This inspiration Wednesday is bringing you COZY WINTER HUGS...

 ...for later in the year, when it snows....lol.I love red trucks! This one is bringing you lots of hugs and kisses..This collection also has wonderful snowflake frames. This card has made use of them with lots of glitter. and fun.Heartfelt Creations products used for this project and products used that are carried on their website store: Home For The Holidays paper collection pad,  Holiday Snow Flake Frame die set,  Letters & Numbers die set, Home For The Holidays cling stamp set, Home For The Holidays die set, Ornamental Tags die set, Deluxe flower shaping paper, Ranger archival inks:, sepia, Clear drying adhesive, 3D DDots, Hydra sponges, Quick stick Craft Tool, Water color pen, Gulf flower shaping tools, Scor-pal.

OTHER PRODUCTS USED: Hot glue gun, diamond stickles, Glitter, prick pen, double-sided tape, double sided 3D foam tape, Deco Art Snow writer, Paper distressing tool, Ruler, scissors, White card stock, Bead tray

INSTRUCTIONS: This card measures 8  10 / 16 “  X 6  1 / 2 “ To prepare the card base and fronts do the following: Taking the white card stock, make a tent fold card Base to the above measurements. Make a matting, the card front, a little smaller than the base front also from the white card stock. Taking the Holiday Snow Flake Frame, the outer and the next frame in the set die cut the frames from the white card stock. Do this twice each then adhere the layers together. Taking the collection sheet 6a and cut this to a size that is a little smaller than the card front. Distress the edges of this paper by using the paper distressing tool. Adhere the card front and the distressed paper to the card base using the 3D double sided foam tape.

Using the hydra sponge and the clear drying adhesive, apply the adhesive to the snow flake frames. Sprinkle the glitter over the frames using the bead tray to catch any extra glitter. Put aside to dry on the tray. When they are dry, brush any excess glitter away then put it back into your glitter container. Adhere these frames to the card base front by using the 3D foam tape.

Using the Letters & Numbers die set and the white card stock, die cut the words COZY WINTER HUGS cut enough so you will have 4 layers for each letter, cut 1 extra for each letter from the 6a paper from the collection pad. Stack and adhere all the letters together to form the words using the Quick stick craft tool to help you.. Cut also 3 O’s and X’s for the tags. Color these with the Claret pencil.

Stamp, color and die cut all the elements used for this card by using the white card stock, the sepia ink, the Misti stamping tool, the scenery from the Home For The Holidays sets. Die cut an extra layer for the scenery base and the truck. These elements are colored with the Spectrum Noir water color pencils- Pineapple, Gravel, Ruby, Claret, Gunmetal, Sky-blue, Bison, Clay. Die cut two small tags from the Ornamental Tags die set and the sheet 6a paper. Color and adhere the OX’s to the tags then tuck them into the slot in the truck back, adhere in place.

Adhere the COZY and WINTER words to the top of the frames to the left of the card and the word HUGS to the right under the second frame. Use the Quick stick crafting tool to help with the placement.

When all is adhered in place to the card front, apply a snow topping to the tags, trees, truck and letters of the words as seen in the project photo. Apply the diamond stickles to the string of lights at the back of the truck, Till next time....scrappy happy hugs.

Keep on keeping safe.

OXO