Spirited Snowmen & Dazzling Diamonds

Hello, Crafters.

Oh dear! I don't know what happened, but yesterday morning's 

blog didn't publish until 9.30 pm UK time! I sincerely apologise

 for this; I can only assume I scheduled it to publish at the 

wrong time! I will pay extra attention in future to make

 sure it doesn't happen again. 

Now that the Christmas catalogue is Live, I can start making

 Christmas cards totally guilt-free! 

This image of the snowman and snowwoman, from the 

Spirited Snowmen, was one of the first I fell in love with;

 it is just so, so cute! 

This is the first time for absolutely ages that I've used Dazzling

 Diamonds. I think I more or less stopped using it when Stampin' 

Up! retired the absolutely fabulous two-way Glue Pen. These

 two products together were a marriage made in heaven! 

 Yesterday I used the Fine Tipe Glue Pen for the Dazzling

 Diamonds, and it worked quite well. I did find the glue was

 very thick in comparison to the two-way Glue Pen, and

 caused a slight "bubble" on the cardstock. I'm pleased to say 

it did eventually dry, and the bubble disappeared!

 I painted the snow mound they were standing on using the 

Frost White Shimmer Paint. As far as photographs are concerned

 I had to prop the card up at an angle to make the snow visible!

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) I used behind the image is 

called Under the Mistletoe. I should have checked the 

colours used in this DSP before I started on my card, and 

I would have known to use Old Olive instead of 

Granny Apple Green!☺ 

There is a snowflakes stamp in the set which I was 

going to stamp to give the happy couple something to

 look at, but I decided to leave it clear! My favourite

 style - plain and simple! 

That's about it from me today. If yesterday was your first

 chance to view the new catalogue, I hope you liked! Please

 let me know if you'd like me to send you a hardcopy. In 

the meantime, ntil tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB. 

Products Used

 

Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £9.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] £8.00	Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper [146921] £10.25
Spirited Snowmen Wood-Mount Stamp Set [148075] £25.00	Spirited Snowmen Clear-Mount Stamp Set [148072] £18.00	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] £8.25
Jet Black Stazon Ink Refill [102566] £5.50	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] £27.50	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] £27.50
Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] £27.50	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046] £7.50	Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter [133751] £4.75
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] £3.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] £6.25
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] £6.50	Classic Label Punch [141491] £17.00	Grid Paper [130148] £10.00