1001 Snowflakes Christmas Card

Hello Bloggers,

this card is my attempt to snap myself out of the “foliage – left, sentiment – right” layout of lately. :) It’s all about snowflakes, instead. :) There are printed and glittered snowflakes on the background paper, there are embossed snowflakes in the foreground, there are some die-cut snowflakes caught in the fir-tree …

Here the embossing, the glitter and the shine show better:

It’s interesting how you can never have too many different snowflakes in your collection. I actually had to use die-cut snowflakes from 3 (!) different sets to make this card. It’s always something – either the configuration, or the size, or the fineness of the lines…

The big bow is from Joy!Crafts. I added an extra white layer for some dimension.

Last, but not least. The card is very big. It’s actually a full A4 folded in halves. I really had to be careful with the weight. A complete with the envelope 2-stamp card cannot be heavier than 50gr. So, fair cheating employed, the green edges are… well… just edges. I made frames of about 1cm wide and used them to outline the major layers. :)

Used:

• Marianne Design LR0393 Creatable – Ice Crystals
• Marianne Design CR1335 Craftables Punch die Snowflakes
• CraftEmotions 115633/0131 Die – snow crystals
• Leane Creatief Embossing Folder “Snowflakes Background” 35.9777
• Joy!Crafts 6002/0183 Ribbons & Bows
• Cheery Lynn Designs  DL278 Horizon Fishtail Banners
• Spellbinders Nestabilities 2011 Heirloom Ornament S4-334
• Scrapping Cottage Cottagecutz Vintage Bells (Cc-022) (no bells, the branch only)

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday #403 – Add some glitter!  (on the background red paper, on the snowflakes)

Crafty Catz – #305 – Sparkle and Shine

Christmas Card Challenges Week #2 – color challenge

Artistic Inspirations – # 146 anything goes/ twist of Christmas

The Creative Card Crew – 102 Holiday Season

Die Cuttin’ Diva – #246: Christmas Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday – SNOW… SNOWFLAKES …. WINTER WHITES

The Crazy Challenges – #211 Christmas

Crafty Creations – #304 Happy Holiday

Let It Snow with Crafty Calendar

Christmas Cards All Year ‘Round – Keep it simple

Scrap & Craft #16 Anything Christmas

Where The HeART Is – #4 Christmas Colours

Our Crafty Corner – #4 Winter/Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – Sparkle

Fussy and Fancy – #154 Happy Holidays!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lena