Winter Bunny Shaped Card - "Pure and Simple"

This week's challenge at the CropStop Challenge Blog is called "Pure and Simple".  The challenge is to use only white or off-white with either black or brown only for stamping.  Yikes!  I love color and I've never made a card using just white.  So I pondered this for a day or so and finally came up with an idea (it came to me in the shower...ideas often do...this is strange, isn't it?).  Since winter and snow have been on my mind lately (my house is buried in white stuff!), I thought a winter white bunny might be appropriate...so here he is.

The bunny is from the Cricut Winter Woodland cartridge, a real gem.  So many pretty images on this one.  I welded two of the bunny's shadows together with my Gypsy to form the shaped card.  Another shadow layer cut in gemstone cardstock (can you see the sheen?) was placed on top.  Then the head/ears and leg layers were cut, embossed and popped up on top of that.  It was certainly simple....I spent much more time thinking about this card than I did making it!  "Warm Wishes" is stamped inside....I could use many of these!!

Recipe

Bunny from Cricut Winter Woodland cartridge

Top layers embossed with Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls folder

Recollections off-white gemstone cardstock

White Recollections cardstock

"Warm Wishes" stamp from Inkadinkadoo

Brad from my stash

EK Success dimensionals to pop up layers

I'm also entering this card into this week's  Challenge Me Monday #47 at Fantabulous Cricut: Weather Forecast - make a project featuring your favorite seasonal weather.  I've been complaining incessantly about the weather lately because this winter has been unusually difficult.  I acually love the winter...watching the snow fall (in small doses!), ice skating, sledding, building snowmen with my kids, watching them get rosy cheeks, drinking hot cocoa and snuggling together under a warm blanket...just can't beat it!  :-)

Enjoy the day!

~Sharon C.

 

Winter Fun Layout using Winter Woodland and 3 Birds on Parade

Hello...and happy Saturday!  I'm so happy to be posting a scrapbook page today!!  I share a resolution with many of you - to get more pages done - and this is my first of the year.  Whoo hoo!  I hope to have another one completed by Tuesday.  The pictures I scrapped are from last February during my kids' school vacation.  We spent a few days at my parents' house in New Hampshire sledding and snowboarding in their yard.  They have a hill behind their house that's perfect for the kids.  It was a beautiful day and the kids all had a blast in the yard.  They made the cutest snowman too.  Do your kids love playing in the snow?  Mine would stay out all day if I let them! 

I used 3 Birds on Parade for the snowball-throwing bird...isn't he a cutie? The snowflakes are favorites of mine from Winter Woodland. I used a fine glitter on them...and added some blue rhinestones...I love the look. :-) The layout came from the January 2010 PageMaps. I often use their layouts...I find them to be a great starting point for me. Getting started is usually the most difficult part!

Recipe

Birdie and title 'Snow Day' - 3 Birds on Parade

Snowflakes - Winter Woodland

Scalloped circles - Mini Monograms

Patterned paper - My Mind's Eye everyday tango 

Cardstock - Bazzill Textured, Recollections

Fine glitter
Jo-Ann's Rhinestones

EK Success Dimensionals

Creative Memories markers in black and blue for stitching, doodling

I'm entering my page into a few challenges:

Cooking With Cricut: Challenge #11 - Snow Fun - any type of project with snow or winter time activities.
Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday #41: Snowy Delights - create a project and incorporate snow or snowflakes.
Made by Momo's Tuesday Challenge - make something with snow or a snow theme.
The Paper Variety's Weekly Challenge - include snowflakes on your paper project.

Have a great weekend!

~Sharon C.