Hello Honey Bee friends! Today I'm sharing my card featuring the gorgeous In Stitches: Snowflake Honey Cuts with the equally beautiful Silent Night stamp! I created a sparkly and embellished snowflake to add to my mixed media holiday card. Check out the details below!
My supplies for the In Stitches: Snowflake are as follows:
- In Stitches: Snowflake die
- white wool felt (Note: wool felt die cuts much better than the acrylic felt you might find at your local craft store.)
- white glitter cardstock
- DMC size 24 Tapestry needle (round tip) or use DMC sizes 18-22 can be used
- DMC B5200 white embroidery floss (separated into 3 strands)
- seeds beads (from my stash)
The In Stitches: Snowflake set has two dies--one for the top layer and another for the bottom layer. Both layers can be die cut from felt, however, I die cut the bottom layer from white glitter cardstock.
After separating my embroidery floss into three strands, I stitched through the die cut holes in the center of the Snowflake as there are no holes for these in the back layer. If you use felt for both layers, you don't need to do this step.
Then I stitched both layers together. I used regular white thread to sew on the seed beads. As I mentioned above, there are no holes for the middle portion. I could use a sharp pointed needle to poke through the glitter cardstock, but I just used my cannot-craft-without Die Pick Tool to add those holes.
I like to add little dabs of glue to the thread knots on the back of the piece. Probably not necessary, but it gives me peace of mind that it won't come undone! Haha!
The A2 card base is layered with a piece of patterned paper that is in the "Free Bee" paper pack that will automatically be added to a qualifying order.
I stamped the gorgeous Silent Night stamp set with clear embossing ink onto a light brown cardstock. I added a white sparkle embossing powder and used my heat tool to set it.
Next I tore all of the edges of the panel. Then I used an ink blending brush to ink the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I glued the panel to my card base.
I decided I want just a touch of something with the Snowflake so I die cut white cardstock with a few branch dies that are in the Lovely Layers: Sleigh Bell die set. I glued those to the card, and then glued the Snowflake onto the card.
I am a HUGE fan of sentiment stamps that are ONE piece and stamp several sentiments all at once! That is what the Simply Stated: Holiday stamp set is! I stamped it in black pigment ink and cut it out with the coordinating Simply Stated die.
I used some foam squares to adhere the sentiment to my card.
After I stamped the Simply Stated: Holiday stamp, I noticed four tiny little hearts that also were stamped. Guess what those are for? The Simply Stated die has four little heart holes that help you line up the die! Isn't that genius?!!
There are so many fun techniques on my card today! I hope you like it and are inspired to try one of the awesome In Stitches die sets on a project. TIP: I use this Storage Pocket to store all of my In Stitches sets together!
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope your day is fabulous!
1 comment
This card is absolutely gorgeous!