Cards for all seasons IG Hop - Week 1

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far.  Today is the start of a brand new Instagram Hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This hop is called 'cards for all seasons' and for the next 9 weeks we will be celebrating all things winter.  Week 1 is hosted by Amrita and she has chosen 'countdown to Christmas/winter'. A really fun theme and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to take part as we are currently in the first week of our kitchen renovation and seriously my house is upside down; I have things everywhere.  Luckily for me I found some images already coloured and die cut that I could use for today's card.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

As I said the images were already coloured with Promarkers and die cut out with the matching dies.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and then took a circle die and cut it out of the panel in the upper centre.  I die cut 3 snowy hill and secured them in place behind the circle with double sided tape.  I ink blended directly onto my card base with sea glass and turquoise sea inks and added some 'snow' with a white gelly roll pen.  I added foam tape behind the white panel and adhered it to my card base.  I added all the images with liquid glue except for the large centre house which was added with foam squares.  This design of card would have been perfect for a shaker card but I was short on time and didn't want to mess it up!  I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of white card and cut it out with a sentiment strips die.  I added it below the circle with foam squares.  I didn't add any embellishments as I liked the clean look of everything contained within the circle (apart from the sentiment).  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and die cut another snowy hillside and added it to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I placed two trees and one small house into the bottom left corner with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the upper centre with black ink.  I adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  I love these Lawn Fawn winter village images and I will have to use them again soon. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas link up challenge - ATG Christmas

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - Christmas

Alphabet challenge - R is for round

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist happy holidays (any holiday)

Christmas Kickstart challenge - if it's Christmassy, link it up

Creative Inspirations challenge - let it snow

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - Christmas 

Everybody Art challenge - house/home

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/springtime

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Peace On Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas

PINspirational challenge - ATG

Stamping Sensations challenge - ATG option winter

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG winter

The Dream Factory challenge - Christmas

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardsforallseasonshop2024 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I'll be back in the morning with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

Lawn Fawn - winter village stamp & die set

Lawn Fawn - home for the holidays stamp & die set (for outside sentiment and inside trees)

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 8 (for circle die)

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sea glass & turquoise sea 

MFT - snowy hillside dies

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen