The 12 Days of Christmas Cards Day 3
Hello and welcome to day 3 of The 12 Days of Christmas Cards! Today’s card is a beautiful snowy winter wonderland. I’m loving the frosty blues mixed with the white and pop of silver!
To create this card I began with a bit of water coloring. Nothing fancy mind you. Anyone can do this type of water coloring including my 3-year-old nephew. I started with a piece of watercolor paper wetting the area to be painted. Using CTMH’s watercolor pallet I added my color to the water moving it around to my liking. I mixed blues and greys to color my background circle. Once dry, I cut the circle with my stitched circle thin-cut die.
The snowflakes are from the Complete Creativity Cricut collection! I love how I can pull images from the pre-designed projects to use on my own! I sized the larger snowflake to approx 2 3/4″ squared. The smaller snowflake is about 2″. Cover them in Versamark ink and the silver embossing powder. Set with your heat tool and then repeat the process. I double embossed them to really achieve this finish. They almost look like metal embellishments! I have made several of these cards and alternated the sentiments. You can use any sentiment you like!
I embossed the background paper with CTMH’s snowflake embossing folder. This really makes the card special. Layer the embellishments as shown adding a bit of silver embellishing thread to pop out from behind the circle. To see this project come together check out the youtube tutorial below.
Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you are enjoying this card series as much as I am! Stayed tuned for Monday’s post and as always happy crafting.
Project Details:
- A2 Card base measures 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ folded
- Carolina Blue base layer is 4 x 5 1/4″
- White Daisy embossed layer measures 3 3/4 x 5″
- The large snowflake is approx 2 3/4″ square
- The small snowflake is 2″ square
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