Be Merry

Welcome

Working on a few cards for the holidays (I guess you can never get started soon enough on that) although I am enjoying the summer and don't really want to think about the winter lol.

I have to say though, this card was fun to create.

Anyways, here's what I did to create today's card.

• I began by inking up my white cardstock using my Gel Plate. To do that, I pressed some Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink onto my plate.  Using a brayer, I blended the colours together, pressed my paper onto the plate and lifted the print.
• I rubbed the inky piece with an anti-static bag and placed it into my Misti.  I stamped the snowflakes randomly over the blue panel with some Versamark ink and then white heat embossed the snowflakes.
• Next, I got out this 'Merry' die.  It is a 2 part die with one die cutting the word and the other cutting the outline.  I cut the outline with some white cardstock, then cut the word right from the stamped panel.  
• I glued the cut out Merry onto the outline piece and fitted it back into place matching up the background.
• I glued it onto a white card base then added 3 gems to the snowflake centers.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Snowflakes (TH); Crystal Snowflake (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Distress Oxides (colours mentioned above); Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Merry die (The Stamp Market); white eb powder; gems; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Spellbinder Platinum; Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; anti-static bag