Merry Everything

Good Morning and Welcome.

Meet today's card.

Playing with some new releases from Penny Black.  I really like this Snowflake Tag die as it cuts the outer edge and the inside so you are able to use each on it's own or switch it up like I did.

You could really make some wonderful Christmas tags but I decided to use it as an element on my card instead of a tag today.

So here's what I did to create my card.

For the background I wanted a frosty look, so using  a piece of Yupo, I dropped Alcohol inks over the paper and added Rubbing Alcohol and Blending Solution to help the colour move and blend on the paper until I was happy with the look.

As that dried, I die-cut the inside of the snowflake from a leftover piece of cardstock that I had inked up with Brushos.  I like to keep my leftovers as they come in handy for die cutting.

I die-cut the outside edge on the white then fit them back together again, gluing them onto a small piece of white cardstock across the back you can't see, for stability.  I also cut away the hook at the top.  

Using a piercing tool, I pierced the rectangle frame to one side for interest and glued the snowflake over that side.

I stamped the sentiment from the Thrill of Hope set with Versamark onto the black cardstock and silver heat embossed it.  I glued the card front to a heavy white card base then pop dotted the sentiment over the snowflake.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Stamper Magazine- MAKE IT TAKE IT 

Love to Create- ANYTHING GOES MIXED MEDIA

Supplies

Stamps- Thrill of Hope (PB)

Inks- Versamark; Alcohol inks (Ranger)

Paper- Yupo; heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Snowflake Tag (PB); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

silver eb powder (Lawn Fawn); Cuttlebug; Brushos; Blending Solution (Ranger); 

Piercing tool