It's been cold and snowy (unusual for Vancouver at this time of year) so I've spent more time in my craft room than usual, so today I've got three cards.
A snowglobe for Jingle Belles ("a holiday card with a see-through element") and 52 Christmas Card Throwdown ("acetate).
I die cut the snowglobe out of white cs and out of two layers of fun foam. I glued a circle of acetate between the white cs and the top layer of fun foam. I die cut a tree out of a scrap of green smooshed background and the deer out of a scrap of textured gold cs, and tore a scrap of white cs for snowy ground. I glued them all to the navy card base, sprinkled a little bit of Stampendous "Spoonful of Snow" on top and then added the snowglobe to the top of that. The sentiment is die cut from the same scrap of gold as the reindeer.
Here's another photo, taken flat (rather than standing up) so that you can see the snow sprinkles better.
Next up, for Penny Black Saturday Challenge ("hearts and / or flowers") and Beautiful Blossoms ("focus on flowers / florals").
A very CAS card - flowers coloured with coloured pencils and the colouring blended with Gamsol, a heat embossed blue sentiment, trimmed with a stitched rectangle die, bordered in blue, and popped up on fun foam for some dimension.
And finally, for AAA Card Challenge ("a CAS card with a circle").
The background is coated cs sprinkled with bister and then spritzed with water. I stamped the little bird collage image on it in brown archival ink and then thought it would stand out more if it was heat embossed - luckily it was in my MISTI so I was able to stamp with Versamark on top of the brown archival ink, and then heat emboss with clear embossing powder. I added it behind a die cut circle opening in a cream shimmer card base. I put an insert inside the card to cover the mess of taping the image piece on the inside - and also to write on as it's hard to write on the shimmery cardstock.)
Challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge
Supplies for Card 1:
Ink - green Distress inks
Paper - navy and white cs, gold textured cs
Size - A2
Accessories - small deer die, snowglobe die, Christmas tree die, Stampendous Spoonful of Snow, fun foam
Supplies for Card 2:
Stamps - Penny Black
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - white and blue cs
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils, Gamsol, clear embossing powder, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, fun foam
Supplies for Card 3:
Stamps - Carabelle Studio bird collage
Ink - Archival Acorn, Versamark
Paper - coated cardstock, cream shimmer c
Size - A2
Accessories - green and brown bister, clear embossing powder, Spellbinders circle die
What a pretty trio of cards! Especially liking all the sparkle in that snowglobe!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards and the delicate Yellow flowers with the Blue mat is so sweet. Thanks for sharing with us at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and we look forward to seeing more of your lovely designs.
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Your cards are lovely, Susan! I appreciated each one, with such great techniques. My favorite is the bird card. But I am here for the floral creation! LOL It's always fun seeing how crafters are inspired by the Mood Board at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. Thank you for sharing your love of all things flowers with us, and I hope to see more of your designs soon.
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Donna
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Three beautiful cards Susan, and I love the scenic snowglobe with lots of snowy sprinkles, and then the elegant and pretty CAS flowers and lastly the CAS collage bird within the circle aperture and the cream shimmer card shows it off delightfully. x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! You used acetate very nicely! Thanks for playing at 52 CCT challange.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Snowglobe with the deer and sparkles! Thanks for sharing with us at the 52CCT this week. Smiles, Kathy DT
ReplyDeleteYour gold textured deer is so awesome ... so glad you shared your CLEAR-ly awesome card with us at Jingle Belles.
ReplyDeleteThe CAS card is beautifully done and that is not always an easy thing to do! Thanks so much for joining us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely CAS card! Love it! Thanks for joining AAA Cards! Hugs Åsa
ReplyDeleteLovely cards and thank you for joining us with the shaker snowglobe at our challenge at 52CCT.
ReplyDeleteI love that little snow globe scene. All three are wonderfully done.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful and elegant design! I love snowglobes generally, but this one is a cut above the typical! So happy you could join our CLEAR elements fun at Jingle Belles!
ReplyDeleteThree beautiful cards, Susan! The snowy scene in the snowglobe, especially the sparkle of the snow, is so pretty! The heat-embossing of the bird collage definitely worked! The colors and visual texture of the bister background is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteKeep yourself warm! Hideko xx
Lots of beautiful cards Susan! I hope you enjoy imposed craft time and stay warm! Thanks for sharing the pretty floral card at PBSC:)
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