Winter Wishes - 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style Week 9

Welcome friends! I have a wintry Christmas card to share with you today. Inspired by the colors and snowy scene of Linda's (Funkie Junkie) 12 Tags of Christmas Week 9 but not by our weather here in the south today. It's almost a summer day!

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I made the background panel with white card painted with gesso. I ran it through my Big Kick a couple of times with an old Tim Holtz Tall Tree embossing folder. I colored it with Chipped Sapphire Distress paint as Linda did and blended with Chipped Sapphire Distress ink. You can see similar projects I did HERE AND HERE. I never tire of this vintage snowy look!

I partially inked an old Tim Holtz tree stamp of the same design as the embossing folder using Versamark. I sprinkled with Frantage embossing powder and heated from below. I partially inked another Tim Holtz stamp (Scribble Woodland) with Watering Can Archival ink for a few more background trees, and again sprinkled with Frantage and heated to melt.

I repeated the partial inking on another part of the stamp and heat embossed to get some snowy ground for my deer (Winter Wonderland Thinlits die) to stand on. I finished with a die cut tree (Woodlands) heat embossed yet again with Frantage and a Christmas Remnant Rub. Easy peasy! If only getting the photos to look good were so easy! The ones above and directly below were taken outdoors in natural light, but not direct sunlight, and it changes the color completely.

And this one taken in sunlight pouring into our breakfast room midday to try and catch the shimmer.

So, are YOU playing along with Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas 12 week challenge? You will be wishing you did come Dec. 30, since her easy challenge is sponsored quite generously by The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Everyone who completes the challenge and follows the simple guidelines will be eligible to win one of 3 fabulous prizes and everyone else will still win a generous discount voucher to the shop to use in January! AND you get your Christmas cards done and dusted! Win, win, WIN!

I'm sharing my card with these challenges:

Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style Week 9

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes

Country View December 2017 - Christmas Sorry, I didn't do the optional colors, obviously!

Creative Artiste's #33 "Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #43 – "Believe" I was inspired by the shimmer of the balls and reflected that in the shimmer of my snow.

Thank you for stopping by today and for all your generous comments!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

I used the following products, which can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Woodlands by Tim Holtz	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Scribble Woodland CMS282	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Chipped Sapphire	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Chipped Sapphire	Winter Wonderland - by Tim Holtz
(LATE SEPTMEBER PRE - ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Christmas	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Watering Can	VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad	Ranger Multi Medium Matte 4 oz.