Happy Thursday, y’all – and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! This is Color Challenge week and it’s going to be fun to see what everyone comes up with. Be sure to check ’em all out when you get done here!
Our colors this week presented a tiny challenge for me…I brought not one sheet or scrap of Emerald Envy card stock. Odd, since I brought the ink pad and the Stampin’ Write Marker, but…there you have it!
So, I pulled on my thinking cap (nope – it’s not Emerald Envy either!) and decided I could use some paper from the Christmas Around the World DSP and make a little something with the Smitten Mittens bundle. Take a look-see:
LOL – not a lot of Emerald Envy, but it you squint and look real close…it’s there! 🙂
I started with a piece of Whisper White card stock that I ran thru the Big Shot in the Cable Knit Dynamic TIEF and matted on a piece of Real Red with Fast Fuse.
The next layer is from the Christmas Around the World DSP – I cut it larger than I wanted and then cut one edge with the long die in the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits set. I adhered that smack over top of the embossed Whisper White panel with Liquid Glue.
I used some more Liquid Glue to adhere a silver Foil Snowflake to the card front.
For my mittens, I cut out two of them with the dies in the Many Mittens Framelits from Whisper White card stock and ran them both thru the Big Shot in the Cable Knit Dynamic TIEF. I made little “cuffs” with the cutting die in the set – then embossed them with a second die that made the “ribbing” impression. I used Liquid Glue to adhere them to the mittens.
Using the snowflake die from Swirly Snowflakes, I cut two snowflakes from Red Glimmer Paper. For the other two, in an effort to get some Emerald Envy into the mix, I used my Stampin’ Write Marker to color a piece of Whisper White card stock, then I cut two more snowflakes – now in Emerald Envy! 🙂
I adhered the snowflakes together and then to the mittens with Liquid Glue. For the “mitten string”, I tied a bow with some silver Mini Tinsel Trim and adhered the long tails to the back of each mitten with a Glue Dot.
I made the sentiment by inking the word from the Smitten Mitten set directly with my Emerald Envy Stampin’ Write Marker and stamping it on a strip of Whisper White. I snipped a banner in one end, edged the strip with my Emerald Envy Marker and adhered it to the card front with Liquid Glue.
The mitten on the right is adhered with Liquid Glue directly to the card front and the left is popped over the top with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I finished the card off with a few silver Metallic Enamel Shapes and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a second sentiment from Smitten Mittens in Pool Party ink on a Whisper White panel. Then I added two Real Red mittens and a couple of silver heart-shaped Metallic Enamel Shapes.
I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Real Red mat and into my Pool Party card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done.
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got two more Real Red Smitten Mittens on the front – along with a couple silver heart-shaped Metallic Enamel Shapes…
…and I added some more of the Christmas Around the World DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Okay – I’m a little smitten with this card! The Cable Knit Dynamic TIEF just makes the Smitten Mittens so cozy and warm, don’t you think?? And the Swirly Snowflakes tie in perfectly. I hope you like!
Now that you’ve seen my project, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hoppers today!
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Have fun on the Hop – and don’t forget to get your reservation in for your Stamparatus!!
TTFN
Mary
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STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Product List
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Pool Party Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, score and fold at 4 1/4″)
Real Red Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner); 3/4″ x 2 1/2″ (sentiment banner); Many Mittens die cuts
Christmas Around the World DSP: 5 1/8″ x ~3 3/8″ to top of snowflakes (die cut DSP on card front); envelope flap
Red Glimmer Paper: Swirly Snowflakes snowflakes
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That is too cute Mary! I admit…that was a rough color combination, no idea where it came from! But you’ve used the colors perfectly. Love your little mittens. 🙂
I don’t know – she’s a wild woman! Thanks much, Amy! 🙂
Your card is so darn cute…I’m smitten with it! May I borrow your thinking cap for about the next 12 months? The way you used the DSP, dies and colors is fantastic…but coloring WW with EE…genius!
Thanks so much, Karen – needs must!! 🙂
I love how you embossed the mittens, they look so warm and cozy! Your creative juices really pulled it off with the Emerald Envy, great job. I also love the inside with those cute little mittens! 🙂
Aren’t those little mittens just the cutest!?! 🙂 Thanks so much, Jari! 🙂
Really fun card!
Thanks, Mom! 🙂
Your mittens are so adorable. I love all your snowflake details!!
Thanks, Jaimie! 🙂
What a cute card…love the cable stitch on the mittens. Great job.
Thanks, Shelagh! 🙂