Saturday 29 February 2020

Dotty

Hands up if your card always turns out as you'd expect. 
This was going to be CAS with an all white background. I found this dotty paper and all was lost!

I started as I'd planned by sponging green ink onto some scraps, stamping the snowflakes and die cutting the circles. Of course, I could have started with green card. 
The I embossed the circles twice with clear powder and added a tiny bit of glitter before heating a second time. 
Then I fiddled about die cutting the strip to go behind not realising that most of it would be hidden. 



What I've finished up with here is a modern looking card so I popped the sentiment on sideways to continue the theme. 



I learnt this trick on You Tube this week. I'm sure you all do this anyway but it was a revelation for me. Tape a bit of scrap paper onto your shape while you heat emboss to use as a handle. No burnt fingers or finger prints in the embossing!



I'm running in to Pixie's Snippets Playground. I've used snippets for the circles and sentiment and also a piece of patterned paper which I have a stack of and don't use much. Now I have two more snippets of the dotty paper! 
Also checking in with Scrappy Mo's Rudolf Days challenge just at the last minute. Anything goes as long as it's Christmas. 

5 comments:

  1. Lovely modern Rudolph day card Alison. Sorry to hear your dotty paper snippets multiplied while you weren't looking!

    I've got just the thing to cheer you up if u come and visit the Playground Treehouse! Xxx

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  2. A beautiful card Alison, the snowflokes look lovely with the embossing powder added. Thanks you for joining in with the Rudolph Days Challenge this month.

    Sue xx

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  3. Hi Alison, thanks for popping by! I’m a bit slow, under the weather. I love the dotted background and the colours of the snowflake circles because they really pop and carry on the circle theme. Good tip about paper strips for heat embossing; i use bbq skewers. :)

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  4. Great card and super use of snippets Alison. The spotty paper just had to be included, it's so pretty. And a great tip for embossing as well.

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  5. I really like your modern card. It has a lovely look with the clear embossing powders highlighting the stamped areas.

    Sorry I am so late getting round to visiting. Thanks for taking part in the Rudolph Days Challenge.

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