Creative Card Crew

At the risk of boring you all silly ........ particularly as I constantly say I don't make Christmas cards until November ........ how could I not make an exception when these goodies dropped through my letterbox from Sir Stamaplot - part of the Penny Black pre release Christmas products.

The first one here is for this weeks Creative Card Crew challenge which is "Create a Scene". Perfect for this Christmas tree which I love already. The code is Penny Black 3997K which I have repeat stamped in versafine majestic blue and embossed with detail clear. My background has been Glimmer Misted with midnight, grey a minimal spritz of patina and pearl and before spraying I masked a circle for the moon and some splodges ........ this is now one of my official crafting terminologies....... of masquepen to create the stars. I have to confess when I was first given this to try out I had reservations as to it's uses, but the more you use it the more you like it - you simply apply the splodges where you don't want colour, then add you colour medium going right over the splodges, then simply rub it away when your colour is dry.

The greeting is from Penny Black 30-018 stamped onto vellum with the same blue inkpad and the scallop border and corner is Fiskars threading water (or it might me treading water, I really don't remember - someone will put me right I'm sure), some star gems, ribbon, button and glitter across the moon added to finish.