This is a very creative interpretation of this weeks PPA Sketch Challenge. Here is the sketch:
The first thing I did was flip the sketch on its side so that it was horizontal. I was envisioning a forest of Christmas Trees at the top of a hill.
Creating my night sky...
I used my Hearts & Stars Decorative Mask to create the stars in the night sky. I used a Versamark pen (non-SU) and White embossing powder. Even thought I used my Embossing Buddy I still did get some flecks of white on the Night of Navy card stock. I love heat embossing however the stars did not turn out as crisp as I wanted them to be. SO I took my Itty Bitty Accents Star Punch and punched out a few stars with my Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and simply glued them over the embossed stars. I left a few of the embossed stars so you could see how the tips were not as sharp as I wanted them.
Creating the Snowy Hill top...
I used the largest Oval Framelit which is scalloped and cut it out of the Natural White card stock. I cut the oval in half and then frayed it with my distressing tool. Using Fast Fuse I adhered the base of the oval to the Night of Navy piece. This ensured I would get the perfect placement for my trees behind the hill. I glued those trees down. Then lifting the top of the oval I placed small slits in the card stock for the tree trunk to slide into so the tree looked like it was coming out of the snowy hill top. The tops of the trees were adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.
The sentiment is from the Winter Wishes Stamp Set.
While this is not a crisp pristine card I am tickled with how I interpreted the sketch. This pushed my creativity.
I would love to see what you would do with this sketch! Send me a photo of your card.
Michelle
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What a great way to fill the challenge Michelle. Such a realistic scene with the snow wrapped around the tree! Thanks for playing with the PPA!
Posted by: Ginger Toivonen | September 29, 2015 at 10:29 AM
Michelle, gorgeous as always! Love how you nestled the tress around the snow. Thanks for playing with us this week at Pals Paper Arts!
Posted by: Peggy Noe | September 28, 2015 at 10:29 PM