Winter Wishes - CAS on Friday Challenge

Welcome to my very first post as a new member of the CAS on Friday design team! I'm excited to be part of this talented group and can't wait for the fun challenges over the next twelve months. I do hope some of what you see here will inspire you to take part and perhaps, like me, push yourself beyond your usual creative boundaries.

Today's challenge is #171 and the theme is WINTER.

Here in Australia we're currently experiencing the hottest and driest summer in many, many years, so making a card with a winter theme added a distinctly whimsical touch to my day, lol. I have to say the thought of snow and cold was awfully appealing! Here's my card:

Here's a close up look. I used a bamboo skewer to poke the 'snow' in all those fiddly spaces, lol.

Materials used:

• stamps - Grace's Garden (SU), Timeless Textures (SU), Hardwood (SU), Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers (PTI)
• card - whisper white, crumb cake
• other - white embossing powder, heat tool, blending brush, hills and drifts stencil (MFT), shimmer white embossing paste, mounting strips, Dimensionals, Stamparatus, sponge dauber, bamboo skewer, craft foam, watercolour pencils

I love the little bird in this set - here I've coloured it with watercolour pencils to get a soft effect for my 'robin'.

Please visit the other DT members' blogs to view their wonderful winter creations and feel free to leave us all some comment love!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez