Winter Window Card

Hello friends! I hope your weekend was a good one. Leo and I went for two pretty long walks, which was fun. He enjoys sitting in his stroller and notice all kinds of interesting things along the way - and stopping at a playground or two. 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, we have a Chill Out challenge. It could be anything from winter, to something about relaxing and chilling out. 

I made a wintery card this week, using a lovely stamp by Penny Black as my focal point. I ordered this stamp a couple of months ago, but hadn't inked it up yet. This card has a lot of layers, most of which I found on my desk while tidying up - and that made tidying up much more fun too.

The Frosty Day was stamped on Neenah cardstock with Hero Arts Vintage Metallic Ombre ink. To get the look of windows, I embossed it with clear powder. After embossing, I inked the edges and also applied ink to the bars, by using Ranger's Craft Nib.

You might see the effect of the embossing powder a little better on this photo.

Here you can see the layers better: a piece of Sizzix white Paper Leather embossed with dots, a star embossed paper (from yesterday's layout), burlap, text patterned paper and the window. All the edges were distressed and I also took out my sewing machine.

The sentiment was stamped on a Tattered Curvy Banner, and I also added three little Prima flowers. Aren't they cute? The sentiment was stamped with the darkest shade on the Ombre ink pad.

The hearts come from the Simon Says Stamp Clipping Heart die.

I really hope you will join us in our Chill Out challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today! Have a lovely week!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin 

Supplies:

Penny Black FROSTY DAY	Tim Holtz Sizzix DOT MATRIX & GRIDLOCK	Tim Holtz Sizzix TINY STAR	Simon Says Stamp CLIPPING HEART	Tim Holtz Sizzix Die TATTERED CURVY BANNERS
Hero Arts Ombre VINTAGE METALLIC STEEL	Tim Holtz SIMPLE SAYINGS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD ANTIQUE LINEN	Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER CLEAR
Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS WHITE 8.5x11	Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE	Ranger MIXED MEDIA CARDSTOCK	Tim Holtz Idea-ology TIDINGS Mini Stash 8 x 8	Kaisercraft Lucky Dip BURLAP STACK
Tim Holtz Core'dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC	Prima Marketing MAYA Planner Flowers	Tim Holtz TINY ATTACHER Stapler	Ranger Inkssentials US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Ranger Inkssentials EUROPEAN HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL
Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER	Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 4 x 4.5	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix CUTTING PAD XL Pair	Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4	3M Scotch ATG 1/4 Inch GOLD REFILL TAPE	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Tim Holtz Tonic PAPER DISTRESSER

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