Snowflake Christmas

 

Welcome

Wow, I can't believe how quickly the holiday season is approaching.

Time to kick it into full gear and get to finishing up some more holiday cards.

I picked up a new set of dies- Nesting Hexagon Infinity dies from Hero Arts and wanted to give them a try.

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

• Once again, I began by looking through my stash of previously inked pieces and found this blue one that I had done in a Gel Plate Class I took in the summer.  I used bubble wrap to lift the paint off the plate and leave the impression you can see in the background.  So using one of the hexagon dies, I die cut the panel into pieces cutting them close together as I knew I wanted to reassemble them onto my card front. helpful hint:  by adding a small mark to one corner and numbering the panels helps so much when reassembling them onto the card front
• I glued the pieces onto a piece of white card stock, matching the pattern up and trimmed away the excess along the edges.
• I placed the glued up panel into my Misti and stamped the snowflakes randomly with some Versamark ink and then white heat embossed them.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from SSS onto another piece of white cardstock, then glued it over the dry panel.
• I glued it all onto a white cardstock base then added the little white pearls to the snowflake centers.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- CHRISTMAS

Craft Rocket- WINTER/ SNOW

Paper Minutes- CHRISTMAS IN PATELS

Supplies

Stamps- Snowflake Flurry (MFT)

Inks- Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate print; Acrylic paint; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

Lawn Fawn white EB powder; Posca pen; die- SSS; white pearls; Hexagon dies (HA)

Abstract Poinsettia

Good Morning

Meet today's card.

After seeing some flowers created using Alcohol inks, I decided to try it out and make an abstract poinsettia.  It was fun to do and by adding the silver, it really helped to elevate the look.

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

• I began with a piece of Yupo paper.  For those of you that are unfamiliar with Yupo, it is a synthetic, plastic paper that is used when working with AI.  The inks will move so easily on the slippery surface.
• I picked out my red AI inks and dropped them in the center of my card panel.  Using my little blower and some Rubbing Alcohol, I blew the inks outwards to the edges of my card, repeating that process and turning the paper until the panel was covered.  *My blower is called the World's Smallest Blower and is meant to clean keyboards etc.  It looks like a small leaf blower and plugs in.  I found it on Amazon and have found it easier to use then the bulb style blowers when working with AI inks*
• When I was happy with the coverage, I dropped some black AI into the center and added a few drops of Rubbing Alcohol.  That created what I thought looked like a flower center.
• Some areas of the panel felt sticky from the areas where the AI was thicker, so I rubbed some silver foil over those areas to add some sparkle.
• I die-cut the center of the flower using a circle die, then pop dotted it back into place to add interest.
• I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.
• I mounted the panel onto a heavy white card base

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- GIVE US YOUR BKG

Try Stampin on Tues- CHRISTMAS

Fab 'n' Funky- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Peace, Love, Joy (Right at Home)

Inks- Versafine Clair

Paper- Yupo; heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- World's Smallest Blower; Rubbing Alcohol; Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

Siver Deco Foil, bone folder

Christmas Joy

Hello and Welcome

Penny Black has a great new release happening and this Homespun wreath stamp is one in the Christmas series.

When I saw the stamp I loved the look but when I put it into my Misti to stamp with it, a new idea came to mind to use it in a new way. 

So here is the stamp and what I did.

I began by positioning the stamp into my Misti, using just the evergreen and cones at the top of my card front.  Using my Tombow markers, I coloured in the evergreens with 2 different shades of green and pressed onto my paper.  I coloured the cones with some brown and did the same.  

By using the markers, I was able to apply ink only where I wanted it and was able to eliminate the branches part of the stamp.

When I was happy with the inking, I left the stamp right where it was and rotated my card in the Misti so the top stamping was now at the bottom.  I repeated colouring in my stamp and pressed onto my card front.  The two areas met up and merged perfectly together to create the wreath.

I took a wet paintbrush and pulled some of the colour on the pinecones to colour them in.

I stamped the sentiment from the Thrill of Hope sentiment set, then mounted the wreath onto a piece of dark green cardstock and onto a heavy white card base.

To finish off my card, I added some little red pearls to look like the berries.

It was so simple to get this unique looks from this stamp and it's nice to be able to get a totally different look using it.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Winter Wonderland- USE A FAV EMBELLISHMENT

(small pearls)

Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Homespun (PB); Thrill of Hope (PB)

Inks- Tombow Markers; Versafine Clair Nocturne

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); green cs

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); red pearls; paintbrush