Snowflake Floating Front Card - 52 {C}CT Oct Colour Challenge

We have a colour challenge for you this week at 52 {C}CT.  I do love a non traditional combo for a Christmas card and these colours are bright and fun!  Remember to use at least three of the colours in your card.

 

Floating front cards are my current fave style of card to make - I love that they're dimensional but  fold flat to go in an envelope and that they're easy to make.  If you fancy trying a floating front card yourself there are instructions on my Tutorials page HERE.  

I chose the blue, aqua and magenta colours for my card.  The card base is made from Coastal Cabana CS and I covered three panels with Whisper White CS dry embossed with a polka dots folder.  I layered three stamped and die cut snowflakes together to create a floating front element and I attached that to the card by gluing the snowflake to butterfly hinges I made from punched circles folded in half.   I die cut two Coastal Cabana scallop edged borders, glued them to the card and added white punched snowflakes.  I added coloured rhinestones to the snowflakes - the aqua ones I had in my stash but I used Sharpie markers to add colour to clear rhinestones to get the deep blue and magenta gems.  To complete the card front I added some clear rhinestones to the arms of the large blue snowflake.

Here's a view of the card from the top.

Here's a view of the butterfly hinges which allow the image to float when the card is on display but allow the card to be folded flat to go in an envelope.  I used a 1" circle folded in half.  I applied glue to the front tabs of the hinges and pressed the snowflake floating front element down onto the hinge tabs.    

Here's the back of the card where you can see the sentiment panel and the closure made with a punched circle and a cut slit. 

Here's the card folded flat with the envelope.  My finished card measures 5 3/4" square and I used a 6 1/4" square envelope.

Putting this card together reminded me of a favourite Laura Ashley shirt I owned back in the 80's - one of those long oversized shirts with the shoulder pads - it had a magenta background and large royal blue and paler blue flowers and jade green leaves - I REALLY loved that shirt - and the bright pink suede pixie boots I most probably wore with the shirt, ah, happy times!  

I hope you'll play along with this fun colour challenge and add a Christmas card to your stash.  Link up your colourful Christmas creation at the 52 {C}CT challenge post, I look forward to seeing what you make!  

This is my last card for 52 {C}CT as I'm stepping down from the DT after this challenge.  I joined in June 2012 and I've enjoyed creating many festive cards over that time - huge thanks to the lovely ladies at 52 {C}CT who made it fun!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! 'Festive Flurry' set, Hero Arts 'Wonderful Christmas' cling set
CS: SU! Coastal Cabana & Whisper White
Ink: Memento Danube Blue & Lilac Posies, SU! Coastal Cabana, Sharpie markers
Tools: SU! 'Festive Flurry' Framelits dies, Large Scallop Edgelits die, 1" & 1 1/4" circle punches, Simply Scored, Cuttlebug Polka Dots embossing folder, Fiskars Snowflake punch
Embellishments & accessories: SU! rhinestone jewels, Dimensionals