BRRRRR!

I've really had my nose pressed to the grindstone the past couple of weeks, so gave myself a pass today to make a holiday card. I was inspired by two challenges - Tic Tac Toe #191 for content and Time Out Challenge #228 "Winter or Holiday Season". 

For the Tic Tac Toe challenge, I selected the middle across row Dots and/or Stripes/Arctic Animal/Add an Envelope. I don't really have any Arctic animals, so I made do by using a little PTI fox and embossing him in white on gray cardstock to make him into an Arctic fox. I have never been able to find a really white embossing powder - it seems like all of the ones I've tried are slightly off-white. On a gray die-cut rectangle I white heat embossed some snow and overlaid Impression Obsession's Birch Trees die-cut from white cardstock for my stripes and/or dots. I also die-cut stitched snow layers of white and gray printed paper. Before gluing the fox to the card, I added a black nose and pink cheeks. The pink cheeks were the inspiration for the blush mat. The sentiment was heat-embossed with Zing! in "Blush" on a black tag and a blush ribbon was attached.

Inside I added a white heavy paper die-cut into a rectangle, stamped a blush snowflake and added the sentiment in black. You'll notice that the pale pink envelope is lined with gray and white stripe/dotted printed paper.

TTTC191 - Featured Designer Jeanne - Tic Tac Toe Challenge

TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge 228 - Winter or Holiday Season