Christmas Kickstart #47 - SLIMLINE CARDS

Hello friends.  I'm playing along with the Christmas Kickstart Challenge today where they are looking for SLIMLINE cards.

I used an older MFT stamp set called Warm & Feathered Hugs for my card and came up with this:

I have always loved these owls from MFT and since there were three of them in the set, I decided it would be easy enough to fit all three on the larger slimline format.  I started with a 4 x 9 white card base and then added a gray layer that I used a Memory Box plate (Pinpoint Snowflake) on.  Because the plate is only meant for an A2 size card I had to run the plate through half way, turn and run through again from the bottom up (hope that makes sense??).  It's not perfectly matched up in the middle, but with the circles die cut through that gray layer, you can't hardly tell...phew!!  Before adding the gray layer, I blended some gray ink onto the white card base and also stenciled some snowflakes from The Greetery's Frosty Flakes.  Can't tell in my photo, but I went over the snowflakes with a WOS pen and they really sparkle in person!

 Here's a closer up of the top and middle owls.  I colored them with my Copics and then die cut them before adding foam behind them for some dimension.

Here's another close up of the middle owl (again) and the bottom one.  For my sentiment, I added embossed thin strips of red cs along with SSS's Tiny Words: Christmas.  And another one done for the Christmas stash...YAY!!

Check it out and play along with Jo and her guest elf Arlene right HERE.  This challenge is open till the 28th. 

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!