Sparkle & Shine

My projects this week are those I made for the Visible Image ATC swap.  Whilst I made them at the beginning of the month, one of them had to make its way to Australia and only arrived at the end of last week.  It’s been over 40˚C there so the thought of a snowman and some chilly weather was most welcome!

Given that the theme was “Sparkle & Shine”, I started by white heat embossing snowflakes from Sketched Snowflakes onto Tim Holtz Sparkle Plaid Kraft card.

I’d decided on a checkerboard design so cut a bunch of squares from white card.  I then used elements from Christmas Jumper to decorate each, starting with the sentiment.  For all the images, I stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and clear heat embossed so that the embossing would resist the metallic paints I used to colour them.

Next, I repeated the procedure with the characters.  They were the perfect size for my squares which was fortuitous since I’d not planned that.

I wanted to liven up the card bases a little so spattered them with red, green and gold metallic paints.

After backing each square with gold glitter card, I used my T-ruler to ensure that the squares were all in line. They were attached using thin foam tape.

Here are the finished cards.

And the ATCs for the swap.

Wishing you a peaceful time over the festive season.