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Today’s sponsor company is the fabulous Flora and Fauna and I’m so excited to feature their stamps in my card today! I’m in love with their fun sketchy designs and you can see more cards I’ve created with their products here and here. Today I decided to do a little ink blending and embossing for a simple but peaceful winter scene. I started by blending black soot, seedless preserves, faded jeans, salty ocean, and broken china distress ink onto a panel of bristol smooth cardstock. I splattered it with water to create the illusion of big snowflakes in the distance of my scene. After that was dry I splattered it with copic opaque white paint to create closer snowflakes.
Next I stamped the trees from Arctic Starry Night onto the bottom of my panel with versamark and heat-embossed them with silver embossing powder. Then I stamped the sentiment and snowflake clusters with versamark and heat-embossed them with the same silver embossing powder. Finally I sprayed the entire panel with shimmer spray. It’s a very subtle shimmer but it’s really sparkly when it catches the light!
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Oooo, I love this!
This is so beautiful!
I love your designs!!!!
Fantastic card! I love the snowy background!
Wow, love the blended sky colors and the silver embossing really pops!
Yummy blend of my favorite colors!! Thank you for this simple design.
Your background is gorgeous! Love this snowy effect!
Oh my goodness ! That background is simply amazing ! margessw@icloud.com
I just can’t think of any adjectives for this card, it is so beautiful.
Love your gorgeous blended background! The silver trees at the bottom are the perfect topper. As always Jess, a beautiful card.
Pretty- love your background
Beautiful background! I think I had never heard of this company before.
I love your ideas!
Love your card – especially the wonderful snowy night. Thanks for giving insight on all the techniques & products you used.
gorgeous background! can’t go wrong with those colors!
Love your background. Great card, thanks for sharing.
Fantastic card! Love your background, which really makes those silver trees shine!
Wow, cool card, great background and then those striking sliver trees!
Great night background! Your trees really pop against the night sky!
It came upon a midnight clear… what a beautiful card!
Amazing night sky! I love the snow and the row of trees!
Awww!!! Simply gorgeous!!!
Just beautiful
Hi Jess, love your card! The inked background is so beautiful and with the silver embossing it’s very striking.
LOVE this card! The background is wonderful. I’ve tried making this sort of background and it never turns out as nice as this one. You’ve inspired me to keep trying! Thank you!