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Merry Snowflake Wreath

Posted on November 30, 2024 9:44 PM by Julie Comment

Now that December & Christmas season is upon us, I’m in full Christmas card mode. And I couldn’t wait to try out this beautiful new Snowflake Wreath. It’s perfect for Christmas or even winter birthday cards, just change up the greeting. I stuck with a mostly white with just a touch of very pale aqua to give it a super frosty look. The snowflakes added on top were cut out of glitter paper to add some sparkle.

A big congrats to Diane, the newest Featured Stamper FS930! She has a lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the wreath & snowflakes, but made a card instead of an ornament. I used a full snowflake wreath instead of just 3 on one side.

After I die cut the snowflake wreath, I attached it to a card board version for strength & stability. Then I die cut the white background w/ the missing wreath section, used a snowflake edger on the bottom, then attached it to a pale aqua background. The greeting was stamped onto the aqua & I used a Stardust gel pen to go over the letters for some glimmer. The larger snowflakes were die cut out of aqua & white glitter card & arranged on one side of the wreath. Some of the waste from the snowflake centers was added around the plain white part of the wreath & I also added some stickles here & there. All in all, a pretty quick card!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Christmas Cheer Gnomes (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, pale aqua, white glitter, aqua glitter

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Snowflake Wreath, Snowflakes, Lg. Snowflakes, Winter Edgers, Rectangles dies, Crossover II, Misti, stickles, Stardust Gelly Roll pen

Christmas Cheer Gnomes 35055	Christmas Cheer Gnomes dies 35055D	Lg Snowflake dies 5716-02D	Winter Edger dies 5718-02D	Rectangle dies 5003D
Snowflake Wreath die 5738D	Snowflake dies 5513-07D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Stickles
AC color card stock	MISTI	Stardust Gelly Roll pens

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Light as a Snowflake

Posted on August 3, 2024 9:09 PM by Julie Comment

Today, I have a clean and simple card for Christmas or any winter holiday. All you need is some pretty paper, a couple of big die cut snowflakes, a tiny snowflake border and a greeting. These are easy to make assembly line style and easy to change up the colors and paper. Also, completely mailable without needing extra postage.

A big congrats to Ann, the newest Featured Stamper (FS913)! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout & Christmas theme, but I used different images, dies, papers & added a big snowflake & tiny snowflake border detail instead of the embossed front.

For my card, I die cut the greeting oval & teal oval layers & stamped part of the greeting. I couldn’t fit all of it, so I left off the last 2 lines. I cut the large pale heathered green layer & used just the inset of the snowflake border down the right side. The pretty Christmas paper was cut along w/ a larger teal layer using a couple of rectangle dies. After cutting them, I moved the dies inward to narrow the panels. Two large snowflakes were die cut using the pale green heather & teal paper. I added cardboard behind them to pop them up & add a little dimension.

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(LinkDeli is no longer going to be used, but you can go directly to the items by clicking the name under the pictures below.)

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: This Christmas set

Paper: Staples 110# white, teal, lt green heather, Brass & Bliss: Snowy Wonder paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangles, Ovals, Lg. Snowflakes, Winter Edgers dies, Crossover II, Misti

This Christmas set 36046	Rectangle dies 5003D	Lg Snowflake dies 5716-02D	Winter Edger dies 5718-02D	Oval dies 5004D
Snowy Wonder paper 2011	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Memento Inks	MISTI

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Most Wonderful Snowmen

Posted on July 27, 2024 10:24 PM by Julie Comment

A Christmas, winter card using the most adorable set of snowmen! Behind the window, is some wonderful lt blue snowflake paper and I’ll show you how i used a regular rectangle to make the long window cut out. It’s a great way to stretch the use of dies you already have.

A big congrats to Diane, the newest Featured Stamper (FS912)! She has a big, beautiful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout & snowmen but I used different images, dies & papers and cut out a long window behind instead of adding a layer w/ the snowmen on top.

After coloring & die cutting the snowmen w/ their coordinating dies, I die cut a large white panel w/ the 2nd largest sm. scallop rectangle. Then I used an even smaller sized scallop rectangle & resized it to make it about half again longer. I also die cut 2 of the snowflake borders, put one across the top of the window & one under the bottom edge of the window. After dry fitting my snowmen to determine placement of the greeting, I stamped it in the center. A large lt blue snowflake paper was cut w/ a rectangle w/ sm scallop & holes die to place behind the white panel. Then I attached everything together & popped up the 2 large snowman just a bit before attaching them.

Here are the step out pictures of how i extended the length of the small rectangle for the window. (click on any picture to make it larger.) Note: my top plate is one meant for a Sizzix Jr. It allows me to cut precise areas. The machine I’m using is a Big Shot & the bottom plate is a normal size.

Here are the Copics I used:

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(LinkDeli is being discontinued, but you can go directly to the products by clicking the name under the pictures below my supply table.)

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Snowman Cheer set, Let it Snow

Paper: Staples 110# white, distressed grey, bright yellow, Brass & Bliss: Snowflake Fun paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps:Snowman Cheerset, Scallop w/ Holes Rectangle, Sm. Scallop Rectangle, Winter Edger dies, Crossover II, Copic markers, Misti

Snowmen Cheer 36039″	Snowmen Cheer dies 36039D”	Small Scallop dies 5028D	Snowflake Fun paper 2015	Small Scallop w Holes dies 5719D
Winter Edger dies 5718-02D	Let it Snow set 36045	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers
MISTI