Snowflake Thanks

Good Morning

I hope you are well during these difficult times.  

After Christmas I like to take some time to make thank-you cards and this is one I came up with.

I've really tried to think of the many ways I can use this snowflake stamp to create different looking card designs.  This one was pretty simple to do.

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

• I began with a panel of heavy cardstock and got out the Marvelous Masks Circles from A Colorful Life Designs.  This set has the stencils and the masks included.  I placed the smallest stencil to the side of my card base and rubbed on some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink using a blending brush.
• I covered the area I just inked with the circle mask and laid down the next size of circle and inked that with some Shaded Lilac DOX ink.  I repeated that process using a bigger and bigger circle stencil and mask and applied more DOX inks; Cracked Pistachio and finally more Peacock Feathers.
• I dried the ink, then placed it into my Misti and stamped the snowflake from Colorado Craft using some Versafine Clair ink.  
• Next, I stamped the sentiment from Your Next Stamp right down in the corner.
• To add interest to my card, I randomly stamped some text and then added some markings using an old gift card and more Versafine Clair ink.  
• I splattered using my Posca pen, then added a black gem to the snowflake center. *it's amazing how much these little additions add to the interest of the card!*
• Lastly, I mounted it onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto some soft lilac then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- LAYER IT UP

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

As You Like It- FAV COLOUR COMBO and WHY?

(I love blue with greens and purple...feels so soothing to me)

Sweet Stampers- SNOW/ WINTER

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Craft); Everyday Sentiments (YNS); 

Overlapping Texture (ALL and Create)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; DOX 

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); coloured cs 

Accessories and Tools- Marvelous Masks Circles (ACLD); blending brushes (TE); old gift card;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Posca pen; black gem