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The More the Merrier "let it snow"

Good Morning! It's Monday which means a new challenge over the Late Night Stampers!

the challenge #47, this week is all about snow!

so I grabbed my new stamp set "the More the Merrier" & a new sketch from Makeesha

here is her link

Soooooooooooooooooo

 

here's what I did with this challenge

I looked for a colour challenge - but I couldnt find one would work - so I chose my own colours

 

I sure do like these cute little snow men

 

So I stamped the snowmen three times

once in the circle that I created with shimmery white

then two more times on some left over shimmery white

I started to colour with my lid of my ink pad, an AQUA BLENDER  pen and shimmery paint!

 This is for you Chris from CO HE HE :)

 

I selected 3 snowmen to be cut out

 

then I mixed a lot of shimmery paint (Frost White from Stampin Up!)

 

with Bordering blue

ouh glitter up the snow !

 

 

 As promised a couple of days ago Here is how your dye the GrosGrain Ribbon!

 

 - Stampin Ribbon is so easy to dye - I love it!

Ouh and my goal this week to bring you a video ( and not on ribbon dying he he - on something super special that I am making for our Big Shot Project - and I promise there is nothing like it out there - I created it - in my brain he he - so please come back on Thursday okay?)

 - I know can you beleive it - I am going to do a video! wish me luck okay?? LOL :)

 

I used a glass here just so you could see better - I usually use a small bowl - so drop in a few drops of reinker into some water - you will be the judge as to how much reinker you want to drop in - 

how ever dark you want to do your ribbon - 

then go ahead and drop in  your dry ribbon into the glass

 

so here is my ribbon in my little cocktail -

let it sit for a while - I did it a for a good 45 min.

then I pulled it out and let it sit to dry - you can also hang it - up to you!

 

and VOILA you have some pretty different coloured ribbons

Hope you enjoy this other way of colouring the ribbon Janet!

ouh I am sorry I fergot to tell you that I used Taken with Teal & So Saffron! Kind a cool and different colours uh??

while the ribbon was soaking up the little cocktail (that I mixed up tee tee (for Liane instead of he he! ) I  created some snowflakes

oh get this - I used clear buttons he he - CRAZY uh???
 

and some rub- ons - fun stuff and super duper easy

 

Aint that too cute - and effective - I just love it - I so enjoy doing stuff differently

oh and I adhered them with Crystal Effects

and my card is done

 

Up close photo of the snowmen - hard to capture the shimmer

 

I did  Crystal Effects on all the noses, the buttons and the pon pon on the toques -

they are so cute

 

Well there you have it folks!

What do you think? Very different colours uh?

Would just love to hear what you think of my card

please write me a comment before you leave!

have a super Marvelous Monday

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

to you my blogging buddies
  

The More The Merrier - into a Joy Fold Card with 2 challenges

Good morning - Can you beleive it's FRIDAY?! Oh and the 13th  yhikes!

Blog Candy details at the end of my post - I didn't forget! he he :)

here's how things went this morning for me!

I chose to do 2 challenges into one card today, and also decided to a Joy Fold Card (but of course I did not do the exact measurements he he!)

I did  not do the Diva challenge last week - so I was happy to get to do it this week!

Joy Fold

this link will get you to the tutorial that I got the idea from - but I did not use the measurements - I used the idea I guess!

now for my colours

We are set - ouh and I received some new toys yesterday! Wanta see??

so I wanted to use my new snowmen card!

so as you know I just love to make cards with my Bride paper - and I did  brayer it - Anytime I can't find a pattern paper I use the bride paper!

This is the Joy Fold Card Base - I created my card to be 5'' x 5''

This is the piece that goes as the Flap - I later decided that this piece would be red and I ended up making it 3 1/5'' x 6 1/4'' and I scored it at 3 1/8''

 

Side view

I like the red better

All Circles made with my Big Shot (use the circle dies - on Page 202)

you can see that I reduced the insert card piece here (the red one)

I over stamped my image after I coloured it and put shimmery paint on my snowmen -used my Stamp-a-ma-jig of course LOL :)

Buttons.................. hum!??

good thing I hadn't assembled this yet - I decided to round all the corners  - this is why I only assemble at the very end - cause I have been known to change my mind lol:)

I put the Pop Up Glue Dots (Stampin Up Idea Book Page 192)

on the back of my Brads ( which are on page179 these are the Jumbo Brads - 5/16'')

 

Well there we have it - my First Joy Fold Card - What do you think??? The orange is on the noses of the Snowmen - how sneaky am I LOL :) But it's in there - that was the colour challenge he he :)

Side view with the ribbon untied -

oh yha that was something else different I did - I put the ribbon inside so that my card would stay shut better!

Hope you enjoyed my card today!

now if you leave me a comment - I will put you in for a draw - oh yha you guess it!

For BLOG CANDY!!!!

So what's it going to be???
It's super special - I am giving away the "Sweet  Centers" Stamp set! Can you beleive it??

That's some awesome blog candy I tell you!!!

So the more comments you leave me the more chances you have to win the Fabulous Blog Candy!! You will have until  Sunday Nov. 29th @ Midnight! Good Luck!

alright this it my blogging friends for today - got to go to work!

Oh I wanted to quickly mention that Max is Tubless, and whow! What a difference in this little baby.  I tell you he is doing so much better and we just couldn't be happier! Thank you for all your well wishes for Max, it just means so much to us!

Wishing you all a FABUOLOUS FRIDAY the 13th,

Embossed hug to you from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski