Merry Snowflakes

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

I have a slimline card for the Christmas stash.

I used a Slimline Stencil from Stamplorations pressing VersaMark through it

then heat embossing with white powder.

When the embossing had cooled, I used my stencil brushes to add some

Distress Oxide ink over the whole piece.  I used Tumbled Glass first and dried,

then gently added some Wilted Violet here and there and let it dry.

I needed it darker and used some Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink since I didn't

have a dark blue in the Oxides.

After buffing the embossing to remove excess ink, I matted it and popped it

on a card base and added some sparkly die cut snowflakes on top. 

I kept thinking it needed some red so I tied a sparkly, die cut sentiment with

some red twine.  Some stickers added a finishing touch to the center of the snowflakes.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart - Slimline Cards

Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   VersaMark, Tumbled Glass, Wilted Violet (DOX), Blueprint Sketch (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Blueberry Bushel, White & Red Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Snowflakes Slimline Stencil (Artsplorations), White EP, Various Snowflake Dies, Wonderful Words Die (PTI), Red Twine (Ali)

Pink and Gray Blossoms

Hello friends. I hope you're having a good weekend.

I have some flowers to brighten up your day.

The Flower Challenge is asking for pink and gray this month. So that
was my starting point.

And I wanted to enter the Stamplorations CAS Challenge this month.
I picked out a Stamplorations stamp that would work.  They have a color twist
of using burgundy, so I thought these flowers would be a good choice.

Craft Stampers Take It Make It Challenge is Anything Goes but must
have stamping.

I've stamped with gray ink and watercolored the flowers.  I used mainly pink
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and added some Burgundy that
I swiped from a Stampin' Up! marker on my palette and picked up
with my brush to add some depth to the flowers.

I was happy with the way it turned out and thought it looked best on a gray card base.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.  It took me longer to decide on a
sentiment than it did to paint the flowers!  Do you have that problem?

I cut the image around the frame and added to a slightly larger
piece of white cardstock.

I added some splatters of white paint.  I had some splots but was able
to blot them with the corner of a paper towel and cover the yucks with the Zigs.

The whole design piece has some foam behind it to pop it up.

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Blossoming (Stamplorations), Botanical Silhouettes (PTI)

Ink:   Smokey Gray (Versafine), Whisper White (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series), Smoky Slate (SU)

Other:  Zig CCRBM (#26 Lt. Pink, #90 Gray), SU Marker (Bravo Burgundy), White Distress Paint, White EP (SU)