Monday, January 23, 2012

Snowflakes Are Winter's Wonders

Hey there blogging friends...I've been busy this morning, making a card for my normal Mojo Monday and Shabby Tea Room challenges. Mojo threw me for a loop this morning...that sketch really had me scratching my head at first, until I went really broad with it, you'll see what I mean below. The Shabby Tea Room has a perfectly delightful (as always) inspiration picture and a requirement of white/cream, silver and a splash of pink. Check. A third challenge I attempted was at Splitcoast to ink up the inside of an embossing folder to make a background look like pottery/china. I think I was able to achieve that effect as well, take a look:



I started with a base of Rustic White card stock and inked up a Snow Flurries EF with some Pumice Stone distress ink. Then I added the lace and silver cord around the middle and attached a sweet pink bow and a layered snowflake. I then adhered the crystals to the middles of each snowflake, added the gem flourishes and the sentiment with a touch of some Petal Pink Liquid pearls. I flipped the Mojo sketch 90° and I'm {pretending} that my snowflakes and sentiment panel satisfy those four corner panels. Just a taking a bit of come creative liberties...if you will. I will, thanks...  :) Finally I used dimensionals to attach the main panel and then added some crystal strips to the perimeter.

Here's the sketch for Mojo Monday:


The Shabby Tea Room's inspiration picture:


Have a great day and I'll see you back here tomorrow for the Ribbon Carousel challenge...it's going to be a fun one!


Stamps: Snowflake Splendor (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Rustic White (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Pumice Stone distress ink (Ranger), Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: CR-01CB-109 (Lines - Clear (0.3 cm & 0.5 cm), CRB-03CA-108 (Long Flourish Crystal V - Clear) Zva Creative, Arctic Snowflake punch (Martha Stewart), Snow Flurries EF (Sizzix), Light Pink satin ribbon (Paper Mart), Lacey Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Petal Pink Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Silver cord (SU!), dimensionals, lace 
Size: 4 1/4" X 5 1/2"
Posted by Andrea Ewen at 12:05 PM
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28 comments:

  1. Wow, this is gorgeous! Love the softness and the snowflakes. The technique you used with the embossing folder looks so cool, great use of the inspiration pic.

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  2. Love this delicate frosty card Andrea! Wow that mojo sketch is a real head scratcher!!

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  3. ooohhhh I love this card. The subtle textured effect from using pumice stone ink on an EF is inspired. Must try that technique and hope I make as good a job as you have. Wonderful. Px

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  4. what a stunning card just beautiful. have a wonderful week.

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  5. also I am now one of your followers too ! :o)

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  6. Your card is absolutely beautiful.

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  7. A winter wonderland beauty, Andrea :) I just love snowflakes and the bits of bling in the middle creates a delightful winter scene :) My creative gene ran for the hills when it saw this sketch...not sure I can coax him into giving this one a go LOL!

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  8. Pure dreaminess, Andrea! Thanks for playing Mojo Monday!

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  9. (Uh, 'scuse me while I pick my jaw up from the floor.) Holy cow, Batman, this card is dyn-o-mite! Andrea, this has to be my fave ever of yours. I just can't say enough adjectives to tell you how I feel! PS congrats on the win at TSTR today!

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  10. Hi Andrea,
    Well I enlarged the picture of your gorgeously stunning card and I think you passed with flying colours. The inking technique definitely looks like pottery/china. A very clever result I must say.
    All the best Linda UK)

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  11. Fabulous technique, and...simply gorgeous!!

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  12. So ... so ... SO PRETTY! Just beautiful!! Thanks for sharing this with us in the Tea Room, Andrea :)

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  13. of all the cards I've seen, this is the one I want!! Oh my, just mind-blowing!!! Love love it.

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  14. Once again, a beautiful, delicate card Andrea. I love your work and you are an inspiration to whom I turn to often. Have a wonderful week.

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  15. Oh my! I think this is one of the most beautiful cards I have every seen! Just love it!

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  16. It totally flies with me for that sketch. This card is stunningly gorgeous!! I was not so sure what you'd do when I was reading the colors, but WOW! I am really intrigued with your ink on the folder. I have stamped an image on the folder before embossing, but never just added ink and of course, I lack Pumice Stone. Thanks for getting me thinking, as usual.

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  17. Gorgeous snowflakes and monotone card with a pop of pink!!! Snowflakes look embossed etc... You got me thinking about how you did that!!! Liberal use of the sketch, girl....but, it works!!!

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  18. This is gorgeous, Andrea! Congrats on TSTR win!

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  19. Beautiful!!!!! I love the very soft accents of color that you've used!

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  20. oh just mail me this beautiful card! I cant stop looking at it!

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  21. what an elegant card. I love the touch of pink and that ribbon is beautiful!

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  23. OHHHHHH! GORGEOUS! Love that lace and those snowflakes--BEAUTIFUL x10! LOVE LOVE LOVE:)

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  25. Gorgeous! I love all the softness! Thanks for sharing this week at The Shabby Tea Room :-)

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  27. Absolutely fabulous!!! Love everything about this card! So soft and pretty! And, the gems added...my oh my...lovin' it!!! It's truly a winner...great job!!!

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  28. I looooooove, the white on white you have going here. So simple and elegant

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