ToniStamps: Non-traditional Christmas Color Challenge

I absolutely love non-traditional colors for Christmas cards! Pinks and purples are some of my favorites! I made these cards for the November Card Challenge over in the Unity {Show & Tell} Facebook group - there's a lot of great inspiration in the album already!

The color choice started by me looking over at my stack of Distress Oxide Ink pads...I've had a bunch of these for a few years now, and have hardly used them! Wilted Violet it was! I also had a carousel full of new blending brushes from Catherine Pooler...bought those maybe 2 years ago, and never put ink on them. Fixed that situation too!

I had ONE 6" x 6" piece of a gray flannel print paper, so I cut it up and got to ink blending the edges. Then I decided to stamp the snowflakes directly on it. The distress Oxide ink is interesting - it looks chalky when it dries. I decided that wasn't enough purple, so I needed layers. Luckily, my Gorgeous Grape cardstock is a really good match with this Wilted Violet ink color.

I embossed a layer with a snowflake folder, and then swiped Whisper White Craft ink over top of the raised up bits...let that dry.

Then I decided that I needed a single snowflake stamped, embossed in white, and cut out. So I did that. Then it needed sparkle, so I covered it in Wink of Stella. Loving it....

Ribbons. I wanted MORE stuff on the card, so I pawed through my ribbons and found two different ones to use together. Cut them both in half vertically, so they are skinnier strips. I attached the ribbons differently on each card, but the layouts are the same.

My final piece was the greetings - I stamped in White Craft ink, and THOUGHT I was embossing with white embossing powder. Turns out I grabbed my Heat & Stick powder, but I'm generally not interested in doing things over...so I went with it. Decided that I had to add Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the greeting. The white ink is still visible, although fainter than the other. It's good enough for a person! AND I love the sparkliness of the greeting.

The greeting and the single snowflake are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals and foam tape.

Added some gems for finishing touches!

Paper measurements:

Gorgeous Grape: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Gorgeous Grape: 4" x 5 1/4", embossed with Sizzix Snowflakes folder
Gorgeous Grape: 3 1/4" x 4 1/4"
Flannel print paper: 3" x 4" (I had ONE piece, that came free with an order from Unity. I don't know the name of the paper collection)
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4" (for inside of card)
Gorgeous Grape: scrap to punch out greeting

Stamps: Kinda Sorta Love Ya (Unity Stamp Co, Kit of the Month November 2021)

Ink: Wilted Violet Distress Oxide, Whisper White Craft

Paper: Gorgeous Grape, Flannel piece (Unity)

Other: Snowflake embossing folder (Sizzix), Everyday Label punch, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Heat & Stick Powder, White embossing powder, Opal Rounds, Iridescent gems (left over from Notes of Cheer Card Kit), Snowflake Splendor 1/4" ribbon, Gorgeous Grape 3/8" Sheer ribbon, Clear Wink of Stella marker

I hope you love these purple snowflake cards as much as I do! I'm happy to add them to my pile of finished holiday cards.

Please check out my Workshop of the Month page for all the details of ordering with this month's hostess code, as well as info for my Wreaths Across America fundraiser! I am donating 25% of my November Workshop sales to Wreaths Across America!

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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