Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Whimsical Wednesdays "Add Texture" Challenge




Hello everyone! It's time for a new challenge at Whimsical Wednesdays! This time the challenge is to "ADD TEXTURE" to your project. This challenge will only be open until Friday December 2 at 12 noon EST, not the normal 2 weeks. Why, you may ask...because we are going to be having a SNEAK PEEK BLOG HOP of the new STAMPS!!!! Stephanie of Whimsical Designs has her own line of stamps coming out and we will be showing sneak peaks of them on Thurs. Dec. 1 and Friday Dec. 2  at 7 AM EST and then a Reveal party hop on Friday night at 7 PM EST. One randow winner of this weeks challenge will recieve all 4 of the new stamp sets! The winner will be announced during the blog hop on Friday night. I just LOVE these stamps and I know you all will to! They are SO CUTE! I can't WAIT for you to see the cute projects I have made with them! So mark your calendars for Thur. Dec. 1st and Friday Dec. 2nd!

For my project, I created this card. I printed and cut the snowman and bunny from Snow Friends using my Imagine. I pop dotted the second layer to the hat and like how the sweater texture looked. The tree I made by cutting a simple tall triangle out of cardstock. I then punched A TON of snowflakes with a punch and folded them in half. I then started gluing them to the triangle in layers starting from the bottom and working my way up. I just LOVE how it turned out. It looks like real branches and the texture it created is amazing. I embossed the background with the Cuttelbug Snowflakes folder and the snow with Poka Dots. I inked white over the snowflakes and wrapped twine around the top of the card. The sentiment is a sticker that I mounted to white cardstock and added a twine bow to the corner.
I hope you all liked my card and don't forget to go check out what the rest of the amazing DT has created! I can't wait to see what textures you will create! Have a great day!

25 comments:

Esther said...

WOW!!!!! This card is fantastic!!
I love the snowflake embossing with the inking and your punched tree is simply amazing!!!
Love, love, love it!!!

*Star said...

So Super cute! I love how you did the tree1 Tfs and have a great day. :)

Shorty Creations said...

I love it! This card is soooo cute =D

www.shortycreations.com

Candy said...

FAntastic card. Love the snowflake technique for your tree. Love it.
Candy
candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com

Jayne said...

Gorgeous card Gigi.I have made trees and wreaths with foliage punch but love yours with the folded snowflakes.TFS.
Jayne x

Indy's Designs said...

I'm entranced with how you created the tree! Great card!

Cindy Beland said...

Hi Gigi,BEAUTIFUL job with your AWESOME card!I LOVE the SWEET snowman and GREAT embossing,FANTASTIC job as always my friend!Have a GREAT thanksgiving!!:)

Anonymous said...

OMG! That is the cutest card EVER! I just totally love the images and how they are looking at the tree! LOVE IT!

girlia said...

Okay, GiGi you are definitely gonna' make me dust off my imagine. Love this card. Just amazing!

Sheila said...

Wow! this is great! very nicely done!

Anonymous said...

Very cute card and LOVE that tree :-)

Sabrina said...

Your card is so pretty GiGi, I love it! The snowman is so sweet and I LOVE the tree and how you made it! The inked snowflakes really pop off the card.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Sabrina :)

Nanne said...

An absolutely stunning card and I could not keep my eyes off of your tree.. what a clever way to layer branches.. wow.. you go girl!! :)
hugs
Nanné

Unknown said...

This is the cutest card!! that little bunny is adorable I just want to squeeze him:) I totally love the look of the Kraft and the embossing and inking on this card. OMG that tree is incredible, I can not believe you did that all by hand. Awesome job with this challenge. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving:) HUGS!

bonnie said...

Oh my gosh sweetie this is absolutely stunning...I love everything you create sweet friend! ;) Hugs x

Wendy (aka Roo) said...

Wow, this is soooo cute!!! Your tree is awesome & that little snowman is such a cutie, I need to get this cart! Happy Thanksgiving!
Puppy Hugs,
Wendy

Anna Gatherum said...

Wow that is such a cute card! I hope you visit my blog,
www.annabeedesigns.blogspot.com

DonnaMundinger said...

Gigi I just LOVE this card! The embossing on the craft, the adorable little snowman and bunny (note to self, get out that frickin IMAGINE!) and the tree is really breathtaking! I'm so gonna scraplifft that! GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS! xxD

Karen H said...

Gigi, this is absolutely gorgeous!!! That tree is STUNNING. So clever! And of course the rest of the card is beautiful as well... your creations are always wonderful. The inking is amazing and that snowman and bunny are precious. And the twine! I love the twine. Beautiful work! Happy Thanksgiving! :o)

Hugs and blessings!

joni said...

Gigi, this is gorgeous!!!I love the colors..they are so awesome with the Winter Theme!!! Awesome job!!!
hugs,
joni

Yoshiras time to craft said...

Beautiful!love the soft colors and xmas tree.great color combo.tfs

shelly said...

love every single thing about this card gigi. fantastic. have a super day :)

Georgiana said...

Loving that cap the snowman is wearing. ; )

Hope you will stop by when you get a chance.
Georgiana
Carson's Creations

Sentimental Scrapper said...

Sooooo pretty! I love how you did your Christmas tree and your snowman is adorable!

Kimberly

Sherrie K. said...

Such a BEAUTIFUL Christmas card! I love the cute little snowman and that tree....WOW, amazing!
Sherrie K
http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com