Midway Post Challenge #32 at Open-Minded Crafting

It's halfway time 

over at Open-Minded Crafting again.

Well on Thursday I had to sacrifice
my weekly Card Class yet again.
This time so I could enrol on my new course.
Yes I am being sent to college so
I can train and return back to work.
It went really well but it was only 2 hours.
I'm dreading April when I officially start,
and I have to do a full 6 hour day
(GULP).
Just hope that it will all be worth putting myself
and my poor body through all this pain.

So anyways I had just finished making this weeks card
when my Mother-in-Law popped around
and she asked if I had been inspired by all the similar makes
that are going around at the moment.
I didnt even know that they were,
so any similarities I apologise for,
I just wanted to make a Scenic Card
with a bit of depth to it.

The Theme at

Open-Minded Crafting is:-

Winter Vacation Getaway
(a Ski Castle in the Alps)

Our Sponsors are:-

Colour Ink Digital who are offering

a Coupon for €7.50.

Digital Delights who are offering

a $5 Gift Certificate.

Doodle Pantry who are offering

a $10 Gift Certificate.

Illustrations By Jane who are offering

2 Images.

PolkaDoodles who are offering

a Coupon for €7.50.

My Project for this

week is:-
Little Castle Digi Stamp

from Doodle Pantry 

(one of our sponsors)

To begin with I chose a piece of A5 White Glitter Card
(stash)

and I used a Rectangle Parenthesis 2 Die
(X-Cut)
and made a 'Window in the Middle of the Card.
Next I chose a piece of A4 White Card
(stash)
and I cut it to size putting the folds in it.
(1, 2.5, 4, 25, 26.5, 28, 29cm)

I printed off a Sheet of A4 using the Little Castle Paper 2
(Light Grey Bricks - Doodle Pantry)
And then next I printed off the Image 
twice on the Printed Paper.
And then again twice on White DC Paper.

I coloured the Images

using my Promarker Pens.

                                                            Yellow (Windows)
                                                            Pastel Green (Trees)
                                                            Pastel Blue (Outline Shading)
                                                            Cool Grey 1 (Door, Shading)
                                                            Cool Grey 5 (Door Handle + Hinges)
                                                            

To build the depth of the Castle I decoupaged it up
I 1st used one of the Plain Prints as my Base Image,
cutting it to A5 size to fit just inside the back of the Card.
Next I fussy cut out all the 
Turrets and Towers from 1 of the Printed Images
and just the Main Body of the Castle 
from the other Printed Image.
From the last Plain Image I cut all the
Roofs, Balconies, Battlements, 
and the Ground, Door, Bushes and Tree.

For my Sentiment I use a clear Rubber Stamp
(stash)
which I Heat Embossed
using Watermark Ink
(Versamark),
and Tinsel Silver Embossing Powder
(Papermania).

I then Die-Cut out a Snowflake
(LR0125 - Marianne Creatables)
from a scrap of the DC White paper.

For some Glitz and Glam,
I added Holographic White Glitter
to all of the Castle Surfaces that would get snow,
Roofs, Balconies and Battlements, 
and to the Snowflake Die.
 And I added Pure White Glitter to the Ground
to look like laying Snow.
(both from Glitter Magic).

For my final touch I added the Pearl Stars
(stash)
to the 'Sky' 
and the center of the Snowflake.

I would like to enter this card in

the following Challenges:
ABC Christmas - F is for Frosty
Addicted To Stamps - #136 - ATG
Creatalicious Challenges - #73 - ATG
Doodle Pantry - #3 - ATG
Little Miss Muffet - #107 - ATG