Snowflake Wishes Red Black & Gold : Using leftovers

A Christmas card that uses up some of my leftover Snowflake Wishes

Well, here's the latest in my series of cards using up leftovers - my desk is looking clearer all the time!

The vanilla and black snowflakes were sitting on my desk - so I simply glued them together.  Then I saw the little piece of Gold Foil Sheet so I cut a snowflake from the centre (there's bound to be a card coming up soon that features a gold snowflake!). I adhered the gold rectangle (it's almost but not quite square) to a leftover piece of black cardstock that just needed a tiny bit of trimming.  Then I glued the vanilla snowflake into position.

TIP:  I used adhesive tape to adhere the gold rectangle as I find that wet glues show up on the front of  the metallic card.

HINT: If I were to do this again - I would hide the edges of the gold foil by using a die to cut suitable aperture in the black card and positioning the gold behind it, to form a sort of frame effect with the black.

I stamped the greeting onto a scrap piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and cut it out with one of the Ornate Frames dies.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List  - All available for purchase from my online store

Snowflake Wishes Bundle (English)

$97.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Black Glitter Paper

$10.50

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Gold Foil Sheets

$8.75

Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels

$12.25

Ornate Frames Dies

$59.00

Snowflake Wishes Shades of Green

The kittens' fascination with the light box continues!  

I suppose I need to learn to focus in spite of the cute and adorable four-footed distractions!  They really have a fascination with the light box (that I fear will not end well for the box!). They rumble and tumble in there but as soon as I turn on the lights and point a lens in their direction they sit and pose!  Natural models?

A Christmas card that used up some of my leftover bits and pieces!

OK - let's look at the card I was trying to focus on making!

As you may know, I don't like to throw away leftovers!  

The Very Vanilla oval is sort of a double-leftover!  When I wanted to cut a vanilla snowflake, I rummaged in my drawer of white and vanilla "bits" and found the oval that must have been leftover from a previous project.  I'll admit that I took a little bit of care to line up the die within the oval with the thought in mind that I could then make use of the negative shape.

I had cut several Black Glitter snowflakes for this card (which was also all about using a leftover) but didn't use them all, so one of the leftovers found it's way into the centre of the oval.

The Pool Party rectangle was one of the leftover pieces in my blue/green drawer and I cut the scalloped edges from, you guessed it, leftover strips of Very Vanilla cardstock and Black Glitter paper and  I've kept the leftovers from these cuts for future use!

As my grandmother always used to say, "waste not, want not"!
 

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Snowflake Wishes Bundle (English)

$97.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Black Glitter Paper

$10.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

$8.75

Peony Dies

$70.00

Layering Ovals Dies

$58.00

Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes

$10.50

Snowflake Wishes Christmas card - Casual and Stepped up to Avid stampers

A simple stamping Christmas card with two inks, one piece of card and one stamp set

I thought I'd make my first use of the Snowflake Wishes stamp set to create a very simple stamped card (suitable for casual stampers) and then a stepped up version for the more avid card maker.

The stepped up version of the Snowflake Wishes Christmas Card with sequins and ribbons

I used the Misty Moonlight ink for the little background snowflakes but stamped it off first onto a piece of scrap paper.

The white base cards are made with the Thick Whisper White card and the stamped layer is the normal Whisper White card.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

$14.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad

$13.00

Misty Moonlight 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon

$10.50

Gray Granite 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

$12.25

Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes

$10.50

Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems

$14.00

Glimmery Snowflake Wishes - Non-traditional Christmas Card

A glimmery, glittery, over-the-top black & silver Christmas card featuring the Snowflake Wishes Bundle

I suddenly realised the other day that the Christmas cards that I'd been making so far lacked my usual seasonal bling.  I think I may have over-compensated!

However, despite all the glitter and bling, this is at heart a very easy card to make!  

I have to apologise though - until I started preparing my list of products used I had not noticed the retirement of the Silver Glimmer Paper - a sad loss!  If I were to make this card again, I would substitute Silver Foil Sheet for the Silver Glimmer Paper.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - Available for purchase from my online store

Snowflake Wishes Bundle (English)

$97.00

Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper

$8.75

Black Glitter Paper

$10.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Elegant Faceted Gems

$13.00

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels

$10.50

Whale Of A Time Sequins

$11.25