One Last Snow in July

For the last three days I have been making cards for a Swap on SCS called Brand Spanking New.

This swap is about using new colors or stamps from the new SU Catalog. I haven't bought too much from the new catalog yet, and this being the third card I was struggling to come up with a card. I really wanted the card to be mono chromatic in greys and blacks. In my brainstorming I remembered that Snow flurries made it into the new catalog. I also had some of the new Basic Grey cardstock and ink pad. I have the going grey ink pad but let me just say I love this new color alot. It's a lot more rich and deep. I used Basic Grey, Basic Black and Pretty in Pink for this card. I also wanted to use this pink and black gingham ribbon, in fact I used it all up and I hope I can find more. The check is larger than some you can find and it has pink on the edge instead of black. It is much prettier than what I was able to find today.

I used Ultra Smooth Cardstock in white from SU, and Pretty in Pink and Basic Grey ink. I punched the snowflakes with a 3/4" punch after stamping them, and then some pink cardstock into a 1" circle for matting the grey snowflakes. I used light pink Mini brads from Queen & Co. I ran the pink, cardstock and snowflakes, through my Zyron X to add adhesive to the back and then punched the center of the grey ones, attached the brads, and then adhered them to the pink mat with small Zots glue dots.

After trimming the Basic Grey cardstock I ran it through the Cuttlebug with the D'vine swirl Embossing folder. After seeing this Card by Debbie Olsen a month ago, I thought I could trim the swirls close to look like wind. After trimming the swirls I tied the Ink and black ribbon to the grey swirl embossed cardstock. When I mounted it on a piece of Black cardstock I tore the paper close to the grey edge. I pierced the black following the curves in the grey free hand at about 1/8th inch apart. Lastly I mounted it on the Pretty In Pink making sure to leave room to stamp the "let it snow" sentiment from SU "Cold Play" with the Basic Grey Ink. I then placed the snow flakes on the card where I thought they worked the best.

Until Later... Happy Stamping!