Warm Winter Wishes

Getting in the season a bit early, it's not even Halloween.  Since, I plan on making cards to send out to friends, I better get started.  I enjoy making cards and sending them out, I hope my friends enjoy receiving them.

This is the first sample I made of the cards I plan on sending out to friends.  To save paper, I just created a card front.

The ice skates made me want to purchase this stamp set.  I am very excited to spend our first winter in a very cold place.  I know I may change my mind, but for now, I am excited!

I decided to use stamps from the holiday mini catalogue along with a few of the new in-colors.

Recipe List:
Stamp Set:  Winter Memories
Card stock:  Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White
Inks:  Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, VersaMark
Stampin' Write Markers:  Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green
Ribbon:  Raspberry Ripple Satin Stitched
Framelits:  Label Collection (3rd smallest)
Emboss Folder:  Petals a Plenty
Punch:  Modern Label
Brads:  Vintage Trinkets
Embossing Powder:  Clear Powder

Place the piece of Gumball Green cardstock into the Petals A Plenty embossing folder and run it through the BigShot.

Stamp the ice skate image onto the Whisper White cardstock.  This is a two-step process.  First ink the stamp with Versamark and then ink the image with the Raspberry Ripple ink.  Stamp the image.  Sprinkle Embossing powder over the image and shake off the excess.  Use the heat gun to the image.  You'll know when the heat gun is working because the image will become crisp as the powder is heated.

Use the marker to color in the leaves on the image.

Using the middle framelit, place it over the image and run through the BigShot.  Don't be alarmed when you hear a crack and see that your plate has the image of the frame.  After the image has been framed, cut off about 1/4 inch from the left and right of each image.  Using the sponge dauber, sponge the edges with Raspberry Ripple ink.

Run the Raspberry Ripple cardstock through the BigShot with the same framelit.

Attach the image to the Raspberry Ripple cardstock.  Poke a hole on the top and bottom of the image and insert a brad into each hole.

Using Versamark and Gumball Green ink, stamp Warm Winter Wishes onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then sprinkle embossing powder and heat.  Use the Modern Label punch to punch out the image and sponge Gumball Green around the edges.

Attach the ribbon to the Gumball Green cardstock.  Attach the Gumball Green cardstock to the Midnight Muse cardstock.  Attach the skate image and the words to the Gumball Green cardstock.