Winter Scenes – Thinking of You

This week at Just Add Ink (#768), we have a sketch.  Taking liberties, I flipped the sketch to the vertical position.   

Sketches are starting points, and my design choices were influenced by: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#15) Letter G selecting Kraft, Wood and Hand Colored Image along with the Farm Quest Country Christmas (#24) theme.

I hope my card inspires you and I look forward to seeing what you create with this versatile sketch.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Naturals White cardstock, retired but still in my stash.
• Accent Mat: (4” x 5¼”) Crumb Cake cardstock dry-embossed with the retired Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.
• Cross Strip: (1½” x 5¼”) Light Wood patterned piece of paper from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack.
• Shape – Frame: (3” x 3¾”) Pecan Pie and Crumb Cake cardstock die-cut with the Frame die from the Framed Scenes Dies set, still available but of the Last Chance List.
  • The resultant (2” x 2¾”) Crumb Cake In-Set Rectangle was further die-cut with the (1¾” x 2½”) Oval die from the same Die set.
• Focal Image: (2¼” x 3”) Naturals White cardstock.
  • The Winter Cabin image from the Winter Scenes stamp set, an On-Line Exclusive product, was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Colors chosen: Pine Trees – Light Shaded Spruce; Snow Shadows – Light Balmy Blue; Cabin – Light and Dark Pecan Pie; Windows – Dark Lemon Lolly; and Steps – Light Crumb Cake.
• Sentiment Banner: Pecan Pie cardstock scrap.
  • The sentiment, Thinking of you brings joy to my heart, from the Branching Out stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with White Embossing Powder and then die-cut with the (2¾” x ⅝”) Stitched Banner die from the Stylish Shapes Dies set.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the flipped sketch.  Both the Frame and the Sentiment were popped up with Dimensionals.

A rustic little winter thinking of you card…

I appreciate that you spent some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

Need a card? Ask me and I can create one for you.  Want the supplies to create your own, let me know and I can help you with that too!

Like this card? Want to make one similar?
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