A Peaceful Christmas

Welcome to the November Artistic Outpost blog hop.  Thanks so much for stopping by today. Our theme for November is Designer's Choice and my choice was a winter/Christmas theme.  But before I get into the details of the card, here is our hop line up for this month.  I hope you will stop by all the design teams' blogs and leave them some love!

Lisa * Suzanne * Tracy * Alison * Terry * Kate

And now down to the nitty gritty on the card.  I used the lovely MidWinter plate that came out last year.  I loved it then and love it now, especially this peaceful winter cabin scene.  And I've been dying to use my new Window die and it all came together on this card.   I started with a back panel of Maja Design It's Christmas Time paper and silver embossed branches from Snowy Woods in the upper right conner.   On a piece of white card stock, I stamped the cabin scene in Potting Soil archival and then sponged Vintage Photo around and lightly over it.  Next I applied Clear Rock Candy distress glitter in the snowy areas of the roof and field.  After painting the window die cut with Picket Fence distress crackle paint, I added pop dots to the back to give the cabin panel more depth.

The pinecones were cut from kraft glassine with the Tattered Pinecones die and tipped with Claudine Hellmuth gesso.   I dyed the seam binding with about 5 different green reinkers trying to match the trees on the designer paper but never did achieve that goal.  The little branches were cut from the Festive Greenery die, sponged with both Bundled Sage and Frayed Burlap distress inks and then glittered with Clear Rock Candy distress glitter. I like that the Rock Candy glitter is clear and lets the color underneath show through.  The sentiment was silver embossed and the banner was cut freehand.  

I really love the way this card came out.  The photo doesn't do it justice (as is frequently the case - wish I had time to take a photography class!).  The window die is a winner in my book and you'll be seeing it frequently.

Thanks so much for stopping by and joining us for the Artistic Outpost hop!

The products below were used to make this card and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Ranger and Tim Holtz products are always 20% below MSRP.

Maja Design Scrapbook Paper - It′s Christmas Time	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Window and Window Box Bigz Die	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecones Die	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Festive Greenery Die	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Ranger Embossing Powder - Silver	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Bundled Sage
Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Glassine Paper Stash	Claudine Hellmuth Gesso
Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Picket Fence White	Rayon Seam Binding