.lindsiloolabell79: We Wish You a Merry Scrapmass-Wing it Wednesdays

You all know I'm one for saving pennies right? I bang on about it enough, lol. So I wanted to see what I had around the house, that I could use either to make or put on a card. My search didn't come up with much,

Except...

...the only things I could really find-though I didn't do an extensive search- was a broken pastry cutter, a Cling film middle roll and a lid (unused) from a foil container.

The cling film middle roll, was a bit of a bust, I pinched the top together, hoping to achieve somewhat of a paisley print shape. It did work to some degree, but seemed a little sloppy, and hit and miss as to how well the stamped image turned out.

The pastry cutter was broken, so I taped it together and tried stamping with that instead. Again, this failed, due to not having a softer edge, allowing better contact with the paper/card. So I decided to use it as a stencil instead, to help me create a scalloped edge for matting and layering.This worked out a lot better.

I drew a simple snowflake on white card and cut it out. I might not have a die cutting machine, but I still wanted to add some depth to my card, and that element of tatty/scrappy.

Using the cutter as a stencil, I marked out the shape on some pale blue Paper, from a Dovecraft essentials 6"x6" pack, then did the same on a white piece of paper, from the same pack.

I ripped the white scalloped circle, and stuck half onto the blue, allowing the 'river' edge to overlap. I then ripped a few more pieces of the white and layered those onto the others, to give the illusion of a snowy slope.

I put this onto white card, cut around it then matted it onto the silver foil lid. I stuck the snowflake to the back of this, so that only the ends would poke out

I then realised that I had nothing to actually use as a feature. So I just HAD to take time out to specifically design a Digi, just for the occasion. Drew her, printed her out, coloured her in, and stuck her down. I drew up a small pile of snowballs to accompany her. I used my Ice Grey 1 Promarker, to add hints of shadow to the background, which I then blended out with my blending pen. I added a little bit of iridescent glitter to add highlights (but did it with glue that I though dried clear...Apparently not. (this picture was taken before I actually screwed up)

I stamped and embossed the greeting and added three of my Glue Gun Jelly Hearts, one of which I pressed a gem into while in the making stages, and while the glue was still wet.

Finished card, with the added glitter, but it didn't pick up so clear on the camera