Blue Christmas ~ HSS303

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge #303.  I chose to be inspired by the wintery looking picture in the top right corner.  

I wish you could see all the sparkle going on on this card.  The trees are cut from glimmer paper, the snowflakes are sprayed with White Frost shimmer spritz, and the marbled shimmer background has Champagne Shimmer paint in it too!  It's very simple, but so shimmery! The link for the Marbled Shimmer background technique is linked in my last blog post, so you can check it out there!

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Remembering Christmas

Ink: Night of Navy, Champagne Shimmer paint

Paper: Gloss White, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Sparkle glimmer 

Accessories: Snowfall Thinlits die, Blizzard Thinlits die, In The Woods Framelits die, rhinestone

We hope you can play along with us at HSS!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Marbled Snowflake Blessings ~ CCMC536, WWC196, ATSM218

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary Challenge #536.  It's sketch week.  I saw this really cool technique video by Robin Cardon at mypinkstamper.com on how to make this fun marbled shimmer background using rubbing alcohol, re-inkers, and shimmer paint.  It was super fun to do...you should totally try it!  She used glossy cardstock in her tutorial and I tried that too, and it looked great, but I experimented a bit more and just used regular white cardstock which is the piece I ended up using on this card.  I chose Night of Navy re-inker and Champagne Shimmer paint for his sample.  You can't really see the shimmer in the photo, but trust me, it's amazing!  

I'm also entering my card in Watercooler Wednesday's Occasions challenge, and of course my occasion is Christmas, and also Addicted to Stamps and More Holiday challenge.

For the snowflakes on my card, I sponged Blueberry Bushel and Balmy Blue ink onto White cardstock and then cut out the snowflakes with the Blizzard Thinlits die.  I spritzed them with some shimmer spray to make them extra sparkly, too!  

The Blueberry Bushel background piece is embossed with my Cable Knit TIEF.

I decorated the inside with a strip of the left over marbled background paper.

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Christmas Pines

Ink: Night of Navy re-inker, Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue

Paper: Whisper White, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel

Accessories: Blizzard Thinlits die, Cable Knit TIEF, a cotton ball, rubbing alcohol, Champagne Shimmer paint, Clear faceted gems, silver thread

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Simple Joys Pink and Gray ~ CCMC532, CFC210

Hi there stampers!  Todays card comes by way of Create with Connie and Mary's freshest sketch challenge.  I also used the color combo from CAS-ual Fridays #210.

This card also combines several stamps and stamp sets.  When I first looked at the sketch I could think of nothing else but a shaker card, so that was my jumping off point.  I used a card base of Smokey Slate and stamped the birch bark stamp from Winter Woods inked in Basic Gray.  I thought this made a nice background.  The Buffalo Check is so outdoorsy too, that I knew I needed to feature it as well.  I stamped it in Basic Gray ink onto Blushing Bride cardstock and then die cut the circle for the shaker window.  After the sentiment from Christmas Pines was stamped through the die-cut window onto the Whisper White, I embossed the top and bottom of the panel with the Softly Falling EF.  .  

I embellished the front of the card with one of deer from Dashing Deer Thinlits, a couple snowflakes cut from the Blizzard Thinlit, a couple of trees from the Card Front Builder framelits, and sentiment banner from Peaceful Noel.  I topped each snowflake with a clear faceted gem.  All the embellishments on the card front (except for the sentiment banner) were spritzed with Frost White Shimmer.  

The inside of the card was decorated with the two deer from Dashing Deer and a couple more die-cut snowflakes.

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Winter Woods, Dashing Deer, Peaceful Noel, Christmas Pines, Buffalo Check

Ink: Basic Gray, Blushing Bride

Paper: Smokey Slate, Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Accessories: Card front Builder Framelits, Dashing Deer Framelits, Blizzard Thinlit, Softly Falling EF, Clear Faceted Gems

I hope to see you playing along with this cool sketch challenge at CCMC this week!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny