Easy Ombre Card with Beautiful Blizzard by SU!

Hi there!
I have a card from class to share with you today that I totally love!
Plus, this was a super easy card to make! Winning :-)

I used Night Of Navy ink at the top and built up the colour using a sponge brayer on white shimmer card before adding Tranquil Tide at the bottom to create the ombre effect. Then we dropped water onto the inked piece and dabbed it away before adding a sprinkle of shimmer paint onto the coloured card layer.

I adore the impact these two colours make together and even though they are not necessarily traditional Christmas colours I think with the gold snowflakes they work well...

Top with some gold glitter snowflakes and a sentiment and that's it!

This card was really popular at class and my ladies were all surprised how easy it was to make.
I plan on recreating this card with a spring feel to it, what do you think?
Anyway, that's all from me for today, I'll be back soon with more Christmas creations.
'Till then, happy stampin'
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Products Used to create this project:

Shimmery White A4 Cardstock (£8.25)	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Sponge Brayers (£7.50)	Gold Glimmer Paper (£4.75)	Beautiful Blizzard Clear-Mount Bundle (£42.25)	Frost White Shimmer Paint (£7.50)
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)	Multipurpose Liquid Glue (£3.75)	Stampin' Trimmer (Metric) (£28.00)

Winter Woods in Gold

Hello there,
  I have an elegant gold card using the new stamps and dies from the new Autumn/Winter catalogue called Winter Woods. Let me show you...

 I stamped the solid tree using Versamark and heat embossed using gold powder then die cut the second tree and popped up the "branches" before using the versamark again to add ink to the raised tips before heat embossing again.

 It's hard to see the popped up bits in a picture but it does give a real 3d feel to it.
TIP: I used thick white card for the die cut tree as it holds up a bit better for the pop out sections.

 I kept the rest of the card fairly plain so as not to detract from the tree images!

OK, that's all from me for today, I'll be back tomorrow with another make :-)
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Heart Happiness meets Brusho in Navy and Gold

Hello and welcome to another challenge with Inspire. Create. and this week (#14) it's a sketch to work from! My favourite, in fact I actually made two cards for this challenge, (I'll share the other one here tomorrow ;-)) So, let's start with the sketch...

 Hopefully you can see the sketch in my card but I have taken it as an interpretation rather than too literally ;-)

 I started with watercolour paper and brusho adding water, powder, drying, then repeating with adding more water and powder then drying again until I was happy with the end result. Then when it was completely dry I used an embossing buddy (very important) before I stamped and heat embossed with the mini hearts from Heart Happiness.

 I layered three crumb cake die cut "love" before adding a gold foil one to the top, I think it looks almost molten... Underpinning with gold thread to tie in the gold.

 I tore the crumb cake card and embossed it with the scattered hearts folder (I just realised this folder is retired, so sorry) you could try the sequin or softly falling folder instead, sponge with matching ink and adhere so the blue inked area peeks out from behind.
TIP: Run the blue watercoloured pieces through a navy ink pad (or use a marker) before adhering so the white edges don't show.

So, I do hope you enjoyed today's card? I know the rest of the DT will have a whole heap of inspiration for you and there's also a surprise! Do hop over to the ICC blog to see, HERE
Thanks for looking today :-)
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Stampin' Hugs,

Products Used to create this project:

Brusho Crystal Colour	Stampin' Spritzer	Watercolor Paper	Heart Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set	Embossing Buddy	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad
Gold Foil Sheets	Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies	Crumb Cake A4 Cardstock	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Scattered Sequins Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Using Fabulous Flamingo for Inspire. Create. Challenges

Hello!
And welcome to another fun week at Inspire. Create. Challenges! And this week it's a challenge to make a card with an animal theme. I must admit I was tempted to use the Magical Day bundle (again) but I did resist ;-)

So, it turns out I don't have very many stamp sets with animals in them! Who knew? Thankfully the other day I had a little tidy up of my craft room and also a move around so my stamp sets are now all in front of where I sit (see my Instagram HERE) and it was because of this I spotted this Fabulous Flamingo stamp set that I haven't used in ages! I really like being able to see all my sets so easily and have remembered lots that I want to play with again...
Anyway, here's my very tropical card for this challenge.....

I stamped the body of the flamingo (birds are animals, right?) in Flirty Flamingo then added the legs and detail in Versamark before heat embossing in gold.
TIP 1: Make sure the first, pink ink layer is totally dry before stamping the detail with the versamark. You can test this by sprinkling gold embossing powder on before you stamp the second layer. If it sticks a little, brush it all off and dry the first layer either with a heat tool or leave it a little longer to air dry.
TIP 2: Be sure to use your embossing buddy before stamping the second parts!

  I mentioned on Instagram that I would love some wallpaper like this stamped background. Hmm, I'm not sure the Mr would agree....

 I was really pleased with how this card turned out. Exactly as I planned, fresh and bright. Can you tell I'm ready for the rain and cold to stop? ;-)

Well, we do hope you can join in with this fortnights challenge.
For more inspiration from the rest of the DT (or just to see their wonderful makes) you can hop over to the Inspire. Create. blog HERE.
Which also happens to be where you can upload your entry too ;-)
I hope you get a chance to craft today!
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Stampin' Hugs,

Products Used to create this project:

Fabulous Flamingo Photopolymer Stamp Set	Whisper White A4 Cardstock	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad	Embossing Buddy	Versamark Pad
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder