Hello!
For today's card, I decided to give a new-to-me technique shared by Jennifer McGuire here a go.
This card is mainly made up of vintage elements - papers and ephemera die-cuts I've had a while, and definitely very vintage buttons for the spinning technique:
Paper: My Mind's Eye - Sugar Plum (r)
Snowflakes: Pebbles - Winter Wonderland (r)
Stamp: Flora & Fauna - Holiday Word Party 2
Dies: Reverse Confetti - Stitched Pinwheel Cover Panel, Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Circle, Mama Elephant - Dainty Bow
These particular die-cut glittery snowflakes, which are Pebbles "chips" ephemera accents, already have a hole in the middle, so I thought they'd be perfect for trying out this technique that makes them spin on the card.
And yep, it worked perfectly.
I was originally going to cut the pinwheel design from several patterns of paper in the Sugar Plum 6x6 pad and piece together the segments so they would all be different, but I didn't have enough varied designs left for this to work, and I'd have had to create 7 cards in the end... so I took the easy route and just used one design per background.
I think this worked out better on this occasion, as it meant that the background isn't overly busy, and the snowflake is still the centrepiece.
I added a sentiment from Flora & Fauna to the centre and, as a finishing touch, a little bow and crystal for extra shine.
Some of the papers already have glitter on them and the snowflakes are pre-glittered, so there's definitely a frosty look to these cards.
Until next time, happy festive crafting!
 Flora & Fauna - Holiday Word Party 2 stamps Shop at: EH | SHC |
 Reverse Confetti - Stitched Pinwheel Cover Panel die Shop at: EH | SHC |
 Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Circle dies Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 Mama Elephant - Dainty Bow dies Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe - Marshmallow Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 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 |
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