~~~ Home For The Holidays ~~~ ~~Whimsical Wednesday~~

Happy Wednesday my friends!  I am so excited to share my Whimsical Wednesday project with you today.  I have the biggest fear of venturing too far out of my comfort zone -- card making.  But I put on my big girl panties and entered unchartered territory and decided to alter a frame.  I absolutely love the way it turned out!  I bought 3 of these frames at a local dollar store.  They were in a discount bin (hahaha....a discount bin at a dollar store!) I got them for 20 cents each!  I thought for sure they would sit in a corner of the craft room and collect dust but for 20 cents, I couldn't pass it up.  

The Whimsical Designers have crafted up a storm for you this week making home decor projects for the holiday.  I haven't seen any of them yet, but I just know I am going to be "wow'd" off my feet when I see them!  

I started off with some yummy double-sided paper and decided to leave some of the original frame showing....such a pretty gold, I didn't want to cover it all up.  I placed the paper in the center of my Cricut mat and cut the center square using George & Basic Shapes.  I trimmed the outer edges down to size using a paper trimmer.   I used ATG tape to adhere paper to frame.  The 'wonderful winter' cut is from the Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridge.  I used the shadow feature and the base cut.  Pop dots were used for the word 'winter'  and the entire piece itself is adhered tot he frame with pop dots.  I added Crackle Accents to the word 'wonderful' and Stickles are dotted in the centers of the tiny snowflakes on the word 'winter'.  

The deer, house and birds are from the Imagine Snow Angel cartridge.  I used the layers feature for all of the images and then used pop dots to give them lots of dimension.  I then selected just the bird layer and cut a bunch out at several different sizes.  Some of them I flipped so they wouldn't all be facing the same direction.  I didn't use all of the birds that I cut.  My grandson actually ATE one of them!  That kid will eat anything!  I added some Distress Stickles to the belly of the birds and they are all adhered with pop dots.  I also added a bit of Glossy Accents to the pink of the ears on the deer.  

Here's my poor attempt at trying to take a photo showing the dimension.  I think my next step will be a photography class so I can learn how to use this fancy camera!

The snowflakes are Martha Stewart punches and I used glitter paper to add some sparkle to the design.  The label for my stamped sentiment is a Cuttlebug Plus Embossing folder, fanciful labels.  I inked it up with distress ink before removing the card stock from the die.  My lovely sentiment is a stamp from Stephanie's new line of Whimsical Designs stamps.  I am amazed at how many project ideas I have, all inspired by these versatile stamps!  This one is 'warm winter wishes' and it's from the Snow Much Fun set.  All four of the Whimsical Designs stamp sets are available for immediate shipping (FREE shipping, I might add!).  You can find them HERE

Now, if you need some inspiration and ideas for those last minute holiday gifts and home decor, you really should head on over to Whimsical Designs to see what the rest of the creative team has to share.  Play along and link up your project for a chance to win.  Stephanie always has a fabulous prize!
I am entering this in the following challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas ~ Holiday Decor
Shopping Our Stash ~ Use a snowflake
Try It On Tuesday ~ Anything Goes