DCM - Candy Corn and Peppermint Fondant

Good morning!

Friday at last! And so time for a new challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog.

This week, Svenja is challenging us to be inspired by the colours of candy corn or German peppermint fondant.

Well that was a sign for me, as I was planning on doing a candy cane themed card at some point.

Paper: Pebbles - Cozy & Bright - 'Tis the Season (r)
Stamps: Hello Bluebird - Typed Christmas, The Stamp Market - No Peeking, The Stamp Market - So Mini Hellos
Dies: The Stamp Market - No Peeking, The Stamp Market - So Mini Hellos, Pinkfresh Studio - Artistic Bows, PTI - Tag Sale #10
Other: Puff paint

I started out by stamping 15 candy canes in three shades of pink using the No Peeking set from The Stamp Market.

Once I had all my candy canes stamped, I arranged them over a panel of Rocky Candy cardshoppe (it's a great charcoal/dark grey shade) and used press n seal to keep them in place, so I could add strips of cardstock to pop them up and affix them to the grey background.

I then added Stickles between the colourful stripes and left them the card to dry for a few days before I was able to come back and finish it.

That meant there was definitely no Stickles-related accident on this project. ;)

To add a sentiment and coordinating festive scene (sadly no gingerbread houses here, which was my original plan) I used the So Mini Hello stamps and dies that contrast nicely against the kraft tag.

The sentiment is from my trusty Typed Christmas set by Hello Bluebird. I use their typed sentiments so much on Christmas projects.

And finally, the ultimate festive touch came in the form of my rediscovered Jones Tones 3D puff paint, which has a matt finish and is great against that kraft. I shall definitely be using it again on festive cards. Can't believe the bottle is almost 20 years old and still working well. :D

Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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Hello Bluebird - Typed Christmas stamps Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - No Peeking stamps Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - So Mini Hellos stamps Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - No Peeking dies Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - So Mini Hellos dies Shop at: MISC	Pinkfresh Studio - Artistic Bows dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC	PTI - Tag Sale #10 dies Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Cotton Candy ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Greenery ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Peony ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Raspberry ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Bazzill Cardshoppe - Rock Candy Shop at: AZ | EH	Neenah 80 lb smooth Desert Storm cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	Pebbles - Cozy & Bright - 'Tis the Season paper (r) Shop at: MISC | SBC
Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | SBC
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[Angelnorth]

So very you, Nat - great card! Love the way the dark background makes everything else look so vivid.