Canadian Lanscape

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.  The prize this month is an awesome digi pack containing several images and a paper pack too - how cool is that.

Challenge #251

Theme 'Anything Goes with WINTER' 

Hello folks, hope you are having a good day :) :) :)

Oh I loved this challenge, living in Saudi I don't have winter, just lots of sand hahahaha and I don't miss the feeling of the cold of the UK but I do miss seeing fresh snow on trees and watchings snowflakes fall (all be it from a warm place looking out :) )

 For my creation this fortnight I have used one of the images from Canada Bungle by IKEsART, there are six images in the bundle all with a Canadian feel but when I saw the scenic image I fell in love, it was perfect for what I was wanting to do :)  The image was coloured with Promarkers, Polychromos and finished off with Snow Writer for the 3D snow and Pan Pastels for the clouds above the mountains (I should not have coloured the sky all before hand, I was hoping the Pan Pastel White would be dense enough to cover the ink which it didn't  All the same I do like the soft cloud look which was achieved.  I printed the image twice as I wanted to add just the tree in the foreground on 3D tape, just for a different effect.  The image was then mounted on some white Angel Hair.

With the image finished I cut some blue card and then decided to emboss it.  Oh dear, time to put the thinking cap on as I did not have a snowflake embossing folder.  Rumaging around in my bits and bobs I came across a snowflake border from Cuttlebug which I bought when I first started making cards.  By embossing one row at a time I managed to fill the whole sheet and am rather chuffed with the outcome.

 Next I took my white card blank and added white glitter around the edges.  Several snowflakes were cut using Impression Obsession Snowflakes and these too were finished off with white glitter.

 One thing that has not show up on the the image is the addition of the Stampee Foil which I added to the water.  I bought this years ago and have never used it - gosh, how many of us do that.  Alas I did not have the powder that would have made the job easire but the package did say I could use adhesive and so that was the route I took.  Not wonderfully successful but in certain lights you can see the shimmer on the water.

I made the sentiment and printed it digitally.  Once cut it was then mounted on one of the snowflakes.

 The rest of the snowflakes were used on the lower edge of the card and finished off with a blue gem in the centre of each.  Thankfully I had the perfect coloured blue ribbon and love the fact it had white spots on it, in this case they represent snow falling lol.  In the center of the bow I added a tree charm and another white ribbon.

 The inside of the card is a great snowflake border by Sizzix - 657904 which was cut in the same blue card as the embossed mount on the front.  I also cut one of these in white and again covered it in white glitter, it is hard to see on the card front but has been used as the layer behind the blue embossed one. There we are, all done :)

Ingredients:-

• Image - Canada Bungle by IKEsART
• Colouring medium - Promarkers, Polychromos, Pan Pastels
• Dies - Obsession Snowflakes and Sizzix - 657904
• From my Stash - Snowflake embossing border, white glitter, gems, metal charm, ribbon and Angel Hair

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

• Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - November - Something Glittery
• Creative Corner - W, 3E  - Glitz & Glam
• De-Stempelwinkel Stamper Challenge 2W, SIR, No totally digital projects  - No.21  - (W1 of 3) Winter / Christmas
• Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - No. 131 - (W2 of 2) - Christmas without Red/Green
• Graph'It Colour Challenge - W (any medium)- No.48 - Christmas
• Morgan's Art World - 2W, E3, SIO (must use digital stamp) - No.12 - (W2 of 2) - Monochrome
• Winter Wonderland - W, 3E, must be Christmas – Add Sparkle and Bling
• 4 Crafty Chicks W #274 Masculine
• Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5 #145 Anything Goes + A Sentiment (W2 of 2)
• C.R.A.F.T. W,5E #339 Winter
• Crafty Ribbons 2W,include ribbon #136 Frosty Christmas(W1 of 2)weekly until Christmas
• DL ART Thursday Challenge 2W,2nd & 4th Thurs,3E #169 Christmas
• Scrap & Craft Challenges M,1st Thurs,3E #16 Christmas
• Crafting By Designs - W,F, 3E -  Get Ready For Christmas November Edition
• Crafting for all Seasons - 2W, 3E - #115  Brrr It's Cold Outside (Week 1 of 2 )
• DoubleClick Skittles - 2W, E1, F -  #36 Christmas or Blue and White  (Week 1 of 2)
• Fab 'n' Funky - W,1E, C10 - #283 Christmas
• Paper Shelter Challenge - W,3E, SIO - #229 A Christmas Card
• The Crafty Addicts M, 1st Wednesday of M, E #4 - Anything Goes/ Use A Die Cut 
• Card and Scrap (2W, P1/15) #107 Christmas
• Christmas Cards All Year Round (M,P1) Oh Christmas Tree
• Country View Crafts' Challenge (M,P1) #33 The Colour Blue
• Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra (M,P1) Anything goes as long as it is Christmas 
• Creatalicious Challenges (M,P15) #81 Merry Christmas
• Creative Craft Cottages Challenges (2W,P1/15,E3) #52 Christmas
• Natalie and Amy's Challenge (M,P30) #38 Winter Scenes
• Nordsalten Hobbyklubb (2W,E3,P1/15) #128 Winter Joy
• Sunsational Stamps  (M, P last day of M, E3) Anything Goes with Glitter 
• A Snowflakes Promise 2W, E3, Must be Christmas/winter themed  #10 - Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme (Week 2)
• Deep Ocean Challenge 2W - #117 - White and one other color  (Week 2)
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - W, E4, Must Be Square or Rectangular #112 Anything Goes with a twist: Make a Scene
• Unicorn Challenge M, 1st Tuesday of M, E3, No fully digital projects November - Christmas is Coming
• Always Playing with Paper - W, E3 - Christmas Cards
• Craft-Dee BowZ - M, E3, project must have bow - (November) Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
• Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (Week 1) Let It Snow
• Sparkle N Sprinkle - M, E3, all crafts - (November) Anything Goes: use loose glitter, embossing powder and/or flocking
• Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft - M, 3E, Must Stamp, does not have to be vintage - (November) Traditional Christmas
• Crafty Calendar M,1E  Nov- sparkle, bling and embellish 
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas W,must be Christmas die cuts or punches 
• Crazy 4 Challenges W,1E  square card or elements
• My Time to Craft 2W (W2 ) Let it snow 

Thanks for looking and hope you have a happy crafting day:)