Celebrate Winter at The Four Seasons Challenge

How is the weather where you live?  Here in the desert, it's much "colder" than normal; but still not super cold like the Northern States (Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, etc.) where I grew up.  We're keep "Warm & Cozy" indoors with several cups of espresso every day.  But then again, I have those cups of espresso every day all year round.  (LOL)  All of us over at The Four Seasons Challenge Blog hope you had a merry and blessed Christmas and New Year's Eve, and we wish you a wonderful 2023.  We have a FUN new Winter challenge waiting for you and we hope that you'll come play along with us at The Four Seasons Challenge.  We always enjoy seeing your art.

How pretty is this inspiration photo?  You don't have to copy it exactly or take anything literally.  Perhaps a color, a texture, image or other element sparks your creativity.  It doesn't matter WHAT speaks to you.  You're always welcome to share ANYTHING you choose to create.  Since we're still in the Winter months, your project needs only to be Winter inspired.  That's easy enough, right?  I was inspired by those adorable mittens in the inspiration photo along with the snow elements.

I used an older patterned paper scrap that I found in one of my Winter paper bins.  I liked the teal color and wanted to incorporate that along with a touch of pink.  The mitten dies and the little bow are from Paper Sweeties.  I cut the tops of the mittens from cream wool felt to give some texture, and I glittered them just a bit.  The sentiment is from Stamp Simply Clear Stamps, and the embossing folder is from Tim Holtz/Sizzix.  Some machine stitching and a few little sequins were the finishing touches.

I hope that you'll stop by The Four Seasons Challenge Blog to share your Winter creations with us.  It's always a treat to see your wonderful creativity.  Have a wonderfully creative week, everyone.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I always appreciate it more than you know.

I'll be playing along and sharing my mitten card in the following challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge - Anything Goes/Snow - Use an Embossing Folder - I used the Tim Holtz Falling Snow Embossing Folder on this card.

Blessings,

Karen