Thinking of You

The look on this polar bear's face brought to mind "Thinking of You".

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (I. O.), sentiment (My Favorite Things)

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue & black cardstocks (Bazzill), pp ?

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Distress Black Soot

Accessories: Copics, Spellbinders (Fancy Tags, Squares, Scalloped Squares), chalk (Pebbles)

Star Border

I used the same die cut stars that I used on a previous card, but this time I arranged them to create a border for the top of the card.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Impression Obsession

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), black cardstock (Bazzill), pp ?, yellow glitter cardstock (stash)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx

Accessories: Copics, Spellbinders (Stars, Squares, Labels 1)

Penguin Thanks

Just another way I thought of to use a beaded sentiment.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Hero Arts

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue cardstock (Bazzill), black cardstock (stash)

Ink: ColorBox Black

Accessories: black embossing powder (stash), Copics, Quickutz embossing folder, beads (stash), Spellbinder Rectangles

Sparkling Stars

To carry on with the stars in the stamped image, I die cut stars out of glitter paper. Chalk always leaves a more realistic blush mark for cheeks than markers.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamps: image (Impression Obsession), sentiment (SU)

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue cardstock (Bazzill), yellow glitter cardstock (stash), pp ?

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx

Accessories: Spellbinders (Stars, Squares & Labels 1), black ribbon (stash), Copics, chalk (Pebbles)

Happy Days

The raised plaid panel on this card design warranted a 6 X 6 card base. It was popped with adhesive foam squares, creating dimension with the two dimensional space around the stamped image.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: image (borrowed from Wendy B.), sentiment (My Favorite Things)

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), green cardstock (Bazzill), pp (Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather)

Inks: Versafine Black Onyx, Distress Antique Linen

Accessories: Spellbinders (Nested Frames, Squares), Copics, ribbon (stash)

A Big Red Bow

Same image, but dressed up with a big red bow. Red and denim seem to be another natural colour choice.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: Uptown

Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue cardstock (Bazzill), pp (CTMH)

Ink: ColorBox Black

Accessories: ribbon (stash), Spellbinders (Squares & Scalloped Squares), black glitter embossing powder (stash), Copics

Pattern on Pattern

For more interest, I stamped and embossed the snowflakes with glitter embossing powder on the patterned paper. I did so in such a way that they framed the stamped image. Embossing powder comes in a variety of ways, including with glitter. The snowmen were heat embossed with black glitter embossing powder.

Natalie

Card Recipe

Stamp: snowmen (Uptown), snowflake (Verve)

Papers: blue cardstock (Bazzill), white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned paper (?)

Ink: ColorBox Black (pigment ink required for heat embossing)

Accessories: black glitter embossing powder (stash), Starry Night embossing powder, Copics, Spellbinder Circles, brads (stash)