Horses and Sleigh on the Move

It's pouring with rain today so got a card done for the AAA Cards challenge:

I love the Tim Holtz stamp of horses pulling a sleigh - it has a great sense of movement:

The background is made with the embossing folder stamping technique - inking up one side of the embossing folder, spritzing a little, and then stamping it onto either watercolour paper or mixed media cs.  I used various shades of blue mini Distress inks - it's easier to get more colour variation with the mini inks.

Then stamped and heat embossed the image and sentiment.  To add snow to the ground, I rubbed my Versamark pad along the bottom edge and heat embossed with a sparkly white embossing powder.  Some of the powder got onto the horses and sleigh but I left it there when heating as it gives a sense of powdery snow blowing up from the ground onto them as the horses move through it.

It would be lovely to be out on a snowy day in a horse-drawn sleigh - sounds much more inviting than going out in today's heavy rain!!

Supplies:

Stamps - Tim Holtz sleigh, Stampabilities sentiment

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, various blue Distress inks

Paper - white cs, Mixed Media cs

Size - 6x4.25"

Accessories - Cuttlebug embossing folder, Judikins White Diamond embossing powder