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It’s my turn to host today’s Inspirations Challenge (IC631) on Splitcoast!  I was inspired by THIS & THIS so I combined the two. 

I have a winter card using this fun, fun, fun Winter Wonder Words bg. When my unmounted stamp arrived, it still had a line across the top (from the edge of the plate) & I left it. I don’t always ink it, but I did this time. I thought it made the perfect division between the upper & lower part. I inked it w/ the stormy sky ink & stamped it multiple times, but only used the line across the top.  The Warm Wishes was stamped in the upper area w/ the majestic blue ink to make it a little more prominent than the lower bg. 

I came across a piece of royal blue c/s that I had embossed all over w/ a sparkly powder. I don’t know why I did this or when, but I thought it might look good for a big frosty snowman. After I die cut him, I left the die in place & went over some parts w/ a white marker & the others w/ a cobalt blue Copic. Then I added a die cut piece of thin foam behind him to elevate him a bit. The larger blue mittens were punched & added. A narrow strip of blue glitter paper was added down the left & some punched snowflakes here & there.

Here’s a look a the inside. I went over the greeting & mittens w/ a blue Wink of Stella.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Winter Wonder Words, Warm Wishes, (inside – Interlocking Snow Bg, Baby It’s Cold)

Paper: white, royal blue, glitter

Ink: Versafine majestic blue, Memento  Distress ink stormy sky, Versamark

Accessories:  Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, cobalt Copic marker, Emaginations lg mitten punch, white Permapaque marker, Wink of Stella (blue), stardust embossing powder, snowflakes punches (Tonic)

 

Winter Wonder Words 1099H	Baby It’s Cold 1137G	Interlocking Snow 015H	Warm Wishes – 611D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Memento Inks
Distress Inks	Versamark ink	Stampendous embossing powder	Wink of Stella
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Darice Snowman die 2014-35	Emaginations Mitten punch 31034	VersaFine Small Inkpads
Copic Sketch Markers	Permapaque White marker	Tonic Snowflake punch l2	Tonic Snowflake punch lg

 
Happy New Year & welcome to the Jan #1 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!
If you arrived here from Miriam’s blog, you’re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure  to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday Jan 7 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Jan 8 on her Blog. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month, we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!

Since most of the country has been locked in the deep freeze, I thought this pair of Cardinals sitting on a snow covered branch would be the perfect image to use. I put them into my Misti, stamped, colored then overstamped them. They were stamped off to the left side a bit because I wanted room to add some snowflakes & I had already planned to draw a box frame around them. The cardinals were masked & the snowflakes stamped w/ the Distress ink then a layer of designer paper was added behind. 

Here’s a look at the inside…haven’t decided on a greeting yet. And below it are the Copics I used.

Next stop is Vickie’s Blog!  Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Beth Chui

Miriam Napier

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer 

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Cardinals 952E	Winter Wonderland 257D	Snowflake Cling set 335G
Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set
Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Bo Bunny Altitude paper	MISTI