Day 1 Guest Designer: Liz Qualman

Baby, It's Cold Outside!
by Liz Qualman

How about a holiday card with a little warmth despite the cold? Something I love about the "Wintertime" collection is that you can make holiday projects that aren't specific to a certain holiday or religion. This card is meant to let someone know you are thinking about them or to include with a special gift of food or drink around the holidays.

To add a litle dimension to my card, I backed the journal card with some chipboard. Then I added a Glitz Snowflake to the hot cocoa mug for some extra sparkle. Finally I tried on some red gingham ribbon to dress the card up just a bit. That is real Colorado snow in the photo! No worries, the card is safe and sound - LOL. Talk about super fast photography skills.

This is what the holidays look like in Colorado - pure Rocky Mountain fun, filled with fresh air and powdery snow. The "Wintertime" collection is a perfect palette of frost to make these photos of my son look even a bit chillier. I have been working on ways to add more photos to my layouts and since I am addicted to wallet-sized photos, I am always searching for more ideas on how to include them. For this project, I decided to make a filmstrip of my son playing in the snow to compliment the larger 5x7 close up photo. I also tried to keep my embellishments fairly simple, but had to add this super cute sticker of the snowman. I used pop dots to make it stand out just a bit more.

To increase the frosty feel of the page and to add some sparkle, I added a bit of bling to this cardstock border sticker. I also varied the colors of the sticker alphabet to add a bit more interest to the title. The little circle snowflake sticker finished off the look.

Aren't these trees adorable? It is the little details like this that make Echo Park papers so fun. I cut up some of the paper strips to include as a layer in my design and then added some of the sentiments from the cardstock stickers.

It just wouldn't be right if I didn't include a sketch for you to make your own winter/holiday project. I'd love to see how you incorporate wallet-sized photos on your layouts and or how you can create a really frosty look. Please stop by my blog My Little Sketch Blook and let me know what you come up with. http://lizqualman.blogspot.com/

Thank you so much for stopping by -

Liz Qualman