Bring on the Bling

Bring on the Bling with the PPA!! Todays challenge was clean and simple and to accesorize with some bling, a lil pizazz. I chose Snow Swirled, still current but older set and a new hostess set, Peaceful Season, in the Holiday Mini, some new accesories and a very simple design. Matted my swirled tree image with a simple embossed/scored 'frame', jazzed it up with Silver Embossing Powder and a few Basic Pearls to add a tad more pizazz and I think it turned out to be a very pretty card. Hope you like it too!! Leave me a comment and let me know :) Love it when ya do

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Todays Challenges
PPA - Bring on the Bling
The Little Red Wagon - Something Old, Something New

A Silver and Baja Christmas

I love the look with a vellum overlay - it just really softens the whole look of the card. If you click on the word 'Christmas' next to Labels at the bottom of the post, you will be able to view my other Christmas cards and those that I've kreated with vellum.
I've made MANY cards with the Snow Swirled set and the snowflakes on the vellum overlay are just a perfect touch. This card started with the Snow Swirled Christmas tree inked in VersaMark and stamped on Whisper White and then heat embossed with Silver Embossing powder. Ticket punched the corners of the Whisper White and adhered it to a Baja Breeze base. Inked Merry Christmas, from Holidays and Wishes, in VersaMark and again heated embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. Stamped Whisper White snowflakes, from Snow Swirled, randomly on my vellum piece as well as the sentiment and then heat embossed the sentiment again with Silver Embossing Powder. Placed some Crystal Effects in the middle and on the tips of the snowflakes and then sprinkled on the glitter for the last pizazz I want on my Christmas cards. Used the Scallop Edge Punch to decorate the edge of the vellum and then added two silver brads in each corner to hold the vellum in place without adhering it down. I wish the picture did it more justice, but not having the vellum 'glued' down made it difficult to get a good picture. Hope it gives you some inspiration!!

For now, go kreate
Kim

Blissful Frolicking

I'm not all that excited about winter coming, but I do love the beauty of a snowfall. When I saw this reindeer stamp, this card was immediately what came to mind - I just envisioned deer frolicking in the snow. I kreated my snow by tearing two separate pieces of Whisper White and adding glitter. I stamped my reindeer in Choc Chip Craft and embossed them with Clear Embossing Powder, then using Paper Snips carefully cut them out and placed them playfully in the snow. I stamped my snowflakes from Snow Swirled in Whisper White on a piece of Vellum and placed it over my Baja Breeze base. Added White Grosgrain Ribbon across the top by using a stay put bow. Punched out choc chip brackets using my Round Tab Punch and placed them around my sentiment stamped in Choc Chip and again embossed in Clear Embossing Powder. REMINDER: When using any embossing powder, you must use Craft Ink or VersaMark to make sure your powder adheres to the ink prior to heating/embossing.
I have to say I really like how it turned out, hope you do too!
I'll be continuing to do more holiday and winter projects, 'Tis the Season, so come back and visit :)

For now, go kreate
Kim

Christmas Stamp a Stack

This card was inspired and pretty much CASED from this card. Stamp set used was Snow Swirled, changed the colors slightly and added some festive sparkle to my largest snowflakes, but loved the simple layout for a SAS card. Colors used were Brilliant Blue and Bashful Blue cardstock (used the Scallop Edge Puch to decorate this edge), Bashful Blue Ink and Grosgrain Ribbon, VersaMark and Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder on my largest Snow Swirled Snowflake and Not Quite Navy Craft Ink and Clear Embossing Powder on my sentiment. FYI: VersaMark and Craft Ink are the only inks you can use with embossing powder to allow that powder to stick prior to heating. Pretty easy card to pull together.
The fourth card that was done at my stamp-a-stack was previously posted, but you can click here to see it. If you scroll down to the posts on Oct 25 and Oct 28th, you will see the other 2 cards done at my class. Hope you liked them. If you live in the Bergen County New Jersey area and are interested in attending my stamp a stacks or my project night, contact me. I'd love to have you join us!

For now, go kreate
Kim

Snow Swirled Ruby and Olive

The Snow Swirled set always makes me think 'sparkle'. Must be the snow flakes. You can see my previous sparkly card with this set here. I went with the more traditional green and red Christmas colors (from the Earth Elements color family) for this kreation. The Ruby Red base was randomly stamped with the smallest snowflake using VersaMark and then heat embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. A thin strip of Holiday Treasures DSP with the little snowflakes was placed under my main image. This gorgeous Snow Swirled tree was inked in Garden Green Craft ink and stamped onto Old Olive. TIP: When embossing, remember the only ink that will allow your powder to stick is VersaMark or Craft Ink. My tree was again heat embossed with some more sparkle with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. The edges of the Old Olive were sponged with Garden Green Craft ink and embossed with Iridescent Ice. I love the way it framed and accented my tree even more. Snazzy, right?! The tree was then layered with dimensionals on Ruby Red and one more piece of Old Olive slightly offset. The sentiment at the bottom from Warm Words, was given the same sparkle treatment with VersaMark and Embossing Powder. This photo doesn't quite do this card justice - it is such a pretty and sparkly card in person. I find these cards are the most difficult to show you - they end up looking so blahhhhh in the photo. Well, you are just going to have to go make one yourself to see how pretty it is :) Let me know if any of you have any great photo tips for the sparkly cards. It may be time to get a photo tent :)

For now, go kreate
Kim

Snow Swirled Treat

The next project from my 'Sweet Treats' class is this fun pull treat. These got such the WOW factor when I handed these out at my open house that I had to show them how they could kreate their own. Here is the tutorial so you can join in the fun! The one on the left is using Brilliant Blue cardstock (with a Bashful Blue ribbon pull) and the one on the right is Brocade Blue cardstock (with a White ribbon pull). Both were stamped randomly in Whisper White ink with the snowflakes from the Snow Swirled set. This set is currently in the 15% off Never Before Seen Stamps and there is only 2 more days left to place your orders, this offer ends Sept 30th! Email me your order or click here to shop online now. Back to the treat...
The Whisper White 'belly bands' are inked with Bashful Blue snowflakes and the sentiment comes from this same great set. The snowman, inked in Bashful Blue, comes from a hostess lev 2 set, Deer Friends. The snowman was punched out using the 1 1/4" Circle Punch and then placed on dimensionals on a 1 3/8" Circle of Brilliant Blue. I love how they came out! Let me know what you think!

For now, go kreate
Kim