Wicked Wednesday Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Ho-ho-ho!  I haven't participated in the Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge in a while so decided to go for it this week.

I went with the left column.  A while back I found the cute Santa's Belt washi tape at my LSS and *had* to buy it.  Originally I was thinking gift tags, but it sat there unused until I pulled it out for this ATC (Christmas is still coming though!).

I also had some fancy tags that I'd purchased so I slathered some red paint on one of them for Santa's body.

I finished this up with a quick, hand-cut beard, Stickles 'buttons' and an embossed green background.

Merry Christmas!

Smeared & Smudged - Steampunk Santa

Yes, Christmas has come and gone, but it's still December so I took on the Freaky Freebie Challenge, rolled up my sleeves, got out some ink and paper and got busy with this free digi (for a couple more days) from Smeared Ink. 

In keeping with his steampunkishness I went for the look of metal and leather.  Santa's sleigh was painted with tarnished bronze paint, the runners and watch parts were painted with silver paint.  I added some "leather" (i.e. brown Copics) goggles, reins and bag of goodies.  A bit of silver Distress Stain around the edges and snowflakes with a silver pen finished it off.

And on an entirely different note here's an ATC for a book page swap.  The background is from a cookbook (the recipient likes to cook). 

Thinking maybe I need to make a canvas like this for my kitchen!  Think my tots will get the hint?  ;)