Deep Winter

      Here it is, the 1st day of March and we're still under winter storm warnings!   The whole west coast of the USA has been suffering from severe drought for the last 3 or 4 years, and now California and Oregon are buried under ice, snow, and flooding rains in the valleys!  But Californians are being generous, as always, and they're sending their storms eastward across the rest of the country.

     Inspired by the weather, I chose this delightful winter image (Eureka Stamps), called "Snow Church" to use on my QKR Stampede Challenge DT card this fortnight.  I colored the image in aquamarine blues and silver/gray (my favorite winter colors) with ProMarkers, then cut it with a Tonic Studios die.  The background dp came from a Paper Studios stack.  Although it looks pretty much all black in the photo, it actually is navy blue and has a watery pattern that runs across it. The ribbon has glittered "dots" on it and seemed to fit right in with the winter snow and ice inspiration.

     Challenges:

Birthstone

Dream Valley

Friendship

I Love ProMarkers

Outlawz Color

Outlawz SAR

Pammie's IP

Park Hopping   (On the advice of Makira, I'm entering this card as inspired by Blizzard Beach Park where there's always snow!)

Passion for Markers

Word Art Weds

     Come play with us sometime in the next two weeks, won't you?  Our theme is always "Anything Goes" and you can use any image from any company.  However, if you use a QKR Stampede or Eureka Stamps image, you increase your chances of being a winner because we put all those entries into a separate draw from all the other entries, thereby giving us 2 winners each challenge.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie