Maxwell's Big Win

Today the Lady Commander of Copics left to Mount Moonstar to ride a snow plank down the side of the mountain...for fun. I told her there wasn’t time to be endangering her life for fun when there were so many quests to be completed - she could endanger her life completing them! She said it was a dual purpose trip as she was aiding the Moonstar Mice prepare for their annual Winter Games event that is held on the mountain. I chuckled to myself picturing the little guys riding down the hills on tiny little snow planks. Then I decided to turn that idle thought into a card.

I started by stamping the “Maxwell Snowboarding” Kraftin’ Kimmie image and colouring him with Prismacolors. I set him aside and started working on the background. I had an idea to try after watching my lord husband airbrush a background using a stencil and thought I could apply the same technique using Distress Inks and the blending tool.

I started by cutting a tag shape from the Winter Woodland cartridge that reminded me of clouds. Then I used my newly created “stencil” and Weathered Wood Distress Ink to make the cloud/snow puffs. I was pleased with how it looked and saved the “stencil” for use in future projects. I earned +150 technique exp points for successfully trying something new. Using the Winter Woodland cartridge I also cut out the sentiment and the snowflake for the front of the card, adding some glitter to the snowflake to sparkle up the front.

Ooooooo....sparkly :D

On the inside I cut out another tag shape from the Winter Woodland cartridge and stamped the sentiment using the BugBites “Mistletoe” set and the Echo Park “Holly Jolly Christmas” set.

I liked how the clouds/snow puffs looked so much, I did it on the envelope too to make it match the card.

This little guy will snowboard into the following challenges:
Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge: Anything Goes
CHNC Challenge #107: Rudolph is Resting
Fairy tale Challenge #58: Animals & Pets
Love to Create Challenge #48: Sparkle & Snowflakes
Creative Card Crew Challenge #27: Snow and Ice
Paper Playtime Challenge #1: Pets
ABC Christmas Challenge: A for Animal
Christmas Cards All Year ‘Round: Anything Goes Christmas
Spark Your Creativity Now! Challenge #5: Anything Goes
CHNC Challenge Extra: January

With the Lady Commander’s help, the Moonstar Mice Winter Games went off without a hitch. She ended up judging the snow plank competition and awarding the winning mouse, Maxwell, with a shiny medal and an invite to visit us at the Guild Hall whenever he was in our end of the realm.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

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