Snow in June??

Okay, so, it's a little out of season . . . but it's fun anyway! Diane's Sunday challenge was to use the layout she provided along with the SU! set Snowflakes and the non-traditional snowy card colors pink and purple to create a card. Since I didn't have Snowflakes, I replaced it with The Snowflake Spot. I used this set, along with the mini catalog set Snow Flurries, to make my holiday cards last winter.

I stamped the snowflakes in two shades of pink craft ink, then sprinkled on Iridescent Ice embossing powder and heated it up for some sparkle. For even more sparkle, I used the Poppin' Acetate technique that Lauren posted on her blog using White Staz-on and pearlescent chalks on a piece of acetate/window sheet (see her tutorial here). My photo doesn't show how sparkly the single snowflake is IRL. What a fun--and quick-- technique! I added a big self-adhesive rhinestone to the center of the snowflake and popped the panel on the front of the card.

Materials Used:

From Stampin' Up!: The Snowflake Spot and Everyday Flexible Phrases stamp sets; Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink Craft inks; Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, and Whisper White cardstock; light pink grosgrain; Iridescent Ice embossing powder; mat pack and paper piercing tool; glue dots

Other: Snowflakes embossing folder (Cuttlebug); self-adhesive rhinestone (Michaels); White Staz-on; transparency sheet; Pearlescent Chalking Set (Pebbles Inc.)