This week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge we want to see Silver, Blue and White (other colours can be incorporated but we would these three to be predominant) - it doesn't have to be a Christmas card or project any occasion will be great!! The Design Team are all featuring Penny Black this week.
I love this Penny Black - Snowy - he is coloured with distress inks and I used a liquid applique on his hat. I applied the applique, then covered it with Glamour Dust, waited for it to dry then heated it with my heat gun.
Here's where the stupid me took over - I decided to use a circular die to cut out Snowy - anyone with any brains in their head would have realised this would squash the applique!!! It still looks good, but it looked fantastic before - all puffy and fluffy!!
I use a Fleur de lis border and cut it to edge the circle which is then inked using Colourbox Inks, I normally use distress inks to ink edges but find these colourbox ones better for inking irregular shapes.
The fabulous papers are from a CD by Donna at Bearly Mine - Simon Says Stamp now sell the CD - I would be lost without these as a standby for certain colours or types and the piece behind Snowy is embossed using the Cuttlebug Snowy Dots folder. I've used a old corner stamp with silver Ranger Embossing Powder in the corners, the sentiment is Magnolia and the bow and snowflake are from my stash.
Ingredients
Penny Black - Snowy
Spellbinders
Colourbox Inks
Ranger Embossing Powder
Bearly Mine CD - Papers
Marvy Liquid Applique
Fleur de lis border
Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 spree to her fantastic Simon Says Stamp Store and she will pay the postage too !! BRILLIANT
14 comments:
Gorgeous card Heather, love the sweet snowman and the wonderful details.
luv
Debby
Great job on the challenge, Heather! Love everything about your card!
Have a wonderful time!
Edith
Woww this is truly amazing Heather! Looks so devine!
Hugs Kristel
So cute image, fab colours. Hugs,moni
That border is delightfully matched with the corners & the bow - love the colours too & his hat is great - it's been knitted using one of those really heavy duty wools (I had one as a child & it was not fluffy - it looks absolutely right like that). If it was fluffy it would blow off with the slightest gust of wind. Anyhow that's my theory.......
Paula (PEP)
http://pepcraftchallexp.blogspot.com/
Oooo this is just gorgeous Hun! Luving the blue and silver combo, might just join in the challenge. Lotsa luv xxxx
LOL Heather, I'm pleased it isn't only me who does things like that, I usually do it with wet stickles!! Love this card, he is such a cute snowman! hugs, Jane xxx
gorgeous card Heather, I love Snowy, soo cute and the colours and design are fab ,, love the applique trim ,, if you re-heat it would re fluff but it looks fab as it is !! :-)
luv
Lols x x x
So beautiful card Heather,I love the image and your papers.
Hugs Riet.x
Ohmygosh. Blue is my fav colour, so this really stood out to me . But it is so skillfully put together on top of that. Amazing combination of die cuts, colour and a cute image!! I love it!!
I love the ink accents that you did! It really makes those shapes pop! That snowman is just too cute!
Hi Heather,
Such BRILLIANT work as always!! :D I love this image of Snowy too and I'm particularly loving the big bow and embossed/distressed background! Brilliant!!
*mwah*
Steph
Simon Says Stamp!
My favourite snowman, fabulous card, and will try your tip with the fluffy hat!
Beautiful card Heather, so pretty
hugs Mandy xx
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