I hope you've all been enjoying the amazing creations from my uber talented teammates using the newly released dies and stencils! You can find all of the newly released dies and stencils HERE
I'm the last post for the blitz, but you have until 11pm EST Sunday October 26th to leave comments on the posts for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on Monday October 27th. Good luck to everyone.
I've used a couple of the fabulous new dies and a new stencil. The dies Frosted Vine Border, Let it Snow Clouds and stencil Tiny Snowflakes
I used a heavy acetate for the base of the card (A2). I used Brusho water color crystals in blue to create the background on watercolor paper and then used the Tiny Snowflake stencil with silver embossing paste. I used silver mirror cardstock for the die cuts. That makes for some tricky photography:)
I recut the Let it Snow Clouds in white cardstock and inlaid just the words into the clouds. The Frosted Vine Border was used on the inside of the card and cut down to fit the width of the card and the bottom portion was trimmed to the height I wanted for this design.
I didn't want to waste any of the very pretty silver cardstock I had just cut into, and the Let it Snow Clouds creates the words separately, so perfect for making another card without switching out materials!
Again, I cut the Frosted Vine Border from the silver cardstock, the words from the Let it Snow Clouds (that was cut from the previous card) and used the silver embossing paste with the Tiny Snowflakes stencil. I used a couple of different red Brusho crystals for the background colors.
I used the stencil and the paste on the acetate in this design whereas in the last card I used the stencil and paste on the watercolor paper. One little tip I can pass along from my learning process with these cards…when using acetate as the cardbase, it's better to use a dry adhesive to adhere your paper and die cuts especially with the larger piece of watercolor paper. Even with thick acetate, the liquid adhesive will tend to curl the acetate as it dries!
Thanks for swinging by today and good luck to everyone. Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win the Frosted Vine Border…remember the more posts you comment on, the greater your chances are for being a lucky winner!
Shelby
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing
Your cards are beautiful.
Blue & red watercolours the background it is amazing idea.The dies Frosted Vine Border, Let it Snow Clouds and stencil Tiny Snowflakes – it is my dream.
Love the way you’ve used all the elements, and yes, I love snow!
This is really creative and I love it. Thanks
What lovely wintery cards, thanks for sharing.
The cards are beautiful. Love the dies of course and the backgrounds really show them off.
I’m a snow fanatic, so I really love today’s post. Both cards are beautiful.
Gorgeous cards! Love the pretty colors & that Frosted Vine Border is a real must have.
Very nice. I really liked the use of the mirrored paper. Thanks for the new idea
These are lovely and the products are great.
What an interesting and beautiful card. Love the technique and the additional texture given to the card.
I love working with the shiny paper. Great project.
Very pretty cards! The frosted vine border is beautiful – I’d love to win it!
Pretty cards! Love the Frosted Vine Border die… so delicate and beautiful! Love the look of the silver mirror cardstock too!
Gorgeous cards. Love the acetate.
Love the use of the dies in silver and with the acetate. Great idea!
I love the way you have used the acetate to make the dies really pop. Thanks for the tip about dry glue. Now I know where I have been going wrong!
You are sure coming out with some amazing new stencils. I love how the ‘Let it Snow’ is in the clouds. And, the vine border ROCK’s.
So very nicely done and thanks for sharing!
The acetate technique is awesome!
Love the use of the acetate!
Winning a die and/or stencil would be so much fun!
Thanks for the opportunity.
These cards are beautiful! I love the acetate!
Sweet cards. Love the backgrounds, makes it all pop!
These cards are amazing! Just beautiful! Love the silver look on the snowflakes and the Frosted Vine Border is so pretty.
love the silver mirror cardstock die cut effect..awesome.
What spectacular cards! I really love the blue and silver one but the red one is also quite special! Would love to win the beautiful Frosted Vine Border! I can see it used for any other creations than Christmas cards!! Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards and the chance to be a lucky winner!
Oh! Wow! What a beautiful card. I love the dies.
Love these cards… the acetate is a great idea! TFS and the chance to win some wonderful dies!
These cards are fantastic Shelby. I bet they are even better in real life. Thank you for the adhesive tip.
Wow, love how you did all of that on the clear acetate! So cool!
Amazing cards! I never know what to do with acetate and this was fabulous.
Your cards are gorgeous!!! I love that you were able to use every bit up. These new dies are wonderful!
Stunning cards! The acetate and brusho inks look beautiful and the die-cuts are so delicate.
I love all the products and they make such lovely cards.
Very pretty!!!!
What beautiful cards, you are very clever xx
But the beautiful cards! I kinda was suspended high above the ground among the particles of snow. Even in the company of the aurora borealis:-)
How gorgeous, these are simply stunning, a wonderful way to use these beautiful new dies and stencils. Thank you so much for sharing
Beautiful cards. That die looks great- so delicate!
Love the use of acetate. It looks so cool. Love the let it snow dies and the silver card stock. I love your cards and will have to check out those Brusho colored crystals. Hadn’t heard of them before. Your colors look very strong and I like that.
They are cool and gorgeous at the same time! Very creative way of using the dies and plastic card!
Beautiful! I tend to forget about acetate and it makes such fun cards!
Beautiful cards- love how you used the acetate and added the snowflakes. Thanks for sharing !
Oh these cards are gorgeous, love the colors and the technique!
Oh how pretty. Love the colors and the use of acetate looks gorgeous. Beautiful cards.
The cards are gorgeous but the blue is awesome. Good job. Love the stencil and dies you used. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic, love the ideas, love the use of acetate.
Your cards are stunning. I love your use of acetate. Lots of great ideas to try out. I have never heard of Brusho crystals, so will have to investigate those.
super ces cartes! bises
Love your pairing of the silver with the acetate … absolutely gorgeous card designs!
I love the use of acetate on these cards. Very pretty! (don’t think my 1st comment posted–trying again0
Beautiful backgrounds for these cards! Love that border!!
Great, fun ideas! Love the cards!
These are great, love the colors.
WAUW this is soooo cool, and I love how you used the acetate on the front to give it the different looks, and the words here are exactly what we´ve been looking for soo long.
Shelby,
Beautiful cards. Love the acetate look, always gives cards a different dimension. Great job.
Love the frosted vine border – so elegant! Your silver elements look great combined with the colour and acetate.
So pretty in silver! I love the acetate cards.
Oh I love the delicate details of the frosted vine border and those sweet stars are a wonderful accent!
Beautiful cards! Love the ability to get two cards from one die. 🙂
loving that frosted vine border!
Awesome cards!! I love the pasted snowflakes on the acetate! Great ideas. Makes me want to try an acetate card too. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Both these are gorgeous. Love the way you used the acetate. That Border die is lovely. Hugz
I absolutely love how you used acetate on the front, and added some of the decor there too. It looks awesome.