Wednesday, July 18, 2012

FS284 & SSIC148 ~ Christmas Snow ~

This week I have been in a Christmas mood. And even though the halls aren't decked and the tinsel isn't strung, I've belted out a few Christmas songs! Is that crazy??? It seems like July 4th is my Christmas trigger. Immediately, I start to plot and plan what my cards will look like that year. And fortunately, this year I have already put some of those ideas into motion!

I created today's card for a couple of challenges.  The first to honor this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast, Cynthia Olheiser. If you haven't had a chance to admire her work check out her SC gallery. I added some bling (in this case Stickles) to my card to enter the Stampin' Sisters in Christ weekly challenge. This week the challenge is to create something with sparkle.

So here's my creation...


The top layer is embossed with Cuttlebug's Distressed Snow folder. My snowflake is a die cut heavily coated with Stickles. Every snowflake needs a little flourish and this one by Recollections does the trick. The sentiment (Our Daily Bread Designs' retired Peace & Joy set) is set off with Memento's Danube Blue ink. A nice breath of cool air... Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Peace & Joy
Paper - Bazzill, Colorbok
Ink - Memento - Danube Blue
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug - Distressed Snow
Dies - Spellbinders - Create A Flake One
Misc. - Flourish - Recollections; Stickles - Diamond


Challenges

Splitcoast Stampers - Featured Stamper - FS284
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - SSIC148 - Sparkle

8 comments:

Esther Asbury said...

What a beautiful card! It literally popped out of my reading list at me!

Diane said...

Oh I love it Lori!

Migdalia said...

WOW!!!!....I am speechless....What a Beautiful card!TFS

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

Wow Lori!!I love the dp and your embossing and your snowflake is so pretty!!
Hugs,
Chris

Tam said...

pretty!

An'Jenic G. said...

Wow this is amazing. I love the snowflake and the embossing, okay I love everything. TFS AJ~

ScrappySandie said...

Lovely card, Lori! CAS and bright with just the right amount of detail! Love the snowflakes and the pearls (and the tag and embossing...well, ok, everything!)Thanks for joining our challenge this week at SSiC!
Sandie

Lovely Linda said...

Hi Lori - great the combo of embossing folder and snowflakes - I love the sparkle you have added, perfect for this card! Thank you for sharing with us today at the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge this week! We appreciate your support! {{{hugs}}}
Linda SSIC Design Team

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