This card is for 2 challenges this week. The first is based on Sunday's Featured Stamper ~ Nitestamper. It was so hard to choose just one card from her awesome gallery so I chose a couple and this was the first one I was able to complete. My card is based on her card HERE. Be sure to visit her gallery because it is just amazing!
Not only did I case Nitestamper's layout but I based it on Jennifer's , Up Late & Stamping (ULAS Gallery Here) inspiration challenge from Friday. The inspiration is a darling Holiday blanket seen HERE. You know, anyone can play and it's lots of fun! You can upload your creations using ULAS in the SCS keyword section and your item will go right in to the gallery! Now, about the card......
The base is Real Red. The strips are mounted on Whisper White cardstock. The colors of the strips are Bashful Blue, Celery, Real Red, Regal Rose, Brocade Blue and Wild Wasabi. I trimmed the strips at an angle using a scrap piece of cardstock. They are all trimmed the same, therefore, they fit together quite nicely! The brads in the corners are Real Red and the Regal Rose ribbon is from the SU! Ribbon Originals set called Fairy Tale. The snowflakes are from 3 different punches (1 is the new Martha Stewart one and the others are old ones I had). I punched from Whisper White and Bashful Blue. The snowflakes were punched then I ran them through my Xyron and then pressed them in to Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I used Bashful Blue brads to adhere them. The sentiment piece is first Real Red cardstock then Bashful Blue and then Whisper White. I stamped the snowman from Merry & Bright using Basic Black ink. I stamped the snowflake from The Snowflake Spot using Bashful Blue ink. I put a small, white snowflake (put in glitter as above) in the center and used a Bashful Blue brad to adhere it. I used my Black marker to just ink up the words and stamped them below the snowflake. I mounted the entire piece on top of the card using dimensionals.
Speaking of Jennifer!! She taught me a great trick the other day. If any of you peruse the SCS website and see a card you like but don't leave a comment due to time, try this trick next time and it WILL save you time and you could make the creator very happy! When you see the card in the gallery that you like, before you click on it, hold your shift down and then click on the card, a new screen will come up JUST for that card and you can leave a comment and close the screen and go on your way!!! I have always tried to leave comments but once I would leave a comment, my browser would not let me go back in to the gallery I was just in and I would have to start from the beginning, therefore, it would take me forever! I am so glad to know this now ~ Thanks Jen! and I hope you will use it too because by leaving comments, you could just make that person's day!!! I know it makes me feel good when someone comments on my card. Thanks for listening and have a great day!
~Lynda
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