It's SO cold outside right now - apparently we're supposed to get to around -40 again tonight. Thankfully I'm cuddled up inside nursing this cold (ugh) and the kids are in bed so I got the voiceover done and am able to share the card I made for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:
You can check out the challenge HERE <-----click! to see what the rest of the Design Team created and play along if you'd like!
Here's what I created:
I've been SO inspired lately by Debby Hughes (who isn't inspired by her cards? I love everything she does) and her use of Glitter Paste. I literally have ALL the Tonic Nuvo Glitter Pastes on order LOL!! But since I don't have them right now I made my own with some Translucent embossing paste mixed with glitter. It worked but isn't quite the same effect as the actual glitter paste - but still is pretty!
I did some ink blending onto Neenah Solar white card stock with Simon Says Stamp inks, then put Simon's new Folk Dance stencil and blended the same inks over it. While the stencil was still in place I added the glitter paste I'd created (ALWAYS make sure you wash off your palette knife and stencil etc right away after using any sort of paste but especially glitter pastes - once they dry on there it's nearly impossible to remove).
The sentiments are from Simon's You Matter stamp set and You wafer die - I stacked the You die cuts and coated it with Nuvo's Crystal Glaze to give it some gloss. I dug through my pack of Lucy's Rainbow Sparkle Mix jewels and added ones in colors similar to the inks to set it all off.
I finished off the inside of the card with sentiments from Simon's All My Love stamp set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <------click!
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