Winter Snowflake in Blues

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Winter Snowflake in Blues

A large blue snowflake, inlaid in deeper blue. A wintry "subway art" panel, courtesy of Paula.

Click here to see her beautiful card and the generous offer to use her graphic. I printed it in a bit smaller size and trimmed it with a narrow white border, then matted it on dark blue. Thank you, Paula!

I'm always happy to use up my scraps, and this inlaid layout worked beautifully for me. I cut the large snowflake from two pieces of A2 card stock - one light blue and one medium blue. Then I turned them face-down and reassembled the puzzle pieces. I adhered them in place with strips of 1" Scor Tape on the back. Then I had two inlaid snowflakes - one light blue on medium blue (as shown) and one medium blue on light blue. The card front is adhered to a white card base so all that Scor Tape is hidden.

Card details:

Card stock is Ellen Hutson white linen, Paper Source cobalt (discontinued color - dark blue), Papertrey Ink (PTI) spring rain (light blue) and blueberry sky (medium blue.)
Dies are PTI fancy flakes. In addition to the large snowflake die, I used the center cutout from the small snowflake die for my dark blue star shape.
The dark blue dots are from a 1/8" hole punch.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (322)

1 comment:

Paula S. said...: Oh my Cindy that inlaid effect is beautiful! It works really nicely with the sentiment panel too... picking up the snowflake was a great idea. I'm so glad you got a chance to use the graphic. Enjoy!; October 13, 2013 at 11:51 AM

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Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

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Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

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Saturday, October 12, 2013