My hairdresser of 44+ years is retiring at the end of the month. My last appointment is this week, and I wanted to create a special card for her. Her birthday is on Christmas Eve, so the inside messages wishes her a Happy Birthday, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy Retirement! She’ll not be sitting still on retirement. She’s a marathon runner (has run the Boston Marathon an amazing 15+ times!) and a triathlon competitor as well. And yes, if you saw her, you’d be sure she started her career as an infant!
I fell in love with the Folk Snowflake by Pinkfresh Studio as soon as I saw it, and although I did not need another snowflake stamp this one hopped right into a shopping cart along with the coloring stencil and die. I have no regrets, and you’ll be seeing more of this elegant snowflake very soon. I found the glittery background in my stash. I had used Nuvo glitter paste with My Favorite Things Basket Weave stencil but for some reason had never used it. I die cut a large circle from it, added a piece of vellum behind it to soften the color of the blue card base.
After embossing the snowflake in silver, I used three Pinkfresh Studio inks with the stencil to color it. I added some dimensional tape to the back of the snowflake. For the silver embossed sentiment (also from Folk Snowflake) I die cut three additional layers and stacked them.
This card is off to Inkspirational where the challenge is Add Glitter, to The Paper Players: Christmas, and the Peace on Earth Challenge: Anything Christmas.
Snowing here as I type this, but I don’t think we’ll see a lot of accumulation. The first several inches we had a week or so ago was gone within two days.
A very pretty card. I feel for you having to now find & work with a new hairdresser. I certainly enjoy snowflakes as stamps & papers much more than I enjoy the real stuff.
Karen, what a gorgeous use of this set. I love all the texture in the background, too. Your hairdresser sounds amazing and I know she will love this beautiful card. So glad you shared this with us at The Paper Players this week
Jaydee
WOW … just BEAUTIFUL! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace On Earth challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Karen, Your card is beautiful. That snowflake is a great one to add to your collection. I love the colors you used to color it. The sparkling background is my favorite part of your card. Thanks for taking part in The Paper Players Challenge.
Wow! Such a gorgeous card, Karen. Thanks so much for joining us this week over at The Paper Players!
Karen this is stunningggg! Thank you for sharing with us at INkspirational~
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