The stamp set called “Snowflake Sentiments” and the coordinating Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits dies caught my eye the first trip thru the 2017 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog and went straight to my ‘must have’ list. The intricate snowflake cut out and the lacy border, along with the font style and basic greetings, were too much for me to pass up. Add to that the fact that you can bundle & save, and I was hooked!
The Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week provided just the right excuse for me to take these out and play! Thanks #TTTC021! So here it is:
This card is delicate and intricate; it look like you spent HOURS on this card, but the Big Shot and the dies do all the work for you!
Here’s how I made it:
The lace work behind the snowflakes was cropped from Dapper Denim card stock and the snowflakes were cropped from Whisper White cardstock. Both used the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits dies. I do recommend using the Precision Base Plate and the Big Shot Die Brush to get a good clean cut and to remove all the parts & dots.
Dapper Denim ink was used to stamp the sentiment on Soft Sky cardstock and was cropped using the Layering Oval Framelits dies. A piece of silver Mini Tinsel Trim was added, as well as Rhinestone Jewels on the center of each snowflake. I just love how Soft Sky and Dapper Denim pair together and the silver adds just the right touch for a silvery, snowy color combination!
I popped up the entire snowflake panels on Stampin’ Dimensionals before adding it to my Soft Sky card base. A few pieces of washi tape keep the Tinsel Trim in place as well. You can see that here:
Stampin’ Dimensionals do a few things; they raise the cardstock enough to allow for the thickness of the tinsel trim to ride underneath without adding bulk to the card, and they give an added dimension to the card by having that panel raised.
Here is the Tic Tac Toe Challenge for this week:
I chose the Diagonal Row from the bottom left to the top right, using die cut and oval. For the free I chose to add some bling.
I knew I wanted these intricate swirly snowflake dies for the die cut and the sentiments from the Snowflake Sentiments pair so nicely with the oval framelits so my card fell together so easily and perfectly for this row. You can see my card again here:
You can see all the projects posted to the TicTacToeChallenge021 here.
Thanks for stopping by My Stampin’ Space today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and that you might be inspired to make some cards today. If this post inspires you to make something with snowflakes, or the Soft Sky/Dapper Demin/Silver color combo, please let me, or better yet, send me a picture of your creation! Leave me a comment, I love to hear from you!
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Love these snowflake dies, Nancy! Beautiful card! Thank you for playing wth us at Tic Tac Toe Challenges!
Nancy – what a beautiful and elegant card! Thanks for joining us at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge!
Thanks Teresa! Glad I could play along this week