Snow Is Glistening Cards

I used glitter paper for the diecut snowflakes

(Snow Is Glistening set by Stampin' Up!)

on these fairly simple cards.

The red bottom portion of the card on the right

was embossed with a snowflake folder.

The blue card is textured.

Rhinestone and pearl accents.

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Snowflake Sentiments cards

 

Snowflake Sentiments stamp set

and coordinating die set 

from Stampin' Up!

Nine Snowflake and Snowmen Cards

Assorted stamp and die sets were used for this set.

Nearly everything came from Stampin' Up! 

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Krafty Snowman Tag

Today's share is perfect for the 

First Day of Winter.

This little snowman is nearly 

buried under a blizzard of snowflakes ! 

Sometimes it's tough to know when to

call it quits on adding more and more

things to our projects ;) 

It kind of reminds me of all of the 

HUGE snowflakes

that were falling here earlier in the week

when we had a significant snow event.

It sure was pretty,

but caused many problems.

An early White Christmas for us

that will be gone by Christmas

when will see temperatures near 60 degrees.

That is not normal for us here 

this time of year. Crazy. 

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!,

(except the snowflake print ribbon)

all of which are now retired.

The embossed background has white craft ink

sponged over it.

The snowman image was water colored with

inks from my ink pads and an aquapainter.

Happy Holidays ! 

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 12 13

Simple premade scrapbook pages, above

The same pages, below, after adding my own touches

Glitter "glue" and rhinestones added to the die cut

snowflakes add sparkle to the pages.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 10 11

Simple premade scrapbook pages, above

The same pages after I added a couple of my own touches

Rhinestones on the centers of the die cut snowflakes add pizazz

I also added a removable tag for journaling.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 8 9

Simple premade scrapbook album pages before, above

The same pages after I added my own touches, below

I removed the original snowflake elements first.

I then made several circular elements, 

each with a different dry embossed snowflake

and die cut letter. 

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 6 7

Premade scrapbook album pages before, above

The same pages after I added my own touches.

Some of the elements on some of the pages

were fairly easy to remove, such as the silver

strips of card stock on this page.

I removed them then ran them through an embossing folder.

They were then glued back on along with strips of printed

twill tape ribbon.

Additional elements were made with die cuts,

embossed pieces, rubber stamping and 

two part epoxy/metal brads that I 

inserted rubber stamped pieces in.

Unfortunately the epoxy cover changed the color

of the ink so it doesn't match the other stamped pieces :(

I'm entering my pages in the current challenges at

Love To Scrap

and 

Through The Craft Room Door.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 4 5

The premade album pages before, above

The pages after I added my own touches with 

some rubber stamping and a die cut.

The snowman is made with a Lasting Impressions

brass template, dry embossed and colored in with markers

then hand cut out. Attached to page with dimensionals. 

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 2 3

Pre-made scrapbook pages before

and

 after I added my own touches

I used a roller stamp with white craft ink on the edges.

Die banners that I pierced and added embossed scraps

Rhinestones added to the snowflakes

(I added a couple that were removed from another page)

Photo mats and even staples for a little something extra

Thanks for looking , have a great day :) 

I'm entering my layout in the Anything Goes Challenge at

Through The Craft Room Door

Dimensional Snowman Frame

Welcome to the first challenge of 2019

at 

Love To Craft ! 

We are a month long anything crafty goes challenge

(so long as it is family friendly). 

My design team project this month is a photo frame.

It's an old odd sized paper mache frame.

The opening is long and very narrow (4"W x 2"T,

but actually smaller due to the overhanging snowflakes),

so I haven't been able to find a photo to fit it properly - yet.

There is a piece of rubber stamped card stock in it for now.

(Snow Stampin' Around wheel by Stampin' Up!)

The basic idea is to glue snowflake shapes onto

a frame base then add a snowman shape.

You can add glitter, paint, other embellishments

as desired to make it your own. 

It can be a simple enough project for a child 

or slightly more advanced

depending on the supplies and techniques you wish to use. 

Close up of some of the details:

~snowman made from die cut circles covered with

snow texture medium

~a nose made from Sculpey clay

~eyes and buttons are tiny paper punched circles

of textured black card stock, attached with tacky glue

~tiny twigs found in my yard that I added snow texture

medium to and hot glued into place for arms

~gingham ribbon for a scarf

I happened to have three die cut fun foam circles

leftover from my snowman shaker card

that I used to make the snowman on this project.

It was more work trimming them down

then gluing them to card stock to create the snowman

shape versus making one solid image from scratch.

I wanted to use the scraps which is why I did it this way. 

Once I had them all trimmed the way I wanted and 

glued into place, I applied a thick layer of snow texture medium.

This took an entire day to dry.

Use a rubber stamped or printed snowman image

cut out with scissors for a quicker, easier project. 

The fun foam die cut snowflakes were painted with

glitter nail polish.

