sparkle & shine

 Good morning! Today I have two cards using stamps from the January release. Here I used Sparkle & Shine, Sweater Weather, Warm Winter Friends, and my own set, Snowy Hello, which has returned and is now available with dies! Dies are also available separately if you previously purchased the set.

I created my own background for the first card and die cut some circles to make it a little whimsical. The sweater was paper pieced, and I stamped the words on the front.

I couldn't just toss the partial circle that I cut from the background, so I added it to my second card, along with a few more circles. I love that the Snowy Hello set now has Dies!

To make the background, I first smooshed some Distress inks onto my work surface. Then the ink was spritzed with water and I laid the cardstock on top. Repeat several times and dry as needed. When finished and dry, I stamped the flakes over top.

Have a great day!

Diane

 

Sweater Weather

It is finally, really and truly sweater-weather here. Up until now, we have been more "long sleeve t-shirt weather" in Georgia. We are preparing for snow and ice this weekend and when that happens we see a run on grocery stores and people tuck in - we do NOT want to get on the roads as we are simply not prepared nor are we particularly good at it :)

Today I have 2 projects to share; some clean and simple cards and an art journal page using the new stamp set... Sweater Weather ha - right?!

First, I have a couple of clean and simple cards using one of the elements from Sweater Weather and part of a sentiment from another new set called Snowy Hello - I used a stamp shape die and positioned the image and sentiment to look like a fun winter postage stamp.

My second project is an art journal page in my mini art journal. I used an embossing folder to add some texture. I added a little glitter embossing powder and some snowflake sequins for a fun touch. I colored my sweater with Polychromos pencils. I added sentiment blocks and then outlined it with a navy Stabilo water pencil. It makes me smile out loud - I love it!

I hope you were inspired by my projects today!

Thanks for stopping by!
Lyn

Sweater Weather

 

Esther here today sharing this fun winter card. I don't usually do slim line cards, but I wanted a little more space so I could include more the winter wear from this super cute set. 

To create my card I stenciled the background using  Weathered Wood Distress Ink from Ranger and the NEW Quilt Stencil. I then stamped the Script Background over top in the same color of ink. 

The images  from Sweater Weather were stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  on mix media paper and colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens. 

After die cutting a snowflake from the Large Snowflake Die Set I added a sentiment stamped in worn lipstick and picked raspberry distress ink.  The last step was adding a few tiny  white pearls to my little pink snowflakes.

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