Friday, July 6, 2012

JAI #125 : JUST ADD WINTER

The theme at Just Add Ink this week is WINTER, which is very apt as I type out this post on a miserably cold, very wet, Melbourne day!

My first thought was to make a snowy scene for a Christmas card, but I decided against that.  Christmas falls in Summer down here in the southern hemisphere (although Melbourne is generally a bit mild and showery on Christmas Day .... but you have to expect the unexpected with Melbourne's weather!).  I have instead created a little scene with Trendy Trees - one of my cute, neglected, stamp sets.  There's a light snowfall happening, courtesy of the Confetti stamp set, and I've used silver glass glitter to represent scattered snowflakes on the ground.





Stamps: Trendy Trees, Confetti, Sincere Salutations
Card: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Whisper White craft stampin' pad, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi and Garden Green stampin' pads, Basic Black stampin' pad
Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon, Mat Pack and Paper Piercing tool, sponge dauber, XL Oval punch, Designer Frames embossing folder, Tombow liquid glue, Silver Glass Glitter, mini glue dots


Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team's samples, for some winter inspiration.  We hope to see you playing along with us!





15 comments:

  1. Very nice card!
    Greetings Mieke'S

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  2. Beautiful card Christine!

    Sarah x

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  3. LOVE the sparkly snowflakes you've created!

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  4. Love the card Christine! Very nice!

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  5. Oh my, Christine! This is just stunning! So much to love about this one! The soft inking ... The sprinkled glass glitter ... The gorgeous colours ... The neat paper piercing ... I could go on & on! Hugsxxx

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  6. Beautiful...love the subtle sparkle!!

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  7. What a gorgeous little scene Christine! And it looks fabulous on the crumb cake. Just love the added touch of the embossed sentiment frame too!
    xxx

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  8. This is really gorgeous, Christine. I haven't used this set for ages either. I'll be in the snow next week, so I hope it looks as lovely as this scene :).

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  9. Beautiful Winter Scene, Christine.....

    Lovely card, I have never used Trendy Trees!!

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  10. Oooh, this is gorgeous Christine! So many sweet details & clever touches. I see you have channeled your "inner Paula" with those fabulous, sponged, frosty hills. Lovely to see Trendy Trees again! :) Hugs ♥

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  11. I just LOVE this one Christine! I couldn't come up with anything wintery, so I stayed away from this weeks challenge - you've excelled at this one!

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  12. WOW this is beautiful, I love the back ground effect.
    Tam x

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  13. I love this sweet winter scene, Christine! The sparkles on the ground are really special!

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  14. Love your take on our winter theme, you have aced this weeks challenge with this beauty, especially love your use of whisper white ink and sparkles! xxx

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  15. Oooh, soft,pretty with just a touch of funky for good measure. I love all the little touches like the background stamps, glitter. Love it Christine! Hugs. D

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