Happy Holidays

Good morning! Sorry I’ve been so quiet on the blog lately. I’ve been traveling a bit more than usual of late, for family reasons. All is well, or will be soon, but family first, right? TSA is very particular about flying with craft supplies. I guess they’ve also got burned or sliced by our tools. Ha!

We’ve got a new challenge starting today at A Blog Named Hero. It’s all about winter and for me that was icy blues and sparkles. 

This card was very easy to make because I started with gorgeous Hero Arts products. That Hand Drawn Snowflake Background Stamp is just perfection. Do you have it? Go buy it, I’ll wait. 😉

This started by blending two colors of Distress Oxide inks onto a piece of watercolor paper. Once that was completely dry I embossed the background stamp onto it with Satin Pearl embossing powder. Gosh, that effect is just so pretty. Here’s a close up.

I used one of the Oxide inks to stamp the sentiment onto a scrap of the same watercolor paper. I used clear embossing powder over that for the same shiny finish as the background. Mounted the piece onto a navy card base and then used Nuvo Clear Drops for some added embellishments.

This came together in no time, and I’m a bit in love with it. I really do love that background. I wish I could use it for things other than snowflakes. Ha!

I hope you’ll join us over at the challenge, there are two prizes up for grabs. Hero Arts has a new catalog coming out soon, so a gift certificate would come in handy!

Supplies:

Hand Drawn Snowflakes SSS | HA	Peace & Joy HA	Stormy Sky EH | SSS	Tumbled Glass EH | SSS
VersaMark EH | SSS	White Satin Pearl EH | SSS | HA	Hero Arts Clear EH | SSS	Soft Navy Blue Cardstock SSS
Canson XL Watercolor Paper EH | SSS | AZ	Teflon Bone Folder EH | SSS | AZ	Nuvo Drops – Morning Dew EH | SSS	Powder Tool EH | SSS
Be Creative Tape, 1/2″ EH | SSS	Foam Tape EH | SSS | AZ	Embossing Gun EH | SSS	Craft Foam SSS | AZ
Stamp Shammy EH | SSS	Mini MISTI EH | SSS	Tweezers EH | SSS	Paper Trimmer EH | SSS