Friday, November 9, 2018

Snowflake Birthday

Though I haven't posted in awhile, I was able to create this card for our neighbor's birthday. With some lovely snowflakes wafting down outside, it seemed appropriate to create a card with a snowflake theme. My card was inspired by the lovely cards created by Sarah Lloyd.

I started by die cutting the gorgeous snowflake from the White Velveteen Sheets using the Snowfall Thinlits Dies. The snowflake is stunning and cuts so well!

Setting the snowflake aside, I then worked with my sponges on a 5 1/8" square of Watercolor Paper. I started by sponging on Granny Apple Green, concentrating most of the color in the centre of the square. Next, I added Bermuda Bay around the central circle of Granny Apple Green. Lastly, I added Shaded Spruce around the edges of the square. Love the result!

I dabbed my smallest clear block into the Whisper White Craft Pad and then used my Aqua Painter to get some liquidy white ink on the brush. I flicked this over the completed square and then used my Heat Tool to dry it completely.

Liquid adhesive was used to adhere the sponged panel to a 5 1/4" Thick Whisper White matte. That was then adhered to a 5 1/2" Shaded Spruce card front using Dimensionals.

Dimensionals of both sizes were used used to adhere the snowflake to the front of the card. Glue Dots were used to adhere one of the Snowflake Trinkets to the middle of the snowflake. One rhinestone was also adhered to the centre of the Trinket with several more sprinkled around the card front.

On a Thick Whisper White matte for the inside of the card, the sentiment, from the Cake Soiree stamp set, was stamped in Shaded Spruce. Three snowflakes were stamped at the bottom right corner of the card, in both Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce, using the Snow Is Glistening stamp set.