Glittered Snowflakes w/Dawn ft. FOLK ART FLURRIES

Hello crafty friends! I'm back with more glitter! I know, I know...glitter. I'm blaming it on the holiday season.

But, in my defense, it's glitter embossing powder. So slightly less traumatic. ;o) And can you blame me? These cards are gorgeous, and pretty easy to pull together. So easy in fact, that I created a trio of them. Be sure to watch below to see how these all came together.

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I've been on a kick with the glittered embossing powders lately. I love how quickly you can add tons of sparkle to your projects without a lot of fuss. I paired a few of them up with our Folk Art Flurries stamp set to stamp a fun glittered patterned paper of snowflakes.

I also used the glitter embossing powders to create some DIY glitter cardstock to die cut snowflakes from them using our Snowflake Trio Die. They make a beautiful backdrop for the sentiments when layered together on top of a dry embossed snowflake created using our Simple Snowflake Die.

There are tons of glitter embossing powders on the market, but you can also create your own. This is perfect if you want to test the waters and see if it's something you'd like, before jumping in to purchase.

I mixed equal parts of a colored embossing powder and loose glitter together to create this one. I just love the depth of color and shimmer I was able to create.

The clean and simple layout of this card set really lets that sparkle and shine take center stage without competing with it. I left everything monochromatic and let the embossing powders add the color. Even the sentiment, die cut from Oatmeal cardstock using our Holiday Presents Die, was left tone-on-tone.

The entire focal point is compact and centered on a label from our Holly Jolly Die. I love how big this label is. It definitely carries the card and keeps all of the focus right where it should be.

All of the cards were finished off with a sprinkling of jewels from Studio Katia and Pretty Pink Posh. I've linked all of the products I used on today's projects below. I wasn't able to find a few, perhaps they've been discontinued, so in some cases I've linked good substitutions where applicable.

I really don't usually hit the glitter this hard, but like I said, I'm gonna blame it on the Holiday's! How about you? Is there something that you reserve just for the Holiday's?

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope your weekend is going well!

Featured Supplies

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Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS | EH	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Oatmeal Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Ranger Multi-Medium Matte Shop at: SSS
Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Empty Applicator Bottle Shop at: SSS	Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS	EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip Shop at: SSS	Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS
MISTI Precision Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | EH	Holly Jolly Die Shop at: WP9	MISTI Creative Corners Shop at: SSS	Folk Art Flurries Shop at: WP9
Simple Snowflake Die Shop at: WP9	Snowflake Trio Die Shop at: WP9	WOW! Glitter Embossing Powder Metallic Copper Sparkle Shop at: SSS	WOW! Glitter Embossing Powder Midnight Dream Shop at: SSS
WOW! Glitter Embossing Powder Metallic Gold Sparkle Shop at: SSS	Studio Katia April Crystals Shop at: SSS	Studio Katia Midnight Blue Crystals Shop at: SSS | EH	Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Rose Gold Jewels Shop at: SSS | EH
Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Silver Jewels Shop at: SSS | EH

GUEST ARTIST FEATURE: Kay Miller & A SALE

Hi there! It's Kay Miller and I am so excited to be guesting again with WPlus9! I absolutely love everything they come out with!

For my project today, I decided to use a few older stamp sets that are some of my favorites. And, since we've past the halfway mark and are now counting down the days until Christmas, I wanted to get a head start on my Christmas cards and share a little about how I'm going to be doing mine this year.

I love to layer stuff. That is just my thing! I cut out lots of stuff, then have so much fun messing around with it in different ways until I get something I like. I still plan on doing a lot of cards this way, but I also want to do some flat cards, because last year, I had a really hard time mailing my cards. Some of them would not even fit into the envelope, and of course they all took extra postage.

So today I'm going to share with you a “fluffy” layered card, and then a couple of flat versions. I have found that even with my flat versions, I can still layer the stamping which I love!

So my first card here is they layered one. I used mainly Silver Bells stamp set and coordinating dies, along with Fresh Cut Florals and Folk Art Flurries. I first watercolored a blue background with Peerless Watercolors. When that was dry, I stamped some of the small snowflakes from Folk Art Flurries.

Next I stamped the sentiment in black then stamped and cut out all of my images. I layered them with foam tape and adhered this to my watercolored panel.

Lastly, and this is why most of my cards won't fit into envelopes, I mounted the whole panel onto an A2 top folded card with fun foam. I also added a few drops of Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Okay now for the flat version. And I mean completely one layer flat. I just stamped everything directly onto a top folded A2 size white card. I did use my MISTI stamp positioning tool for this because I wanted to be able to stamp again, if I didn't get a good impression, but it was not necessary. Everything was only stamped once.

Using the MISTI though would be a great way to mass produce this design. I did add a few drops of Nuvo Crystal Drops for that finishing touch.

This is another flat version done exactly like the one above, only I splattered a little bit of gray ink mixed with water after I was done. I thought that added a unique touch.

Even though these are simply done, I do like the design a lot, and I love how the design is stamped over the sentiment. I will definitely be doing some different designs like this for my Christmas cards this year.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and a huge thanks to Dawn and Wplus9 for having me guest!

~Kay

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Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 Silver Bells Stamp Set Wplus9 Silver Bells Die Fresh Cut Florals Fresh Cut Florals Die Wplus9 Folk Art Flurries 4x6" stamp set

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Christmas in July with Maureen

Hi all, It's Maureen. It's never too early to get started on your holiday cards and I'm a big fan of Christmas in July!

This sentiment from Holiday Boughs is just stunning and it's perfect for CAS cards! Simply stamp and emboss, then frame the sentiment with the images in the set or the snowflakes from Folk Art Flurries like I've done here. You can't go wrong with gold & silver, it's timeless and elegant, a favorite of mine for the holidays!

If you like to mass produce, this could easily be replicated again and again with ease.  It's even flat for mailing!

What do you think? Christmas in July, yay or nay?

Featured Supplies

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WPlus9 Holiday Boughs	WPlus9 Folk Art Flurries	WPlus9 Design Studio Dies, Sunshine Layers	WPlus9 White Cardstock	Versamark Ink Pad
Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Gold	Ranger Embossing Powder, Silver	Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Metallic Gold Sequins	Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape	2 Way Glue, Squeeze & Roll

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