Hello and welcome to another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More
We have our Christmas Challenge this time, so I came up with this card.
I used an old and underused Crafter's Companion snowflake embossing folder and inked one side with distress oxide ink. This left the snowflakes white, and I was quite pleased with their texture after embossing them. On this occasion, I used heavy watercolour paper and I'll try that again, but I made the mistake of die-cutting the stitched rectangle after emossing, which flattened the snowflakes a little.
The sentiment is from Penny Black. I cut it several times in white card and once in navy and stacked it to give a chipboard effect. I pressed a Versamark inkpad over it and triple clear embossed it, which gave the glossy finish I wanted. The camera didn't pick this up well, but you can see it better in the small photo at the top.
We're continuing to have wonderful weather in my neck of the woods but my gardening husband is concerned that the lack of rain is affecting the lawn and plants in the garden. I wonder if we need to consider more drought-tolerant plants if this trend continues. That would be a big change for Manchester's reputation of being a rainy city!
As always, my talented Design Team friends have inspiration cards for you to see on the ATSM Blog, and you can link up your entry there, too.
I'd like to play along at
A Cut Above Challenge May - anything with a die cut
Neglected Stuff Challenge May - anything goes - Neglected embossing folder
Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge #123 - anything Christmas goes
Peace on Earth Challenge May - - anything Christmas goes
Christmas Crafts All Year Round May - - Please have snow
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #184 - anything Christmas goes
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs
Carol x