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Sunday, 22 October 2017

Snowy & Sparkly

I have some Christmas cards to share today using some new goodies that I picked up at a newly discovered craft shop yesterday...we stumbled upon it by accident yesterday, and it was a real treasure trove! Among the items I bought was a set of Tim Holtz/Sizzix snowflake dies...I cut all of the snowflakes from snippets of plain white card...then coated them with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed them using some new embossing powders (Vintage Peacock & Under the Sea by WOW). I layered up the snowflakes using 3D foam pads, and then used them to make a couple of clean & simple DL cards. I used the offcut of card from trimming down the A4 card to make the card blank as a background for the snowflakes...distressing the edges a little, and piercing some holes using one of my CutterBee Bugs. I added a Lili of the Valley sentiment, and then matted those on to some co-ordinating coloured card.


It's a really dull day here...but you can just about make out the pretty sparkle of the embossing powders on the snowflakes:



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13 comments:

  1. Unknown22 October 2017 at 15:43

    Gorgeous cards, love the sparkly snowflakes :)
    Hugs Kaz xx

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  2. Keti's Projects22 October 2017 at 18:56

    Gorjuss. I love Tim Holtz and Sizzix Dies. Great idea to add a little sparkle. I should totally use that one. Thanks for inspiration. Hugs, Keti

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  3. Sandra H22 October 2017 at 19:33

    Your creation and those snowflake is really beautiful x

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  4. Brawny x22 October 2017 at 21:00

    Fabulous cards Helen. Great design x

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  5. Liz22 October 2017 at 23:02

    Gorgeous cards, I love the CAS design. xx

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  6. Janette23 October 2017 at 10:49

    Hi Helen,love these gorgeous cards, so CAS and pretty..
    Thanks for sharing with us at CraftyCatz this week...x

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  7. Aunty Sue23 October 2017 at 12:51

    Lovely set of cards helen thanks for sharing at crafty catz this week

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  8. Billie A24 October 2017 at 08:03

    Very pretty Christmas cards. I love the colors and sparkle. Very pretty. So glad you shared over at Craftaholics R Us.

    Billie A
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  9. Hazel25 October 2017 at 10:59

    Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 356 – 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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  10. Di25 October 2017 at 14:12

    Absolutely beautiful Helen! I adore the sparkly snowflakes and the whole card is such a lovely design. Very elegant indeed.

    Lovely to see you in the snippets playground!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  11. Darnell27 October 2017 at 01:37

    These are the prettiest snowflakes I have ever seen, Helen! I didn't want to stop staring at them and I love how you matted your panels!! Hugs, Darnell

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  12. CraftingMum29 October 2017 at 22:20

    Lovely cards, its so nice having new stuff to play with! Thanks for joining us at Crafting with Friends, Louise DT x

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  13. Sherry2 November 2017 at 20:55

    Beautiful... Thanxx For Joining Us At Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends Challenge..
    Sherry Lynn
    DT @LPOCF

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x