Winter Blues

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Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we've no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! I can say that now, when it is just cold outside with a splattering of a few snowflakes, but I'm pretty sure that when it actually does fall and accumulate, I might curse at it for a while! Wisconsin winters really are kind of frightful!

Back today with a new challenge to introduce at CAS-ual Fridays: Use blue in your winter related projects! It is a two week challenge, so there is plenty of time to play over the holiday. More details and a mound of amazing inspiration can be found over on the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog. Our sponsor this week is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps! I used a new November release set called Snowflake Greetings, which just became available in the store.

I'm sure that you can see if you've followed my blog lately that I'm trying out some new techniques, getting out of the normal funk I was in. (Is that a good thing?) I've been using more fiber and experimenting with distress inks. This panel was created by laying down a mix of blues onto watercolor paper, spraying with some pearl mist and then stamping snowflakes with the excess pearlized water. I then dried the panel and came back to stamp with various blue and white inks. I think it turned out really pretty if I do say so myself, and patting myself on the back because I think I kept the card clean and simple with its design-a great combination!

I can't wait to see your Winter Blues creations, please link them up to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!