Winter Window Card

Hi friends! I hope you are well and had a fun weekend! It is starting to get chilly here and the first snow might fall this week.

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Thank You. During November Pauline C is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog to see the lovely card that she made for this week.

The And Everything Nice release is filled with creative products for holiday and winter crafting.

I made a thank you card with a winter theme, creating a winter window on a brick wall background. I used dies from Simon Says Stamp's new And Everything Nice release, namely Balcony Windows and Holiday Window Decor. 

I die cut one of the windows from Simon Says Stamp Balcony Windows from collage paper that I made for another project. You can find that post here.

Dry brush a little Speckled Egg and Pumice Stone Distress Paint to the window.

Add Scorched Timber around the edges.

For the window, I used Simon Says Stamp Acetate and colored with Latte Alcohol ink.

Add a curtain with a piece of Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabric and lace.

Apply Ranger Matte Texture Paste along the upper edges of the window and add Glossy Accents in the corners and as icicles on the window. Sprinkle Rock Candy Glitter on top.

I added a piece of heavystock cardstock to the back of the window, so that it will look like a room. 

Coat watercolor paper with gesso and when dry, add texture paste through Tim Holtz Bricked stencil with a palette knife.

Let the paste dry and then paint the background with watered-down Pumice Stone. The paint will stick better to the texture paste than to the gesso, so the 'grout' will look lighter. Later, I also dry brushed with Speckled Egg and Scorched Timber.

Die cut one of the ornaments from Simon Says Stamp Holiday Window Decor from kraft paper and the baubles from Simon Says Stamp Luxe Glitter Cardstock.

Distress the edges of the brick panel before matting on brown and blue papers.

I also die cut the bow from Simon Says Stamp Holiday Window Decor, from two shades of blue watercolored papers. Let the windows be slightly open. The window was adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

The baubles from the Simon Says Stamp Luxe Glitter are very sparkly. 

The sentiment was stamped on left-over watercolored paper with Simon Says Stamp Wildflower Cuttings.

I added a little snow and glitter to the window sill too.

Join us this week in our Thank You challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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