Second card from Stamper’s Club

Last week I showed you the first project of my rather unconventional Christmas card.  This is the second project of my Stampers Club from last month.  Once again it does not follow Christmas tradtion lol.  Well, I always was a bit of a rebel.  Now it just comes out in my cards  

Now I am sad to say that there won’t be videos for a little while to accompany the projects.  We are heading towards Christmas, and are in a rush to prepare for all our January releases.  We have a really exciting line-up of projects coming up, but of course that means that our time is becoming very limited. 

We are leaving to be with family in less then a week and while away we will not be able to film (imagine trying to film a quiet video while surrounded by 8 children and 10 adults lol).  We will still be showing projects, though probably not as frequently.  So I apologize to all our wonderful readers, and hope you will bear with us through this busy holiday.

Ok, now on to my not so conventional Christmas card 2. 

Directions:

1. With your BigShot and Scallop Oval die, cut out an oval out of Whisper White and Basic Black CS.  Discard the Whisper White scallop section, and the center of the Basic Black Scallop.
2. Now take your Whisper White oval and sponge it with Bermuda Bay Classic ink over the whole surface.  Next Sponge the oval with Night of Navy.  Make sure that you leave the center unsponged with the darker color.  Finally you will sponge with Basic Black Classic ink along the very outer edge.
3. Once the oval is dry you will take your Snowflake from the Serene Snowflake stamp set and ink it with a sponge dauber and some Platinum Shimmer Paint.  Stamp the snowflake randomly over the oval.  You should not need to re-ink after the first time.
4. Once the oval is dry take your Versamark pad and sponge the entire surface of the oval.  Sprinkle with Glassy Glaze Enamel (embossing pwd.) and heat with your heat tool.  As soon as it is set repeat the process.  You will add a total of 3 coats.  As soon as your last layer is done, place the oval into the freezer.  Leave it until it is very cold and brittle to the touch ( it may look curled at the edges, this is normal).  When it is cold, immediately remove it and gently bend and straighten the oval.  This will create cracks throught the surface.  Do not be to vigorous or you will lose pieces of the enamel.  If your piece does not crack well, then you may have waited too long after removing it from the freezer to start to bend.  This step must be done immediately after removal from freezer.
5. Now take your Whisper White card base and lightly sponge the edges with Night of Navy, next drag a Basic Black Classic ink across the edges. 
6. Take your Basic Black Scallop oval and determine which side you will have face up to match your center Whisper White oval.  This step is essential or you may not find it fitting properly.  Now add a touch of Platinum Shimmer paint with your sponge dauber to the correct side of your Basic Black Scallop Oval and glue it down to your card.  Glue your Center Whisper White sponged oval to the center.  Now with your 1/16″ hole punch, punch holes on either side of the Basic Black Scallop oval and insert your blue Rhinestone brads. 
7. Stamp out your Patterned Pines trees on Whisper White CS with Old Olive Classic ink.  Cut out and sponge the edges with Night of Navy and then stick over the Oval frame with Stampin’ Dimensionals. 
8. Stamp out your greeting and use your Modern Label punch to punch it out.  Stick it on with glue dots.  You are done!

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Stamps: Serene Snowflakes (115438), Patterned Pines (Holiday Mini Hostess), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)
Ink: Basic Black Classic ink (101179), Bermuda Bay (115655), Old Olive Classic ink (102277), Night of Navy (102977), Versamark (102283)
Paper: Whisper White CS (100730), Basic Black CS (102851)
Accessories: Bone folder (102300), Stamping Sponges (101610), mini glue dots (103683), Snail adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Heat Tool (100005), Glassy Glaze Enamel (100477), Modern Label Punch (116630), 1/16″ hole punch (101227), Big Shot (113439), Scallop Oval Frame die (114521), Sponge Daubers (102892), Platinum Shimmer Paint (116807), Circle Ice Rhinestone brads (109111)