Susanbcards: Snowflakes from the Simon Hurley Ho Ho Ho Collection

Here is my second card using Simon Hurley's HO HO HO stamp and matching Spellbinder's dies.

I stamped and gold heat embossed the snowflakes, then using a blending tool I blended some Distress Oxide ink in Scattered Straw/Fossilized Amber, Kitsch Flamingo and Salvaged Patina. My brushes weren't clean so there may be a bit of residue from other colors. I used the matching die to cut out the snowflakes (the stamps connect the 3 snowflakes together). In the end I stamped another cluster of snowflakes and cut them apart because I felt like it needed 2 more snowflakes in the corners.

For the background, I took a piece of Your Paper Insider cold pressed watercolor paper, cut down to A2 size. If you cut the 8.5" x 11" piece of paper in half at the 5.5" mark and then each of those pieces in half at the 4.25" mark, you end up with four A2 size pieces. The pack comes in 50 sheet packs, so if you cut them all you'll have 200 A2 size panels. Economical at $37.95! Available HERE.

Here is my YouTube Tutorial:

Using my 5"x7" Gelli Plate, I rubbed Distress Oxide inks on it. I used Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Saltwater Taffy, Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo in straight lines on the long side of the plate. I used a brayer to smooth out the colors. I repeated this 2 more times, adding more ink and brayering the colors. The final time I lightly spritzed (no big droplets!) the Gelli Plate and pressed the paper onto it. The colors will look uneven but let it dry before judging it. Once dry it looks better! To add more texture, I spritzed the paper and pressed a paper towel onto the panel to pick up some of the ink.

I took the Streamline 3D embossing folder from the Simon Hurley Ski-sons Greetings Collection and ran the panel through my diecutting machine. The embossing folder is made to look like the marks skis make in the snow on a ski hill. I thought it looked perfect with the snowflakes, it looks like swirling snow, even matching the "strings" on the stamped snowflakes. Here's a card I made using the Ski-son's Greetings Collection (I have a blog post HERE):

I decided to spatter some Spellbinders Sparkle Splatter Effects over the top of the panel. This Sparkle Splatter comes in a nail polish bottle and has a pretty irridescent glow. You can skip the spatter or use whatever you have.

To finish off my card, I diecut some fun foam using the snowflake die, trimmed off the "strings" between the snowflakes and glued the fun foam to the back of my snowflake cluster. You could also pop it up with foam dots or cut a few layers of scrap cardstock, or leave it flat, you choose. For the 2 snowflakes in the corners, I didn't add any dimension, just glued them down. I used the sentiment Let it Snow from the stamp set, there are matching dies for the sentiments too, YAY! I cut an extra layer of the sentiment and glued it to the sentiment before gluing it on the panel.

I added a few clear gems to the center of the snowflakes. I think gold ones would also look pretty. The ones I have are very old and are no longer made.

That's my card. I hope you try a Gelli plate with Distress Oxides. It's a great way to add colors to a card without have to ink blend. Sometimes it's exhausting to use blending brushes. With my shoulder fractured I can't do the ink blending.

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