A Snowy Pool Party

A couple of weeks ago, I was water coloring a snowy scene when I realized the PERFECT color for accenting a snowy ground is … wait for it … Pool Party. That’s right, Pool Party is the perfect blend of icy winter and snowy goodness. Beautiful – and I can’t even take an ounce of credit for that!

This card started with an experiment with the Big Shot and ended with a project worthy of an easel.  I’ve not seen vellum card stock run through the embossing folders, so I wanted to see how it would look.  I tried it, I liked it.  Here’s my card, along with step-by-step instructions so you can make this, too:

1.  I placed a piece of Stampin’ Up’s vellum card stock into the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder and ran it through the Big Shot.

2.  I tapped a sponge dauber into my Pool Party stamp pad and then lightly tapped all the embossed vellum elements.  This adds a beautiful hint of blue to the snowflakes.

3.  With no way to adhere the vellum card stock to the Whisper White card stock, I searched for some brads that might work – that’s when I realized that the Neutrals Brads come with white brads.  Perfect!  I stacked the vellum on the white and punched four holes with my paper piercing tool.  I added the brads and then glued the white card stock to the Pool Party card stock.

4.  I stamped the sentiment in Pool Party and punched it out with the Decorative Label punch.  I also punched a piece of Pool Party with the same punch, snipped it in the middle and then added the pieces to the ends of the punched sentiment – a beautiful way to add a little color to the image.

Stamp sets:  More Merry Messages  Paper:  Pool Party, Whisper White, Vellum card stock  Ink:  Pool Party  Accessories:  Northern Flurries Embossing Folder, Decorative Label Punch, Sponge Daubers, 3/16″ Neutrals Brads

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Brian