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Thursday, January 9, 2020

All Occasion Card | My Favorite Things/The Cutting Cafe | Cut It Up! Challenge #191 - "Snow Much Fun"


Sending sunny smiles from North Carolina!

It's been unusually warm here to start January and to tell the truth...I wish we would get just a bit of the white stuff to prove it's really winter! So it was fun to work on this frosty scene for our "Snow Much Fun" Challenge over on the Cut It Up! Blog! A BIG Thank You to Regina at The Cutting Cafe for providing the design team with the snowy cutting files for our projects. I combined these files with products from My Favorite Things Stamps and Dreaming Tree (who is another great sponsor) to create this bridge fold card. Head on over to the CIU Blog to see the other great projects that the design team has created for this challenge! We hope to see your creations focusing on snow, a snowman or snow angels...and don't forget to include a die cut! : )

I started by importing the files in the Cricut Design Space, determining the size of my finished card and then welding Regina's snowflake trio onto the outer edges of the card front to create a frame border. Based on the dimensions of the background panel, I was able to determine the size of the four scene layers. These are the die cuts that I created with the Cricut; a plain background panel was also cut to size.


I ink blended all of the pieces with Distress Oxide Inks, spattered them with diluted inks/pearlized watercolors and set them aside to dry under a heavy book. The card base was scored to create the bridge fold and the scene layers were glued into place on top of the background sky panel. I popped up the darker layer of trees with foam tape and added light blue vellum behind the negative cuts in the foreground layer to create the snow drift shadows. I stamped the sentiment from MFT's great new set, "Bitty Wishes" and this foreground layer was scored/glued into place along the sides of the bridge fold; the snowflakes were then adhered into place on the front.


I die cut the buck 3 times using MFT's "Delightful Deer" set and glued/stacked them together for stability and dimension; the antlers were painted with bronze watercolor and the deer was glued into place on the card front.


I added gems and sequins from Lucy's Little Things to finish the card, which folded flat for mailing but did need to go into a 6 x 9" envelope due to its size and protective padding! : )


Thanks so much for spending some time with me today and taking the time to comment! 

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http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/just-us-girls-word-week-517.html

Rachelle

21 comments:

  1. Such a gorgeous scene, so peaceful and full of snow. Perfect for the challenge! Thanks so much for sharing with us at JUGS!

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  2. A beautiful winter scene Rachelle we have more deer than usual coming down from the hills just now but no snow

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  3. This is such a magical winter scene! Thanks so much for sharing your process; all that shimmer is soooo beautiful!

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  4. What a gorgeous card!! Love the pretty winter scene!! Have a great day,
    Gerda

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  5. Just love this wintery scene you've created, Rachelle! The pearl watercolor and oxide inks make for a wonderful background. Love the two toned snowflakes!

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  6. What a great winter scene you've created here. I love the snowflakes added on the sides. I have no idea how you did that! It is unusually warm here too in Concord but I'm not complaining (too much!). lol

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  7. Great post Rachelle!This is just so sweet. Thanks for entering our challenge at Artsystamper Digitals Challenge! I truly hope we see you often.
    Hugs,
    Bev ARTSYSTAMPER DIGITALS

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  8. OMG what a fabulous scene! Thanks so much for playing in our challenge at the Artsystamper Challenge Blog!
    Darlene
    ARTSYSTAMPER CHALLENGE
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop by for a visit.

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  9. I love this card! Such a beautiful 3D scene and beautiful snowflake borders. Lovely colouring with the Distress Oxides and pearly water splashes.
    Thank you for sharing your project with us at the The Artsystamper Challenge.
    Good Luck and hope to see you again soon!
    Carole x DT Craftilicious Creations

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  10. This is a great design and a sweet winter scene! Your coloring with the oxides and shimmery water colors is amazing! I totally agree with you on wishing for more seasonal weather! We are having some beautiful summer days here in Wilmington, NC! Thanks so much for playing along at The Funkie Junkie Boutique in our Tic Tac Toe challenge! Sara Emily

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  11. great card with many things to see. well done

    hugs
    Claudia

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  12. WOW Rachelle, this is stunning!! I love the beautiful scene you created and the snowflakes are gorgeous, very beautiful card!
    Hugs, Tammy

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  13. That's fabulous. I love the sky. Love Dawn x

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  14. Wow, that is a really gorgeous card.

    Leslie

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  15. WOW! So pretty! I love the wintry scene!

    Theresa

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  16. What a pretty pop up card with beautiful bold colors! Thanks for sharing your pop up card with us in the "Let's play Tic Tac Toe" challenge a The Funkie Junkie Boutique challenge!

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  17. What a delightful card. I love the layers of trees and snow for that cool deer. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas for our something new challenge.

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  18. A wonderful card. You've created a fabulous winter scene.
    Thank you for joining in with the Crafts Galore Encore January Challenge “Anything Goes”. Good luck x

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  19. Beautiful! Thanks so much for participating in the Die Cut Divas Challenge this time and good luck :)

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