Inspiration: Mojo Monday #343 + 52 Christmas Card Throwdown (Snowflakes)
Earlier this year, I found some Doodlebug Cards & Envelopes kits on sale. One of the kits was School Days, but since the cards were monochromatic and that Doodlebug introduces the same colours in their various lines, I knew they would probably be easy to pair with other collections. This week, I was playing with the Home for the Holidays collection, so I pulled the red card out of the kit and looked for a design that would work with it.
I started my design around the snowman block sticker, so I looked though old Mojo Monday sketch for something that would have a long rectangle on it. Inspired by sketch #343, I used a scrap of paper with trees on it and matted it with brushed silver cardstock. In the back, I included two green paper scraps to fill in the space.
I used the Snowfall stencil from Newton's Nook and Ranger's Metallic White texture paste to add snowflakes in the background. I also die-cut a little snowflake out of white glimmer paper and added to to the snowman block. I stamped a sentiment in VersaMark at the top and embossed it with red powder. I glued the snowman block to the tree paper using dimensional adhesive and wrapped white scrubby sparkle yarn, topped with a glitter button, before adding to the card base. To finish embellishing, I added glitter enamel dots at the top, a decorative brad from a Simple Stories collection and a little red gem.
I used paper and stickers to embellish the matching envelope, and I cut down one of the album inserts so that it would be added inside the card without showing on the side, so that it would be easier to write a message than on the patterned red.
Supplies
Stamps: Pétales de poinsettia (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Silver Opulent Cardstock (Sizzix); White and Red Glimmer Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers, Simply Put 4x6 Album Inserts, Stickers: Home for the Holidays (Doodlebug Design)
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: School Days Cards & Envelopes (Doodlebug Design); Make It Merry Decorative Brads (Simple Stories);
Mini Snowflakes Dies (Lawn Fawn); Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!);
Red Embossing Powder (Top Boss); Snowfall Stencil (Newton's Nook); July Crystals (Studio Katia);
Metallic White Texture Paste (Ranger); Santa's Sparkle Buttons (Buttons Galore & More);
Marshmallow Scrubby Sparkle Yarn (Red Heart)
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