Debossed Snowflakes

 

I'm not a big technique stamper, but I decided to try a technique I found on SCS featuring debossing (which is  using the reverse side of an embossed piece of card stock, so the design is a hollow rather than a raised area.) To do this particular technique, you cover the raised part of the EF with Versamark and emboss the paper, which transfers the Versamark to the hollows in the paper. Then, cover the paper with embossing powder to fill the hollows and heat.

I used an old Stampin Up snowflake folder. The EP was a glittery white but the photo doesn't show the glittery aspect (which is too bad as it is quite glittery). After embossing, put distress inks on a mat, spritz with water and dab the card stock (actually watercolor paper in this instance) to get color on the card. 

Finished the card with matting, an embossed sentiment and a few silver snowflakes.

This card is for these challenges: 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- Ice Cold

Can You Handle the Pressure -- Christmas Twist (US)

CRAFT # 661 -- Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2250 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #573 -- anything goes

Festive Foliage

 

Today's card is a fairly quick one using a pretty printed paper for most of the design, since I wanted to showcase the pinecones. I cut the paper on an angle, and adhered it to the card base. The sentiment is from Whimsy stamps, stamped on a white snippet cut with an oval die and matted with an oval scallop circle cut from a brown snippet. I have admired some cards where people use die-cut sprays of foliage as an accent to the sentiment, so I cut a couple of different leaf and berry shapes -using snippets of both white vellum and a goldish glittery paper. They were placed on the card before the sentiment so everything could be adhered in one swoop.

This card is for these challenges:

Snippets Playground #443 -- use snippets (all the die-cut elements)

Creative Inspiration  -- festive foliage

CRAFT #661 --  Christmas the last stretch

Die-Cut Divas -- anything for winter holidays

Pammie's Inky Pinkies # 2249 -- anything goes

Winter Wonderland -- anything Christmas

Word Art Wednesday #573  -- anything goes