Sleigh Bells Ring...

...are you listenin'?  In the lane, snow is glistenin'.  It's glistening on my card, too, while these adorable penguins have a little downhill fun!  This set is called Penguin Sleigh from Stampendous and available for purchase exclusively at Michaels.  Here's my card:

Here are the steps I used to create this card:

Stamp image with Memento onto white card stock and color with Copics

Cut red Bazzill for card base and tent fold

Trim patterned paper  leaving 1/8” edge and adhere to Bazzill

Using VersaMarker, color circles on sleigh, add Lavender Tinsel EP and heat

Trim image closely, trim blue patterned paper to create a mat with an 1/8” edge and adhere colored image to mat

Stamp sentiment with Memento onto white card stock and trim closely

Stamp snowflakes over sentiment using Boss Gloss, add Crystal EP and heat

Create a mat for sentiment and adhere sentiment to mat

Adhere matted main image to card base

Adhere matted sentiment to card base

Spread Zip Dry on corner of paper beneath sleigh, sprinkle on Shaved Ice and allow to dry

Here's the list of products and tools I used:

Stampendous® Penguin Sleigh

Recollections® Lavender Tinsel Embossing Powder

Recollections® Crystal Tinsel Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Shaved Ice

Recollections® Jolly Holiday 6x6 Paper Pad

Bazzill® (Red)

Memento® Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

White Card Stock

Stampendous® Boss Gloss™

VersaMarker™ Pen

Copic® Markers:

R81, 83, 85, 35, 37, 39

G12, 14, 16

BG000, 01

YG01, 03

V12, 15, 17

YR12, 14, 16, 21, 23

E23, 25, 27, 29

C1, 5, 6, 7, 9,

0 (Colorless Blender)

Zip Dry™ Adhesive

Heat Embossing Tool

Paper Trimmer

Hope you like my card for today and I'll have more posts this week, so please stop back by!  Thanks for taking a peek today!  See you soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Yay! It's Blog Hop Friday!

Yay!  It's Blog Hop Friday!  After so much inspiration this week, are you feeling a little etch-y?  Those of us at Stampendous have sure had fun and we hope you have too!  Armour Etch is a really cool product and, I know I said this yesterday, but, it's so easy to use!  Here's the official link to show you how simple it is!  I'm sure I'll buy more to create some gifts for Christmas. If you're interested, you can buy some, too, here!  For today I created a votive holder using Cling Zinnia and a glass holder I purchased at the Dollar Tree.  I had already stamped the image with VersaMark onto the glass and embossed it with Copper embossing powder when I realized it would be nice to have photos showing the process.  So, the next best thing is to start the photos from the point where I've stamped, embossed, and edged with Contact paper, here goes:

Embossed, edges sealed and ready to etch!

In the pan waiting for etching cream!

Applying the etching cream!

 A nice thick coat of etching cream and the time is set for 6 minutes!

Time to rinse off the etching cream and peel off the embossing powder to unveil the design!

Glass is etched in all the right places but the detail in the center of the flower was lost.

In order to fill in the center part of the flower, I added some Zip Dry adhesive and then added some fun glitters and mica fragments, all from Stampendous!

Here it is all lit up!  I think it's kinda pretty! 

So this is my project, now check out the inspiration from the rest of the team:

Stampendous Blog

Asia King

Cyndi Byndy

Janelle Stollfus

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Tobi Crawford

Rhea Weigand

Jamie Martin
Krissy Fossmeyer

Go check out their projects, comment on their blogs, and you could win some etching supplies yourself! Remember to tell us in your comment where in the U.S. you’re writing from, only U.S. mailing addresses eligible to win due to the properties of the product.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea