Baking Cookies

Hi everyone.  Happy first full day of winter (or summer) to you.

I want to squeeze in a couple of holiday pages with doors today and tomorrow. Today's page is about a task I've been doing a bit of lately, baking holiday cookies. 

And if you haven't figured it out, my door today is the oven door.  It is full of cookies that are browning and making the house smell delicious. 

The top left corner of my oven image isn't staying glued down very well. Grrr. Now it looks all wrinkly. Grrrr. Think of it as a little dent. Smile.

I started by die cutting these cookies. Then I randomly glued them down on my page.  After that I took a purple Gelato crayon and scribbled it around the empty spaces, using a wet brush afterwords to soften it and be sure it spread out over most of the paper.

The stove is another die cut. I added that to the page, outlined the details and added lots of little die cut cookies in the oven. Yes, if they were real cookies and they looked like that while they were baking in the oven, the baker would be in big trouble.

I  used some clear drying glue over the glass panel on the oven door. I also used a light grey marker and a black pen to give the oven a bit more depth and shadow on the right.

After that I stamped the quote and the other baking supplies using a very old Hero Art set from my collection.

I've baked a few batches of cookies already this year, but I'm trying not to go overboard . At least for Christmas my daughter will be home to help eat them. 

What I really want to make for Christmas is a Norwegian Kransekake. 

This photo is the Paul Hollywood version I pulled off the internet. 

I bought the molds to make one last year but never got around to it, and I've wanted to try one, so I will be making it for Christmas.  I'll let you know how it comes out.

That's all for me today. I hope your week is going well.

Thanks for visiting.