Winter Wonderland

Today I’m sharing a winter wonderland card I created in whites and blues. Instead of using all of one brand of product, I combined several to create the bright winter sky behind my snow scene.

To create my sky I:

• Tapped out some Ultramarine Blue Color Bursts (Ken Oliver) on my desk and spritzed it with water
• Drug my white card stock through the color/heat set/repeated till I achieved the desired color depth
• Diluted a bit of white acrylic paint with water and, using a small paintbrush, I splattered my sky and heat set
• Using sponge daubers and Blueprint Sketch Distress ink, I added a bit of shading to the top of my sky

Next I:

•  Tore three strips of card stock and glued them to my card front
• Added some fake snow with a wet glue and a tiny deer (unknown die)

To finish the card I:

• Punched three trees with a Martha Stewart tree punch
• Embossed the trees using the Evergreen Embossing Folder from Sizzix)
• The trees are popped up off the background with Mounting Tape
•  The inside features  snowflakes (lg. Martha Stewart ) punched from leftover pieces of color burst dyed card stock.

I’d love to see the backgrounds you create with color burst or distress inks so stop by our CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any projects that include a few products from companies Cropstop carries in the store! Happy Crafting!