Winter Card

I wanted to make a card for The Stampman's latest Blog challenge to make a card with the theme of bleak midwinter! (december-challenge-in-bleak-mid-winter)  

I used two IndigoBlu stamps - Bare Forest and from Here Come Santa.  I used some gloss card and inks to colour the background, some crystal glitter for a snowy affect  and embossed the trees with an embossing powder from The Stampman (moonglow embossing powder).  The backing card is embossing with with embossing folder from Spellbinders, distressed and tinted with a metallic inkpad.  The snowflakes were cut with various spellbinders snowflake die with shrink plastic which has been coated first with crystal embossing  powder.  

Backing card is Coredinations - it is black with blue core.  The ribbons are from  my stash - really needs more elaborate ribbon but quite like these.

IndigoBlu stamp.  Snowflakes cut in shrink plastic from various Spellbinders dies, coated with crystal embossing powder before shrinking.

IndigoBlu stamp, embossed with moonglow embossing powder. Background coloured with inks - find Inkylicious dusters easier than brayering.   The bottom is embossed with crystal embossing powder for a snowy effect.