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Tuesday 17 January 2023

The winter blues

Hello, crafting friends!
 
Having looked at the weather forecast for the next few days, and seeing the temperatures plummet, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a bit of a snow flurry. And that thought leads to a selection of blue inks and today's card:
 
 
I wanted to give the impression of bitter winds and snow driftying, so I stenciled what I think is supposed to be ocean waves from Funky Fossil's Scenic Borders stencil. It does add quite a bit of movement to the card I think!  The snowflakes are from Endless Wishes, a long-ago retired Stampin' Up set. Sitting next to it on the shelf was another ancient Stampin' Up set called Holiday Home, and I used two tiny stamps from it to add to my pattern.
 

The sentiment is from the Endless Wishes set, stamped in a dark navy blue, and I added a couple of gems for added sparkle.

CHALLENGES
I was inspired by the challenge at Allsorts this week which is Anything Goes with optional Winter Blues; I'm also joining in with the Anything Christmas Goes theme at ABC Christmas; and Retro Rubber where the theme is Winter Scenes using stamps over a year old - the sets I used were released in 2013 and 2014.


AND IN OTHER NEWS
It's lovely walking in the sunny, frosty countryside with NO MUD - hurrah! It's a bit chilly but there's always plenty of playtime indoors as well :)
 

This young gentleman has settled in nicely. Dogs never expose their tummies unless they feel very safe and relaxed!

Sending hugs,

14 comments:

  1. We've had flurries of snow today,your icy colours and snowflake stamps are stunning

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  2. A lovely “winter blues” card for Allsorts.

    The Lodger looks like he’s there to stay and have fun xxx

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  3. A great CAS design and perfect for our 'Winter Blues' theme at Allsorts this week, thank you for entering there.
    Lorraine

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  4. Love your Wintery snowflakes, so pretty Vicky. We had a smattering today, The mountain and garden still have some and looking beautiful. Love the pooch piccie.

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  5. What a beautiful Snowfall card! I love your blue color palette and CAS layout. But, I especially LOVE your pup playing with his stuffed toy. I have a pup that plays like that too and I could watch her all day. Thank you for sharing and playing along with ABC Christmas Challenge ~ Wendy

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  6. That set is a keeper for sure and I love how you changed up those snowflakes with the stencilling behind - very cool, it gives your card a real sense of movement Vicky. I love it!

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  7. Love this blowing snow, Vicky! Brrr!

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  8. A lovely Winter creation, many thanks for using our Winter Blues option at Allsorts challenge this week.

    B x

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  9. Your snowflakes look wonderfully delicate and we want a lot of them to fall from the sky this weekend!!
    And I didn't know that dogs only show their belly when they feel safe. Our Kaito shows his belly very often, because we always have to stroke it.
    PS: I mentioned you positively in my post today!!

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  10. Very pretty "wintery" themed card. I still have that set and love the lacey style snowflakes. Well done!

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  11. SO beautiful, Clare! Love your layout and design so much, those snowflakes are beautiful, and that's a gorgeous sentiment, too! Lovely winter blues! Thanks so much for playing at Retro Rubber!

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  12. très chic et toute en sobriété Vicky, merci de jouer avec nous chez ABC Christmas Card, biz

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  13. What a lovely classy creation. Thank you so much for joining us at ABC Christmas challenge

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  14. Beautiful card, Vicky! Sorry for such a late comment, but gmail decided the email was spam and I've only just found it. Ugh! xoxo

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