Snowflake Merry Christmas Card - 52 {C}CT Sept Colour Challenge

It's time for the September colour challenge at 52 {C}CT this week.  I'm the challenge hostess for September and I've chosen one of my favourite combos for Christmas cards - red, white and kraft.

 

I have a fab circle of crafting friends and I feel very fortunate that we're all willing to loan each other crafty goodies.  My friend Angela and I swapped a few bits and pieces and I'm thrilled that I got to play with the fancy Sizzix circle die.  Having used it quite a few times I loved it and knew I was going to have a hard time giving it back - so I've got my own now!  I started by die cutting the fancy circle from Real Red CS and I built the card from there.

The Crumb Cake card base measures 5 1/4" square.  I am loving the new SU! Festive Flurry stamps and dies and I love the way the snowflakes look on the fancy die cut circle!  I stamped the second largest snowflake from the set onto Crumb Cake CS, heat embossed with white powder and die cut the snowflake.  I stamped a smaller snowflake from the set in Real Red ink on white CS, cut just the centre piece out and popped it up over the Crumb Cake shape.  I added a strip of self adhesive white lace trim and tied red gingham ribbon in a bow next to the lace.  Next I stamped the sentiment and added the fancy red circle to the card front.  I popped the red circle and the Crumb Cake snowflake up.  I added rhinestone jewels so the card has some seasonal sparkle.

 

I cut a white panel for inside the card and layered a stamped sentiment over the top of a stamped snowflake - I do love the look of layered stamping!  I inked the snowflake with Crumb Cake ink and stamped off on scrap paper once before stamping on the inside panel.  I added a strip of stamped gingham to the bottom of the panel and thought that was it - maybe!  I held the card at arms length and wondered what red dots added to the snowflake points would look like.  I punched tiny dots and laid them in place and I liked how they looked so I glued them down.  I liked the red dots so much I ended up adding some to the Crumb Cake snowflake on the card front!

Having now definitely finished the card I started decorating the envelope.  As I'd loved the lace and gingham combo on the card front I decided to echo that on the envelope front.  I stamped the Viola's Lace direct to the envelope but stamped the gingham onto a strip of CS, trimmed it and glued it next to the lace image.  I stamped and layered a snowflake which I popped up over a Crumb Cake 2" punched circle.  All done and I was happy how it all turned out!

Please check out the cards the other DT members have made - including our guest DT member Margaret M!  I hope you'll join in with our 52 {C}CT colour combo challenge this week, I'm looking forward to seeing your red, white and kraft festive cards!

Supplies:
Stamps:  SU! 'Festive Flurry' set,  Stampendous 'Christmas Wishes' clear set,  Hero Arts 'Holiday Cheer' clear set, SU! 'Gingham' & 'Viola's Lace' wheel stamps
CS: SU! Crumb Cake, Real Red & Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark, SU! Crumb Cake & Real Red
Tools:  SU! 'Festive Flurry' Framelits dies, fancy circle from Sizzix  'For the Record 2, Documented' Thinlits die set, Woodware 2" circle punch, 1/8" handheld circle punch, heat tool
Embellishments & accessories: Woodware self adhesive white lace trim, SU! white embossing powder, red & white gingham ribbon, Rhinestone Jewels & Dimensionals