Resisting Snowflakes and a Bleached Bird

52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants a card using the Emboss Resist Technique.  I used a snowflake stencil to create my resist:

I pressed my Versamark pad through the snowflake stencil and then heat embossed the snowflakes with clear ep.  I then sponged various blue Distress inks over the panel and when finished, wiped off the snowflakes with a damp cloth.

I cut it with a tag die thinking I'd enter it in Cardz 4 Guyz "Tag" challenge but just missed the deadline.  Because I wanted to be sure it looked masculine, I added a metal token (attaching it with a brad) and a dark silver die cut sentiment.  The tag is added to an embossed background panel.

I'm also cutting it fine to enter The Paper Players "Birds" challenge but at least I'm in time for this one.  Here's my card:

I created the green Brusho background by sprinkling the Brusho powders on watercolour paper and then spritzing with water. When dry, I stamped the image and heat set it. Then I used bleach and a paint brush to lift the green colour from the bird.

I stamped the sentiment that came with the image across the bottom and a Happy Retirement sentiment up at the top.

I added gold gel pen to all the tiny berries in the image and bordered with a matching gold cs. I found a blue grey cs that matched the colour of the bird (the bleach never seems to take enough colour out to go right back to white) and used it for the card base. The panel is popped up on fun foam.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

The Paper Players

Supplies for card 1:
Ink - Distress Broken China, Stormy Skies, Faded Jeans; Versamark
Paper - white cs, dark silver cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Paper Roses snowflake stencil, clear embossing powder, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Tim Holtz token, Dee's Distinctively "Merry" die, stitched tag die, dark silver brad

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Carabelle "Dream Wings", SU "Happy Retirement"
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, gold shimmer cs, pale blue grey cs
Size - A2
Accessories - two shades of green Brushos, gold gel pen, bleach, fun foam

A Metal Disc and a Single Dog

A couple of other challenges are about to end so more last minute cards.

For Cardz 4 Guyz "Use Some Metal", I used one of my Tim Holtz metal Christmas quote tokens.  And for Jingle Belles "Include Some Snow", I have dry and wet embossed snowflakes.

I created the tag by smooshing with Distress inks, stamping some script over it, stencilling some snowflakes with white embossing paste, and attaching the metal token with a brad

I added some ribbon to the top and looped it over a dry embossed background, and added a ribbon knot.

Here's a close-up of the token so that you can read the lovely quote:

And a second card, this one for CASology "One".  I have one dog on a very CAS thank you card:

I stamped, heat embossed, and fussy cut the dog (who looks much like mine). I mounted it t on the white card base, taping the feet right to the card and the head popped up a bit with foam tape.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, die cut the frame die and popped it up on foam tape.

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - script stamp
Ink - various Distress inks
Paper - white cs, tag
Size - A2
Accessories - Tim Holtz sentiment token, brad, ribbon, TH snowflake stencil, white embossing paste, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Stamp Gallery dog, unknown sentiment
Ink - Distress ozide browns
Paper - white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - MFT pierced square frame die, clear embossing powder, foam tape