Create With Stamping Friends Challenge 891

Sketch Challenge Week With Festive Friends!

It’s Thursday Challenge time at Create With Stamping Friends and we are all using this Sketch Challenge this week:

I loved combining my darker blue tones with Lemon Lime Twist. Everything just pops with color:

The Festive Friends Dies cut beautiful trees for the background on my tag and I finished off my card with pretty diecut snowflakes:

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

• Stamps: Festive Friends
• Cardstock: Lemon Lime Twsit, Basic White
• Designer Paper: Peaceful Garden
• Inks: Secret Sea
• Stampin’ Blends Timid Tiger, Lemon Lime Twist
• Tools & Accessories: Festive Friends Dies, Traditional Sparkling Sequins, Blender Pen, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Snips

Card Recipe:

• Card Base: Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock 8-1/2 x 5-1/2. Score and fold at 4-1/4.
• Layer 2: Peaceful Garden Designer Paper 5-1/4 x 4. Glue to card base.
• Layer 3: Peaceful Garden Designer Paper 3-1/2 x 2. Trim the two top corners into a banner shape with Paper Snips. Stamp the tree image in the center with Secret Sea Ink. Glue to card front at the left and at an angle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Trees: Diecut 2 trees with the Festive Friends Dies. Glue to tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Snowman: Stamp the snowman image on Basic White Cardstock with Secret Sea Ink. Cut with the die. Use a Blender Pen and the inked lines on the body to add a subtle shade of the blue. Color the hat, scarf and nose with Stampin’ Blends. Glue snowman to the right of the tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Sentiment: Basic White Cardstock 1-1/2 x 1/2. Stamp with Secret Sea Ink. Glue over the trees.
• Snowflakes: Cut 3 snowflakes with the die and Basic White Cardstock. Glue to background with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Bling: Add Traditional Sparkling Sequins to each snowflake.

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