JYC 2010: 1st December

Humbug...NOT!
Journal Your Christmas year 2, I really would like to give many kisses to Irini for giving me the chance to get to know this awesome online class from Shimelle! Here you can see how it all started and here are all my JYC 2009 posts.

This year I'm going to keep it simple, quick and spontaneous, so that I will be able to incorporate this project into my daily routine without stress, after all it is about having fun!
With this in mind I had already assembled the album (4''x6'') together with covers (that I will reveal at the end!) and all, so all I have to do everyday is to put together the elements that I see fit for every prompt. I have also printed or stamped enough christmas images so that I can choose one, color it and add it to my page.
One more difference from last year's JYC is that I'll also keep a mini journal for every day's happenings, regardless if it is in the spirit of the daily prompt or not, it will be really funny to read it in the future!

As for coloring, you know how I love it,  and as it is expected you 'll see a lot of them! I 'll also do a lot of watercoloring with distress inks, it's really quicker than coloring with my copics and the result is more subtle and transparent.
So, dear friends, prepeare yourselves for my JYC 2010 posts, only 37 left!LOL

Card Making: Watercolor birdie

It's been a while since I did a card, so here's a new one, I made this one for my friend's name day (Dimitris)!

 After priniting a BW image, I decided this time not to use my copics (isn't that a first!) but instead I used distress inks as watercolors and did a fast coloring of the image. The truth is that the paper pilled a bit, next time I will use watercolor paper. I also drew with a black pen some details, like the outline of the bird, etc.
So, after coloring it, I just adhered it on a brown cardstock piece that I had already treated with the edge distresser and then adhered the lot on the card.
Last touch, a faux stich with a brown marker and ... ready!