Stampin' and Dreamin' to the Core

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core'dinations. Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of fun Core'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. This is what you might win:

Here's what I'm sharing today:

So, I know this is a totally different color scheme for a Christmas card but I like it!  So many people do green, red, purple, silver and gold cards and I've been eyeballing this black and white snowflake paper for a while trying to decide what to put with it.  So when I was looking through my Core'dinations paper and saw the new Chalk Core black/blue combo, I knew it was just right! It's really cool because it gives a neat chalkboard look to it when sanded.  Usually I pick my stencil/stamp first and then pick papers but this was one of those occasions when the papers picked the stencil and dies first.  I love the distressed chalkboard look of this card!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Dreamweaver Stencils© LL511 NOEL Snowflake
Stampendous® Snowflake Die Set
Stampendous® Crystal Micro Glitter
Core'dinations® Chalk Core in Blue
Teresa Collins™ Christmas Home 6x6 Designer Paper Pad
Tim Holtz® Paper Distresser
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

• Dry embossed my stencil through my Big Shot and then sanded and trimmed it to the size I wanted
• Trimmed another piece of the same paper to use as a mat for my embossed piece and distressed the edges
• Created a card base for a 4x6" card, folded it in half using a tent fold and sanded the edges
• I trimmed a piece of my patterned paper and distressed the edges
• Using the same chalk core paper, I cut out two snowflakes and gave them a light sanding
• Using glue and the crystal micro glitter, I covered both die cut snowflakes and the embossed snowflake
• Adhere all layers as shown

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Team members with an (*) are also on the Dreamweaver Stencils Team.

Jamie Martin *

Lea Kimmel *

Pam Hornschu *

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Gini Cagle

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Louise Healy

Kristi Parker Van Doren

That's it for me today, I'll have another post for you tomorrow so be sure to stop by and check it out!  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea