Best Wishes to You

Who doesn't love a cozy pair of Mittens?

I was cleaning my desk, thinking about what would be my next project, when I decided I would use the Snowhaven paper pack

to make at least one more card before putting it away for a while.  Don't worry, I'll still be making Christmas cards and projects for a little while yet.  Unfortunately, I may not get to make quite as many as I was planning, though.  I've decided to return to the work force, to help pay for the care of my MANY, MANY rescue animals.  I had hoped I would be able contribute with my crafting and my Close To My Heart business, but sadly, I'm just not bringing in enough to be of any help.  I'm a little worried my blogging will suffer, as there is only so many hours in a day.  I'm going to do my best to post at lease twice a week, but please, bare with me if I can only manage once.  Between the farm, the house, CTMH, blogging and now a new job, I'm feeling, well, a little overwhelmed!

OK, now that I've gotten that out of the way, let's get into today's card.  I started with a 5 x 5 card base of black cardstock.  The next layer was cut at 4.75 x 4.75 from one of the light blue patterned papers from Snowhaven. 

The next layer was cut at 3.75 x 4.5 from the black background with light blue polka dots, again, from Snowhaven.  I ran this piece of paper through my sewing machine to add a little interest to the edge.

Here's a closer look:

My next layer came from an old book that I had taken apart for previous project.  I cut this layer at 4.25 x 3.75

The next photo shows the lower border piece that I was planning on using, but later decided the striped ribbon added more pattern than was needed.  This card has plenty going on already, lol!!!  Anyway, I forgot to take a picture of the border piece without the ribbon.  Oops!

Even though I decided not to use the ribbon, I did decide to use Red Shimmer trim instead.  I stamped the sentiment from the Art Philosophy Seasons collection that comes with the Art Philosophy cartridge bundle.  I also used this cartridge to cut the scalloped circle that is the focal point of the card.

The mittens are from the Snowhaven Compliments chip board pieces.  I popped them up with a little 3-D foam tape.  I added some Clear Sparkles to the snowflakes on the mittens.  I used a small amount of Baker's Twine to connect the mittens.

That's it!  

As always, if you have any questions, just leave them in the comments section, and I will do my best to answer them as quickly as I can.

Also, don't forget to check out my "Meanwhile, back at the Ranch" page.  I've been adding more life stories of the many rescues here at the ranch.   That is also the page where I will be posting some of my more "Homestead" oriented topics.  I've had a few requests for more stories about our life at the ranch, so that seemed like the logical place to put them, lol!