Thursday 1 December 2016

Believe in the Magic of Christmas by Jennie

Hello Everyone,  Jennie here with you today and I am delighted (and excited!) to welcome you to my first post as part of the Design Team here at Calico Craft Parts.  I am looking forward to sharing lots of lovely projects with you over the coming months.





As today starts the countdown to Christmas I thought I would share with you this Christmas door hanger to hopefully put you in the mood!



There are a number of styles of door hanger to choose from and as they are so sturdily made I think they will make for a decoration which can be brought out year after year.


I decided to keep the embellishments to a minimum in order not to swamp the beautiful sentiment.




The hanger was first painted with brown paint and then I used DecoArt Crackle Paint over the top - it really gives such a beautiful finish. A little ink blended around the edges gives it a rustic feel.

The beautiful sentiment was painted in Gold acrylic paint.


I love these holly leaves and use them a lot in my projects throughout the year! I love just dabbing them with some white acrylic paint and letting some of the brown of the mdf show through.


A few Christmas style flowers which I have edged with gesso and some gold paint.

A lovely vintage decoration for our old Manse house here in Shetland, although I also think it would make a lovely Christmas present as well.

Thank you so much for joining me today!
Happy Crafting

Jennie x


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9 comments:

  1. Lovely! The holly leaves are so pretty as well as the sentiment and door hangar.

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  2. This is so gorgeous Jennie, the combination of the neutral colours with the CPs together with those gorgeous flowers, makes for the perfect vintage look! Fabulous!!

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  3. Woohoo, lovely to see you as part of the team at Calico Jennie, you will do amazing things with their products - as you have today in your gorgeous hanging, it is stunning! x

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  4. Congratulations on joining the team, Jennie - what a match made in heaven. This is a simply lovely debut, and I look forward to seeing your adventures unfold here.
    Alison x

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  5. Hurrah. Welcome to the team Jennie. x

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  6. What a beautiful "first", Jennie! Love your door hanger and am happy to have you with us! Welcome to our team!

    Hugs! xxx

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  7. I do know one thing - Calico Crafts could not have anyone more talented than you Jennie - they sure are lucky to have snagged you up!
    Your door hanger is gorgeous!
    Sandy xx

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  8. Love this one Jennie...The cracks and those flowers so compliment the arrangement.

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  9. Such a beautiful Christmas arrangement, Jennie. I love the texture and the wintry loveliness of it. xx

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