Christmas Truckin'

Hello everyone!  I am trying to get back into posting and card making since coming back from holidays.  We had such a good time in PEI it was hard to leave.  :-).  I mean take a look at some of these photos!

(my son loves the ocean)

It was so great seeing my brother and his family along with my parents again.  Hoping it will become a tradition.  :-).

Anyway, I've got a card to share today that I had started before I went on holidays but never got done.  It was supposed to be for Festive Friday Christmas challenge but I just ran out of time.  :-(. I missed a challenge and I might miss the next one if I don't get a chance to make anything today.  I was doing so well too!  Ah well, that's life.  In any case, I wanted to share it with you all.  Take a look...

 

So I used my Stampin' Up! truck stamp but masked out the baskets of apples in the truck bed and the "apples for sale" sign on the back.  I coloured it in with my Spectrum Noir markers and then filled the bed of the truck with some dimensional snow.  I added some snow to the ground as well to obscure the grass.  I matted it on some red paper and attached it to my card base.  I stamped my sentiment (Stampabilities) in black.  I love how it turned out.  I do want to mention that you need to be careful adding the snow near the coloured parts.  The marker will tend to bleed into the snow, especially the red.  I just added more over top after it dried to cover any bleeding.  :-)

I'd like to take a moment to welcome a new follower too.  A warm welcome to Karen M. of Made By Meadie.  She's from Tasmania, Australia and has been blogging since 2011.  She is a gifted card artist has made some truly beautiful cards.  You should definitely stop by her blog for a visit.  :-)

Well, I think that's all for now.  Hope you have a fantastic day and thanks for stopping by!