It's a wonderful time + Vive l'hiver!!

Hello everyone!

As you know, Saturday is 52Christma Card Throwdown day on my blog. This week we invite you to play with the following topic

Winter Wonderland

I made two cards for this theme. Since I can't decide, I'll show you both :)

I really enjoyed making this card. I love the fir trees full of snow and this funny bird skating on the frozen lake. I think it fits the theme perfectly - do you agree with me?

The firs and the bird are stamps, the lake and the snowy landscape around are hand-drawn. I colored with alcohol markers - and a hint of Distress Oxide for the sky. 

This skier hurtling down the slope at full speed is an older Katzelkraft stamp that I like to use for quick and easy cards. The fir trees and the sentiment are from Scrap Plaisir (now Crea Plaisir)

I smooshed the background with Distress Oxide Salty Ocean and made faux stitches with a tracing wheel. 

I added a some Wink of Stella to the snow - and a bit color to the snowman's nose and the fir trees. 

I hope you like how I interpreted the topic and hope you have fun with it too!

Linked up with:

Time Out - Quick

Krafty Chicks - CAS

As You Like It - Snowmen or Penguins (I like to use it for quick and easy cards)

Bastel-Traum - Winter

Craft Rocket - Christmas/Winter

Creative Knockouts - Winter Wonderland

Aud Sentiment - Christmas/Winter Animals + a Sentiment

Winter Wonderland - Festive Things with Wings

     

    

Stamps: Bird and fir trees (Marij Rahder); Snowman (Katzelkraft); Firs (Scrap Plaisir - now Crea-Plaisir); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Salty Ocean (Ranger Distress Oxide);

Alcohol markers, Wink of Stella,