Today it's Sunday and time for our first challenge of the new year over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous LeAnne to host this week. We are starting back with a colour challenge and she has a wintry colour combination for us to work with:
I toyed with using these colours with some florals, but the snowflakes falling outside of my craft room window this week pulled me in a completely different direction. I grabbed the sketch over at Hand Stamped Sentiments and decided to embrace the glittery theme over at Time Out (where I'm happy to announce that my PP teamie, Jaydee, has just joined the design team - hurrah!) and play with some much-loved retired dies for a snowflake-filled card - take a look:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
Giving Gifts Snowflakes - I started my card by cutting a snowflake-patterned aperture into my cardfront and blending Night of Navy and Misty Moonlight inks onto my card base behind. I overlaid this with a strip of dark blue ombre glimmer paper.
Snowfall Thinlits - The star of today's card is the vertical swirl of glittery snowflakes cut using the retired Snowfall Framelits, which I popped up on dimensionals - I love the shape of this diecut and the silver glimmer paper adds so much sparkle! I also added a few smaller snowflakes and some clear rhinestones for a little extra shimmer and shine.
Let It Snow - To finish, I added my sentiment from the retired 'Sophisticated Sled' stamp set, fussy cutting the word snow and heat-embossing in silver to tie in with the overall design: 
A simple design with lots of sparkle. We've had two snowfalls in my part of the world this week, much less than in some parts of the UK and both of which have washed away now. We quite possibly haven't seen the last of the snow yet though - I will keep you posted!
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:
The Paper Players Design Team
Anne Marie Hile - on leave
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
1. Create a new paper project
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
3. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.
4. Have FUN!
Enjoy your day; I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
