Novevember Design Team: Monica Longard's Winter Wonderland

November Design Team Project - Winter Wonderland by Monica Longard

I am so honored to be on my first design team and to be working with the great women at The Inked Stamper! I have always had great service and support from Dawn and all her staff and found so much inspiration from everyone I have met there and all the great supplies I have bought there.  I was inspired by a great project I saw Courtney do and I just had to use the Prima Doll tray when she gave us our challenge and it included a Julie Nutting Prima doll.

I began by finding as much white and blue for paper and embellishments as I could, because those are the colours I was drawn to in the challenge photo and to me those are colours I associate with winter - the blue of ice and cold and the white of snow, snowflakes and a winter wonderland.  I started by painting my tray a soft blue and then I tried to accent it with some clear crackle. That didn't turn out quite how I wanted, so I sprayed it with the silver glitter mist Dawn introduced me to.

Then I had to decide on a Julie Nutting Prima doll cling stamp to use and I had to pick Valentina because to me she looks like she is wearing a cute winter dress lined with fur! And I hadn't used my Copic markers in awhile so they were perfect for this. I coloured her and then used some distress glitter and liquid applique to sparkle her up. 
  

Then to finish the tray, I found some winter wonderland paper and filled in all the boxes, distressing the paper because I just can't do a project without distressing the paper!!  I then gave them some wintery accents by adding snow using the great snow marker I got at the shop.  I also had to give Valentina wings because they were in the challenge photo and I just love them - and it was another place I could add wintery sparkle.

 

I finished up the tray by adding flowers and embellishments that I got at the shop. I was inspired by the paper and the embellishments and just wanted to make the tray look fun and like a Winter Wonderland!  

 

 

I hope you all like my project - I had a great time making it and I just love working with all the great products that I can find at The Inked Stamper. They make my crafting so enjoyable.

Monica Longard
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