Snowdrop Card

Hi friends! I hope you had a good weekend! I had a few days off, which was nice. 

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This week we have a Thinking of You theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific designer/company and this week it is AALL & Create. You can see all of their wonderful products here. You don't have to use AALL & Create products to join, but it is fun if you do. 

We also have a new guest designer and during November Thom Santilla will be joining us again. Don't miss the stunning project he has created. 

I made a ticket-shaped card with a thinking of you theme. Winter is on the way here and maybe that is why I was in the mood for a snow drop card, a sign of spring, which is still far away. 

Somewhere along the line of making the card, I forgot to use AALL & Create products, partly since the stamp set I planned to use was no longer available. I am sorry about that. 

I used Tracy Evans pretty One of a Kind stamp set. White emboss the two flowers on heavystock paper.

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press the paper into the ink. 

I repeated the inking process until I was happy with the background. Use darker inks for the top layers. The sentiment also comes from Tracy's One of a Kind set. Round the corners. I picked a piece of old book paper where you could see the words 'snow conditions' just above the dry embossed panel.  

I used a little Distress Oxide Ink as my last ink layer, giving that almost cloudy look that you can see here. I also added Simon Says Stamp Cottontail sequins. 

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self and was die cut with the coordinating die. 

The background layers were die cut with Simon Says Stamp A7 Notched Rectangle set. The kraft layer was dry embossed in Simon Says Stamp Halftone Dots.

Join us this week in our Thinking of You challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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