Poppystamps: Merry and Bright

Morning, y'all!  I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today, sharing a card, boasting a colorful winter background, created with Distress Inks.

I started this card by inking a piece of white cardstock, from bottom to top, with Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord, Tumbled Glass, and Faded Jeans Distress Inks, blending each layer of color into the next.  I then grounded the colors with die-cut, from more white cardstock, Stitched Hills.  The "may your days be MERRY and BRIGHT" sentiment was white-embossed just above those hills, near the right edge of the prepped piece...

before creating the rest of the winter scene.  The Trim Tree and Prancing Deer were die-cut from Crumb Cake and Baked Brown Sugar cardstocks respectively; and one of the deer was dressed up with a simple, red, gemstone nose.

I then splattered everything with Titanium White acrylic paint and couldn't resist covering those snowy hills in glitter.  Once everything was dry, I anchored the entire piece, to a white, cardstock, card face, with silver-threaded, straight, machine stitching and wrapped up its top edge with a length of Baker's Twine, tied in a bow.

I'll be back tomorrow with a simple Thursday Tip for Pretty Little Studio.  Until then, thanks so much for humbling me with a visit!  Be blessed!

{Supplies & Tools}
Stamps: Christmas Greetings (Poppystamps) Paper: white (Paper Studio); Baked Brown Sugar & Crumb Cake (SU!) Ink: Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord, Tumbled Glass, & Faded Jeans Distress Inks (Ranger); watermark (VersaMark) Other: silver thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); foam tape (Scrapbook Adhesives); Baker's Twine (Clean Country Paper Supplies); Dazzling Diamonds (SU!); Titanium White acrylic paint (FolkArt); gemstone (Paper Studio); white embossing powder (Zig); Big Shot (Sizzix); Prancing Deer, Stitched Hills, & Trim Tree dies (Poppystamps)