{"id":21840,"date":"2016-01-21T10:49:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T15:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=21840"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:10:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:10:22","slug":"let-it-snowflakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=21840","title":{"rendered":"Let it Snowflakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-cu08237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21841\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-cu08237.jpg\" alt=\"Let it Snowflakes cu08237\" width=\"522\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-cu08237.jpg 828w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-cu08237-175x133.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-cu08237-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-cu08237-600x455.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/general-stamping-talk-f17\/favourites-week-ending-january-24-2016-a-t606964.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9523 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Weekly-Favorite.gif\" alt=\"Weekly-Favorite\" width=\"200\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-cu08237.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Today&#8217;s Ways to Use It Challenge (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/ways-use-f46\/wt567-baby-its-cold-outside-1-21-16-a-t606902.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WT567<\/a>) is about how cold it is! It&#8217;s definitely been on the chilly side here&#8230;we had sleet most of the the afternoon &amp; we&#8217;re supposed to have snow tomorrow afternoon &amp; on into Sat. morning.\u00a0Maybe it&#8217;s just me, but when it&#8217;s already that cold, just go ahead and snow. It&#8217;s much preferable to the frozen rain, sleet &amp; ice. Those are just accidents waiting to happen! And besides&#8230;I would much rather see lacy, pretty snowflakes like these than frozen pellets of ice.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes2-08236.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21842\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes2-08236.jpg\" alt=\"Let it Snowflakes2 08236\" width=\"522\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes2-08236.jpg 796w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes2-08236-133x175.jpg 133w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes2-08236-305x400.jpg 305w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes2-08236-457x600.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To make my wintry blue card, I first die cut the largest layer, then die cut the smaller inset w\/ a stitched rectangle. \u00a0Then I heat embossed the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">large<\/span>\u00a0&amp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes2-08236.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">smaller snowflakes<a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes2-08236.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span>w\/ white powder onto the smaller inset then sponged on the blue inks from the Kaleidacolor ink pad. I also sponged the larger frame but reversed the colors w\/ the dark on top &amp; light at the bottom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The greeting took a bit of finagling. I used a stamp positioner &amp; masking to rearrange the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">vertical SNOW<\/span>\u00a0into a horizontal direction &amp; colored it w\/ a few blue &amp; blue-violet Copics. I added a couple of die cut shapes that reminded me of snowflakes, a few punched snowflakes &amp; some stickles for a little sparkle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here&#8217;s a look at the inside..just some simple stamping.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-inside-08239.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21843\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-inside-08239.jpg\" alt=\"Let it Snowflakes inside 08239\" width=\"400\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-inside-08239.jpg 461w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-inside-08239-121x175.jpg 121w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-inside-08239-276x400.jpg 276w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Let-it-Snowflakes-inside-08239-414x600.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thanks so much for stopping by!\u00a0If you haven\u2019t, please head on over and check out the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>DRS Thursday Challenge<\/strong><\/span>..this week it\u2019s a color challenge. DRS images are not required &amp; there\u2019s a nice prize up for grabs!<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12715\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\" alt=\"Julie2 sig\" width=\"134\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Supplies:<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"6\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody id=\"collapseobj_photoinfo\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Stamps:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/drsdesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DRS Designs<\/strong><\/a><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drsdesigns.com\/candy-canes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u2013\u00a0Med. Filigree Snowflake,\u00a0Lg. Filigree Snowflake,Vertical Let it Snow,\u00a0\u00a0(Warm Thoughts-inside)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Paper:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Neenah white<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Ink:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Kaleidacolor blue breeze, Colorbox frost white pigment<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Accessories:<\/strong>\u00a0 Spellbinders pierced A2 matting basics A , Persian Accents dies, Lil&#8217; Inkers Stitched Rectangles, stickles, Copic markers, snowflake punches<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT567) is about how cold it is! It&#8217;s definitely been on the chilly side here&#8230;we had sleet most of the the afternoon &amp; we&#8217;re supposed to have snow tomorrow afternoon &amp; on into Sat. morning.\u00a0Maybe it&#8217;s just me, but when it&#8217;s already that cold, just go ahead and snow. It&#8217;s much preferable to the frozen rain, sleet &amp; ice. Those are just accidents waiting to happen! And besides&#8230;I would much rather see lacy, pretty snowflakes like these than frozen pellets of ice.\u00a0 To make my wintry blue card, I first die cut the largest layer, then die cut the smaller inset w\/ a stitched rectangle. \u00a0Then I heat embossed the\u00a0large\u00a0&amp;\u00a0smaller snowflakes\u00a0w\/ white powder onto the smaller inset then sponged on the blue inks from the Kaleidacolor ink pad. I also sponged the larger frame but reversed the colors w\/ the dark on top &amp; light at the bottom.\u00a0 The greeting took a bit of finagling. I used a stamp positioner &amp; masking to rearrange the\u00a0vertical SNOW\u00a0into a horizontal direction &amp; colored it w\/ a few blue &amp; blue-violet Copics. I added a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,82,33,43,34,14,446,44],"tags":[594,199,576,539,162,114,115,448,578,191],"class_list":["post-21840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmasholiday","category-drs","category-embossing","category-masking-reverse-masking","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","category-scs-weekly-favorite","category-sponging","tag-drs","tag-embossing-resist","tag-embossing","tag-lil-inker","tag-snowflakes","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs","tag-splitcoast-weekly-favorite","tag-sponging","tag-winter"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38355,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840\/revisions\/38355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}