Serene Snowflakes

I think I am safe to post this now as most of my ladies have their cards.

Heres one of the cards I made for my past hostesses and some of my customers.

I got the idea from some Card Candy made by Sara here.

The snowflake paper was made using the one sheet wonder technique - covering a sheet of Whisper White cardstock with stamped images in different sizes and coordinated colours, here Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Marina Mist inks.  Spots of Chrystal Effects were applied to the tiny snowflakes and Dazzling Diamonds glitter sprinkled on to give some bling.  Once this was dry I trimmed it to fit the card blank

A thin strip of Marina Mist card was punched using the scalloped edge punch and attached to the back of the snowflake card - it doesnt need a wide strip of card as most of it is covered.  The top of the snowflake card was covered in a strip of 3/8" Night of Navy Grossgrain ribbon and it was then attached to the card blank.

To make the large snowflake topper I stamped the large snowflake onto Whisper White card in Night of Navy ink and used my paper peircer and mat template to decorate the corners.  Then I stamped the large snowflake again with Versamark onto Night of Navy card and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  The main four large points of the snowflake including the centre were cut out and mounted with dimentionals onto the Whisper White topper and a large rhinestone brad put through the centre.  This was then mounted onto Marina Mist card and attached to the card blank, overlapping the snowflakes.

I have some more photos to share but they will have to wait as I wont get to see everyone before Christmas. 

There would have been more photos, but had a slight problem... I made lots more cards last week after running short.  I handed these out to some people at work on Monday, then realised that I hadnt taken any photos of them (DOH!).

Hope you are keeping warm and safe. 
Thanks
Jan
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Saturdays Class

Hi there!

Hope you have had a nice weekend - dont they go quick though?  I am sure they lasted longer than this when I was younger.

I held a class on Saturday, and it was the first one for a while so I was a little nervous.  It was a class to show how to get the most out of using the stampin around wheels.  All the ladies who came have bought wheels before but havent really used them that much.

We did basic 'wheeling', making backing paper (we made a One Sheet Wonder) and making borders with mitred corners - and the ladies did really well!

Heres a picture of the cards we made (we did over run a little but they will be able to make many more cards later with the extra cardstock. 

Hope you all enjoyed it ladies? 

Recipe;
Cardstock - Bashfull Blue, Marina Mist, Whisper White and Real Red
Stamps - Sparkly and Bright, Serene Smowflakes, Contempo Christmas
Wheels - Sparkling and Contempo (the ladies also used some of their own wheels in the class for their cards)
Ink - Versamark, Marina Mist, Bashfull Blue, Pacific Point, Real Red and Old Olive
Punches - 1/1/4" circle, Scalloped Circle, Extra Large Ornament, Scallop Trim Border, Modern Label Extra Large and Oval Extra Large.
Accessories - Old Olive and Real Red Satin Ribbin, Silver elastic thread, Light Blue and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter and Silver Embossing powder

Just about recovered now I think!  Will post some of the recent birthday cards I made last week over the next few days so bob back if you get a chance.

Jan
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Dashing Dasher

Whilst getting ready for my Christmas in July class this Saturday, I made this card using Dasher (How cute is he!!?).

Dasher was stamped in Versamark onto Real Red carstock and then Heat & Stick powder sprinkled over the stamped image before it dried.  This was then heated to melt the powder to give you a glue like substance.  You can then use glitter or other fine materials to stick securely to the card.  For this card I used some guilding flakes (like gold leaf).

The circles on the corners of the main image and the sentiment were stamped and heated in the same way.  I used the small star image from the 'Serene Snowflakes' and Holiday Greetings from 'Sincere Salutations'.

I used the 1/2" circle punch to remove the corners of the Dasher image and then punched out the small stars with the same punch.  These were then mounted onto Designer Series Paper (DSP) form the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin set and then again mounted onto more Real Red cardstock.

Although I like the effect with the flakes I think the next ones I make I will use white embossing powder as the flakes are difficult to use on the delicate star and sentiment images.  White embossing powder will give a finer more defined image.

Recipe
Stamp sets - Dasher, Sincere Salutation and Serene Salutations
Cardstock - Real Red and Old Olive
Ink - Versamark
DSP - Christmas Jingle
Accessories - Real Red Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad (Circle Fire)
Non SU - Guilding flakes from stash

Thanks for stopping by.
Jan