Festive Flurry CCMC273

I love the Festive Flurry "Bundle" in the Holiday Catalog consisting of the gorgeous stamps and matching Framelit dies which cut them out in a snap, and oh-so-easy!  When I saw this sketch for our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge, I knew immediately what I wanted to do.

The base card is Whisper White but it is totally covered with a Designer Paper print.  The top layer is Coastal Cabana cardstock;  I flipped the sketch and used the snowflake framelit just larger than the one I used for my snowflake, diecutting the snowflake on the right instead of the left side.  

At this point I dry embossed the layer with the Northern Flurry embossing folder then used a Sponge Dauber and my Illuminate ink refill to add some pearly sheen to the embossed areas.  After adhering the Coastal Cabana layer with Dimensionals, I added two strips of the Silver 1/8" Ribbon from the Holiday Catalog across the card.

I diecut Silver Glimmer Paper with the smallest Festive Flurry Framelit as well as a snowflake I stamped with Bermuda Bay and heat embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder.  The top layer is another stamped and heat embossed snowflake center that I cut from a third snowflake, and topped with a Rhinestone.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes punched with the Word Window Punch.  A few more Rhinestones scattered around finish the card!

Here's our Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge this week; this is a simple and versatile design that would lend itself to so many occasions!

Be sure  to visit Create with Connie and Mary's website to see the wonderful cards that the other Challenge Team members made using this sketch, then try it yourself!  All the guidelines are on the blog post at Create with Connie and Mary!

I hope the sketch and the Challenge Team's cards will inspire you to make a card with this simple sketch and join us this week!

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Happy Stampin'!

Margaret