So That Was Christmas

Hello.  Welcome.  A special hi and hello to Massofhair.  So glad you have joined my elite following.  LOL.  Hugz to all my followers and friends.  Hope you had a lovely Christmas Day.  Did Santa bring you all the goodies on your list?  Do you have a list?  I have one for crafty goodies which undoubtedly will be getting bigger again soon as everyone launches their new ranges for 2015.  Gosh, 2015!!  I must admit I didn't really get into the Xmas spirit and since it's over I can stop thinking about all the Christmas cards I didn't make and move onto other things.  How about Chinese New Year??  Over at Marks Finest Papers there's an Oriental Sketch Challenge and I combined this with Cheery Lynn's gorgeous Koi Fish die.  

I started with a black base card and added a gold and red layer.  On the red layer I used the small round stamp from PaperArtsy LPC022 set.  I cut Cheery Lynn Tiny Bubbles Border from red and gold card and layered them on black.  I removed all the big bubbles from the gold layer but only some of them from the red layer so you see both the red and the black peeking through.  Quite like that look.  I cut two circles and a square from gold mirror card and layered them on black.  The fish is Cheery Lynn Koi Fish cut from gold metal and some card I coloured with distress inks.  I paper pieced the negative metal cuts into the coloured body.  Love the detail on this cut.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 164 - Anything Goes
MFP Speedy TV Oriental Sketch Challenge 59
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Pick a Fave  I picked To Die For

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a great Boxing Day.  Hugz