Snowflake Card with Brusho and Shimmer Paint

I am so excited to be getting back into stamping.  With the camp job nearly done I'm finding I finally have some time to get crafty! Here is one of my first efforts.

This was made as a trade card for a recent demo event, which means I mass produced almost 2 dozen of them.  One essential tool was my Stamparatus - which is a stamp alignment tool that is lightyears above the Stamp-a-ma-jig. The Stamparatus made it easy and quick to turn out 2 dozen cards with perfectly aligned sentiments.

For the background strip I used Brusho paint and Shimmer Paint on Shimmer Cardstock.  The result has a beautiful sheen and sparkle.

Here is a quick video showing how easy it is to make the background.

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Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies [143751]-$33.00	Shimmery White  8-1/2" X 11"  [101910]-$9.00	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046]-$8.00	Brusho Crystal Colour [144101]-$30.00	Silicone Craft Sheet [127853]-$6.00
Timeless Tidings  Clear-Mount Set [148936]-$20.00	Stamparatus [146276]-$49.00	Silver Stampin'  Emboss Powder [109131]-$5.00	Versamark Pad [102283]- $8.50	Heat Tool [129053]-$30.00

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Recycled Name Tags Becomes an Igloo Card

Today I'm showing off how I re-purposed my name tag. At our last Madison Area Stamping Stars meeting we all got a piece of glimmer paper and the parts to make a snowman or penguin and a half yard of ribbon.

 

Then we were challenged to go home and make something from the parts.  

So here's mine, what do you think?

The images are from a set called Snow Place. The parts were all prepped by one person and before you start worrying about how much time she spent cutting (there were 30 of us at the meeting) there is a matching die set so she wasn't "fussy cutting" by hand.  Still and all it was a formidable task, or a labor of love - thanks Susan Wanta.

 

To make the Igloo I die cut a circle and embossed it with the Brick Wall embossing folder.  I left the "debossed" side up because it thought that looked more realistic.  Check out this post with photos of the embossed and debossed sides using the Brick Wall folder. . . . And of course what's snow without the sparkle - so a little Dazzling Details Glitter Glue to finish it off.

 

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Wonderland Trees on a Frosty Night

This sparkly tree card by Rachel Durtschi is drop dead gorgeous!  

 
Rachel used the Wonderland Stamp set. And there is a trick to making the row of trees in the background.

The trees stamp used for the background is tall, they're the same trees as in the foreground on this card.  The trick is to use post-a-notes to block off the bottom half when you stamp the tree row.

I got to make this card at an event I attended with Rachel and then I used it for one of my Christmas Card Classes. People LOVED it!

Can you see in the photo how sparkly the whole card is?  You get that look with Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  After you finish stamping the card, you cover the whole front with Versamark Ink and then cover it with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and heat set it.  Super sparkly gorgeous. 

Would you like to make cards like these?

Our next Christmas Card event is November 15th. 

You can check the events schedule and RSVP here.

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Jolly Christmas Card with Boughs and Berries Embossed Edges

Today I'm sharing a card made by my friend Sue Adams.  I'm so lucky to be part of a demo group that does regular trades. I love trading . . .  its so much fun to see other people's projects.

Sue made this card on Night of Navy cardstock.  Sue used the sentiment from the Jolly Christmas Stamp set and what with the cardstock being so dark she decided to silver emboss the words. She also added a rhinestone to each of the snowflakes. Wow! it really shines, its so pretty.

To frame the sentiment, Sue used the Boughs and Berries embossing folder.  But again, with the dark cardstock she felt like the texture was too subtle. So - brilliant idea - she sponged with White Craft ink.  Again WOW!  Now it looks like its covered in snow.

If you're local to the Madison/Dane County area join me for a class making Christmas Cards. Check out my Events Calendar. We're doing Christmas cards this weekend and again in November.

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Christmas Greeting Thinlet over Embossed and sponged Snowflakes

The vellum on this card gives a beautiful soft look to the snowflakes. I'm proud to say this is one of the runner-up cards from our contest last weekend.

To get the soft look of this card I embossed the snowflakes in white on vellum cardstock and then sponged the blues  (Soft Sky and Bermuda Bay) on the back. Its on a card base of Soft Sky, but I found that to make it really 'pop' it needed to be on a layer of white.

Are you loving that big snowflake? Its from a set called Holly Jolly Greetings.  With 17 different words you have tons of options for phrasing.  And if that's not enough you can combine the stamped words with a die cut word.  The "peace" on this card was cut with the Christmas Greetings Thinlits.  And of course, Stampin'UP! lets you save 15% when you bundle select product.  Check it out on page 34 of the 2015 Holiday Catalog, or enter the key word Holly Jolly in the search tab of my on-line store.

This card has a very soft, pretty look and the white snowflakes really stand out with the blue sponged behind them, but I think the thing that made this card a winner was all the sparkle. The sentiment is die cut from Silver Glimmer Paper. And the rhinestones and silver cord add just that extra special touch.

We had several categories in our contest: the last 2 days showed the first place winner and one of the runner-up cards. This post  showcases another of the runner-up cards, tomorrow you'll see the last 2 runner up cards and later in the week I'll show the winning projects in the other categories. Of course EVERYTHING is made with Stampin'UP! product. 

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