Winter Fun ~ SOUS

I'm feeling a bit spoiled, having completed three projects in three days, and they are all for one challenge or another.   This latest one is for the SOUS die cut challenge, with the theme being "winter fun"  and how we enjoy it.  Well, my interpretation shows how I like to sit indoors, with the heat pumping, and from the warmth of my fleece p.j.s I can admire the beautiful scene from the safety of my sofa.  So, my card is a view from the inside looking out.  We've had an extremely mild winter so far and not much white fluff to be found, so my card might not look like much fun, but for me it's perfect.  The less snow, the better!  

I made the shaped card by using a Grand Nestabalities.  To do this, you simply fold the card stock in half and place the Nestie on top of the folded card, allowing just enough of the die to extend over the fold, so rather than cut at the fold, the card stock remains attached.  The rest of it will cut out.  Make sense?  The tree and blue mat are some funky handmade papers that Ive had for a couple of years now.  For the tree, which is a Sizzix die, I added double sided tape to hold it together before running through the Cuttlebug and then adhered the other side to a lime green card stock.  Same technique for the blue one, except I didn't back it with paper.  The card base and white background are the same Grand Nestabilities that I used to make the shaped card base.  I should mention that these were cut using my Grand Calibur.  The bird is also a Nestabilities die.  I added brown glittery flock to the bird and couldn't leave well enough alone.  Even though I had run it through the Cuttlebug to "press" the flock into the adhesive,  I thought the flocking looked to thin and it wasn't all staying in place and, besides,  it needed more dimension. So... I opted to add some glossy accents to keep it in place.  BIG mistake!!!  I globbed in on too thick, didn't get it to the outer edges of the bird and then while it was drying (took all day) I just had to fiddle around with it and CRACKED it!   I will never learn to leave well enough alone.  I used double sided tape for the snowflakes die cuts and removed one side of the sticky paper to add the glitter, which is a very fine, iridescent white.  The sentiment is from the Whimsical Designs Snow Much Fun set.  I was a little nervous stamping directly on the textured white paper, but as you can see, it stamped perfectly.  And speaking of Whimsical Designs, Stephanie is sponsoring the Stuck On You Sketches (SOUS) this month and one lucky winner will be getting ALL FOUR sets of her new Whimsical Designs stamps!  Woo Hoo!  Now, since I'm a Whimsical Designer, or Whimsy, as I like to refer to us designers, I already have the stamps, but just had to play along with the Winter Fun challenge.  I've had the tree sitting around for weeks and wanted to use it before I managed to ruin it.

Hubby and I are off to our daughter Melissa's house today to watch the Giants take on the Packers and whoop their butts! And of course we will get to enjoy some fun time with Angelo and Domenic.
I am also entering this card in the challenge at
 The Cuttlebug Spot ~ Winter Time & use texture