Sparkle & Shine with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm bringing you another card using products from

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sparkle & Shine Stamp Set

You know how sometimes you're making a card and you know how you want

it to look, but everything seems to be going sideways as you are making it?

Yeah...that's what happened with this card!  Let me show you!  😅

So I cut a standard letter size piece of white card stock in half so each piece

was 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".  I took one one of that and scored each end at 2 1/8".

Then I folded it so it created a gatefold card that still fits into an

 A2 size envelope.  I also cut a label with a die from my stash.  This is part of

a set of nesting dies - of which I will be using more than one size.

Next I used a panel of 140lb cold press watercolor paper taped to a piece

of hardboard.  I first sprayed this with water - not a lot to start and then

sprinkled on shimmer watercolor powders.  

I used my fan brush to pick up the powders and sprinkle them on.  I sprayed

more water to help the pigment move and used my fan brush where the 

pigments were not moving enough on their own.  I tilted the board and held

a piece of paper towel to absorb some of the excess water.  I let that dry for

a little bit - but not completely.  Then I added some Micah spray.

Once the Micah spray had dried a bit, I sprayed it with a white pearl

spray...I was trying not to get everything on my desk sprayed as well,

as a result I have a swath of pearl spray on my studio floor!  Once 

this spray had dried a bit, I then added some iridescent spray.  This

is the panel dry.  I needed to get the 2 side panels for the front and

the smaller label out of this paper.  I couldn't cut the paper length-

wise, because there would not have been enough room for the label.

So I ended up cutting it the other way, which meant the 2 main

panels were a bit short.  

So, although I had not planned on it, I could add some snow

banks along the bottom.  But first I wanted to heat emboss the

snow flakes from the Sparkle and Shine stamp set on the

sides and the sentiment and bits of the snowflakes on the label.

I heat embossed and put one layer of white glitter stock on the

bottoms of the side panels and I sprayed the white label background

die cut with the iridescent spray.  I think because I had so

many textures with the blue, the embossing ended up looking

rather distressed.  And, once the embossing was done, I ended up

spilling the entire container of embossing powder onto my lap!

This was not just white embossing powder - that would have been

too easy, right?  It was sparkle embossing powder, so I had the

glitter element to contend with. 😱   I have less than a quarter of an

inch left of the embossing powder. 😞

Did you notice that there are 3 layers of glitter stock to make the snow

banks?  That's because I measured wrong twice!!!!!  It doesn't look

horrible, in fact, I like the layered texture that the 3 layers give.  I

adhered my layered label onto the left half of the card.  Then I added

some snowflake sequins and nail gems for extra sparkle.  And

that finished my card!

I was pleased with how this card turned out - despite all the mishaps

along the way!!!  You can find this stamp set along with many others at

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

I hope I've inspired you to create something beautiful - even with all

the mishaps!  😅  For the rest of the month I'll be creating cards with

more of a springtime vibe!