Hello everyone! Leanne here today. I have a winter themed card to share that features a mixed medium background and the cutest little snow bird.

The background was really fun to make and it all started with Nuvo Shimmer Powders. I used Falling Leaves and Atlantic Burst to get that gorgeous teal color. I simply sprinkled some of the powders onto a panel of Bristol Smooth card stock and then sprayed water until the panel was saturated. I used a paint brush to move the color around to cover the entire panel. I then dried it with a heat gun. I splattered the panel with thinned white paint.

I used the Snowfall background stencil to give the panel an all over snowflake pattern. I first applied a thin coat of Honeydew Embellishment Mousse over the stencil. I left the stencil in place and applied some Moonstone Glimmer Paste right overtop the mousse. After the panel was completely dry, I trimmed it slightly smaller than A2 size and adhered to a white card base.

I added a die cut branch to the background panel with thin 3D foam squares. I Copic colored a bird and stamped out a greeting from the Snow Birds stamp set. I also adhered those with the thin foam squares. I added some die cut snowflakes to the background. To further embellish the scene, I randomly adhered some sequins and tiny clay snowflakes from the Log Cabin sequin mix. I also added some snow detail to the branch with glossy accents and white glitter.