Inspiration: In[k]spire Me #463
I was inspired by the pretty colour combo from the challenge, so I pulled out cardstock pieces and started prepping different pieces with different embossing folders, background stamps and stencils. Then I looked for which stamps I would use and selected the Seasons of Fun hostess set from the current minicatalogue. I love when Stampin' Up! does characters, which is a nice break from flowers.
For the Misty Moonlight cardstock panel, I used the Frosty Snowflakes stencil on it and covered the images with Transfer Gel Duo. I left aside to dry and in the meantime, I used the Knit Together background stamp on the Polished Pink cardstock. (I love that realistic-looking knit pattern, I expect this one to remain a seasonal favorite for years to come.) Between the two panels, I added washi tape from the new Feelin' Frosty collection by Simple Stories, plus a strand of Silver tinsel yarn for texture. Once the gel was dry, I ran the panel through my laminating machine with a holographic foil sheet. The result is really pretty! I had purchased the gel duo because it can be used with a die-cutting machine to transfer foil, but I will say that the result if much more even using the laminating machine instead. (My current laminating machine is hit and miss, though. I've spent more time unclogging paper from it than anything else, so it hasn't always been a joy to work with, but when it does work, the results are a lot of fun.)
Because the colour combo includes Crumb Cake, I decided I wanted to get my colored pencils out to color the image. I used a white gel pen to add falling snow over the image, and glued on a couple of silver stars that I had on my desk (confetti from a card I received in a card exchange).
I was trying to use the sketch from the challenge as well to put the card together and I was struggling. I had also colored the little dog catching flakes and couldn't make it work in the design. I finally decided to keep the dog for the inside of the card and flipped the card to landscape mode instead of portrait and it immediately worked much better better.
Sitting on my desk were a few pieces die-cut with the awesome Seasonal Seals Switchlits from Sizzix, so I picked the silver snowflake seal and used it as the second piece from the sketch. I then looked for sentiment options and layered a die-cut "merry Christmas" over the seal. While going through dies, I spotted the Streetlights dies from MFT and decided to see if this would make a nice addition to the card. I masked some portions of the streetlight and made the colour darker with matching ink to give it a big of dimension. I dabbed So Saffron ink on Very Vanilla cardstock with a dauber and masked the inside the light with it. I added Midas Touch Aqua Shimmer to the light.
I used the dog image inside the card and repeated the same colors and elements on my matching card.
Supplies
Stamps: Seasons of Fun (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight, Polished Pink, Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!);
Metallic Kraft-stock (Tim Holtz for idea-ology)
Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight, Polished Pink, Mint Macaron (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Feelin' Frosty Washi Tape, Frosty Snowflakes Stencil (Simple Stories);
A2 Metallic Sapphire Envelope (Envelopes.com); Joyeux Dies (DIY & Cie);
Silver Tinsel Yarn (Craft Smart); Seasonal Seals Switchlits (Sizzix);
Streelights Die-namics (My Favorite Things); Polychromos Pencils (Fäber-Castell);
Joyeux Noël Dies (Les ateliers de Karine); Stitched Oval Stackables Dies (Lawn Fawn);
White Gel Pen (Gelly Roll); Holographic Foil Sheets (Recollections)
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