Flurries of Love

Whew!  Blizzard! 

We returned home on Friday from the mountains in a crazy snowstorm, we had been at a work retreat, and knowing the storm would be bad, we even left early.  It was a good thing we did, they closed parts of the highway after we left.  I was grateful my husband was driving.  He's a good driver and we arrived home slowly - but safely.  We've had about a foot of snow, and lots of blowing around, so the drifts are deep...and now it's ccccccold!

So...this card is SO suited to our weather.  I'm not often able to play in the Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS, but today I could.  Michele - mitchygitchygloomy is the FS today and her gallery is FULL of wonderfully colored things.   Here's the link to the card of her's that I cased. 

She had a very snowy theme too, so I kept a lot of the theme of her card and basic layout. 

When MFT released these adorable Pure Innocence girls I just melted.  I'm not usually a "people" stamp person so much, but their sweetness just captured my heart. I colored her with the Water Copic collection from Flourishes as well as the Pastel collection (BG0000 and YR0000) and YR01 for her skin, as well as C0 and C2 for cool shadows, oh and RV69 for her heart.  Her touque (translation stocking hat for you Americans :) ), scarf and boots are popped up.  Liquid applique on the boots and snow flurries. 

I made the ghosted snowflake on my own with clear cardstock, my SU Sizzlit Snowflakes, Crystal Effects and chunky glitter.  Love how it looks!  There is polka-dotted embossing on the white layer, I have to say that these Texturz plates give me so much frustration.  Even if I wet the paper and shim it with layers of other paper it really doesn't give me the depth of embossing I like.  Grrr! 

Keep warm today friends!

Recipe:  Stamps:  MFT - Flurry of Love;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay Patterns DSP, Bravo Burgundy, Flourishes Classic White, Clear Cardstock;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Deckled Rectangles Nesties, Scalloped Rectangles Nesties, Dotted Bermuda Bay Ribbon, Sizzlits - Snowflakes, Crystal Effects, Chunky Glitter, Dimensionals, Copic Markers, Liquid Applique, Heat Tool, Scallop Edge Punch, Large Brads.