Serene Snowflakes

I kreated this card for my recent Holiday Mini class bash and it also complies with Stamp Simply #103 challenge to 'merely stamp your sentiment over your image'. This card had the wow factor in my class as it was so easy to kreate using a very cool technique called VersaMark Resist. (click on card to enlarge) Ready for the steps and supplies...
* Started with Glossy White cardstock
* Inked up my Serene Snowflakes in VersaMark and randomly stamped them onto the Glossy Cardstock
* Inked up my Brayer in Bashful Blue Classic ink and rolled it over my Glossy Cardstock until it was completely covered and 'blended'. Tip: I rolled my brayer both vertically and horizontally over the card to get full blended coverage - continue to ink up brayer and apply to glossy paper to achieve desired hue of color.
VOILA' my beautiful Serene Snowflakes resist the ink and kreate a beautiful card in minutes!
* My sentiment from All Holidays was inked with Ruby Red Craft ink and guess what... for those of you who follow me regularly know that I love my Ice :), I sprinkled Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and with my Heat Tool, heated to set my sparkle. Tip: When heating Glossy Cardstock it tends to warp slightly, a little extra SNAIL adhesive to the back and layering onto an additional matte will do the trick!
* Glossy Cardstock image matted with Whisper White and layered onto my Brocade Blue card base.
* The delicate Organza Ribbon was the perfect touch for my Serene Snowflakes. Accented with a Jumbo White Grommet and faux knot adhered in the middle with a glue dot... I LOVE the simplicity of this card. Definitely falls into my 'under 15' minutes category! Hope you like it. Leave me a comment below to let me know, love it when you do!!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Serene Snowflakes (Holiday Mini 115438), All Holidays (114916)
Paper: Glossy Cardstock (102599), Whisper White (100730), Brocade Blue (101166)
Ink: VersaMark( , Bashful Blue(105209)
Accessories: Brayer (102395), Organza Ribbon(114319), Jumbo Grommets(114348)
Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder(101930), Heat Tool (100005)

Buzzin By with a Birthday Hi

Well, so far so good, my computer 'Charlie', is holding up with one drive and isn't making any funny noises today. He's gotta hold on a few more days, hopefully by Saturday he'll be fully restored! In the event you don't hear from me, you'll know Charlie is kaput! Onto more fun things... this set, Just Buzzin By is just so cute - I love the little faces on these bees :) Started with a So Saffron base, layered with Choc Chip and then my ever so cool honeycombs :) A piece of bubble wrap was inked up using my Summer Sun ink and then pressed down onto a piece of Glossy White cardstock - voila' honeycombs :) - you may need to click on the photo to enlarge in order to see the honeycombs. Their sweet hive was inked in Choc Chip craft ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. I highlighted my hive using my Blender Pen and some Close to Cocoa Ink. TIP: Kreate a pool of ink (by squeezing the center of a closed pad together, you'll kreate a little pool of ink on the cover when opened) either on the inside cover of your pad or use the plastic lid of one of your stamp sets or any piece of plastic. Hint: If you have a Marker, you can use that as well to scribble some ink onto the plastic. Then use your blender to dab into your ink and use to highlight or color your images. Easy clean up too, just take a tissue to wipe off your plastic and although your Blender Pen may appear stained, scribble off on a piece of scrap paper until no color appears on your scrap and you are ready to pick up another color with your blender. Easy peazy!
My hive wasn't completed until I covered it all with Crystal Effects. My little bees were inked in Basic Black and stamped onto Whisper White. Colored them with Blush Blossom, Barely Banana and YoYo Yellow and then used my 1-1/4" Circle Punch to pop them out. Dazzled them up a bit with little Crystal Effects and some snazzy glitter. Also sponged the edges with some more Summer Sun and layered them on a Choc Chip 1-3/8" Circle. Inked up a portion of the sentiment in Choc Chip Craft ink and again embossed with Clear EP. A Choc Chip Grosgrain ribbon, complete with a yellow Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad, finishes off the outside.
But wait it continues on the inside... Another bee, inked in Choc Chip Craft and embossed in Clear EP, hangs out overlooking the sentiment from Loads of Love Accessories. A portion of the sentiment was masked off and again inked in Choc Chip Craft and embossed in Clear EP. Finally the little flower was inked in Versamark and randomly stamped. I then took my white Stampin Pastels and highlighted some of the petals as well as my little bees wings. Phew! What a card :) Time well spent I think! Let me know your thoughts, leave me a comment below.
For now, go kreate :)
Kim

B Happy

I love this card! And it was so fun to make. I took Summer Sun ink and a brayer and inked up a piece of bubble wrap. Then I took a piece of Glossy White Cardstock and placed my bubble wrap ink down and pressed it onto my glossy paper. Check out the 'honeycomb' effect. Couldn't leave a honeycomb without some bees :) I used my little bee from the Just B set, inked it in Black StazOn and gave my bees a home on top of their 'honeycomb'. Used the letter 'B' from the set, inked in VersaMark and stamped it on Basic Black cardstock. Then I applied Clear Embossing Powder and heated up the 'B' and popped it up with dimensionals. Added the sentiment 'happy' again with Black StazOn ink for my 'B happy' card. Placed it on top of Basic Black and Summer Sun cardstock and finished it off with Black Gingham ribbon and its a B-eauty :) Hope you like it!!

For now, go kreate
Kim