Saturday, May 21, 2011

Visions of Sugar Plums

I must be sick! I actually got the Jingle Belles challenge done on the day it came out, whoa!(even though I'm just posting it today). This week the challenge is a photo inspiration challenge and it comes from Amanda of Crafty Paper Girl, and I have to admit that once again I was a bit nervous with this challenge, as the photo is a bit soft and feminine ...the complete opposite of me, LOL!

I decided to use the purple in the photo as inspiration, as well as the snowflakes in the top right corner. The purple was hard for me because I am not a fan of that color at all, but I have plenty of friends who adore purple that I can send this card too, so its all good. For the background I used a technique called 'Magic Snowflake', and its super easy...take a piece of glossy cardstock and with white craft ink stamp your image. Cover image with white embossing power and heat emboss. Then take 2 bottles of re-inker and drop some color on a cotton ball dipped in rubbing alcohol. The colors will combine as you pat the cotton ball across the cardstock and will completely cover your embossed images. After you're done putting the color on grab your heat gun and use it to blow the color off your image...it disappears and you're left with your image standing out against the colored background. Super easy and I just love the look thats left!.


 Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: The Snowflake Spot
Paper: Perfect Plum, Not Quite Navy, Glossy White, Whisper White
Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, Perfect Plum, Vintage Violet, Cool Caribbean
Accessories: White Embossing Power, Rubbing Alcohol, Button, Rhinestone Brad, Elegant Eggplant Ribbon, dimensionals



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10 comments:

  1. oh ♥WOW♥!!! ok, for someone who felt a bit uneasy, HOLY MOLY you've ROCKED this one, big time!!! i ♥LOVE♥ that stamp, and i am bookmarking the description of how you got that background b/c i SO WANT TO TRY THAT! awesome card, utterly gorgeous! go, you! ♥

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  2. What a stunning background technique ... and such gorgeous colors ... I would have to say you rocked the purple and anyone would love to find this beautiful in their mailbox ... so glad you joined our jingle belles fun.

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  3. Oh my this is Fabulous! What an amazing technique! I don't have that much patience to go through all that! Ha! I so enjoyed viewing your efforts for sure! Fabulous eye candy! :-)

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  4. oh my! This is stunning - i love how the snowflakes stand out so well in all their white glory! lovely!

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  5. Holy gorgeous card!!! I love this! Your background is absolutely wonderful and makes me think of a soft wintry night. Brilliant take on the challenge and your technique is off the charts!

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  6. Beautimous background there, miss-thang! Love, love, loooooove all the purple-y, blue-y hues. This is so pretty and the snowflakes just go "POW!!" right off the card. Awesome! :D

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  7. I know what you mean about being a little apprehensive about how to interpret the colors and all, but it doesn't show in your finished card. This is great; so elegant and also so arty and cool. Wonderful!

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  8. Lisa, I really love how you created that background with ink and embossing. Love it. This is such a soothing color combo.

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  9. I like this Magic Snowflake technique. Wow! Gotta give that a try. Your card is beautiful.

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  10. An amazing job! ... beautiful background ...

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