Beccy's Place runs a month of Holiday Cards challenge throughout November. Most days are a prompt with the letter of the alphabet but as there are only 26 then we get a random prompt too.
The prompt for Day 21 is S - My card is S for Snowman
I have to be honest and say I am super proud of this card as there is so much 'white space'
The base of the card is covered with a gold metallic paper. The patterned paper is part of the same sheet I used to make my Noel card. I love the bokeh in the background which was a just enough pattern that complimented the diamond painting snowman. As the presents are in warm colours it was actually quite hard to marry it up to a nice paper (and I have a lot of paper to choose from)
The sentiment is a 2 part die from Crafter's Companion. I love the bold, modern design that mixes the 2 fonts together. The bottom layer is cut from a shiner, darker gold and the top layer is from the same background gold.
I saw a tip on Youtube from another crafter that when you are sticking down intricate dies you use a plain brayer to roller a thin layer of glue evenly on the die. I bought a set of 3 different sizes from Amazon and tried it for the first time on this die and OMG what an absolute game changer. No more spidery thin trails of glue in all the wrong places! It made it so much cleaner and easier to stick the 2 layers together and also onto the main card. If you have this same problem I would highly recommend you give it a go too.
If you know me well S is usually a snowflake or Snowman and this year is very special as we have had snow for the last few days. I desperately wanted to build a snowman but a girl's gotta work so no chance unfortunately.
Card Details -
Size - 6” Square
Image - Diamond Painting Sticker (Craft Buddy)
Dies - Let it Snow (Crafter’s Companion)
Designer Papers - Merry Christmas Icy (Craft Sensations)
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)
Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 21 - S is for Snowman
Beautiful card Mandy and love the diamond painting snowman-I usually put glue the length and width of the die on my craft desk -place the die on and easy to clean off desk with a baby wipe but whatever works for you.
ReplyDeleteCarol x
Fabulous card Mandy, your diamond painted snowman is fantastic. I love the background paper, the bokeh pattern always makes me think of twinkling lights... perfect for Christmastime. Love the big die cut sentiment you added too.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the snowman making, I hope you get a chance this weekend!
Cheers,
Beccy