WMS September Release-Day 4

     Today is the day! The sets the design team has been showcasing over the last three days are available for purchase today! Golly, there has been an outpouring of creative inspiration from the design team ladies, don’t you agree? So many fantastic ideas to CASE and techniques to try.

     So let’s get to waltzing. Claire’s blog is where the party starts. Julia Aston was your previous partner and Laurie Schmidlin is the next one up on your dance card.

     And of course, there is a prize up for grabs! Someone will win a stamp set of her or his choice!! The winner will be chosen from a random drawing of the comments left on one of the Design Team member's blog. You have until September 21st 11:59 PM, 5:59 AM Central, 3:59 AM Pacific and 6:59 AM Eastern.

     Today we are showing the winter version of A Cottage Home. It’s called A Christmas Cottage. This is my favorite set from the release. It just has oodles and oodles of potential. I have such a hard time making cards using only one set, but I did it with this card. I hand to slap my hand from adding the Santa in the sleigh image from Twas the night before Christmas…the size it just perfect to slip into the sky behind the house. It will make for a fun addition on future cards.

     I used a combination of Copics and colored pencils with OMS. I found that the Copics are great to lay down a base color and the colored pencils work perfectly for the shadows/darker areas. It is easier for me to stay in the lines with colored pencils. And boy oh boy did I use Stickles. About three layers of the stuff (apply a coat wait till it’s dry and then apply another). I get a good chunky/dimensional coating using this process. I cut out the front entryway and popped it up with foam tape. Somehow, with all the supplies I have surrounding me I have to add a bit of bling or ribbon or both. My cards just don’t seem finished without it.

     Thanks for joining me over the last few days and taking the time to comment on my projects. I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your creations!