White (on White) Christmas

      Welcome to December!  The year is almost over and most of us are ready to see it go.  2020 has been the strangest year in my lifetime and I'll bet in yours, too.  While there have been memorable individual events, both good and not so good, in other years, I can't think of a single other year where so much has continued for so many days/weeks/months, one after the other.

     But let's put that behind us for a bit and take time to celebrate the December holidays.  Today begins a new monthly challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies.  This month, the challenge is self-sponsored and there is a full set of clear, polymer, "Winter" sentiment, stamps which will be mailed out to the challenge winner.  So, each DT member was free to do whatever they chose in making their inspiration piece.

     I tried something I rarely do - a white-on-white card for Christmas.  I used dies to cut sparkly pieces and mounted them onto a white background for a CAS design.  The sparkle comes from large, glittered snowflakes on the original paper, giving this card a cold, wintery look.  That paper has been in my stash as long as I've had the 2 dies and that's a long time!

Glittery/silvery bits were snowflakes

Candle die from Die-Versions

"Merry" die from Memory Box

     Challenges:

Aud Sentiments

C.R.A.F.T.

Crafty Catz

Creative Inspirations

Double Trouble  (stash, snowflakes, 2CCC)

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Scrapping4Fun

Simon Says Stamp

Word Art Weds

     Come play with us this week and stop by in a couple of hours to see my DT post for QKR Stampede.  NanaConnie

Beautiful Bride

     I have the honor of being a Guest Designer at Through the Craft Room Door this week and the challenge is being sponsored by Digistamps4Joy.  I used their lovely "Bedazzled Bride" image.

     I challenged myself this time to try doing white-on-white again.  I've tried it a few times in the past and have never been happy with the results.  However, I admit to really liking this one and being proud of it.  :-D

     I did color some of the image with ProMarkers (her skin & hair) and a bit of gold paint pen to highlight the embroidery on her dress.  I used an out-of-the-box technique to die cut the image with one of my oldest dies from Spellbinders.  I layered that onto two more die cut frames, both by Spellbinders, and I used dimensional tape to separate the layers, adding texture and dimension.  Both of the lower layers are "Linen" embossed with a folder.

     I decided that I really wanted to showcase the die cuts so I didn't add any flowers, or lace, or ribbons, or any of the more common embellishments for wedding cards.  I think it's more than enough as it it.

     Challenges:
Color Crazy Craft
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Calendar
Hiding in My Craft Room
Jo's Scrap Shack
Lemon Shortbread
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Scrapy Land
Word Art Weds.

     It would be great to see you playing along at Through the Craft Room Door this week.  Remember, their theme is always "Anything Goes" and you might win a fabulous prize from Digistamps4Joy!  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Wedding White on White

     I don't do white-on-white very often but this time I was commissioned to make a wedding card and white-on-white is what seemed to be wanted so I did it.

     I did three embossed layers (Swiss Dot and Lattice by Darice) then added die cut hearts (Spellbinders) and tiny dried flowers in the peach color being worn by the bridesmaids.  The lace came from my stash and the doves are cut from sparkly CS.  I used a gem brad to attach the wing pieces to the bodies.   The "I Do" sentiment and the random pearls are stickers that I had in my stash.  Sparkly ribbon for the bow came from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

     Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks
Always Playing with Paper
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Gals Corner
Crazy Challenge
Creative Moments
Inspiration Destination
Karleigh Sue
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Scrapy Land
Star Stampz (flowers, ribbon, stickers)

     I'll have another post late this evening for my DT spot at Pile It On.  New challenge starting there in the wee hours of the morning (for those of us in the western USA) so check back.  It's going to be a fun theme this time around.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie