Wintery Wonderland

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a card I made for the latest Muse Challenge - #105 - Marion Vagg.  I have the same die-cut that Marion used, so it inspired me to make the card above.

Marion's card

I stamped the background snowflakes in Versamark and then heat embossed in Irridescent embossing powder.  I love the sparkle and glitter of this embossing powder.  I then sponged over top with a soft blue ink (emboss resist technique). More blue sponged along the top of the snowbanks, then coated with Dazzling Details (clear glitter glue) to give them some sparkle.  The sentiment is stamped in the same soft blue and then coated with clear Wink of Stella ... so it has a bit of sparkle too. :)

This is also a reminder about the Happy Little Stampers February CAS Challenge - Embossing, which runs until the end of the month.

And I'm going to add this to the Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Add a little Texture.  There's definitely texture with the embossed background, layered snow scene and adding sparkle. :)

Wintery Wonderland
Stamps:  Snowflake Background (Hero Arts), Christmas Sampler (Paper Smooches)
Paper:  White (Neenah)
Ink:  Bashful Blue (SU!); Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  Modern Landscape die (Memory Box), Snow Drifts dies (My Favorite Things), Rectangle Die (Spellbinders), Ice Embossing Powder (SU!), sponge, Dazzling Details (SU!)

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I realized that I still have several cards I haven't shared from the time I was on the Dirty Dozen Design Team at Splitcoaststampers.  I'll include a few of the embossed cards to show different ways in which to add embossing to CAS cards. :)

Heat embossing

Embossing Paste

Dry Embossing

Flowery Oval
Stamps:  Whimsical Words, Fifth Avenue Floral (SU!)
Paper:  White (Neenah); Pear Pizzazz (SU!)
Ink:  Versamark; Smoky Slate, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz (SU!)
Accessories & Tools: Labels Ten Nestability (Spellbinders), white embossing powder, heat tool, Little Leaves Die (Sizzix)

Two Hearts
Stamps:  Love and Laughter (SU!)
Paper:  White (Neenah)
Ink:  Black (Memento)
Accessories & Tools:  Triangle stencil (cut with my silhouette cameo), embossing paste, palette knife, Heart dies (Simon Says), copper metal sheet .005 thickness (K&S Precision Metals), butane torch, Square Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Watercoloured Butterfly
Stamps:  You (Simon Says)
Paper:  White (Neenah); Watercolour (Arches 140 lb. cold press)
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Kaleidoscope and Moonlight Butterfly Dies (Memory Box), 1 1/4" square punch, Musical Flourish embossing folder (Cuttlebug), water mister, aqua painter



Challenges:
Muse #105
HLS February CAS - Embossing
Simon Says Wednesday - Add a Little Texture