Sunday, 18 November 2012

Let it snow by kay Foreman

Hello Splodgy Crafters. I hope you are  having fun with all your Christmas preparations, we have got a week full of Christmas fun for you, our theme is 'Let it Snow' and first to be showcased is Kay Foreman, remember to join in with us, leave us a note in the comments and we will come and visit your blog.



LET IT SNOW

Materials needed

Easy Ink Card from SplodgeAway
Blue pearlised card
A4 sheet of white card
SplodgeAway Snowflake Mask
Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities circle
Tim Holtz snowflake die
Gems
Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass
Perfect medium
Silver embossing powder
A piece of bakers twine
Let it snow stamp by butterfly kisses
Skates stamp free from stamping magazine


To start, cut out the largest circle in the grand nestabilities from white card stock then the second largest one in SplodgeAway Easy Ink card.
Run the smaller of the two through a manual embossing machine using the snowflake mask
Cut out the smallest circle using the blue pearlised card.
Distress the snowflake embossed easy ink card with your tumbled glass ink.
Glue the smallest circle into the centre of it them attach gems in the middle of the snowflakes.
Cut out snowflake die, distress edges, construct then place gem in centre Then glue to middle of circle.
Stamp skates and sentiment onto scrap white card and emboss and cut out . Using pokey tool make hole in skated and make a bow threw it with the bakers twine.
Distress in blue around the sentiment and then attach to card with foam pads. Your topper is now complete.
To make your base fold in half the largest circle. You can now attach your topper.

Just a tip. If you want to make an insert cut out a circle one size smaller than you have used for the base and when folded this fits perfect.

Happy Crafting
Kayx

8 comments:

  1. like this one Kay well done
    sue xx

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  2. Really lovely card that is so easy to replicate when making lots, but also looks fun to do as I really don't like just gling and sticking with ready made decopage.

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  3. Gorgeous Kay well done xxx

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  4. Beautiful card kay. Blending work is fab. Hugz, jayne x x x

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  5. really so very pretty, wonderfully blended too - shows exactly what you can achieve with a SplodgeAway mat! karen x

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  6. http://www.samshomecookeddesigns.com19 November 2012 at 21:33

    Hi Kay, lovely "signature" cards. Very pretty. Sam

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  7. Love this Kay ... great design and a bit different ... clever work here !
    Eileen xxx

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