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Create with Connie and Mary Snowflake

This week's Thursday Challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary was to use this YUMMY looking cake as our inspiration!  Wow…so many things…snowflakes, stripes, pearls, bows…tons of items to use on a card!  Plus, I think Topsy-Turvy cakes are SO much fun.  One day, I'd like to have a big decorated cake like this for my birthday!

So here is my card based on the cake inspiration!

I knew right away I wanted to use the BIG Snowflake #2 die on my card.  I ended up using BOTH the snowflake and the Northern Frost Strip die for the small one under the Blue Glimmer Brad.  I also used the Snowflake Punch behind the bow!  Lots of snowflakes going on! 

The base is Marina Mist cardstock, then I layered on Whisper White that I ran thru the Big Shot with the FInial Press Impressions Folder.  I made the Snowflake #2 out of Marina Mist, then added Tombow Adhesive Glue on the edges and sprinkled on White Chunky Glitter.  I added the Whisper White punched snowflake over the big one.  I made a bow out of the length of Marina Mist Satin Ribbon, then used the Subtles Glimmer Brad and the smallest snowflake in the center to hold the bow tied.  I placed the bow with a Stampin' Dimensional in the center of the snowflakes.

Finally, I stamped Winter Wonderland from Stampin' Up!'s Bright Christmas in Marina Mist Classic Ink, then free-hand cut it along the curve.  It is attached to the front with Stampin' Dimensionals, too.

Lots of sparkle on this card!  I love how it turned out!  Make sure to check out what the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge Team did with the cake inspiration!  All our cards are totally different…I think you'll love them!  And, since you have LOTS of inspiration, we want to see what YOU create!  Post it over on inlinkz so we can see!

Sweet Season

This is a card I made when Mary Brown and I were doing sketch challenges about a month ago.  I pulled the colors from the Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper…Rose Red, Bermuda Bay and Kraft (instead of Sahara Sand).  I made a simpler version for my swap card at the Cincinnati Regionals (I left off the brads and designer paper and expanded the Bermuda Bay layer.) 

This uses the snowflake and words from the set, Sweet Season, that we received free at Convention!  I love the words in this!  I plan on using it on my tags of baked goods I make at Christmas time.  For this card, I started with the base of Rose Red and added the Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper (rounded the corners first with the Corner Rounder punch) to the background.  I ran the Bermuda Bay cardstock through my Big Shot with the Petals a Plenty Impressions Folder and added it over the DSP.  I cut a strip of Kraft cardstock and rounded the two right hand corners, stamped the words in Basic Black.  I stamped the snowflake in Bermuda Bay on Very Vanilla and punched it with my Scallop Circle Punch.   I layered it on the Scallop Circle from the Pennant Bigz XL die (it layers perfectly!)  On the ones I made for the Cincinnati Regionals, I added a Crystal Brad in the center.  For this one, I added a trio of the Vanilla Jumbo Brads along the right side. I love these non-traditional colors for a holiday card!

I’m all ready for a new round of Stamp Clubs tomorrow night!  These gals are FUN and I always look forward to having them!  I know they will LOVE the projects!

Set:  Sweet Season (116471)

Cardstock:  Rose Red (102544), Bermuda Bay (115321), Kraft (102125), Very Vanilla (101650)

Inks:  Basic Black (101179), Bermuda Bay (115655)

Accessories:  Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper (115673), Scallop Circle Punch (109043), Pennant XL Bigz Die (113483), Petals A Plenty Impressions Folder (116824), Corner Rounder (109047), 5/16" Jumbo Brads (112534)