Speedy Gingerbread Cookies for As You See It Challenge #265

 It's time once more for the dreaded As You See It Challenges' Speed Stamping Challenge and this time Design Team member Jane came up with the great theme of Snowflakes! 

As I considered what I could do to make a striking design with snowflakes in less than 10 minutes, I came across the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper, which just happens to have some gingerbread cookies on it in snowflake designs. I thought that it would be different, colourful and fun, plus I could 'easily' fussy cut those little dudes out and slap them on the card in no time flat!

Here's the As You See It Challenge #265 Banner:

The fussy cutting took quite a bit longer than I thought it would and couple that with embossing the sentiment in white on the Kraft paper, I only had 37 seconds left, for a total time of 9m23s.

• I've always loved kraft/Real Red/Old Olive/white as a Christmas colour palette so this ticked all my boxes.
• I haven't found a lot of occasion to use the Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP and time is running out on that, so this was the perfect occasion.
• I committed two no-nos when you're doing a speed stamping challenge: fussy cutting and heat embossing! I did get away with it, but it didn't leave a lot of time for anything else. Keep that in mind when you do your speed challenge entry!
• The sentiment is from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set, heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.
• The fussy cut gingerbread snowflakes are popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals and topped with Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Products from the Jul/Dec Mini Catalogue are retiring and only have a couple of weeks left in their lifespan. You will want to order them before supplies run out and they are gone for good. There are some amazing deals here, up to 50% off, especially with the tools! Check it out below:

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Product List

Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [153444] $35.00	Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156313] $15.75	Kraft 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Paper Pack [156325] $8.25	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $24.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $8.25	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

So Many Snowflakes for As You See It Theme Challenge

 

It's Friday again and time for another As You See It Challenge! This week it's a theme challenge and the theme is In the Air. We can use as the subject of our project something we would see 'in the air'! Here's the Challenge banner:

I surveyed my stamp sets and all the obvious ideas were there: birds, balloons, butterflies. But I knew that my Design Team mates had already beaten me to those ideas! So I looked for something not so obvious and I found the Snowflake Wishes stamp set, but more to the point, it's coordinating die set, So Many Snowflakes Dies!

I envisioned some watercolouring before die cutting, some silver foil and some ink blending on the background, and here is what happened:

• On a Coastal Cabana card base, I added a layer of the Mirror Finish Silver Foil from the Silver Foil Specialty Pack.
• From the same type of silver foil, I die cut several of the designs of snowflakes.
• On watercolour paper, I used a Water Painter to water colour Pool Party and Coastal Cabana in layers and dried the paper with the Heat Tool.
• From this, I die cut several more snowflake designs.
• On a layer of Basic White cardstock, I blended some Pool Party and Coastal Cabana ink diagonally using the Blending Brushes.
• I added the snowflakes as you see above, using glue dots.
• The sentiment, from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set, was embossed in silver on Basic White cardstock and die cut using the Seasonal Label dies.
• Some Mint Macaron Genial Gems were added to finish off the design.

I've been preparing for my 2021 Jul/Dec Mini Catalogue Launch tomorrow and preparing many samples from the catalogue to display on my event page. Most of these are from CASing the catalogue, while some are my own designs. I thought I'd post them here for your own enjoyment:

Blackberry Beauty Suite with Nature's Harvest Bundle

Nature's Harvest Suite plus Gorgeous Leaves Bundle

Painted Christmas Suite

Peaceful Place Suite with Arctic Bears and Reflected in Nature

Delicate Dahlias SAB set and Whimsy & Wonder Suite

I hope you enjoyed those samples!

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158267] $35.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $12.25	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.50	Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131297] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25
Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $10.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $10.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $10.25	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25
Water Painters [151298] $16.25	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $24.00	Genial Gems [155500] $11.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	So Many Snowflakes Dies [153560] $49.00
Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $52.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25