Snowflakes

Christmas is in the air. Can you believe that it is not even Thanksgiving, yet all the stores are already selling Christmas items? I went to the salon this morning and they have their tree up!!

Anyway, I guess I am just the same. I have been making Christmas cards for the last two months. These cards were made with the Little Snow Flurries from Stampin' Up's Accents & Elements line. These little felt snowflakes make the cutest cards and I can not wait to create some scrapbook pages with them as well. In this set, you will receive 23 designs in 3 colors, that is 69 pieces in total! Wow, that is a lot. Love the colors: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze. I was not completely "sold" on these colors when they were introduced but boy, have I grown to love them!

Recipe below. Hint: When putting the adhesive on the felt flurries, apply it slowly. If you go too fast, it tends to just stick to your roller and not the felt. Button is just stuck on with adhesive as well. Super easy and really cute! Enjoy!

Stamps: Season of Joy
Ink: Versamark
C/S: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, DSP Ski Slope
Accessories: Ribbon Originals Alpine, Little Felt Flurries, Buttons, Dimensionals

Tulipe Big Shot Die

These two cards are made with the Tulipe die from the Big Shot. I used the negative side, instead of all the little pieces that come out in this one. It is a pretty die, so I made the cards square, The Baja Breeze base is 5 x 51/4. You don't have to do much to make them look good. Just pick out some designer paper and maybe some Rhinestones or pearls from the Pretties kit and you are done. Quick yet elegant.


















Recipe:

Paper: Whisper White, DSP Holiday Treasures or Ski Slope
Accessories: Big Shot, Tulpie die, Rhinestones or Pearls from Pretties

Stamp A Rama & Faux Dry Embossing

This is another card I made using my new favorite technique, Faux Dry Embossing. I made this card for a shoe box swap I was doing with some of the demonstrators in my group. We had to design a card that could be demonstrate in 10 minutes at a workshop/class.

I decided to use a set that I have not had out in a long time, Baroque Motifs. I love the delicate look to this stamp and felt that the lines & swirls would look great with this technique.

I have given instructions for this techinque in a previous post but will list it here again :

Technique: Faux Dry Embossing

1. Take your stamp and stamp on cardstock using White Craft pad.
2. Use Heat tool to set the ink or wait 10 minutes for it to completely dry.
3. Use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up your image (having already stamped the image on the ma-jig), you will be using the same color on the image sheet as the cardstock you will be stamping on.
4. Once you have the stamp-a-ma-jig lined up, you will want to off set it just a bit. This will give you the embossed look.
5. Remove your image sheet and stamp over the craft with your main color (same as cardstock. i.e., Pacific Point ink on Pacific Point c/s).

There you have it. Faux Dry Embossing.

Recipe for this card:

Stamp: Baroque Motifs
C/S: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, WW
Ink: White Craft, Pacific Point
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Kiwi Kiss ribbon, Designer label & oval punch, Big Shot & Top note die, dimensionals.

True Friend is you Friend

This is a card that we did last month at our Stamper's Club meeting. It is a card that was showcased at the Oakland Regionals by my second upline, Jena Haux. It is a clear little card that pops up when sat on the counter. Very easy, with just a few scores lines to make. I made the focal "swing" so that you can put a sentiment on the inside of the card.

Recipe:
Stamps: True Friend
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Brillant Blue, Bashful blue, WW and Jersey Shore DSP.
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Brillant Blue
Accessories: Brads, Scallop punch, ribbon and staple.

This is what the card looks like when you grab the ribbon and "swing" it open.