Sparkling Snowflakes

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I have more cards made from projects I did using Vaseline on stamps.

For this technique, we spread a little Vaseline on a lid and picked up some with a piece

of foam to lightly cover the stamp or a stencil.  I used a background snowflake stamp here.

We stamped it down on a piece of Yupo paper then added 91% alcohol or blending

solution on top followed by drops of alcohol ink.  All the alcohol or blending solution

allowed me to use my Tim Holtz puffer to blow the ink around a bit.

When we were happy with the results, we wiped with a soft cloth and it

revealed the stamping.  The Vaseline had acted as a resist.

On this piece the color was so strong that I didn't think the snowflakes showed well.

So I put some alcohol on a paper towel and wiped the surface of the piece thinking

that I could just start over.  The snowflakes resist still showed up and gave me a

perfect background for some sparkly snowflakes.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #638 - CAS

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hand Drawn Snowflakes Background (HA)

Ink:   Alcohol Ink (Sailboat, Indigo, Amethyst)

Paper:   Yupo, Neenah Solar White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (SU), Silver Foil

Other:  91% Alcohol, Greetings Die (PB), Tis the Season Die (Creative Expressions), Stitched Alpine Snowflakes Dies (PS)

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Sparkly Pine Cones

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I love these botanicuts from The Greetery!

The pine boughs were cut from Neenah and sponged with Distress Oxide ink.

The pinecones were colored with Copics.

I added some Snow-Tex I found on clearance at Michaels to the pine cones

and added some fine glitter.  The pine boughs have glitter too.

Challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown -  Color Challenge - Brown, Green & White

Peace on Earth Christmas #25 - Inspired by bottom left of mood board

Winter Wonderland - Let it Snow

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Soft Suede, Rustic Wilderness DOX, Vintage Photo DI

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Botanicuts Pine Bough (Greetery), Copics (E23, E25), Snow-Tex (Deco Art) Crystalina Rainbow Super Fine Glitter (Sweet Poppy), Gold Sparkle Crystals (Studio Katia)

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More Fun with Gesso

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

This Christmas tree came out kind of wonky, but I like it anyway.

I used a stencil to smoosh gesso on kraft cardstock.

When the gesso was dry, I replaced the stencil and used a sponge dauber to

add some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink over the gesso.

I cleaned the stencil again while the ink dried and replaced it to trace around

the edges with a Heat Active Pen and gold foil.  Obviously I didn't have the stencil

placed exactly right which caused the wonkiness.  To add some sparkle, I winked the tree.

At this point I almost tossed the whole thing.  I decided instead to sponge

some white ink around the tree and add some Chunky White embossing powder.

heating from below for snow.

An added gold mat convinced me that this was a keeper.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Gesso with a Stencil 

CAS Christmas - Sparkle and/or Shine

And a twofer....

Another card using gesso through a stencil.  This time I let the gesso dry then used

Blending Brushes to add ink.  A damp paper towel removed the color from the gesso.

Krafty Chicks - CAS

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Noel (OOB)

Ink:   Whisper White, Rustic Wilderness (DOX), Gathered Twigs (DI)

Paper:   Crumb Cake (SU), Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Christmas Trees Stencil (Artplorations), Gold Stencil Paste, Heat Active Pen (Crafts & Co), White EP, Chunky White Frantage (Stampendous), Wink of Stella, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:  Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet (DI), Whisper White

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Neenah Natural, Black

Other:  Gesso, Layering Mini Stencil Set 4 (TH), Flower Stems 1 Die (TH), White EP

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Sparkly Poinsettia

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

There's still time to join in at CAS Mix Up.

Hilary is hosting the challenge and she's asking for us to use Gesso with a stencil

on our CAS cards.

I used a Time Holtz stencil and applied Gesso through it onto a piece of

heavy black cardstock.

It's best to use a light hand with the Gesso and build it up slowly.

Unfortunately I didn't realize that at the time and had some oozing under

the stencil that made for a messy look.

While doing this during a Zoom session, Christine suggested using a

black marker to "clean it up".  It worked really well!

Thanks Christine.

I decided to leave this white instead of coloring over the Gesso and went

for sparkle instead.

I replaced the stencil and sponged some glue over the petals, removed the stencil,

 then sprinkled some white glitter over top.  I replaced the stencil and daubed some glue

over the center, removed the stencil and sprinkled gold glitter.

The sentiment has been stamped and heat embossed.

I'm still finding glitter in the studio!

Check out what the rest of the Design team has done and

I hope you'll join us at CAS Mix Up.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Stencil using Gesso

CAS Christmas - Sparkle and/or Shine

Flower Challenge - Add Sparkle (Flower must be main image)

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff (Stencil)

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Black Licorice (MFT)

Other:  Gesso, Glitter

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Pine Bough Joy

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I was excited to have a reason to pull out this NBUS die set that I got for 

Christmas last year.  It's taken me far too long to put it to use!

I die cut the branches and pinecones from white cardstock and colored

with Copics.

I used the frame die that was in the same Christmas package.

It was it's first outing too.

I'm not going to wait so long to use this set again.

I love the way they go together.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Trina's challenge - Pine

Krafty Chicks #624 - Christmas

NBUS #41 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Pine dies)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  SEason's Gifts (PB)

Ink:   Christmas Pine (GKD)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Botanicuts Pine Bough (Greetery), Nordic Frames (Greetery), Copics (G40, G43, G46, E23, E25, E27)

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Dash Away All

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

This Santa die had been hanging out in my NBUS box since last Christmas.

It's about time I  used it.

I cut a piece of salted watercolor for the background and die cut Santa and his reindeer 

twice from a snippet of black cardstock. I glued the two pieces together for 

some depth.

The houses were cut from another snippet of brushed silver cardstock.  I pressed the

edges of the roofs in VersaMark and sprinkled with a twinkly embossing paste

I found a tiny star stamp and stamped a few stars in the sky and embossed them.

I added a frame from my UFO box and stamped and embossed the sentiment.

Another one for the Christmas stash!

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Santa

NBUS #40 - Santa Die

Jingle Belles - Bring on the Bling (glitter embossing powder)

Double Trouble Paper Crafts - Christmas in July

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT), Mini Stars (?)  

Ink: VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Black, Brushed Silver

Other:  Dash Away All die (TH), Holiday Home Dies (ret SU), Metallic Platinum Sparkle EP (WOW)

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Wreaths for CAS Christmas

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

We're already almost halfway through the year and my 

Christmas stash isn't half full.  I need to step it up!

I love wreath stamps, die, embossing folders.

You name it, if it's a wreath, I'm in.  So I was happy to see that my friend

Linda chose wreath for the CAS Mix Up Challenge.

I didn't need anymore wreath dies, but I thought I needed this one

from Tim Holtz anyway.

I may not need it, but I'm enjoying it anyway.

I've die cut from Neenah Solar White and colored with Copic Markers

in an ombre fashion.

After coloring, I stacked two together (made myself dizzy turning it

around and around to get the best placement).

I die cut a sprig of berries and colored that with Copics too.

It all fits on a piece I'd stenciled with embossing paste for some

rustic texture and I added a brass foil noel.

Here's a closeup so you can see the texture and shine....

A twofer....

This time I colored with lighter greens and added some poinsettias with 

glittery stones in the center.

I've embossed the background for a more elegant feel and added the

sentiment on a stitched circle in the center.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Wreath

CAS Mix Up - Stencil paste or gel

Double D - White plus one other color only (card 2)

Jingle Belles - Ombre
NBUS #39 - Never Before Used Schtuff (wreath die)

  

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Brass Foil

Other:  Funky Wreaths Die (TH), Holiday Greens Mini Die (TH), Holiday Words Script Die (TH), Copics (G82, G24, YG17, G28, E23, R29, R37), Texture Scraped Paint Stencil (ret MB), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), 

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Seasons Greetings (OOB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other: Funky Wreaths Die (TH), Copics (G82, G46), Poinsettia Parade Die (SSS), Double Stitched Circles (LI), Gold Sparkle Crystals (Studio Katia), Subtle EF (SU)

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Two Fer Christmas

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Challenges are getting ready to close so I'm hurrying to get these in.

First up for Jingle Belles...

I used a retired embossing folder for most of the pine branches and

gently rubbed some ink over the raised design with a sponge dauber and

Distress Oxide ink.  The branches on top were die cut and sponged also.  Then I

added a little glue and some glitter to make the branches sparkle.

The stocking has been die cut and embossed for texture. I found these little

pom-poms in my stash.  They sparkle!

As you can see the glitter has stuck all over the card front.

I'll have a sparkly Christmas box!

My twofer....

My sweet friend Christine is hosting at CAS Christmas and is

asking for a Winter scene.

I hemmed and hawed about what to do for this challenge and ended up with...

A die cut scene and added little die cut house.  I wanted to hang a wreath

on the door, but couldn't fine anything small enough.

Another very schparkly card!

Challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - C for CAS or D for Distressing

CAS Christmas - Winter Scene

Jingle Belles - Stocking Holiday

  

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Mix and Match Christmas (Kaisercraft)

Ink:   Cherry Cobbler (SU), Rustic Wilderness (DOX)

Paper:   Naturals Ivory, Cherry Cobbler, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Pine Bough EF (ret. SU), Half and Half Stockings Die (Hot Off the Press), Holiday Knit EF (TH), Pretty Pines Thinlits (ret. SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Scripty Holiday (GKD)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Lindy's Magicals (background), Stitched Circle Trees Die (MB), Winterhaven Dies (CP), Chunky White Frantage, Sweet Poppy Glitter

Other:  

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Silver & Gold

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

My friend Julia is hosting this month's CAS Christmas Challenge 

and it's an elegant one.

I've die cut the mistletoe from silver and gold foil and put it with some embossing.

The sentiment was heat embossed.

And another this time using an Alexandra Renke die and embossing

the die cut.  It's paired with silver Glimmer paper and a fancy bow.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Silver & Gold

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Peace on Earth - Anything Goes

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Season's Greetings (There She Goes OOB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Gold Foil, Silver Foil (SU)

Other:  Mistletoe Bundle Die (MB), Gracious Leaves EF (MB), Subtle EF (SU), Gold EP

  

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Season's Greetings (There She Goes (OOB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Gold Mirror (Tonic), Silver Glimmer (SU)

Other: Branch with Leaves Die (Alexandra Renke), A2 Thin Frames Die (SSS), Subtle EF, Tasteful Texture EF (SU), Gold EP, Silver Twine

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