Monday, October 1, 2018

Winter's Beautiful Snowflakes

Hello Everyone!
It's a new month and that means the start of a new monthly challenge
During a recent 'clean up' I discovered I had this beautiful Ultimate Crafts 'Winter Wonderland' embossing folder (huh, wonder how long that's been hidden ... lol).  Anyways ... it's a 5x7 size embossing folder but I've cut it down a bit to fit an A6 size card.  I embossed it onto white card stock and had intended on doing an all white creation but then got the bright idea to sponge over the embossed words to make them pop a bit.  I've used just what was left in my sponge daubers for the coloring ... using a red distress sponge & a green oxide distress sponge.
I didn't want to add too much to the front and take away from the beautiful embossing so I simply looked through my snowflake dies and did a bit of layering with them . . . VIOLA!  Perfect!
The dies I've chosen today are:
Spellbinder 'Create-a-Flake 3' (S4-340)
Cheery Lynn Designs 'Laced Pine Snowflake' (#DL175)
Impression Obsession - Dies - Small Snowflake Set

I have layered them according to their size and added a touch of Diamond Stickles in the middle for a needed touch of holiday sparkle.  Using gold foil paper for my middle sized snowflake brought just enough elegance and flair.
I hope you've enjoyed today's Christmas card and I can't wait to see what
you create and share over at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog.
 Thanks so much for stopping by and wishing you a fabulous week ahead!

As always ...

10 comments:

  1. So pretty.
    Love how you sponged over the embossing - it adds so much texture to your card, and that layered snowflake is amazing.
    xxx

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  2. Nice! With that beautiful embossed panel you wouldn't have to do much else, nor would you want to cover it up. Love how you layered the snowflakes. The gold snowflake is especially interesting!

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  3. Oh this is beautiful, love the embossing sponged and that gorgeous centre piece

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  4. This is gorgeous,love the embossed background.xxx

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  5. LOVE that you went out of the box on this one. I'm all about non-traditional and you have really nailed it here. Gorgeous card!!!

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  6. Love the embossing folder and adding the colour really makes all the words pop. Xx

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  7. Beautiful card and oh so love those snowflake dies. The gorgeous sponged colours on the EF are really the icing on the cake. Sorry been MIA, sun shines so this girl goes outside and I am oh so behind in comments.xx

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  8. such pretty softness to the coloring of the background and just love your pretty layering too!

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