Pastel Snowflake Card- Week 8 of 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style

Hello friends and visitors! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday if you were celebrating in the States. Let the Christmas season officially begin! I have a Christmas card for you today, inspired by Linda's 8th tag from her 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie style challenge.  If you're not playing along yet, it's not too late! The simple guidelines for playing along can be found HERE. Her 12 week challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique with some very generous prizes.

I pretty much followed Linda's color scheme and many of her elements, just using supplies I have on hand. I used Tim's old Snowflurries embossing folder for my back panel and applied gesso with a credit card prior to dipping the panel into a Distress Oxide puddle. I used Brushed Pewter Distress Crayon to highlight the flakes. It's quite shimmery in real life.

I loved the corrugate fishtail banner on Linda's tag, so I got out my old forgotten crimper and crimped some white card. I swiped the Worn Lipstick DOX pad over the ridges and spritzed the panel with a light spray of water. Not one to waste a thing, I flipped another piece of card over it while it was still wet and got a second background to use on a future project.

I adore Linda's snowflake made with Stacked Snowflakes die, but I used Tim's Layered Snowflake with embossing folder. I cut my snowflake two times--once from glossy card stock and once from Metallic Kraftstock. I laid the glossy one in a puddle of watered down Worn Lipstick DOX, dried and repeated until pleased with the result. I later embossed it while it was still damp. I cut another tiny snowflake from Kraftstock using Mini Paper Snowflakes Thinlits die. I sanded the metallic snowflakes and edged them all in Vintage Photo Distress ink. A Fluted Star swiped with Distress crayon in pewter and heat set sits on top.

The holly is leftover from another project I am working on, and I heat embossed it as Linda did with Hammered Metal powder.

On vellum, I used Gilded Holidays Remnant Rubs for part of my sentiment, but not wanting to press my luck with the rub ons, I spelled out Merry using Holiday Words #2 Thinlits.

That's about it for this non traditional card. I've got to put my nose to the grindstone to get caught up, but I think I'll be able to complete Linda's challenge on time.

I'm sharing with these challenges:

The Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style Week 8

Scrapyland Challenge #78 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Challenge #310 - #311

Dies R Us Challenge #85 - Snow

Wow Embossing Powder Christmas
SanDee&amelie's 2017 Steampunk Winter Special Challenge

Thank you for your visit today and for all your wonderful comments!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

I used the following products which are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Bigz Die with Texture Fade - Layered Snowflake	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 14PK - Paper Snowflakes, Mini by Tim Holtz	(LATE SEPTEMBER PRE - ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fluted Stars	(SEPTEMBER PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set- Metallics (Antique Bronze/Brushed Pewter/Tarnished Brass)	Tim Holtz ideaology Metallic Kraft Stock TH93586
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Mixed Media Christmas by Tim Holtz	Emerald Creek Alure Powders - Hammered Metal	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs, Gilded Holidays	Size Thinlits Die Set 16PK - Holiday Words 2: Block by Tim Holtz	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo
(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Broken China	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Worn Lipstick