Winter Wonder meets Merry Little Labels

Now this card makes me happy! Beautiful embossed Winter Wonder snowflake with a bit of extra shine!!

And the gorgeous label from Merry Little Labels... All inked up in Soft Sky and then marker direct action over the top... Soft Suede on the deer and Tranquil Tide everywhere else...

And a simple Tranquil Tide In Color Bitty Bow to finish....

Now yes I did say shine.... I quickly covered the embossed snowflake in Precision Fine Tip glue... and then covered in Dazzling Diamonds glitter... so so sparkly!! Though I don't think the photos will do that justice...

Craft Spa Recipe

Soft Sky Card Blank 5 1/2" Square 

Tranquil Tide Mat 4 3/4" Square

Thick Whisper White panel 4 1/2" Square

Reason For The Season Fir Trees!?

This was one of those...I wonder if... moments...

I was just clearing away after the last card class of the year...and an idea popped into my head for the Reason For The Season poinsettia petals stamps...

So I tried it... And I LOVE what resulted...

Very contemporary fir trees.... using the 3 sizes of petals... all finished off with lots of Signo gel pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter to ensure a snowy scene...

And whilst I was there I made a couple more versions of cards using this simple little snowy scene...

The first with more white...

The second on a Swing Easel card... clean and un-adulterated!

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Small Trifold Sleigh Ride card

This card is one in a series of three...

One card fold dressed 3 ways...

From the purely simple to the somewhat fancier...

This one is just simply matted onto a  Night of Navy 10.5cm Square (4 1/8")  card blank... though for my US readers you could use a 4 1/4" Square card blank...

I will share another one in the series tomorrow and finish off on Tuesday with the last one and the tutorial for all 3...

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Glitter Trees

Oh I do like to see trees all covered in glitter...

This is a concept card I made to demonstrate different types of glue plus glitter... Dazzling Details vs Fine Tip Glue Pen plus Dazzling Diamonds... 

The nuances do not show up on these photos... but trust me when I say that the sparkle across the room is amazing! So I ended up finishing the card off...

Oh - and different amounts  - and ways of application (squiggle or blobs!) of glue too... which you may be able to see the extra on the central trees...

And finally a blurry photo to attempt to show the level of sparkle...

 

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Wonderland Trio

  Here is a little trio we made at our last Jems monthly training... Still loving these Julie....

It was my first inking of the trees...and I am not looking back! Love the second stampin ( without re-inking to add light & shade!) Few other versions already on display here at The Craft Spa...

In fact we have just spent the night going backwards and forwards deciding on what set to use for my Beginners Christmas Classes Trio... and this is the one we settled on... yippee!! Lots of makes coming up then....

Love the trees.... adore the snowflakes (best small ones I have!)... Love the wording... but the antlers!!? They are definitely marmite... I have 2 ladies for whom they are the best image in the whole Autumn Winter Catalogue. No pressure on me to use them then!!

Couple of things to point out on the fancier version of the card.... 

Firstly my adored wooden Snowflake Elements... I am completely obsessed with those! 

Secondly my glittery snow... I don't know if it was more by luck than magic... but... at Training I applied a light covering of Fine Tip Precision glue  - and then Dazzling Diamonds - which you can see off to the left. Subtle...

But then I decided it needed more... so a few days later ( when the ink was 100% dry) I applied slightly more Fine Tip glue in blobs... then Dazzling Diamonds... and the colour was totally different - much more white - much more snow like - which you see centre and left....

Oh and Thirdly... the Banner... and thank you friend and team-mate Karen Watts for this tip.... if you cut a strip 2.5cm wide ( very nearly 1"...) then the Curvy Corner Trio Punch works a treat to form the shape to the LHS... put strip in along one side and then the other - and it is like magic! Love that....

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