I started this card, which just so happens to be for my niece's birthday, by watercoloring a 3-1/2" x 4-3/4" piece of watercolor paper in shades of blue and purple. Once it was dry, I white-embossed a number of snowflakes, from Snow Friends, across the background.
I then black-embossed the bicycle, as well as the little package, both of which come from the Hugs & Kisses stamp set, in its bottom center and watercolored them both before splattering everything with Titanium White acrylic paint. Once everything was dry once again, I matted the prepped piece with Eggplant Envy cardstock; trimmed its bottom edge with torn lengths of layered vellum to create the snow; and secured everything with a silver-threaded, straight, machine-stitched frame.
The "HIP HIP HOORAY wishing you an AMAZING DAY" sentiment, again from Hugs & Kisses, was stamped, in Jet Black ink, on a strip of white cardstock, which was matted with a scrap of a red, floral print; trimmed, across its bottom edge, with a die-cut, silver, glitter, cardstock scallop from Sweet Borders Sweet Cuts; and anchored, to the prepped piece, with more silver-threaded, straight, machine stitching.
A length of Baker's Twine was then wrapped, three times, around the prepped piece, just above the sentiment strip and tied, in a bow, to the right edge. The entire thing was then adhered, with foam tape, to the white, cardstock, card face, which had been dry-embossed with falling snow.
Further inspiration for this card came from Cupcake Inspirations' Challenge 437: Winter.
Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of my teammates have cooked up for your viewing pleasure; and we'll all be back tomorrow with more winter-themed projects, showcasing more oldies but goodies from the shop. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend, friends!
{Supplies & Tools}
Stamps: Hugs & Kisses & Snow Friends (Paper Sweeties) Paper: white & vellum (Paper Studio); Eggplant Envy (SU!); glitter (Recollections); watercolor (Canson Studio); floral (Fancy Pants) Ink: Jet Black (Ranger); watermark (VersaMark) Other: silver thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); foam tape (Scrapbook Adhesives); watercolors (Kuretake); Titanium White acrylic paint (FolkArt); Baker's Twine (Clean Country Paper Supplies); white embossing powder (Zing!); black embossing powder & embossing gun (SU!); Big Shot (Sizzix); Sweet Borders Sweet Cuts die & Sugar Sprinkles sequins (Paper Sweeties)
6 comments:
Beautiful winter background with the pretty snowflakes, Jinny! Love the bicycle with the gift, too!
Love the gorgeous winter background! Such a pretty card!
This is such a fun card, Jinny! Love it! Hugs!
Beautiful card! Thank you for sharing with us this week at Cupcake Inspirations.
-Sandy, DT
This is delightful Jinny, love the sparkly scallops!
Really beautiful card! Thank you for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT
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