Life Inks

Northern Flurry meets Perfect Polks Dots I was inspired to make this card when I saw a LNS (Late Night Stampers) post by Sharon Field - thanks Sharon!!  She first embossed her card stock with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and then embossed again using the NEW Northern Flurry embossing folder from the brand new Holiday Mini catalog.  It kind of looks like snow falling... I chose to use our Shimmery White card stock on a Whisper White base.  I added Rhine stone jewels to the center of the snowflakes - love that bling:)  I heat embossed "Merry Christmas" in silver embossing powder using the stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes on Shimmery card stock and punched it out with the Word Window punch and layered it on a piece of Whisper White card stock punched with the Modern Label punch.  The finishing touch was our beautiful Whisper White Organza Ribbon.  The picture truly doesn't do it justice, unfortunately!  We will definitely be making this card in...

Sympathy Card This is a recently retired set called "Asian Artistry".  I love this set and never felt like I used it enough.  I think it makes a beautiful sympathy card.  I heat embossed the main image with gold embossing powder (109129) on Basic Black card stock (121045).  I then painted the bird with Frost White (116854) and a little Champagne Mist (116806) shimmer paint. After I let it dry, I colored it with metalic pencils in shades of green and blue-green.  The other images are stamped with gold Encore pigment ink on Very Vanilla card stock (101650) although in the picture it looks like Whisper White.  I'm not sure you can see it very well, but it has a dragonfly in the upper left corner. Happy Stamping:) Claire Ventre