Saturday 25 August 2018

Cold snap - warm thoughts!


Hi everyone, I was excited to be asked to be a guest designer at Inkspirational after winning a couple of their challenges earlier this year.

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This theme was a bit tricky for me and once I got the idea of a cold snap in my head I couldn't shake it lol! We are nearing the end of winter here in Australia and it has been incredibly cold and frosty for this late in the season.
The snowflakes were inked with versamark and embossed with Wow white twinkling embossing glitter, it's so sparkly in real life! The blue panel was inked with some distress oxides and spritzed with water.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

At Addicted to Stamps & More it's anything goes.



At A Blog named Hero it's sparkle and shine.
Yhe stamped sentiment is from the Hero Arts Find Joy set.



At Outside the Box they want to see winter cards.

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Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge has a diecuts theme,



and it's anything goes at Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies.



Supplies:

Memory Box Lindeman snowflake die; versamark ink and white twinkling embossing glitter; distress oxide inks; Hero Arts Find joy sentiment stamp; versafine ink; hammer card base.

Thanks for visiting, 
Cathy x

23 comments:

Marina said...

I can even see some sparkle on screen and I know how difficult it is to photograph! Such a beautiful card - so elegantly simple looking , yet so skillfully made. I really love a blue/white/silver colour combo, especially for Christmas cards. Thank you for being a wonderful Guest Designer at Inkspirational.

Aileen said...

Beautiful design and perfect interpretation for the word prompt. Love those snowflakes, lucky for us its been very mild around here but I know when I go to see mum and dad in Canberra brrrr that is so woollen weather.

sandie said...

what a great take on the cue word-I hadn't thought of that! And wonderfully sparkle snowflakes that work perfectly with that background. Great to have you as our GD x

Brenda in IN said...

Lovely card! The distress oxide background is a wonderful sky for that shiny bright snowflake.

Cat Craig said...

Lovely design on your card. Its summer here but I think the temps just dropped looking at your sweet card.

Liz said...

A beautiful CAS card, Cathy, your blue panel is so pretty. xx

Shauna said...

What a lovely card! I love those beautiful snowflakes and the touch of blue. Congrats on the DT position! We love having you design with us at Inkspirational!
- Shauna

Papercraft Boutique said...

Congratulations on the Guest Designer spot at Inkspirational, Cathy!
Your snowflakes are amazing! The delicate die-cut design and the gorgeous embossing (just the name of the embossing glitter is sparkly) are fantastic! The spatters on the blue panel add so much interest. Hideko xx

MaryH said...

Hard to imagine you are nearing the end of winter, as we are still in the heat of late August. The snowflakes certainly sparkle beautifully, and WOW EP's are always so amazing. The sparkle looks lovely against the icy blue panel too! TFS & Hugs

Ina G said...

Simple and stunning Cathy. Love the card base (of course) and the oxide background for those sparkling snowflakes is perfect. It certainly has been a frosty winter here too. Autumn is coming soon!

Linda said...

Beautifully CAS .... such a pretty snowflake die. Thank you for playing along with the HLS CAS Challenge xx

Christine Alexander said...

Cathy, so pretty. I love the colour combo and that sparkly snowflake :)

Loll said...

LOVE this card Cathy! The icy blue is perfect to represent a cold snap! :) Love the texture of your card base, and then the strip of water splattered DOX inks is so pretty in the shades of blue. Those snowflakes look so sparkly and I bet they are even more sparkly in real life. Gorgeous design! xx

Pat said...

Another beautiful blue background to your white glittery embossed die cut snowflakes Cathy, and the sentiment is just perfect too. x

cm said...

Gorgeous wintry wonderland with sparkly snowflakes and the lovely blue strip background! a fabulous interpretation of Snap and a card guaranteed to inspire people to join the gallery! Thrilled to have you as our Guest Designer for this challenge! We're just entering into fall here in Alberta...not ready for winter yet!
~carol

cm said...

I was so dazzled by your card, I forgot to add: thank you for sharing this beauty in the HLS CAS and Anything Goes with Dies galleries!
~carol

Julie B said...

Great take on the Ink cue word and a super CAS die cut card too.
Thanks for sharing at HLS CAS. :)

Anita in France said...

Those frosty, sparkly snowflakes are beautiful against the cool blue background, Cathy ... this is gorgeous! Congratulations on guest designing with Inkspirational! Hugs, Anita :)

Kylie said...

The perfect idea for our Snap word prompt! I didn't think of this! I love your snowflakes and your watercoloured panel. Thanks so much for Guesting with us over at Inkspirational xx

Ericka Strange said...

Love the design of your card and the sparkle is so pretty. The blue is beautiful and helps make the snowflakes pop. Thanks for playing along with us at A Blog Named Hero.

Karen Z. Bull said...

This is Karen Bull, a design team member from A Blog Named Hero. What a delightful card - love those snowflakes! Thank you for playing along this month.

desperatehousewifecraft said...

Wonderful smooshed background strip for your sparkly snowflakes! Thanks for sharing it with us at Addicted to Stamps and More and I look forward to seeing more of your wonderful creations again. Hugs, Gwendolyn

Karen Dunbrook said...

beautiful!
x Karen