Well if you have been reading this blog for some time (or even just been reading for the last month or so!) you'll know that this past month has been just a *little* (UNDERSTATEMENT!) crazy for me.
And so I totally screwed up the dates AGAIN (I know!! I'm horrible!!) and thought the sneak peek for my new Snowflakes set was going up TOMORROW - nope! It went live today - without any samples from me!!
Now that I've smacked my forhead a few times - I finished up the cards I had started and wrecked (long story) by re-doing them - thank goodness they were simple (but with a wow!).
Before I post them I also have to say sorry over the rotten picture quality!! It gets dark here at about 5pm right now (really sucks - the days are SO short and at times it can be pretty depressing! There's no daylight 'till 9 am then dark at 5!) and by the time I got home from work and got a chance to take pictures it was DARK.
I use a photo-tent and all that but I have still noticed that I can get WAY better pictures during daylight hours.
I even tried holding up one of my other daylight lamps for more light (all the while managing my bulky Canon Rebel camera LOL) but it didn't help - sorry!
OK enough blabbering - here's the cards I made with my new Snowflakes set (available Monday the 30th!):
I did up a set of three cards - all using the Snowflakes stamp set in three different color combos.
Here it is in pinks:
I used Stampin' Up!'s Shimmer White cardstock for the bases.
This cardstock is SO pretty in real life - it's not really a bright white - but it IS shimmery - so of course that is REALLY hard to pick up on camera.
I tried to get a shot here to show y'all the shimmer - you can kind of see it I hope!
Anywho - I like using this type of cardstock for "no-layer" cards like this because it definitely gives it that extra "wow" factor!
The color combo for this card was Rose Red, Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink (all Stampin' Up! colors).
After stamping the snowflakes on the front and inside I stamped the large 'Peace' sentiment from my Christmas Sentiments set.
Then on the inside of the card I stamped a verse from my Christmas Verses set.
I REALLY like how this one turned out with the greens (and it's driving me nuts how bad the picture lighting is!! I tried fiddling with it in Photoshop but everything I did just made it worse).
The color combo for this one was Always Artichoke, Old Olive and Mellow Moss (all SU!).
And again I used sentiments and verses from my Christmas Sentiments and Christmas Verses sets.
Now for the blues!
Seriously these cards are SO quick and easy to make - you could mass produce a TON of them in little time and have all your Christmas cards done in a snap!
The color combo for this one was Not Quite Navy, Brocade Blue and Bordering Blue (again all SU!).
To be totally honest I wasn't planning on sending out Christmas cards this year. With how crazy everything has been I just didn't think I had the time - and I certainly didn't want to add one more thing to my already-overloaded plate!
But now that I've made these cards and have the design and everything planned out - all I'd have to do is get a bunch of family pictures printed (I took some at Easter that will work - we definitely don't have time to get professional ones done - tho I would LOVE that!) to put in them and I'd be good to go!
If you've made it this far - you can be entered in to WIN this set for FREE - all you have to do is visit the ATS blog and leave a comment on the post peaking this set HERE <------click!
Good luck!
