Tuesday, January 28, 2014

"Twinchies" for Jingle Belles

I'm getting my card in at the last minute for the latest Jingle Belles challenge, whew! While the Lower 48 deals with record cold we're having record warmth here in Alaska and I do believe it has fried my crafting mojo (send my cold back Lower 48, you don't appreciate it like I do :P )! I spent all day yesterday pulling out stamp sets and paper to try and get a card going for this challenge and I didn't like a darn thing I was coming up with. I had to leave for work and since I work nights and by myself I have a lot of time to think, so I gave this challenge more thought over night.

What's the challenge you ask? Well, Stef and Lauren would like to see either "inchies" or "twinchies" on our cards. I had never heard these terms before but they are pretty easy to figure out. I pulled out my 1" inch square stamp and tried a few things with that but again, disliked all that I came up with so I put that punch away. Then I cut some 2" squares out of Very Vanilla, sat there looking at them for a while and kept drawing a blank.

This afternoon I grabbed the stamp set Festive Flurry and tried that with the 2 inch square....finally, something I was happy with! I cut some small snowflakes in Cherry Cobbler and then stamped the same snowflake again in Bashful Blue(retired). I then layered the blue snowflake on top of the red one, with the snowflakes sitting on the 2 inch squares. For my middle snowflake I stamped a larger snowflake in Cherry Cobbler and then another small one in Bashful blue, layered them and popped the snowflake up between the 2 on the squares. For a little extra "oomph" I added some small pearls in the middle of each top snowflake.

 Glad I got this challenge done!


Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Festive Flurry, Christmas Messages
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints DSP(retired)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Bashful Blue(retired)
Accessories: Bashful Blue ribbon(retired), Basic Pearls, Big Shot, Festive Flurry Framelits,  sponge, dimensionals
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4 comments:

  1. Lisa29 January, 2014 04:40

    Sigh - this is so gorgeous. I'm not a stamper so this glorious, rich stamping just appeals so much. It's hard to believe you found this hard when I look at this wonderful design.

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  2. lauren bergold29 January, 2014 10:26

    well for someone who only just learned what inchies and twinchies are, you surely have *ROCKED* this one, missus! love, love, looooooooooove the color palette, the twinchies themselves, the gorgeous snowflakes, and the way you've "connected" them! plus, you know i love that the inside is equally gorgeous! thanks for joining our "merry little christmas" fun at JINGLE BELLES! <3

    (ps: you can DEFINITELY have back MY share of the cold that you are missing in AK and we're having here in NJ! if only i could put that in an envelope, i'd happily spring for next day delivery!!!! :) :) :)

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  3. SmilynStef29 January, 2014 19:10

    I adore those colors ... and those layered snowflakes are just fantastic ... so glad you joined our fun at Jingle Belles.

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  4. Cindy Brumbaugh02 March, 2014 18:19

    Such a great design...so glad you had time to think about it during the night. Love the colors, too!

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