Warm Wishes

The stamped images for this card have been lying on my desk since before Christmas. I realized sometime in December that I owned no snowmen stamps and ordered a couple sets from My Favorite Things during a sale. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with these cute snowmen and MFT provided not one, but two, challenges that fit this card. First, the MFT Birthday Challenge which is Winter Wonderland, and the MFT Outside the Box Challenge: Winter Scenes. Everything I used for this card also goes to the NBUS Challenge.

I’ve been immersed in a Sketchbook Design course with Liz Steel. Her courses are always loaded with content, and this has been no exception. But I’ve started a new sketchbook, and have a few pages started. I’ve found all my fountain pens, and although I thought I had them all working again, I’ve discovered that most of them are going to require a thorough cleaning before I can count on them. All that to say, stamping and card making has taken a backseat in my schedule.

It’s not often that a card comes out just the way I imagined it, but this one comes pretty close.

I constructed the box with Spring Rain cardstock. I don’t own the Outside the Box snow drift dies, but created my own with the Ellen Hutson “Landscapes” die. When I purchased those, I thought they might work for a variety of cards and so far, they’ve been great. I used some Distress Oxide ink to create a bit of blue sky on the back side of the box.

All the stamped images were colored with Copic markers and then die cut. Before adding them to the snow drifts, I added the stitched panel with the sentiment (also from the “Toasty Greetings” set). 

Here you can see that the card folds so that it fits into an A2 envelope. You can also see the stitched side panels. I’m off to link up with these challenges: