Winter Stroll

I have a confession to make. Winter really isn't my favourite time of year. There are some beautiful days though - you know the ones... the sun is glistening off the snow, little to no wind, not too cold and a fresh blanket of snow. 
I love to take my dog for a long walk on this type of day! He loves to bury his nose in the snow and run!!

This "perfect" winter day was the inspiration for this weeks card. I mean why wouldn't a bear want to take a stroll in the woods with mountains in the background on a beautiful winter day right?! 

I started today's card by stamping one evergreen tree, masking it off and stamping some of the mountains. I stamped an extra tree and the bear and coloured everything with alcohol markers and fussy cut them. "Snow" was added to the sky with a white gel pen.

 I cut my patterned paper to the sizes I needed and cut the scene was cut with a stitched rectangle die. I added a bit of extra white card stock to the bottom of it for more room. 

Next, I took a hills die and cut out thin strips of card stock and added them to my scene to act as snow drifts. I added the second tree and the bear and stamped my sentiment. Some twine and gumdrops finish off my card. 

At the very end, once everything was glued down I held my breath, grabbed a paint brush and added some glitter snow to the mountain tops and trees. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Bear, Mountains, Winter Evergreen - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Hello Winter - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Let It Snow - Carta Bella  

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Misti, white gel pen, stitched rectangle and oval die - YNS, Aleene's Glitter Snow, twine, gumdrops - YNS 

Spectrum Noir Markers: EB3 EB6 EB5 BG5  BG7 CG4 DG3 JG6 IG1 IG3 BGR3 BGR4

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