Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Frosty Fun

For today's post I chose to showcase one of my favorite stencils, the Antelope Snowflake (LL399).
I also used the Swirl background stencil (LJ 863).
The first thing I did was pick out the notecard color I wanted to use, this is a Memory Box notecard and the color is called Thistle, the color is kind of a gray green. After choosing the color I decided on the background stencil because the swirls remind me of how snow might fall. I started by using the Tim Holtz tool with blending foam and rouging in one of his new seasonal distress inks called Iced Spruce then when I had that done I took one of my large stencil brushes and added a little of the other new distress ink call Evergreen Bough. I wanted my snowflake to have that Thistle color so I started with Regular Embossing paste and added Glacier Blue metallic F/X this colors the paste a beautiful turquoise color so then I added just a pinch if Ivy Garden metallic F/X and got just the color I was looking for. You will notice that one side of the snowflake appears lighter then the other and this is because I used a sludge technique. While the paste was still wet I sprinkled a little crystal glitter on it to give the snowflake some sizzle. When the snowflake was dry I used my large stencil brush and just brushed in a little bit of the iced spruce distress ink around the edge of the card. I backed the layered background and the image with a darker card stock and the using mounting tape popped the snowflake off the background. This is a very clean and simple card to do, my very favorite kind of card. I urge you to play with the regular embossing paste and the Metallic F/X and see what colors you can come up with. If you want us to see your creations go to the Dream It Up blog and use Mr. Linky or email a photo to Lynell and she will put it on the Dream It Up blog. I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. I would like to take the time to thank all my wonderful students for your continued support of me and Dreamweaver stencils. I look forward to the New Year and the fun I know we will have.

7 comments:

  1. Definitely cool and frosty and fun! Colors are very rich with just a touch of bling.

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  2. This is GORGEOUS! I love the colors! You did a wonderful job with the FX powders coloring the paste. Perfect Frosty Fun!

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  3. Oh so very pretty. I love the chilly feel of this card. You totally nailed the theme!

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  4. Yes, yes, yes! This is frosty fun at it's best! Thank you for such a lovely creation!

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  5. I love the color theme and the composition of the card -- well done!

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  6. Unique and cool color combo for this card!

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