Card Design: Pattie's Creations Challenge #118...Fun in the Snow (MUST have SNOW in the IMAGE)

Hello to all you lovely people out there!  I'm here today to announce the next challenge over at Pattie's Creations Design Challenge.  This time around for Challenge #118, the theme is Fun in the Snow. In many parts of North America and other parts of the world, the ground is covered in snow.  In celebration of the winter season, this month we want to see snow somewhere in the actual digital image of your card.  Adding snow papers or extra snowflakes is fine, but in order to qualify for the prize, the image itself must have snow in it.  

Here is my card, I hope that I haven't forgotten any important details:

General Info: 

• Okay so I know that Christmas has JUST passed but it is NEVER too early to get a start on next year's Christmas cards so I am doing just that!
• For the front of my card, I took two of Pattie's fun winter images and merged them together to make a scene.  I just thought they went so well together.  Even the snow mound under the mailbox lined up with the snow mound next to Pattieboop! Then I just duplicated some of the snowflake from one of the images and added them to have a complete snowy scene.

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Pattieboop Winter Snowflakes:  Such a composed young lady. You can find the image in Pattie's Etsy shop by clicking on the name or watermark linked below.

• Christmas Mailbox:  Such a great versatile image. It can also be found in Pattie's Etsy shop by clicking on the name or watermark linked below.

• These images were coloured in digitally using a variety of techniques including layer styles and paper piecing.  Credits include:
• Layer style used on fluffy bits of Pattieboop's outfit (also on border used behind image):  Eyeinspire 
• Layer style used on snowflakes and front sentiment:  Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper
• Layer style used on snow: Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper
• Metal patterns used on Mailbox and poll:
• Paper piecing on envelope:  Cruzines Designs (through Deal Jumbo)
• Paper piecing on hat and sweater: one of my own
• Pattern used for clouds/sky background:  Lebouef  

Digital Sentiment Details:

• The 'Happy Holidays' sentiment I used is from the "Happy Holiday Season" Vintage Image Transfer and Word Art Set created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  Click HERE or on the watermark below to head to its location in the store.

Digital Embellishments: 

• The border is made with a template created by Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper.
• The buttons and string are assets created by Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.

INSIDE

 Digital Image Details: 

• Christmas Lights:  This string of lights was the perfect set up for the sentiment.  It can also be found in Pattie's Etsy shop by clicking on the name or watermark linked below.

• The image was coloured digitally. 

Digital Sentiment Details: 

• One I created for this card.

OVERALL
Digital Paper Products:

• The paper used as my background is from my mini Snowfest kit.  

   
Digital Embellishment Details:

• The shape used for matting in behind the image and sentiment were created with basic shapes in Photoshop Elements.
• The shadows to give each element some depth were created with layer styles from Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper. 

Challenges I am hoping to enter...

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes
• http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au (3E) *handmade* -- Anything Goes
• http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ -- Anything Goes
• http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes:  Christmas
• http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes:  Christmas
• http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- ???

You have until February 4th to enter our challenge which should give you lots of time to get a creation done.  Remember the theme is Fun in the Snow but you MUST have SNOW in the IMAGE you use.  I really hope that you will be able to join us. Don't forget that along with all the typical rules that apply to the majority of challenges out there (please click HERE to become familiar with all the rules), you MUST USE A DIGITAL OR STAMPED IMAGE to qualify for the drawing (unless stated otherwise). We would absolutely love to see you use a Pattie's Creations (PC) image on your card, but you are allowed to use other images. If you do use a PC image, you will gain an extra entry in the draw and will have a better chance to WIN! You can enter twice per challenge and of course MUST follow all the challenge requirements that are posted for each challenge. Easy Peasy right!

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out what my fabulous teammates have offered up for inspiration.  Oh and don't forget...Pattie offers up a new freebie the first Friday of the month and it will remain up for approximately two weeks; so, be sure to pop over and check it out as well!

Until next time,

Wonderful Wednesday: Winsome Words

If you are new to my blog and would like to know how Wonderful Wednesdays got started, please click HERE.

The Digital Design Diva (a.k.a. my inspiration fairy) has come up with one last element for this year's January kit. This week I'm offering up some winsome words for your scrapping pleasure.   There are two versions:  one with a transparent background and one with a solid beveled background.  The original size is between 640 & 650 pixels wide (depending on which version) by 1080 pixels high but when saved at 300 dpi it comes out at 3600 pixels high.  So depending on the software that you import it into, it should be somewhere between these two sizes.  

The images are large size pngs so I've put them into a zip file.  Clicking on either thumbnail--which is a greatly reduced idea of what the images look like--should bring up the direct link for the file.  

Your January kit should now have a total of four items in it.  If you have missed one, or if you are new to the site, you can go HERE for the first item, HERE for the second and HERE for the third.  Remember next month brings with it a new theme but you can always increase the items in your January kit by coming back the first month of next year; although, I hope that you will stick around until that time.  Just think of all the goodies you'll be losing out on if you don't.  Besides, there are always my exhilarating conversations you'll miss, never mind my stimulating personality.  Nope, no ego here!

  

Hope you like my final offering for this month's kit and can find some use for it.  If you create a project using one of these images or any of the images I create, I'd love to see them and post them into the 'Your Gallery' portion of the blog.

Until next time,

Image information: 

• Smiley Image courtesy of Farconville / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
• You are allowed to use the wording on handmade projects that you intend to sell.  Just be sure to familiarize yourself with my terms of use found in the copyright tab at the top of this page.  I have included a quick summary below.  This element was created using a template from Pixel Scraper.    

Quick summary of Terms of Use:   

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' somewhere on your creation.
• Do not share my images with family, friends, etc.  Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc.  Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves.
• If I have signed an image, do not delete my signature.
• Leave a comment on my blog.  It is currently the only way for me to know if any of my freebies are being nabbed.  Additionally, it will help to inspire me to continue to create and offer future freebies.

Bonus:
If you've actually made it to the end of this post I have a little bonus item for the January kit.  It is a date stamp in the same winter blue colour as other elements of the January kit.  Enjoy!