Hi Everyone! I decided to play along with both the case study and cas-ual Friday challenge.  The case study challenge asked that you use this gorgeous cupcake as inspiration.  The cas-ual Friday challenge asked that you highlight snowflakes in your project.  You can link to the cas-ual Friday blog here to play along too!

I used the same color combo as the cupcake because I loved the rich chocolate brown with the light blue and white.  I thought the texture of the wreath sort of mimicked the cupcake wrapper.  I added some twine around the wreath to give it texture and placed it on dimensionals to add layering.

 

I die cut some snowflakes to make my wreath more wintry and added some clear bling to look like the silvery ball sprinkles on the cupcake.  I also did some stitching in silver thread around the edges, not giving much thought to whether it was coming out perfectly straight.  I like the organic look of it.

 

I finished the inside with a sentiment from Hero Arts and some snowflakes in sno cone MFT ink.

Hope you enjoyed!  Thanks for stopping by...  --Nicole

Christmas Card

Hi Everyone!  I bought this stamp set last year from PTI and by the time I got around to using it, Christmas was over.  I thought the challenge over at PTI was a good opportunity to use it in two different ways.  This first card is a window style and uses red and gold as its primary colors.

 

I use heat and stick powder by Ranger to make the tree gold and sparkly.  I used the large scallop nestabilities die to frame the window. 

 

I love how the inside is completely finished, yet there is plenty of white space to write a sentiment to the recipient.  I decided to place to birds on the tree to add a little splash of color.

Supply List:

 

PTI Kraft and red cardstock

PTI vintage cream cardstock

PTI In the Meadow set

Ranger Sticky embossing powder; gold embossing powder

Michaels gold glitter

Nestabilities circle and large scallop die

Hero Arts Soft brown ink

 

--Nicole