A Winter Card

 

Today I am showing you a card where I made the background myself. I have been searching through my large amount of files to find a fitting background for this really cute image I found on Pinterest. I think it is made with AI. I am trying to embrace the use of AI but still find myself struggling with it. Anyway I was unable to find a matching background that I like for this image so I just made my own not using AI but my computer software. 

Here is how I did it. I use Paint Shop Pro software that is still installed on my computer. I took the various shades of blue and made a gradient background in those blue tones. I then added a grunge border mask from a seperate layer. After that I added another layer and added a falling snowflake mask to it. I then added all the layers together and voila the background was made. I so love the result that i may try this again. You can get any color you want of even mixed colors. It has endless color options.

The shaped of the card is a swirl circle fold card. You can buy the die set from Marianne Design. I really like the brand and I have many die sets but this fold card you can make so easily yourself that you really don't need any speciality dies for it. Here is how I made it. I took a piece of cardstock of 20 x 14,5 cm. On the long end I score it at 7,5 cm, 9.5 cm, 11,5 cm and 13,5 cm. I then folded and I cut the corners with a corner rounding punch. I then added a nesting die in the middle with the image. I trimmed the background image into pieces to fit the cardstock and added some die cut trees and snowflakes on it. A homemade sentiment for the finishing touch and this is my finished result.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Rudolph Days September 2025 - Anything Christmas Goes
Girlz Creative Splash It With Color #5 - Blue
CD Sunday Plus #167 - Anything Digital Goes
Time Out #298 - Splatter, Season, Edge & Monochrome
Mix It Up #79 - Anything Goes Optional Fun Folds

Till next time
Renate