White Christmas

I know that tomorrow is the first day of fall, but I have a Christmas card to share today. This is card #17 for Project Christmas 2013.

I combined two challenges on this card. The layout is ART15 from A Random Thursday blog and the all white colour scheme is C4C203 from the Crazy for Challenges blog. I thought the all white challenge was absolutely perfect for snowflakes.

I used Sweet Tooth card stock for the card base and for all the elements on the card. I used the Washi Patterns Die-namics to cut out the two washi strips then stamped them with patterns from the Washi Patterns stamp set, using Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink. After a few minutes I realized I could emboss them with white powder, but I think the ink had tried a tad too much and I didn't get complete coverage with the embossing powder. But I still like the end result...it's almost like distressed embossing to me. Like the "snow" has been wiped off the patterns. The sentiment from Stitched Stockings was stamped with Steel Blue Premium Dye Ink.

I used the largest of the Let It Snowflake Die-namics to cut out the Sweet Tooth snowflake then I gave it a generous coating of Sheer Sparkle Glitter Glaze. Once that dried I mounted the snowflake on foam tape.

Here's a shot of the shine on the snowflake. I love that it's both sparkly and shiny! And by the way, I discovered that it is not easy to photograph an all white card, so my apologies for the poor photos.

Here are the supplies I used:

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Lollipop Doc

It's my brother's birthday at the end of the month so I need to get his card in the mail. Snail mail between Canada and the US is really snail mail!!! He doesn't read my blog so I'm not worried that he'll see his card here.

For his card I decided to use Dylan Lollipop with the included "you're so cool" sentiment. Hey, I'm not afraid to admit my brother is cool...actually all three of them are, but I would have never said that growing up!!! LOL!!! I used the Crazy 4 Challenges sketch, C4C20, for the layout.

When I first stamped Dylan I thought his iPod headphones looked like a stethescope. Hey, my brother's a doctor, I could turn the iPod into a stethescope to personalize his card. So I cleaned my stamp then simply omitted inking the iPod and stamped him again. Then I used my Copic multiliner to draw in the stethescope and his hand. I coloured him up with doctor blue scrubs and to get that shade of blue I simply kept layering shades of blue until I was happy. I find I nearly always have to do this with the copic blues...there are so many shades but none seem to be just right.

The image is cut out with rectangle nestabilities and I stitched it to a layer of Prism Intense Kiwi. I also stitched the patterned paper (by My Mind's Eye) to a layer of Kiwi. Instead of using a strip of ribbon I used a strip of patterned paper across the bottom to bring in more colour. The sentiment is punched out with my modern label punch and I added two olive Bonbons to anchor it. The card seemed a little plain so I added a few buttons from my stash.

This week's Bellarific Friday theme is Twinchies! If you don't have the official little pre-cut panels then just cut your own to measure 2x2 inches. I hope you'll play along. Email your submission to Em by Thursday evening and you might just win some Bella Bucks for playing this week.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen