A Bush Christmas

Published on December 4, 2023December 3, 2023 by Michele Jutrisa

Our theme this month for the Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop by Ann Alexander is a ‘Theme Challenge – A Bush Christmas’ .

I love this challenge, for the last month it has been bouncing around in my head, working out what I could do. I love Australian Native Flowers and Stampin’ Up! ® Everlasting Beauty Stamp Set was perfect for this challenge using the stunning Waratah to make my focal point.

I also used the Magical Meadow Dies for the other elements with the Waratah. Even though they are not technically Australian fauna I tried to colour them to represent the Australian Bush. The Holly was added, because what is Christmas without a bit of Holly.

Card Measurements

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card Base	Pebble Path	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score @ 14.9cm
Card Mat	Old Olive	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front	DSP – Joy of Christmas	3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Sentiment	Basic White	¾ x 5 ¼”	1.8 x 14.4cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5 ¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip	DSP – Joy of Christmas	½ x 5 ¼”	1 x 14.4cm
Fauna/Flowers	Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper	2 sheets watercolour paper

Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
- Everlasting Beauty – Waratah – stamped 2 images (2nd image used only the leaves)
  - Stamped in Stazon Black Ink, coloured with Real Red and Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad.
  - Leaves and stem coloured in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.
  - Fussy cut
  - Add splatters of Wink of Stella and watered down White Craft Ink
- Magical Meadow Dies Cut
  - Die cut Leaves, 2 of each
  - Holly Leaves
    - die cut x 5 and coloured after cut.
    - Holly coloured with Garden Green Ink.
  - Leaves & Buds cut x 1
    - Branches Shadded Spruce
    - Buds – Berry Burst & Crushed Curry
  - Spiky Leaves – cut x 2
    - Shadded Spruce and Pecan Pie
  - Leaves & Berrys , cut x 2
    - Leaves – Old Olive
    - Berry Dies – Watercolour Paper coloured with Real Red Ink and die cut
Card Front –
- After cutting DSP using a Blending Brush, brush on Mossy Meadow Ink and then go over with Real Red Ink. Real Red Ink was not taken as far onto the DSP as the Mossy Meadow Ink.
- Add splatters of Wink of Stella and watered down White Craft Ink
Fauna – Layer the fauna
- You may want to die & colour extra…I cut some of my leaves up to fill spaces
Sentiment – Stamped using Cherry Cobbler Ink
Classic Matte Dots – Coloured with Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends.

Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop

Welcome to Let’s Craft Together Blog Hop. We are a group of Australian Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators that are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire you to make creations of your own. Each month we will be showing different ideas based around products, themes and challenges.

This month Ann Alexander has challenged us a wonderful Theme Challenge – A Bush Christmas.

Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!

You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list below to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas.

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