Group Project: Nature of Winter

Hey there!  I have a fun winter project to share with you today.  It's our first Clear & Simple Stamps group project of the year.  The first challenge was to make a card/project with the theme of Nature in Winter.  

I put together a wintery card using a twig from my yard, some liquid appliqué for the snowflakes and woodgrain stamp for the "tree".  

I colored the my little owl guy with copics, using a darker color to outline the scallops and ears.  I used an orange sharpie for the owl feet.

I stamped the letters for "wishes" using Alpha Clear and colored them in with a light blue copic marker, the same color as the owl's eyes.

I used a snowflake stamp from Taglines and liquid appliqué for the snowflakes, although you can't see the stamp.  I used it as a guide for the liquid appliqué.  If you've never used liquid appliqué, it goes on like puffy paint and then it puffs up when you heat it up with your heat gun.

I used Tombow Multi Glue to adhere the twig and it is staying on really well, much better than the glue dots I tried at first.  The glue dries completely clear.  

Check out the other group projects that are happening today with a Nature of Winter theme:

• Lori Tecler
• Jennifer Rzasa
• Clear & Simple Stamps Blog

Have a great day!

{Winter Wishes}

Stamps: Alpha Clear, Icons Sentiments, Taglines, Taglines: Critters, Background Basics 1 (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Cre'me de la Cream (CSS)

Ink: Espresso Your Style (CSS)

Accessories: Liquid Applique, Foam Dots, Twig, Orange Sharpie Marker

Copics: B93, W1, W3, W5 

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A {Pick of the Patch} Card...

Happy Friday!!!  So glad for the weekend to get here.  I had such a busy week (more than usual) because my husband was on a business trip.  I'm so thankful I was able to pick him up from the airport this morning.

I have a happy and cheery card to share with you today.  The base of the card has a woodgrain impression.  It's hard to see in the above photo, but you can really so it well in the photo below.  I used the new Rounded Squares Quad Die to create the "window" for my pumpkins.  I stamped the pumpkins using the solid pumpkin image from Perfect Harvest Too.  I used a brown watercolor pencil to color in the stem.  

As you can see, the woodgrain panel is popped up on foam dots.  The sentiment "pick of the patch" comes from an older set, Icons Sentiments.  As a finishing touch, I adhered a leaf that I die cut and stamped and tied it with an orange bow.

I hope you have a lovely autumn weekend!!!

{Pick of the Patch}

Stamps: Perfect Harvest Too, Leaflets, Icons Sentiments (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Brown Leather Satchel, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Ink: Orange You Fabulous, Glamazon Green, Dish All the Dirt Brown (CSS)

Dies: Rounded Squares Quad, Leaflets, Woodgrain/Fall Frenzy Impression Plate (CSS) 

Accessories: Foam Dots, Orange Floss, Watercolor Pencils

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