Good morning,
It's the first Friday of the month, so not only is it a break from my Christmas countdown, but the last opportunity to play along with the elemental inspiration challenge on the Daring Cardmakers blog this year.
This is the image we're playing with - plenty to inspire you in December:
For my elements I went with snowfall, a little house, trees, and a star.
Paper: Crate Paper - Hey Santa, Basic Grey - Juniper Berry (r)
Sticker: Crate Paper - Merry Days (r)
Stamps: Mama Elephant - Mini Merry Messages
Dies: Essentials by Ellen - Home & Hearth, Hello Bluebird - Glacier Peaks, Hello Bluebird - Hill and Dale, Memory Box - Stitched Village (r), MFT - First Place Award Ribbon (r), MFT - Tall Snow Globe
Other: Glitter paper galore
I started out by selecting the lovely starburst pink paper from the Hey Santa pad from Crate Paper to cover my card base.
For my little wintry scene I decided to use the Tall Snow Globe die from MFT to house the entire scene.
It's a great alternative to apertures and all the elements I chose to use fit so nicely in this space.
I used lots of scraps of glitter paper. I'm usually very frugal with glitter paper and use it sparingly if possible so it has maximum effect. This has meant that I'll still be using the sheets of glitter paper I have for decades to come!
For my greetings I wanted to use up a fishtail banner I had in my scraps bowl and found the perfect sticker from Crate Paper Merry days to adorn the bottom of the snow globe so that I could split the greeting between the two.
It's a relatively flat card to post despite the dimension, so that's always good. :)
Make sure you check out the wonderful creations from the rest of the design team and play along if you can.
Happy crafting!
 Mama Elephant - Mini Merry Messages stamps Shop at: EH | SHC |
 Essentials by Ellen - Home & Hearth dies Shop at: EH |
 Hello Bluebird - Glacier Peaks dies Shop at: MISC |
 Hello Bluebird - Hill and Dale dies Shop at: MISC |
 Memory Box - Stitched Village dies (r) Shop at: MISC |
 MFT - First Place Award Ribbon dies (r) Shop at: MISC |
 MFT - Tall Snow Globe dies Shop at: EH | SHC |
 Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SHC |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe - Marshmallow Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe - Taffy Shop at: AZ | EH |
 Simon Says Stamp - Fog cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp - Slate Gray cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Crate Paper - Hey Santa - 6x8 paper pad Shop at: MISC | SBC |
 Crate Paper - Merry Days - Cardstock stickers (r) Shop at: MISC |
 Hero Arts - White embossing powder Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC |
 Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 EK Success powder tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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