Holiday Cheer | Christmas Card | Concord & 9th Snow Flurry Stamp

It's Christmas in July and we've got some quite warm summerdays these days. Phew, I could honestly use a good cool down and a few snowflakes. 

Today I am also on the Danish Operation Write Home blog - Operation Skriv Hjem - where we share Christmas card inspiration every month on the 24th. Go and check it out HERE. 

I love quick cards and this is one of them. And it can be done even faster - just drop the ink blending part. 

I have used WOW Misty Sky embossing powder for this card. 

That is all for now. You can find me cooling my bum in my puppy's doggie pool. 

She has kindly agreed to share her pool with me. 

Warm crafty greetings, 

Pia

Puppy pic of the day:

Someone want's in on the sunbeds...not quite sure if I agree.

If you are interested in the supplies I've used - they're listed below.

Click on the letters below the thumblink images to find where to shop: Hobbyboden.dk (HB), Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Original brand/manufacturer (OB) or other etc. This is a kind service to you as I do not earn anything by doing this. These are not affiliated links.

4CC White A4 Cardstock 250 gm2, 200 sheets Shop at: MISC	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Shop at: HB | SSS	Nellie Snellen Stamping Buddy Plastic Sheets Shop at: HB
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner Shop at: HB | SSS | OB	Concord & 9th SNOW FLURRY Clear Stamp Set Shop at: HB | SSS	Create A Smile DOUBLE STITCHED RECTANGLES A6 Dies Shop at: HB | OB
Simple and Basic DOUBLE PIERCED RECTANGLE Die Set Shop at: HB	EK Success POWDER TOOL Shop at: HB | SSS	VersaMark Watermark/Embossing ink pad Shop at: HB | SSS
Heat Gun Shop at: HB	Picket Fence Studios LIFE CHANGING BLENDER BRUSH Set Shop at: HB | SSS	Picket Fence Studios LIFE CHANGING BLENDER BRUSH 2 Pack Shop at: HB | SSS
Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad TIDE POOL Shop at: HB | SSS | OB	Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT GRANITE Shop at: SSS	Tonic MORNING DEW Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: HB | SSS
Craft Foam WHITE 2mm (Mos Gummi) Shop at: SSS	Ranger Wendy Vecchi PERFECT CARD ADHESIVE Shop at: SSS	Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Empty Applicator Bottle Shop at: HB | SSS
My Stick Repositionable tape runner Shop at: HB | OB | MISC	Scrapbook Adhesives E-Z RUNNER PERMANENT Shop at: HB | OB | MISC	Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: HB | SSS
Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Big Shot Shop at: HB | SSS	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER Shop at: HB | SSS	Martha Stewart Bone Folder Shop at: MISC

Love & Congratulations | Wedding Card | Concord & 9th

This may be a sustainable handmade card! Almost 50% of the materials used is recycled cardstock from gift bags and boxes. 

I love to save the cardstock from pretty gift wrapping boxes and bags. 'Cause this is better off being recycled on a card than being trown out. Okay, here at our home we do actually make sure to to hand everything possible into recycling - glass, plastic, paper and card boxes. It's the little things that can make a huge difference for our environment. 

Enough said about that - let's get back to the card in question :)

This card is a DT project for the Danish craft webshop Hobbyboden.dk. We had a theme about "White in White" but we were allowed to add a bit of one colour. Here I have choosen to add some gold.

The Congratulations sentiment is heat embossed with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle and this has such a gorgeous shimmer to it. Love it! Some glitter embossing powders has so much glitter in it that it sheds glitter afterwards. This doesn't, YAY. 

The Love diecut from Concord & 9th is cut in recycled cardstock. And so is the card matte. 

Sometimes I use craft foam instead of 3D foam. This time I decided to use a scallop nested rectangle die for the craft foam. This way the foam peeks out underneath the card matte with a pretty scallop edge. 

I could have diecut the scallop die in cardstock and then added the craft foam underneath for dimension. But this way I skipped a step and avoided using extra cardstock. Now, that's cool if you ask me :)

I have scattered a few little glitter hearts on the cardfront. To adhere these I've used my new Jewel Picker Tool. Oh My Gosh, this is a fantastic tool. It works soooo good.

May you have a sparkling day, 
Pia

Puppy pic of the day: 

If you are interested in the supplies I've used - they're listed below.

Click on the letters below the thumblink images to find where to shop: Hobbyboden.dk (HB), Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Original brand/manufacturer (OB) or other etc. This is a kind service to you as I do not earn anything by doing this. These are not affiliated links.

4CC White A4 Cardstock 250 gm2, 200 sheets Shop at: MISC	Marianne Design GLITTER PAPER GOLD A5 size Shop at: HB	Vellum A4 112 gm2 Shop at: HB
Concord & 9th HEART AND LOVE Dies Shop at: SSS	Create A Smile DOUBLE STITCHED RECTANGLES A6 Dies Shop at: HB | OB	Create A Smile SCALLOPED RECTANGLES Cool Cuts Dies Shop at: OB
Gitte's Eget Design IN ENGLISH, PLEASE clear stamp Shop at: HB	EK Success POWDER TOOL Shop at: HB | SSS	VersaMark Watermark/Embossing ink pad Shop at: HB | SSS
WOW Embossing Glitter METALLIC GOLD SPARKLE Shop at: HB | SSS | OB	Heat Gun Shop at: HB	Craft Foam WHITE 2mm (Mos Gummi) Shop at: SSS
Therm O Web PURPLE TAPE Easy Release Removable Shop at: SSS	Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE Adhesive Shop at: HB | SSS | OB	Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: HB | SSS
Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Big Shot Shop at: HB | SSS	Marvy Uchida JEWEL PICKER Tool Shop at: HB | SSS	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER Shop at: HB | SSS
Martha Stewart Bone Folder Shop at: MISC