Walking in a Winter Wonderland...

Yesterday I woke up to snow. About four inches. When I went out to shovel, I measured 5.25" and when all was said and done, six inches had fallen. Today I awoke to snow again! Not falling quite so heavily as yesterday. Sometimes the wind gusts and the snow cannot seem to tell which direction it should be falling. Gravity ceases to be the law. What a perfect day to talk about a Winter Wonderland. Jeanette's Forest Winter Wonderland swap, that is.

I stamped the tall pine from SUs Lovely as a Tree (that is one of my favorite SU sets) and then cut out the frame with my Nesties. I am not sure what I am going to do with those scraps, yet. If nothing strikes me they will be donated to the special ed preschool where I send most of my scraps, used card fronts and mistakes. (Plus lots of embossed papers, cut out shapes, ribbons and stickers). A friend is a teacher there and she says the kids love it. They have no idea they are doing me a great service.

The stamp is from Stampscapes and is colored with chalks. The colors are not showing up in the scan, but the rocks were given a slight pink hue and the sky a wee bit of grey. Trees are green, grass is yellowed and the water you can see is shades of blue. Much of the coloring was very subtle, just enough to change it from the cream colored cardstock that was used. I hope the recipients could tell... That is about my limit with Stampscapes, though I have seen some really gorgeous things done with them (Hey Linda - I think I found the class I should take!! Wanna join me?). A glitter pen added a little bit of shine to, hopefully, look like snow in the distance. The ribbon was one of the three picked up when making the previous card

This swap is long over, of course, as I am so far behind in posting. In fact, I have already received my cards back; and what FABULOUS cards they were!! Don't be sad, though, cuz now she is hosting the Enchanted Forest swap and it is sure to be just as amazing. You should join us. (Tell her Gael sent ya!)