Ski Slope DSP and Oversize Snowflake

Remember the Oversize Snowflake set? I still don't understand why it was so short-lived, because it is so great. And I found it's even greater when you add GLITTER!!!

So here's my winter card for you today:

 

If you're a regular, you may have noticed that I don't use glitter much. I've always had an aversion to glittery carpets, hands, face, clothes, etc., so I just don't use it even if my card would look much better with it. Well, I've broken out the glitter a few times the past week, and I've now decided that it's really not so bad after all! For this card, I used my Heat and Stick powder to adhere the glitter, and it really holds the glitter on nicely.

So, to make this card, I first layered Baja Breeze cardstock onto the Chocolate Chip card base, and added the Ski Slope DSP. Next I stamped the snowflake onto Whisper White cardstock using Versamark ink, and sprinkled the Heat and Stick powder onto it. After tapping off the excess just as you do with embossing powder, I used the heat gun to heat the powder just until it melted a bit. Be careful not to overheat it. Working quickly, I then sprinkled on the glitter and tapped off the extra. Here's where the messy part comes in: when you use your heat gun to set the Heat and Stick, you will find that you blow glitter everywhere. Don't worry, though, as plenty will remain on your card. Now heat it just enough to "set" the Heat & Stick to hold the glitter onto the card. I used the same process with the "Winter Wishes" sentiment below the snowflake.

I wanted to see through the snowflake to the DSP, so I took my paper snips and cut out most of the detail. Notice that I left the parts in the very center. That's because I was afraid I'd ruin it by trying to poke a hole through and cutting in those tiny areas. Next I took a pretty Baja Breeze Small Felt Flurry Snowflake and stuck it in the big empty spot that was left on the card!

That's it! Hope this is a nice break from all the Halloween stuff I've been posting lately! I may have one more Halloween card, but since Halloween's so close now, that may be it!

Enjoy! Go stamp!

Comments

[KC]

Very pretty Melinda. Wow, must be a ginormous stamp! Here's a little trick for cutting out the small areas in the middle of something. Since it will be glued down, make a straight cut through to the middle of the snowflake and cut out the center part. Once it is glued down you don't even see the straight cut, especially if you cut it where it meets a wider part. I used this technique when cutting out the middle of letters, way back before there was a Cricut to cut the letters for me. Hope that makes sense.

[PrincessKelleK]

Oh My Gosh! This is perfect! You made my sparkly heart leap! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! If I saw that card in person, I would take it and covet it! I would put it in my nest like a crow! I LOVE it!

[Tracy]

Loving snowflakes! The white one - was it an enormous stamp? The glitter is perfect. (And necessary!) You need stickles.