Ink.Stamp.Share Blog Hop - July 2021 | Snowflake Wishes for Christmas in July

Sending love this Christmas!

 

Happy Saturday and welcome to my blog!  Today I am hopping along the Ink.Stamp.Share Monthly Blog Hop as we share projects which we have created for Christmas in July with any current products.  We hope that we inspire you to create along with us.  There are several of us hopping today - you will find the list to follow along towards the bottom of my blog post - so sit back and enjoy your favorite coffee, tea, water or smoothie as we share some handmade projects with you!

Today's Project

I had so much fun creating today's project!  In fact, I ended up making three all from the concept of one idea that led to another.  So I will highlight my favorite with you today but you will have to pop by later to see the others that started this creative process!

Don't you just love snowflakes?!?  I do especially when they are snowflake kisses!  There is nothing like being outside and all of a sudden snowflakes start falling from the sky and they fall on your face as you look up...  snowflake kisses!

Project Details

The Snowflake Wishes Stamp Set has some beautiful snowflakes to stamp!  You can stamp them in any color and however you like and they will give you a watercolor look.  There is also a coordinating die set, So Many Snowflakes, that has an amazing die-cut window die.  That one die is what started my creative process for the group of cards that I created.  I wanted to make the additional snowflake die-cuts which I added around the die-cut to resemble the stamped image.  So I grabbed the Artistically Inked Stamp Set and inked the large bloom image three different times in Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia and Misty Moonlight onto Basic White Cardstock. 

Misty Moonlight was actually stamped off as the first card I was making focused more on the lighter sides of the color spectrum.  I happily created away and then spotted the stamp later... though I had stamped off the Misty Moonlight ink there was still a tad of ink on the surface!  Not wanting it to go to waste, I grabbed my Water Painter, wet the surface and the rest is history!  I became immersed with using that stamp as my stamp pad for the snowflakes!  

Watercolor Kissing!  The Kissing Technique has been around for years with stamping, but it has been ages since I've used it.   Such a fun way to do this technique and I hope that you enjoy doing it yourself.

The first images were the deepest colors and as I progressed, I noticed there was still color on the Water Painter so I just dabbed away with it on the rubber stamp and stamped away some more.  The Heartfelt Wishes (SNEAK PEEK!) sentiment which was heat embossed on Misty Moonlight cardstock and then fussy cut was the perfect compliment to these wet snowflakes on the Ornate Layers die-cut panel.   

I was able to stamp the main panel and the edges of the Thick Basic White card base with the original ink... I applied more ink to my Water Painter with a tad more ink from my Misty Moonlight ink lid to complete the inside stamping and, of course, the envelope!

 

More Inspiration

I hope you have been inspired by my project so you, too, can get ready for this year's Christmas season.  Now it's time to continue along the blog hop to see what Annette and the others have created to inspire you.  So click the next button below or look at the list below and continue along.  You definitely don't want to miss any.

Roll Call

Jo Blackman

Libby Fens

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Sue McDonald

Annette Ball

Joanna Barnes

Kim Price

Gez Carpenter

Kirsty Pattrick

Tricia Butts

Karen Egan

Mo Rootes

Victoria Littlewood

Tracie St-Louis

Donna Coffman

Donna Lester

Angie McKenzie  YOU ARE HERE

Annette Elias

Linda Moore

Stacey Marsh

Cheryl Diana

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the world!

Have a blessed day!

You Can Create This Card!

Here is What You'll Need to Get Started...

BASICS

• Clear Blocks B, C, D, H, I; Stamparatus; Small Grid Paper; Paper Trimmer; Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine; Heat Tool; Water Painters; Multipurpose Liquid Glue; Bone Folder

STAMPS

• Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set, Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set and Heartfelt Wishes Cling Stamp Set (SNEAK PEEK from the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog) 

PAPER 

• Basic White, Basic White Thick and Misty Moonlight Cardstocks; Basic White Medium Envelopes

INK

• Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad; VersaMark Ink

 OTHER

• So Many Snowflakes Dies, Ornate Layers Dies, Basics Embossing Powders, White 1/4" Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon 

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You can purchase any of these supplies from my online store if you live in the USA and do not already have a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator.

Time to Use Your Paper Trimmer!

PAPER CUTS:

• Basic White Thick - 4-1/4" x 11" and score at 5-1/2" (card base) 

• Basic White - 4" x 5-1/4" (x2); 2-1/2" x 5-1/2" (for stamping and diecutting)

• Misty Moonlight - 2-1/2" x 5-1/2" (for trimming down); scraps (for heat embossing)

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