Snow flurries

Hi there! I have two cards to show for my day so far but I'm hoping to make another tonight if my mojo doesn't disappear in the meantime.

I seem to be fixated on aqua at the moment - here are two MORE monochrome cards in that colour. The fixation has only gotten worse since I received my latest Simon Says Stamp order, which included the Christmas holiday distress inks from Tim Holtz. The new shade Evergreen Bough is EXACTLY what I am loving at the moment. I have all kinds of DP, ribbons, buttons, other inks, cardstock in various similar shades all over my desk. I LOVE it!

Part of the irony is that it's making me think of & create snowflakes and snow - hence the title of this post - despite the fact that I live in Australia and Christmas is in the height of our usually very hot summers! There's definitely no snow at Christmas anywhere near here, but it does look pretty on cards. And I detest the stamps you can buy to more truly reflect an Australian Christmas...like Santa surfing. Ugh.

Anyway, here are the cards. The first is an almost identical replica to one of those shown on HCBC by Jennifer McGuire. I usually try to avoid making replicas but her card was so beautiful I couldn't resist. I have made some small adjustments as I didn't have exactly the same supplies, but the result is pretty pleasing in RL. So thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us all, Jennifer!



Details:

Paper: Basic Grey Hello Luscious Succulent (reverse)

Cardstock: thick watercolour paper, white

Ink: Distress Inks in Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce, Broken China

Other: Tim Holtz Grungeboard letters, Adirondack acrylic paint dabber in Pearl, white tissue paper (snowflake), silver tapestry thread, button, dimensional stickers, Perfect Pearls

Tools: Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder, Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die, MFT snowflake die

Details:

Paper: Kaisercraft Party Animals Woo-hoo, My Mind's Eye Hazel "Fancy" - Lots of Dots (reverse side shwing)

Cardstock: Bazzil Basics olive shade, white, SU! Baja Breeze

Stamps: Waltzing Mouse Compliments of the Season

Ink: Versacolor Turquoise, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Evergreen Bough

Other: white buttons, embroidery floss, perfect pearls, Kaisercraft Adhesive Pearl, dimensional stickers

Tools: PTI Christmas Tree die (from 2010), Uni-ball white Signo gel pen

That's it for now. More later tonight....maybe!
Thanks for looking.

-Kerri