St. Maarten 2016

In The Nederlands we celebrate 

Saint Martin's Day.

It is a children's  thing in the evening.

When it is dark they come round the houses

with their paper lantern and sing a song in

exchange for candy. You find all the background

information here. So i made this card:

Of course this card is also for the color challenge

on day 11 of  The Daily Marker.

Here some background information

about how I made the card:

I colored the background paper with red, orange and

brown distress ink. When done I sprinkled some

water drops on the paper. Yes it is Autumn and

wind and rain is very often during these evenings.

Tonight we are lucky: cold but dry.

Next I took this leaves embossing folder and

ran this background paper through the big shot.

Because the children come round to sing their songs

I added a piece of Tim Holtz musical tissue paper.

This image is a color page for children that I downloaded

and  colored with pencil. Then scanned and made to

the size I could use for my card.  The paper lanterns

where added on.

And here you see how I made them. First you punch

out a circle, then you run the circle through the crimper

and add some ink all around. With foam tape it

fastened them to the picture. Between te foam tape

and the lantern I added a piece of embroidery thread.

Inspired by pinterest I made these treaties for

the children who come by this evening.

Pillow box bats,

pillow box minions and mummy mandarins.

My grandson is having a wonderful evening!

He is singing the song with the text you see on the card:

Text typed and printed with the computer.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!