Alright so this week's theme is to create a winter card - so the obvious is to pick an image that is all about snow, snowflakes, snowmen - that makes it pretty simple, right? Well, I decided to challenge myself a little further and see if I could create a winter card out of an image that is probably more fitting for Spring/Summer.
So here is Whimsical Girl all dressed in her winter gear holding some flowers. I embossed the image with the Swiss Dots embossing folder after I colored the image to create the snow falling down. I highlighted some of the snow that is falling on her with a white gel pen. I did flatten out the embossing on her face so she didn't look like she had mumps and I really could've flattened other dots randomly so that the snow didn't look so uniform, but I still love how this looks!
Then I set out to find the perfect sentiment. I chose a quote by J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. It says "God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December."
Supplies:
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Taken with Teal, Real Red (SU!)
Paper: Winterime (Echo Park)
Copics: B00, B000, BG05, BG09, E00, E02, E29, E33, R11, R27, R29
Tools: Scallop Square Nesties (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots embossing folder, white gel pen, Scallop Border punch (SU!)
Embellishments: brads (Basic Grey), brown grosgrain ribbon (Offray)
By the way, a word about the layout of the card. I used a Mojo Monday sketch that is from their 2009 pdf sketch booklet. I love this and will be referring to it often.
Now head on over to Bee Crafty to play along with us. And you have got to see Joni's card - it is totally fabulous! No surprise there, right? Also, leave a little love for our sweet Deanne who is quite under the weather. Have a fabulous weekend.... we're off to prepare for the Christmas parade that Hollyanne's dance school is in.
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