White Christmas Clean And Simple!

by Joanne James5. November 2015 08:05

Today it's time for a new challenge over at Create With Connie and Mary and this week we have a great colour challenge for you:

    

I used the sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch as the basis for my card today - a largely one layered card, except for the banners and it also showcases a fun new technique:

 

I used extra thick Whisper White cardstock for my base and stamped two of the three trees from the White Christmas stamp set onto the bottom corner of my card in Memento Black. I coloured the trees in with my Smoky Slate Stampin' Write marker and added a couple of cardinals, coloured in Real Red for a little colour. Now for the fun technique! This was shown to me recently by the lovely Monica Gale who used it on a card stamped with the Wonderland set. for the snow on my trees and on the ground, I added a thin line of Tombo glue, then sprinkled this with Dazzling Diamonds glitter and then white embossing powder, then heated it gently with my heat tool. This causes the glue to puff up and produce wonderfully textured and sparkling snow - such a neat effect. To finish my card, I cut a reverse banner using my Triple Banner Punch - I simply fed the paper in from the underside of the punch and used the piece which normally you would throw away - from a scrap of Merry Moments designer series paper that has Real Red and Smoky Slate stripes. Finally to add a little extra sparkle, I added a thin banner of red glimmer paper - I just love this stuff!

I spent ages working up different cards for this week's colours and eventually settled on this one. It's very pretty in real life and has lots of texture for a predominantly white card, but it was incredibly difficult to photograph and I'm not sure that the picture really does it justice. 

Do visit the other Design Team members to see how they used this week's challenge colours; there's lots of inspiration over on their blogs too!

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project; until then, happy stampin'!

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

  • White Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set
  • Embossing Buddy
  • White Stampin' Emboss Powder
  • Heat Tool (Uk)
  • Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter
  • Multipurpose Liquid Glue
  • Merry Moments Designer Series Paper
  • Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
  • Banner Triple Punch
  • Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock
  • Red Glimmer Paper
  • Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker
  • Real Red Stampin' Write Marker

Comments (11) -

Alison Barclay
Alison BarclayAustralia
11/5/2015 8:49:58 AM #

This is gorgeous! I too was inspired by the same sketch. I love what you did with it. Smile

LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne PuglieseUnited States
11/5/2015 12:51:14 PM #

Oooh, that tombow/glitter/EP technique sounds like a fun one, I'll have to try it!  The card is beautiful!  Can't wait to play myself this week!

Bridgette Jones
Bridgette JonesUnited States
11/5/2015 1:39:34 PM #

Oh so pretty and wintery!! Thank you for sharing that technique for beautiful snow! I will definitely be trying that this week! Smile

Jenny Engelke
Jenny EngelkeUnited States
11/5/2015 1:54:02 PM #

The details of the snow technique makes this card super special, Joanne! Thanks for sharing it....I can't wait to try it myself!

Leigh Penner
Leigh PennerCanada
11/5/2015 4:12:56 PM #

These are beautiful! Wonderful take on the sketch, too!

Connie Babbert
Connie BabbertUnited States
11/5/2015 11:02:30 PM #

LOVE it!  Such a CAS design, but WOW!  Great job with the color challenge this week!

Michele F
Michele FUnited States
11/6/2015 1:16:56 PM #

Gorgeous color combo, fabulous snow covered trees ... Joanne this is really pretty!  Thanks for sharing it with us at CTS!
=]  Michele

Lisa
LisaUnited States
11/6/2015 3:12:52 PM #

This is so PRETTY!!! Love it!!

Chris Slogar
Chris SlogarUnited States
11/8/2015 3:45:48 AM #

Wow, cool technique, will have to try this!!  Sweet and simple, and just lovely!

Lisa Young
Lisa YoungUnited States
11/8/2015 6:17:58 PM #

Thanks for sharing that technique - I am definitely going to try it! All of the sparkle from the snow and banner really gives this lovely card an extra bit of elegance.

Lisa Martz
Lisa MartzUnited States
11/10/2015 4:13:04 PM #

Love the clean, crisp look!  The white really makes it feel like winter and then glitter for the snow is perfect!  Love your flags in the upper left corner!

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