It's our last blog hop of 2020! I'm excited to put this year to bed and move on to a more social 2021.
Our theme this month was Window Cards, which is not something I had done before. After a bit of research I went with my favourite holiday set this year, Coming Home, because it has coordinating dies that I knew would work perfectly for this design.
I am in LOVE with how this card turned out! The snowy forest DSP background, the little red card Christmas tree shopping, and that bright yellow house just peeking through the trees--it ended up just as it looked in my imagination. :)
The card front has a couple layers. I added a snowy hill (accented with a light pool party blend for some depth) and several trees coloured and shaded with Old Olive (light and dark) and ivory/bronze trunks. I added a sentiment strip in Cherry Cobbler to match my car, with white heat embossing. And for that final touch I added some snow on the trees with a white gel pen.
Window cards are a great way to change up a standard card, and hold a couple of surprises for the recipient. In this case, because I used the coordinating die for the house, you don't even realize at first that there is a cut out there.
The yellow house is coloured with crushed curry blends with a smoky slate roof, while the second house is crumb cake. I added another snowy hill and more trees to the inside scene, so that it matched the outside, and some wink of stella to make the windows on everything sparkle.
As a final bonus, the window cut out in the shape of the house made the perfect embellishment for a matching envelope!
Your window card is fantastic Barb!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandy! Love the challenges you come up with each month.
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