a layer of medium and then a piece of tissue over them. ( just to make sure they don't lift off and to subdue them a little )

The bird is cut from the French Manor cartridge, p. 39. Cut from Tim Holtz Grunge paper ( I love cutting images from this stuff, cuts soooooo clean!! ) I used Ranger's ink: Broken China to color in the bird and used American Crafts Marvy marker to color the little pieces.

 The flourish comes from TH grunge board: Elements, which was sprayed with Dylusions: Fresh Lime. I used my Helmars Liquid Scrapdots to lift the flourish up equal to the chipboard heart.

The journaling strips were cut from an old Christmas card and each piece outlined with my Faber Castell Pitt Pen. The entire piece and embellishments were outlined with my charcoal pencils and my Close To My Heart marker.

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This is week 2 of our Handmaking for the Holidays! 

 

If you are in need of some fabulous ideas to hand make something for a litte boy, Heather has some great ideas over on her blog, hope you go check them out!

 

And for all you home schooling moms, Chrissy has a cute idea on her blog to get them into the swing of the holiday without them even knowing they are learning something too!