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Friday 17 October 2014

Snow Angels

Hello.  Welcome.  I haven't been doing too well with the Christmas cards this year.  How about you?  Last year, despite not usually thinking about Christmas til November, I joined in some challenges and made a few a month.  This year I haven't made many at all.  So I decided to sit down this afternoon and see what I could come up with.  Inspired by Wow Embossing Powders challenge, same stamp, different ways I have ended up with two xmas cards!!  Score!  


 I started by stamping Unity Stamp Co. Snowpeep Gabe onto white card using VesaMark ink.  I embossed one image with white powder and the other with black.  Then I used my Sizzix circle dies to cut them both out.  

The black embossed image I coloured with markers, edged the circle with blue ink and then mounted on two patterned papers from the stash.  I'm not going to admit how long it took me to find two papers that I thought worked together and with my snowpeep topper as well.  Do you ever have that problem?  Or are you someone who just picks up a few sheets and they match perfectly?  So that's card one.  

 I used the white embossed image as a resist.  I coloured the circle with various blue Distress Inks, light in the middle, darker to the outside.  I edged the circle with VersaMagic Night Sky and went crazy with the Wink of Stella clear on the background areas.  Then I cut a little foot from wood patterned paper to make it a snow globe.  The background is a piece of patterned paper.  It came with a snowy slope, a tree and some snowflakes.  Perfect.  I ripped the edges, inked them and mounted on a DCWV embossed white card.  


Yeah, 2 down, loads to go LOL

 Joining the fun at
WOW Embossing Powder October 2014 Challenge - Same Stamp, Different Ways
Unity Stamp Co. Friends With Flair
CHNC Challenge 198 - Something Round
Penny Black and More October Challenge - Get Ahead For Christmas

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22 comments:

  1. Ruby17 October 2014 at 18:47

    Very cute cards.

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  2. Mary Anne / MA54K17 October 2014 at 20:55

    Love snow peeps! Two adorable cards!

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  3. Irish Cherokee17 October 2014 at 21:00

    Great and unique creations. A nice start to the Christmas card collection. Beautiful! - Jim

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  4. Doreen17 October 2014 at 23:04

    Two fabulous cards.xxx

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  5. Hazel18 October 2014 at 00:28

    Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 198 - you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for October - I'd love to see it there too. x

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  6. joybear18 October 2014 at 02:32

    Both cards are adorable!

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  7. Rubeena I.18 October 2014 at 02:33

    these are adorable

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  8. Sylvia18 October 2014 at 09:48

    Super fun card, love the cute image.

    Sylv xx

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  9. Unknown18 October 2014 at 15:55

    These are sweet! I hope you enjoy making the rest of them.

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  10. Craftyfield18 October 2014 at 16:47

    Came by for some inspiration for the WOW challenge (still no Linky!) I do have trouble with selecting papers and more often than not they stay undisturbed and I make my own background with inks, paints & stamps... Well done on your 2 cards they couldn't look more different from each other!

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  11. Gaylynn18 October 2014 at 19:07

    It's great that you're ahead on your xmas cards. So cute.

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  12. Carol L18 October 2014 at 20:23

    Looks like your Christmas stash is off to a flying start! They're both cute, but I just love the blue snow globe! Very creative!

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  13. ionabunny18 October 2014 at 23:51

    Thanks for your lovely comments. Hugz

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  14. Crystal19 October 2014 at 03:30

    Very nice cards! I love how you created a snow globe and scene on the second card!

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  15. Unknown19 October 2014 at 03:44

    Your cards are so cute!

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  16. Sue D19 October 2014 at 03:47

    Adorable snow angels!

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  17. JPScraps19 October 2014 at 04:06

    Two awesome cards! Great thinking on how you made them both.

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  18. brenda19 October 2014 at 09:19

    Slow going on that front at this end as well Gail, I am always full of good intentions but it never follows through.

    But you have added a couple of beauties today, lovely traditional colours on the first (yep, I've never got the right pieces of DP either)and great resist stamping on the blue one.

    Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us at Penny Black and More challenge.

    B x

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  19. Miwa20 October 2014 at 05:20

    Adorable cards!

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  20. Cocofolies20 October 2014 at 09:51

    Also this is great!!!! :D xx

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  21. Linby20 October 2014 at 23:43

    Two great cards, I like the trad one and also the snowglobe idea is fab.
    Thanks for sharing with us this month at Penny Black & More.
    Lynn x
    DT

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  22. Ellibelle21 October 2014 at 14:59

    These are both fabulous creation. Beautifully done!
    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Penny Black and More!

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