Hello and welcome to the first challenge of the year in Seize the Birthday!! Yay! And we’re off to a spectacular start with our leading lady, Barabara, has chosen the optional Topping of ‘Make your own Snowflake Background‘. Anytime is ‘Anything Goes‘ as long as it’s a birthday theme. But, if you’re a toppings kind of person (like me) you can add a little extra.
And here’s my creation –
I started with the background, blending in distress inks ins shades of purple and pink together. It wasn’t a perfect blend, but since I was going to add the snowflakes die cut on top, that wasn’t an issue. Next, I die cut two pieces of white cardstock panels using Craft Adda Snowflakes Grid 2 die. The snowflake patterns are so varied and gorgeous in this die! I adhered the two pieces together for some dimension and adhered them on the ink blended background.
I then stamped and colored the cat bearing gifts from Simon Says Stamp Gifts of Love on cardstock, colored it using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and fuzzy cut it. I also stamped the images on scrap cardstock and fussy cut that to adhere behind the colored image to get some stability and dimension. I then adhered all the pieces on the card. The sentiment comes from Winnie & Walter Sentimental: Gift, which I stamped in black, trimmed to size and adhered on the card.
I couldn’t resist adding some white/clear gemstones in the center of some snowflakes for some shine. And that’s my card for you!
I am joining these challenges –
Die Cut Divas January challenge – Use New Crafty Item – I’ve used CraftAdda Snowflakes Grid 2, never used before and new!
AAA Birthday Card challenge #81: Winter Birthday
Do hop on to the Seize the Birthday challenge blog to checkout more inspiration from the rest of the DT and our wonderful surprise Party Guests!
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Experiments With Card Making Etc 