Christmas Layers for PP471

Hello and Happy Sunday to you!

 It’s time for a new creative challenge over at The Paper Players! 
This week, LeAnne is hosing our LAST challenge of 2019 
with this beautiful Color Challenge:  

Seaside Spray and Crumb Cake are such a pretty color combo together, but adding the silver just makes them pop! So pretty! 

I used the Christmas Layers Dies to dress up the background. I die-cut two of the “starry” images in Silver Foil and adhered them to the Seaside Spray layer. With intricate dies like these, I find it is best to use a Stamping Sponge and liquid glue to dab some adhesive on the back of the die-cut images. Use less glue than you will think you need on the sponge. A little goes a long way. You can always add more if you need it, but you can’t take it away.

After I adhered the die-cut “stars”, I colored-in the “loopy” areas (such a technical term, I know) in white to give them a little more detail. My sweet friend, LeAnne (who is hosting this challenge) sent me an awesome white gel pen for my birthday last month and this was the perfect project to ty it out on. The gel pen is called Acrylista and it is by Zig. Thank you so much LeAnne! I loved trying it out for your challenge!  

*You could also use the White Stampin’ Chalk Marker from Stampin’ Up!® to create a similar effect. I tried it out and it works great, too! 

I heat embossed the sentiment from the Perfectly Plaid Stamp set using the Shimmer White Embossing Powder. Then, I added a little pop of sparkle behind the sentiment layer with a scalloped oval from the Layering Ovals Dies using Silver Glimmer Paper. To finish everything off, I colored a trio of rhinestones with the Crumb Cake Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker and added a fluffy bow. All of the supplies I used are listed below. 

Card Measurements:

• Crumb Cake Card Base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2” 
• Whisper White Cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Seaside Spray Cardstock - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
• Scraps of Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer Paper and Crumb Cake Cardstock for die-cut images
• Whisper White (inside card) - 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Scraps of Silver Foil for die-cut snowflakes (inside card)

Finally, a peek inside the card, simply dressed up with a coordinating sentiment from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set and a trio of foil snowflakes die-cut from the Christmas Layers Dies. 

I hope you will join us this week over at The Paper Players and share your project for our Color Challenge. We’d love to see what you come up with! You can link up your project through Noon PST on Friday December 13th, 2019. I’d also like to say a HUGE thank you to our Guest Designers for being part of the team this year. Su, Wanda and Windy, it has been an absolute pleasure to create alongside you and I hope you will continue to share your projects with us every week. Big hugs! 

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team: 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile 

Ann Schach

Su Mohr

Wanda Cullen

Windy Ellard

Thanks so much for stopping by today! All of the products I used on this card are listed below. You can click on any of the photos to go directly to my Stampin’ Up!® online store. 

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Have a HAPPY day today! 

-Anne Marie

On a personal note, this past Monday we said good-bye to our sweet Ozzy. It has been an incredibly difficult week and I am just heartbroken. We are missing him so much, but know that he is no longer in any pain. I still remember the first time I saw him at the shelter, we connected instantly. He was a very special little guy! 

Product List

Perfectly Plaid Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [149418]	Christmas Layers Dies [150654]	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323]	Layering Ovals Dies [151771]	Silver Glimmer Paper [146960]
Silver Foil Sheets [132178]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]	Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150883]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730]	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912]
Crumb Cake Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144581]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	White Stampin' Chalk Marker [132133]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Shimmer White Stampin' Emboss Powder [149511]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085]	Snail Adhesive [104332]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]
Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Stamping Sponges [141337]