I've been looking forward to using the awesome new Alpine Adventure bundle. The stamps and Thinlit dies are so perfect for anyone who love the great white outdoors in the winter. I decided to use the sled this time. Instead of stamping it, I chose to die-cut it twice. The first time I cut it from a piece of Real Red cardstock and the second time I cut it from a piece of the beautiful Wood Textures Designer Series paper. Once I had both die-cuts, I cut the Wood Textures one apart carefully and glued some of the pieces onto the Real Red one, making a wood-topped sled with a painted red metal frame. Awesome, right?
For my background I took a piece of the Stampin' Up! watercolor paper and scattered a few of the Prussian Blue Brusho crystals onto it. After spritzing the crystals with some water, I took a broad brush and spread the blue over more of the paper. Once that dried, I took the evergreen tree stamps from the Rooted in Nature set and stamped several images in the lower portion using Mossy Meadow. I continued to stamp some more images using only the remaining ink and creating a distant look as the colour faded. Then I took two narrow pieces of Whisper White cardstock and tore each on the long side in an undulating pattern to emulate snow drifts. After lightly sponging the torn edge, I glued one down, then the sled at an angle, and then, finally, glued the second one down.
To finish I stamped the sentiment on the lower "snow drift" using Pacific Point ink. I used a Pacific Point matte for the finished image panel and then adhered the whole on one of the gorgeous Silver Foil edged cards available in the Holiday Catalogue. Then, in a random pattern, I glued on five snowflakes cut from Silver Foil with the Seasonal Layers thinlit dies. With a rhinestone in the centre of each snowflake, my card was complete.
I hope you'll check out the awesome creations by our other Watercooler Artists at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge blog.
