ATC World - 12 + 11 Days of Christmas

This is an interesting premise......
Creating the twelve days of Christmas two at a time!!
I selected my designs and went to work.............
I created some word bubbles using Wordle and printed them out ATC size in different colours and fonts for my backgrounds for the whole set.
12 Drummers Drumming
............... the number twelve was cut out in purple glitter paper.  I then adhered these numbers to one of the backgrounds and left to dry overnight.

I smoothed clear glue over the whole card and then, while the glue was still wet, placed some pieces of Dried Glue over the whole, shook on some glitter powder along the digits and then placed the text gently on top of it.


If you look carefully you can see the Dried Glue pieces on top of the figure one.



I found this out of copyright picture of FEMALE Drummers - brilliant!


PVA secures them and shines them up.........




I just love the colouring pictures on this site!  I coloured this one with my faithful watercolour pencils and fussy cut it out.  I used sheet music for the background so that my Drummer could stand proud.  A coat of PVA give it a finished look.




11 Pipers Piping
.........After printing out this picture, I covered it in Crystal lacquer and left to dry.
The paper buckled, the lacquer ran outside the lines, someone (!?!!?!) managed to put some doileys onto it while it was wet so smudging it!

Not good!!

Soooooo..........

I fussy cut that medallion, pierced a hole at the top, thread some green raffia through it and then attached the ribbon with double sided tape to the background. After using a gold gelpen to edge the medallion,  I added a green raffia bow and used a 3D sticky pad to attached the medallion.


I used the faux silk method to make this card.  I covered the background with a layer of tissue paper, left to dry and covered with another layer.

I printed out the text - Eleven True Disciples - onto a sheet of Tissue paper and then attached this to the previous layers.  I am not sure whether this has worked but ....... if I add anything else I think it would be overpowering ........maybe a plainer background another time.





This picture is full of movement which I didn't want distract from so I only used a gold pen for the 'pipes' and gave them red hats and black shoes.  I will update and give credit for this digi as soon as.



UPDATED:-02.11.2013
I have received the following cards:





Thank you Kathy H

Thank you Lori

       Thank you Kathy S



 Thank you Sandie H

Thank you Jan G

Thank you Kathy S