PP769 CAS Brrr!

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this one is from our amazing hostess Joanne!  She has a clean-and-simple theme for us:

She wants "Signs of Winter"....but specifically NOT Christmas!  Well, winter certainly is rearing its head here--snow and COLD!!!  I pulled out some stamps featuring hats and mittens and went to work:

My stamps are from W+9, stamped in Azure Afternoon.  I got my color inspiration from Color Hues:

After stamping and diecutting my winter wear, I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps to arrange them:

My embossed panel used an embossing folder from Tim Holtz, and I stamped some snow around the mittens and hat and added a cute "Brrr" sentiment from Colorado Craft:

A little Crafter's Companion stamp went on the inside. I thought I would add a birthday or get well sentiment as well, when I need a card for that occasion!

I hope that you'll play along with our challenge this week!  Remember to keep it CLEAN AND SIMPLE!  I know we want to add lots of bells and whistles, but this week, keep it all about stamps, ink and paper!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Holiday Cheer (W+9), Winter Blessings (Crafters Companion), Just Add Snow (Colorado Craft Company), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Holiday Cheer Dies (W+9), Deer Knit Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

Winter Shadowbox

Hello, peeps!  Happy Monday!  Today I am sharing the Winter Shadowbox I created for a class.  I must say, it was a lot of fun to create and the girls who made it said they loved it as well!  Lots of goodies to peruse:

 

I know the photo is not the best as it is hard to photograph through glass, but hopefully you'll get the idea!  The frame is 8x8" and is from JoAnn's, and each square is 2".  If you have any questions about any of the supplies, just send me an email and I'll get you all the details!  I will tell you that the designer paper is from Lawn Fawn, and each square is backed with Smoky Slate cardstock!

 

And 'tis the season:  Cassidy visited Santa at Dutch Wonderland last night....what a beautiful background and I heard the lights and decorations were very pretty!

Enjoy your day!  I might do some cookie baking today!

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Wow, two posts in one day! Can you believe it?  I had a wee bit of extra stamping time, so I combined a couple challenges for this fun winter card…it could be a Christmas card or a birthday card!  First, here are the challenges:

the iSpy sketch for this week as well as the Inspired By challenge photo:

Cute, huh?  So here we go:

I went more with the colors than the theme (well, a little of the theme)  of the inspiration montage, which I love, BTW, but I guess the little gingerbread man could definitely fit in with the baking theme!  I pulled out a couple older sets that hadn’t gotten inky for a while, along with Scentsational Seasons, and whipped up this quick card.  I don’t know if you can see the subtly-stamped snowflakes against the text background, but they’re there, stamped in Pool Party, which is also the background DP as well!  Some linen thread and a well-placed heart, and my happy little gingerbread card is complete!

Any questions, shoot me an email!