I added large rhinestones to the centers of some of them.

Cut snowflakes from glitter paper to save some time.

I was using what I already had on hand;

these snowflakes were bought years ago for my kids to

make crafts with. The glitter nail polish is leftover from 

a one time event and will never be worn again.

It is handy for craft purposes- but is really smelly ! 

I painted a paper mache frame with acrylic craft paints

and let it dry well before hot gluing on the snowflakes.

A photo of some of the supplies I used

Thanks for looking !

Wishing you a happy, crafty new year !

I'm entering my project in the  current challenges at
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Let It Snow
Love To Scrap - Anything Goes

Warmest Winter Wishes Card

Today's card is quite fitting for it being

the first day of Winter.

It has dry embossing, heat embossing, 

paper punched borders, dry embossed with stylus

details, rubber stamping and a neat printed ribbon -

all on a kraft card base. 

The embossing folder, stamps, inks, embossing powder

 and card stocks were all from Stampin' Up!

The border punch is unknown.

The ribbon came from Big Lots two years ago.

I should have bought more than one small roll of it.

I liked this card so well that I made eight of them

and put them in stock for next Christmas.

Thanks for looking =) 

I'm entering my card in the Season' Greetings challenge at  Love To Scrap
and Christmas Crafts All Year Round

Snowflake Iris Card - tutorial

Today's card was created for the special challenge at

Through The Craft Room Door:

iris cards.

You have until December 20th to enter your iris card

for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card.

I'm entering my project in the new challenge blog for all things Christmas,

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/

plus the current

Aperture challenge at Mix It Up

and lastly 

613 Avenue Create - Christmas/Winter

Thanks for looking =) 

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PROJECT DETAILS:

Snowflake Iris Card Supplies:

Light Blue, White, Shimmery White card stocks

Polka dot vellum

Snowflake die, Cuttlebug

Scallop square die, Nestabilities

Paper piercer

Adhesive

Dimensionals

This truly was an experiment that I was so pleased worked out well on the first try !

I used items on hand and some "guesstimating" to work it out. 

Here are the basic steps and supplies:

The snowflake die is an oldie from Cuttlebug/Provo Craft.

I centered the die on a 3 3/4" square piece of Bashful Blue card stock and cut it out.

I cut numerous 1/2" wide strips of polka dot vellum paper then scored them in half along the length of the strip. The score helped in folding the vellum in half.

I kept the strips of vellum their original length, trimming them off as I adhered them to the back of the snowflake window.

I connected two arms of the snowflake per piece of vellum, trying to keep them all positioned along the same area of each. I worked in a conterclockwise rotation, making sure to keep going the same direction and adding all of the strips of vellum of one row before moving on to the next. Each row slightly overlaps the previous row. There were six strips of vellum per row for five rows. The very center row, the sixth, has just three strips of vellum.

The base of the card, around the snowflake window, has thin strips of double stick tape on it. A two way glue pen was used to attach the vellum strips to each other.

Back of card front after adhering the vellum strips

Close ups of the front iris

To finish the card, I paper pierced along the edge of the snowflake window panel. This was then mounted using dimensionals/pop dots to a piece of shimmery paper I die cut with a scallop edge square die. Both pieces are then adhered to a white card base, 4 1/4" square.

This may not be a true iris fold pattern, but it turned out pretty well. Think of all the fun shapes you can use to die cut a window for iris folding !

Impossible Fold Card - White Christmas

Today's card is my first attempt at an

"Impossible Card" fold

and is my design team project for the week

at Through The Craft Room Door.

The center image (sentiment)

is called White Christmas and

was supplied by this weeks sponsor

Decosses Dynamite Doodles

Prize:  A Touch of Class kit

Our challenge is an anything crafty goes
challenge that lasts for the week.
Share with us what you've been working on
for a chance to win !

Thanks for looking =)

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PROJECT DETAILS:

This is for a 5" x 7" card.

You can alter it to make other sizes

Grasp the left side of the card in your hand

and carefully bend the right side along the center score line. 

The bottom portion will

bend backwards and the top portion will

come forwards along the score.

It's an "Ah ha!" moment once you do it!

The side pieces are decorated with

additional layers of card stock

that are trimmed a bit smaller to fit.

Once the side panels are added,

you will want to adhere a strip of

 card stock across the gap of the two

bottom panels to help hold it in place.

Decorate as you wish.

Push the center panel down for mailing

Jolly Snowman Snowflake Decor Piece

Today I'm sharing a project that I created

using a digital image from Bugaboo Stamps

and several supplies in my crafts stash.

I made it for the current Anything Goes Challenge at

Through The Craft Room Door .

It's never too soon to start holiday projects ! 

Thanks to our sponsor at TTCRD this week,

https://bugaboostamps.com/

They've generously donated a

 $12 certificate
to the Top Winner of our
Anything Goes challenge this week !
Show us what crafty item you are working on ;)

Thanks for looking.