Winter Alpaca

This card was inspired by Paper Players sketch #359.

When I got a bottle of Glimmer Kiss months ago, I made a few random pieces to test it out, including a piece of paper I had die-cut with the Stitched Windy Backdrop and covered entirely with Periwinkle Glitter Kiss. I had left it aside to use on a project and today, I decided to use it as a night sky behind the new Stitched Hillside Backdrop Portrait die from Lawn Fawn's 2017 fall release. I found a great color combo in past ColourQ challenges (#11) and used a piece of Perfectly Plaid Winter paper for my frame.

I was really excited that the release included some birch trees, which I had been wanting to add to my die collection. I die-cut them out of Very Vanilla cardstock and added stripes on them with markers. The Stitched Hillside Backdrop set includes some pine trees, so I cut some out of Basic Grey textured cardstock and added them in the back. The sentiment (from 2017 Holiday Catalogue's Snowflake Sentiments stamp set) was stamped in VersaMark over the glittered background and embossed in Smoky Slate embossing powder. Pearls were added as snowflakes.

I also added a little red bird (inspired by Merry Monday #219), another die from the same set, on the trees, and my little colored alpaca on the bottom hill. A piece of Bashful Blue ribbon was added at the bottom and topped with a bow made with the Bow punch, and covered with an iced rhinestone embellishment. White fine glitter was added to the hillside borders with a glue pen, and the frame was added to the card with foam strips for dimension.

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Souhaits en rafales (Snowflake Sentiments - Stampin' Up!), Winter Alpaca (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Textured Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler
Patterned Papers: Perfectly Plaid Winter (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: VersaMark, Tuxedo Black Memento
Accessories: Bow Punch, Periwinkle Glitter Kiss, Smoky Slate Stampin' Emboss Powder,
Pearl Basic Jewels, Copic Markers, Iced Rhinestone Embellishments, Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon,
Winter Alpaca Die, Stitched Hilside Backdrop Portrait Dies, Birch Tree Dies, Stitched Windy Backdrop Die (Lawn Fawn),
Very Vanilla Medium Envelope, Fine White Glitter (Martha Stewart), Glue Pen, Adhesive Foam Strips

 

Comments

[Joanne James]

Cindy your little alpaca is adorable and I love the detail in the festive scene you've created. Thanks for sharing with us over at The Paper Players this week!

[Jan Clothier]

The alpaca is very cute but it's the red bird that steals my heart! The night sky is lovely. Thanks for joining us at The Paper Players this week.

[sandy m]

Oh so cute, Cindy! Love your little alpaca in his scarf, and the hillsides are the perfect use of the sketch. So glad you joined us this week at The Paper Players!