Christmas gifts ...

Hello my friends. So at work it was decided to have a secret Santa. I always dread what name I'm going to pull out as some people can be difficult to buy for.

So I decided that I was going to make something myself and out came the wooden snowflakes.

I gessoed it back and front and once dry out came the fresco finish paints by Paperartsy. I used lake Wanaka, space cadet and ice blue. i again used them back and front.

Once dry I painted it with crackle paint all over and left to dry naturally. I then went all over with Faber castell glass glitter and bead gel.

I wrapped some micro LED lights all around and then started to embellish it. I die cut a large snowflake by Memory box and 3 smaller Tim Holtz sizzix thinlets. Before I die cut the smaller ones I added double sided tape to card. I covered these in iced snow and diamond sprinkles from Cosmic shimmer.

I added some floristry fibres to base and then piled up the snowflakes on top and finished with a gem.

Then I added other embellishments such as berries, bits of glittered pine needles.

Finally I added some other gems and sequins and ribbon for hanging the ornament.

My son saw it and asked me to make him one for a friend of his to give as a present. So I made a second one.

So now I have too wait till next week to find out if my secret Santa will be well received. My son's friend loved hers so at least that is 1 out of 2.

I would like to enter these snowflakes in the following challenges:

Craft Stamper take it make it challenge - take a theme: snow and ice

Simon says stamp Monday challenge - let there be snow

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - gift it

Christmas cards all year round -anything Christmas

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes