Jennifer's Mystery Challenge-Christmas in July So Many Snowflakes

Today's post is another mystery piece challenge from team member, Jennifer.  Our theme for July was of course, Christmas in July and this is what she sent me.  I don't know how I missed this gem in the catalogue but I have fallen deeply in love.  Let's take a look at what I did with it. The die is from the So Many Snowflakes die set. 


 
I decided I needed to have more snowflakes on my card and needed to colour some also.  I heat embossed some snowflakes from the Peaceful Deer stamp set from the new mini catalogue and then used my blending brushes to colour the card front, focusing on those snowflakes.  I finished it off with a Coastal Cabana stamped greeting.  Here is the list of supplies as well as how to put it all together.  

Supply List:

Cardstock: Pool Party 122924-cut at 5 ½”x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”

Basic White 159276-cut at 4” x 5 ¼” (insert)

Ink: Pool Party 147107; Coastal Cabana 147097; Versamark 102283

Stamp Set: Peaceful Deer 156891

Stampin Emboss Powder 15554

Heat Tool 129053

Stampin Seal 152813

Blending Brushes 153611

Paper Trimmer 152392

Step- By- Step Instructions:

 

Stamping: Using the snowflake cluster image, ink up the stamp in versamark, stamp it a few times across the front of your card.  Sprinkle the white embossing powder over the clusters, tap off any excess powder and then heat set using the heat tool.  One thing to remember with the heat embossing, it is not forgivable so wherever you have powder, it will show on your project once it has been heat set.  I usually have a fine paint brush nearby to help brush off stray powder.

The sentiment I chose is also from the Peaceful Deer and I stamped that in the bottom left corner using Coastal Cabana.

I also like to finish the inside of my card so I then stamped a verse in versamark, and used the white embossing powder again, set with my heat tool.  I stamped a couple of the snowflake clusters using the Coastal Cabana in each corner.  Using my blending brush, I also blended some Coastal Cabana over the sentiment just to highlight the words.

My favourite part: blending with blending brushes.  I started with Pool Party and applied some ink to my blending brush, then started brushing it onto the card front in a circular motion.  I started off light, then added a little more colour as I went along.  The Basic White cardstock easily absorbed the ink from the blending brushes, but the snowflake clusters resisted which was the look I was trying to achieve.

Now let’s assemble our card:

Place the snowflake die cut piece of cardstock on top of the card base and adhere using stampin seal.  You can do the same with the insert.  And now you have finished your card!  Very simple to put together once the stamping and colouring has been completed.  Hope you enjoyed the card. 


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