Shabby Chic-mas
After a 3 mile walk this evening I finally felt better about returning to my craft room. I put that ugly card behind me, and looked forward and found inspiration in a completely different way.
I am extremely low on supplies: paper, ribbon, adhesives and now I’m out a corner punch as well! So the saying “necessity is the mother of invention” is an understatement in the making of this card. I was out of pretty in pink CS, so I made my own by sponging it.
But it was with a vintage, shabby chic inspired theme in mind that I designed this card. And with the intention of proving to myself I could make something pretty today. Here it is:
I tried to give the illusion of ornaments, and give them the center of attention. And decided to use the stamps as the background. I must admit that I really like them as a background. When I stamped out the paper with the snowflakes, it looked like something that should be available to buy. Somewhere, I’m sure there is pink snowflake paper…there just has to be!
3. With my trusty cropadile, I set 4 pretty in pink eyelets around the corners.
4. Using a marvy circle punch (it’s either 1 3/8 or 1 ½) I punched two circles out of white CS. Then I heavily sponged them with pretty in pink ink. Then I pressed them against the versa mark pad, poured heat and stick on it and hit it with the heat gun. Then I used pink glitter and hit it again with heat.
5. I cut a piece of pink gingham ribbon to size (I held it where I wanted the ornament to be on the card front and then gave it enough slack for the back.) then adhered it to the back of the white cardstock and the back of the pink ornament.
6. Then I attached the ornaments to the snowflake background with a stampin dimensional.
7. Next I cut a piece of 3 inch ribbon and made a bow then trimmed the ends and glued it in place on the long piece of ribbon.
8. Using chocolate chip ink, I stamped out the sentiment “be merry” from the warm words set. I cut that out with the smallest oval coluzzle shape and then sponged the edge in pretty in pink and mellow moss.
9. With chocolate chip CS I cut out the next size of oval coluzzle shape and glued the two together.
10. Finally, I attached the layered sentiment to the card front with a stampin dimensional.
Ink: pretty in pink, mellow moss, chocolate chip, versa mark-SU
CS: mellow moss, white, chocolate chip-SU
Accessories: heat and stick powder, sponges, pink glitter, dazzling diamonds, stampin dimensional’s, pink gingham ribbon and pretty in pink eyelets.
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Bea-U-Tiful!! This card is great, Elizebeth
I am glad you were able to get something tangible done. Hopefully today is a better day for you 
What a great winter card using these colours! I love that you have described how to do it so that I can make one, too! Maybe you’ll have better luck tomorrow with the numbers.
I am loving this card! What a fun twist!