Snowflake Wishes with a New Kind of Shaker for As You See It

Happy Friday, everyone! It's been a heavy kind of week, with new COVID restrictions due to higher infection rates, and a big event that I had been asked to do at our church cancelled after hours of prep work on it! I don't think the cards will go to waste, though. The church is thinking that if we can get them assembled, they will use them to bless families in the congregation over the Christmas season.

Because it's Friday, there's another As You See It Challenge up, and it's an interesting one for sure: 

 The title of the challenge is Not My Jam! Imagine making a card with your least favourite colour, especially when colour is a huge driver for your creativity! When that happens you have to find other motivations, so I went for a new technique like a new way of making a shaker card, and lots of sparkle. I decided to use the Snowflake Wishes Bundle and the Rainbow Glimmer paper. Here's a closer look. See if you can figure out how I made the shaker card in such an easy way:

• I learned this technique at our OnStage@Home event a couple of weeks ago. It's so easy, it's crazy! You simply take a clear envelope and add a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of DSP inside it (or cardstock) then fold the excess envelope over the side and tape it firmly down. (Here I used some Artistry Blooms DSP.)
• Fill the envelope with sequins or shaker bits of any kind, then fold the sticky flap over tightly and adhere to the back. (I used some Snowflake Sequins and some leftover iridescent sequins of some kind that I had in my stash.)
• Add adhesive and glue to to the card base. Then you can add a sentiment and embellishments to the front of the shaker envelope. (I stamped my sentiment from Snowflake Wishes on Whisper White with Melon Mambo ink and die cut it with one of the Stitched Rectangle dies.)
• I embellished it with various styles of snowflakes die cut with the So Many Snowflake dies from the Rainbow Glimmer Paper.

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10% isn't huge but it's better than full price and you can definitely take the opportunity to stock up on necessities or that stamp or die set you were waiting to get. But don't wait to get too long to get your orders to me or in to Stampin' UP! that day! Things will sell out quickly!

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Product List

Snowflake Wishes Bundle (English) [155172] $75.50	Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [153444] $35.00	Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper [152495] $15.75	Rainbow Glimmer Paper [153056] $8.25	Clear Medium Envelopes [102619] $8.25
Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115320] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $10.25	Snowflake Sequins [150443] $8.25	Iridescent Sequin Assortment [144212] $6.75
So Many Snowflakes Dies [153560] $49.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $48.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $16.25

Pine Woods Dies for New at SU Blog Hop

                            

Welcome to our November NEW AT SU! Blog hop! We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who are Hoppin’ with creative paper crafting ideas to share with you. Today we are showcasing any current Stampin' Up! products and using them to create Happy Holiday projects to help you get into the Holiday crafting mood! I've been anxious to get a chance to use the Pine Woods dies with their stylized evergreen die cuts so that's what I'm showing you today.

• I think the best thing about the Pine Woods die cuts is that the asymmetrical cut of the tree really shows up against any background. 
• They look especially good against a watercoloured background.

Let's take a closer look at the first card :

• All my cards today feature a water-coloured background. I used Shimmery White cardstock for this and a drop or two of the ink refill in the lids of the stamp pads. 
• The new Water Painters require a little getting used to, but by the end of my session, I was liking how they worked. The only drawback was that I found that they sucked some of the colour back into the reservoir and I had to keep changing the water when I changed colours.
• I applied a very light wash, using lots of water, let it dry (or helped it along with the Heat Tool) then applied a darker layer in another, slightly overlapping area. Finally, I added splatters and water drops.
• In an effort to be more diverse in my card making, this card has a Happy Hanukkah sentiment, but it's a very small step and one that I would like to expand!

• The pine trees are die cut from Fluid 100 watercolour paper onto which a small amount of watercolour in the same colour has been added before die cutting. After die cutting, Wink of Stella is added to the trees. Very hard to photograph, I'm afraid!
• A layer of vellum behind the trees softens the brighter colours of the water colouring.

• The background designer series paper is from Artistry Blooms DSP for the Granny Apple Green and the Flirty Flamingo cards, and Snowflake Splendour for the Coastal Cabana Card.
• The sentiments are from Itty Bitty Christmas for the Granny Apple Green card and Snowflake Wishes for the Coastal Cabana card

I hope you enjoyed my project with the Pine Woods Dies. Now please hop on over to Joyce Whitman's blog to see what's new with SU in her world:

Here's the list of bloggers in our New At SU November Blog Hop to help you keep on track:

November 2020 New at SU! Roll

 

Tricia’s Stamping Creations - Christmas Means More

Sugar & Scraps - Merry Moose

Carterie Plus - Snowman Gift Tower

Moore Fun Stamping - Gift Wrapped

Creative Juice by Loni - Banner Year

Stamping Flair - Wishes & Wonder

Gifted Hands Ink - Snowflake Splendlor

Playing with Papercrafting - Pine Woods

Stampin’ Scrapper - Snowman Season

247Inkspiration - Coming Home

Scraphexe - In the Pines

 

Please take a moment to comment at the bottom of this post and let me know how you liked my projects or ask me a question about the technique used. Don’t forget to scroll back up and keep hoppin’ with us! – Thank you!

Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

Please contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator if you have any questions or to make a product purchase. If you do not have a demonstrator, I would be happy to answer any questions about products, or the techniques shown here. If you live in Canada, you can use the links below to order products from me or join my Papercraft Cats team.  

Product List

Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En) [150513] $30.00	Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [153444] $35.00	Snowflake Wishes Bundle (English) [155172] $75.50	Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper [152495] $15.75	Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper [153512] $15.75
Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.50	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $13.50	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $12.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $11.25	Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131297] $12.00
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $12.00	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $12.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $10.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131164] $5.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [141402] $5.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $10.25	Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147163] $5.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.00	Water Painters [151298] $16.25	Pine Woods Dies [153563] $49.00
Classic Label Punch [141491] $24.00	Timeless Label Punch [149516] $24.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50