Thursday, August 9, 2012

Cloud 9 Challenge: Winter Wishes

Here’s my card for this month’s Cloud 9 challenge featuring WPlus9 stamps. I can’t wait to pick up some of the new releases at i {heart} papers--yes, Kate's carrying WPlus9 products now! In the meantime, I pulled out some of my wintery stamps to create a card for this month’s sketch.

I used one of the mitten pairs form the Winter Wishes set for my focal image. The mittens are stamped in blue ink and cut out, then attached to a white panel with foam tape. Instead of using the string image in the set, I replaced it with a piece of cream twine to add some texture. The set’s “warmest winter wishes” sentiment is stamped beneath the mitten pair.

 For the background panel, I repeatedly stamped one of the images from the Background Builders: Knit set in light blue ink on a light blue panel. I found some shimmery silver strips in my scrap pile and used those as accents on the panel. After attaching the image panel, I layered the piece on a blue card base that matches the mittens. I must admit that it felt nice to make a wintery card with cool feeling colors during the summer heat!

Materials Used: 
Winter Wishes and Background Builders: Knit stamp sets (WPlus9); Marina Mist Classic ink, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, and Whisper White cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); Memento Summer Sky ink (Tsukineko); silver paper (Target); cream twine (Papertrey Ink); foam tape

10 comments:

  1. Lori, I love the stamped background and those sweet mittens...I am hoping for a die for those someday (because I am lazy like that) LOL! I love your take on the sketch!! Thanks so much for joining us at Cloud9!

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  2. What a cute winter card, your color choices are absolutely perfect!

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  3. This is so sweet! I love those mittens and need to ink them up myself soon! Great card!!!!

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  4. Oh, the color is perfect for your sweet winter card! Love those little mittens and the knit background!

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  5. Love the mittens! I want to make Christmas cards now!

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  6. Such a beautiful card. Love the mittens and clean design.

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  7. Such a cozy card! Love the blues!

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  8. Beautiful background using knit stamp. Love it. And how cute are the mitten? Great take on the sketch. Thanks so much for playing with us @ Cloud9

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  9. What a sweet card, Lori! Your mittens look so cozy! Love your background stamping, too. So glad you joined us for this month's Cloud9 Blog Hop!

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  10. I love the soft, wintry blue of this card! The subtle background stamping adds so much depth to the design, and the piece of twine for the mittens looks so sweet. Thanks for joining in this month's Cloud9 Blog Hop!

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