Darling Christmas - JanB Cards

Hello, Crafters.

As
requested, earlier this morning I uploaded my video explaining how I
line up the two-step stamps in the Iconic Christmas Stamp Set.

Hopefully, I’ve explained everything I can about this superb bundle, but please
ask if you have any questions.

Yesterday
evening, I moved onto to the Darling Christmas Stamp Set.

I used Pool
Party and Silver for one card and Pool Party and Whisper White for the
other card.

I
started the card with a base of Pool Party Cardstock (CS), a layer of
Whisper White CS and a top layer of Pool Party CS.

I dry embossed the
top layer using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder.

I took a piece of
the Pool Party snow-effect design from the Christmas Around the World
Designer Series Paper (DSP) and wiped over it with my Embossing Buddy.

I
inked the bell stamp in Versamark and stamped onto the DSP.

I
dipped it into my box of Whisper White Embossing Powder and made sure I
gave it a good covering.

After tapping off the excess powder, I heat
set it using my Heat Tool.

I cut the bell out freehand and I wanted to
pop it up on Dimensionals, but hesitated as it was DSP and not as thick
as CS.

I took a piece of Whisper White CS – any colour would work –
and laid the bell on it so I could draw around the edge.

Then I took my Paper
Snips, and cut inside the edge by about 1/8″ all round.

Before I adhered
this to the back of the bell with Tombow, I lined the two up together
to make sure the backing couldn’t be seen from the front.

Then I added
Dimensionals and adhered the bell to the front of the card.

I added a
bow made with our 3/8″ Pool Party Shimmer Ribbon.

I was disappointed
with the heat embossing at the bottom of the bell; it looks like I moved
the stamp!

I finished the card by adding an insert of Whisper White CS.

I
made the second card, and changed the middle layer to Silver Foil,
instead of Whisper White.

Likewise, I used Silver Embossing Podwer
instead of white.

There were two other changes I made to this card.

One of them was the ribbon, and the other was the inside layer.

I used a
sheet of Smokey Slate as I thought white would have been too stark, but I
don’t like it!

What I should have done, (and still might do!) was to
add a layer of Silver Foil and then Whisper White!

The
ribbons I used on the front were our 1/8″ Silver Ribbon, and I threaded
a piece of our Silver Mini Sequin Trim through before I pulled the
“bunny ears” tight!