Hello, Crafters.
Looks like we’re in for another great weekend, weather-wise! This evening we’re going out for dinner with our daughter Viicki and son-in-law, Leigh, and also with Leigh’s brother Glen, and his wife Eva – you may remember Eva was the photographer for our wedding! And healthwise, I’m really pleased to let you know I am making excellent progress with my recovery. My only hurdle I have to get over now is amazing tiredness!
Yesterday I was successful in making a video for tomorrow. It’s a very special video in as much as it’s number 500! All I need to do today is make video 501 and get it ready to publish Sunday next week. If I can do that, then I’ll be in a good position to switch off for our honeymon in Hong Kong! We’re being collected at 4 pm on Sunday for the trip to Heathrow Airport.
Have you see the Feels Like Frost 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) Stack? On one side of each sheet it looks like a photograph of somewhere in the woods, covered with snow and frost. On the reverse there are several different designs which are all in silver and white! I have seen some absolutely amazing cards made by other crafters using this DSP pack, I decided to have a go! I don’t count the first card I made using this DSP – the one with the penguin – because I CASE’d it when I was feeling really poorly.
Today’s card is my card, and I really thought it’d be a walk in the park coming up with a good idea! But no such luck! The first problem was trying to decide which design to choose because they are all great! I went through them three times and whittled it down to two designs, before eventually deciding on the single fir cone! Deciding on a Seaside Spray Cardstock (CS) base and Night of Navy CS as the middle layer was the easiest part of the card. I love how these two colours go with the DSP! My thought processes started working on where I go now, until I decided to use a fancy die to accentuate the sentiment! I decided on the middle-sized die in the three dies that form the Petal Labels Dies Set.
I love the sentiment I chose which is from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set. Using Night of Navy Ink, I stamped it on a scrap of Whisper White CS, and die-cut it using the oval die, which is the smallest of the three in the set. Next I took a scrap of Night of Navy CS, and die-cut the fancy die. Then I adhered the sentiment in the centre using Tombow!
At first, I wanted to add the sentiment to the DSP layer using Dimensionals but I decided against that idea because the delicate fronds and flowers would be easily damaged through lack of support. I used Tombow instead. I finished off the front of my card by applying some glue randomly over the larger snow/frost on the pine boughs and then added some of our new Ice Stampin’ Glitter. It really brought my card alive!
I added a layer each of Night of Navy and Whisper White CS inside the card. Next I stamped two fir cones from the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set onto some scraps of the DSP I used for the front of the card, . Then I die cut them with the matching dies from the Beautiful Boughs Dies. The final touch was adding two silver Metallic Pearls on the sentiment layer. A very pleasing card. I hope you like it too!
I hope you have a fabulous weekend and I look forward to being back with you tomorrow! In the meantime, happy crafting.
JanB. xx
Products used for this project: please click on any link to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. Thank you. xx
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I love the card Jan. The blue is perfect. The front is just gorgeous!!! TYFS Also happy to hear you are better…. YEAH
Many thanks for your concern – I really appreciate it. xxxx
So glad your feeling better, Jan. I hope you have a wonderful honeymoon. Please stay away from all the rioting that’s going on in Hong Kong. What a mess that has been. Have fun and God bless.
Many thanks, Sheron. I’m disappointed to see the rioting continues but we’ll stay well away from it! xx
Lovely card Jan. I’m breathing a sigh of relief regarding your honeymoon. I was worried that “the troubles” might’ve proved problematic. Wishing you and Othman a safe journey and Bon voyage. Love and crafty hugs.
xxxx
Many thanks, Audrey. We’ve made it to Heathrow Airport, where we’re staying the night. Just need to go downstairs in the morning to check in and then we’re off! xx
Jan and Othman. Happy Sunday and Happy Honeymoon. Enjoy Hong Kong and dont forget there are some great craft stores in HK. Enjoy, rest, recuperate and relax with each other. Blessings: Mal
Many thanks, Mal. Othman has sorted out our itinery and has included some carft shops! xx