DASHER STAMP & DIVA COFFEE BREAK DESIGN CHALLENGE

good morning.  Before I share the card tutorial, I need to provide you with a couple of corrections.

Apparently the Stencils ARE NOT part of the buy $50.00 get a Decor Elements for free.  It is Only the Decor Elements, Not the Decor Stencils….. clear as mud right – yep I know, they are all in the same catalog.  When Stampin Up opens this morning I will phone for a confirmation on that.

and – this months tutorial has a typo in it.  I used the Designer Series Paper Merry Moments on Page 160 of the catalog, not Christmas Cocoa from the mini.  I have changed the tutorial so for all of those who already purchased if you would like an updated copy, please e-mail me and I will be happy to send that directly to you – and my apologies for this.  I was working on two projects at once and I wrote the wrong paper on the wrong sheet….

Ok, on to the card.  I had a lot of questions last week about embossing with my classic ink pads, and yes it is true, you can do this.

Here is How:

Stamp your image first in VersaMark ink, then in your Classic ink.

you get an ever so slightly lighter version of your Classic ink.

cover the image with your embossing powder, this is Iridecent Ice (you can also use clear)

Heat set it with your heat tool.

viola, here is what you get, a shimmery Teal blue Dasher.

REMEMBER TO CLEAN YOUR STAMP BEFORE YOU REPEAT

I sponged around him for some depth

his circle is 3 inches

the Sahara Sand is 3-1/4

Taken With Teal is 3-1/2

Here is another Trick.

Our Horizontal Slot Punch will not go through 3 pieces of Card stock.

So, punch your first one.

Use it as a template to trace onto the next

and use that one to trace onto the last one.

You are going to be lining up your circles each time so you notice the punch is farther inside the circle each time.

Here are all the pieces I used for the card.

The base is 4-1/4 x 11, score and fold at 5-1/2 – Taken with Teal

4 x 5-1/4 – Whisper White

3-7/8 x 5-1/8 Holiday Lounge Designer Paper

2 x 4 Sahara Sand – Scallop Edge punched

1-1/2 x 4 – Holiday Lounge Designer Paper.

snowflake stamped and punched with 3/4 inch circle punch

Taken with Teal Mat – 1 inch circle punch

Sahara Sand Mat – 1-1/4 inch circle punch

and 18 inches of 5/8 Satin Ribbon that I wrapped around the designer paper and White Mat, came up through the slot punch and tied a knot,

then I layered it to the card base.

then I added the left side pieces.

I stamped the Merry Christmas from Holiday Best and cut out the words

added my snowflakes using Dimensionals so they popped a little.

I used my glue stick to add some Dazzling Diamonds glitter under Dasher for snow.

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and some additional glitter on the snowflakes.

Now it's your turn.  Take the diva Sketch 

create your card and head on over to the Diva Blog

where you can use Mister Linkey to upload your beautiful creation to share with us.

Dasher Stamp – page 208 #116816 $8.95

Holiday Best Stamps – Hostess Set – page 13 – must be earned

Snowflake – Season of Friendship – page 114 #111776 $23.95

Holiday Lounge Designer paper page 162 #115676

3/4 inch circle punch page 186 #107217 $10.95

1 inch circle punch page 186 #109046 $10.95

1-1/4 inch circle punch page 186 #104403 $15.95

Scallop Edge Punch, page 186 #112091 $15.95

Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder page 188 #101930 $4.75

Heat Tool page 188 #100005 $29.95

Whisper White 5/8 inch satin ribbon page 183 #114616 $8.95

thanks for stopping in and hope you get some ink on your fingers today.