Tamara's Paper Trail: Merry Snowflakes - Kylie's Maui Achievers Blog Hop

Monday, September 20, 2021

Merry Snowflakes - Kylie's Maui Achievers Blog Hop

Happy Blog Hop Day! Tamara Bertram coming to you from Edmonton, Alberta, in Western Canada. Every month my friends from around the world and I share with you projects made with current Stampin' Up! products. If you like what you see pop a comment down below. We all LOVE to read them :). We hope you are inspired!

My project this month was made using the Merry Snowflakes Bundle that is in the 2021 Mini (Holiday) Catalogue. I only just recently bought this bundle, convinced "I have enough snowflake sets". I was wrong and am VERY glad I ignored my (supposedly) logical/practical/frugal side. I DIDN'T have enough snowflake sets. You can NEVER have enough snowflake sets ... and THIS batch of dies have STITCHING on them .. so ... ya. I needed it lol. Check out what I came up with ...

I just LOVE these dies! ... and non-traditional Christmas colours! I used Blackberry Bliss and Fresh Freesia together. I really like the pop of contrast! Truth be told, I tried several different colour combinations before deciding on this one. They all looked great! I tried Bermuda Bay/Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz/Soft Seafoam, Basic Grey/Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride/Polished Pink. SO many options! I decided on the purples for a fun "crisp" feel to the card.

I made the Fresh Freesia striped background using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and a Blending Brush. Because the striped mask is fairly delicate, you will want to tape the mask down (using some retired washi tape, a post-it note or some painters tape) and blend the colour from the centre of the mask out towards the edge, following the lines of the mask. You need to be careful not to move the thin lines OF the mask or you won't get crisp, clear coloured lines on your card base.

The rest of the card is mostly die cutting. I LOVE the longest die in the set of 12. It doesn't cut shapes OUT, but cuts shapes IN the paper. It SUCH a great, subtle addition to your project!

My Blackberry Bliss layer measures 5" x 3 3/4" and the top, Basic White, layer measures 4 3/4" x 3 1/2".

The sentiment is stamped on a 3 3/4" x 1/2" strip in Blackberry Bliss ink and the ends are flagged with our Banners Pick A Punch. The sentiment, and the snowflakes, are all popped up on dimensionals. Five rhinestones and some Wink of Stella finish it off.

I just love this bundle and this card. It can be used for Christmas or Winter Birthday, increasing its versatility which, of course, helped me justify owning "another" snowflake bundle lol. I hope you like it.

Thanks for popping in. Now hop along and see what my friends have to share ... and have a stampy day!

Tam

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