I love this card that Marti Arrell created and taught on World Card Making Day.  I’m not sure the photo does justice to the shimmer.  It really is just beautiful in person.  And it looks complicated but it really wasn’t too hard to do.  That’s the benefit of a great design.  Marti has a lot experience teaching classes so she knows just what to include to make the card stunning yet teachable to a dozen or so.  She even typed up all the supplies & instructions for me.  Bless you, Marti!

Supplies:

Dark blue card – A2 size

Lavender card stock 2 5/8” x 5 ½”

Medium blue card stock 2” x 5 ½”

White card stock 2 ¼” x 5 ½”

Lavender card stock for larger snowflake 3” x 3”

Medium Blue card stock for smaller snowflake 2 ½” x 2 ½”

1 white snowflake brad

Zig chisel tip glue pen

Art Institute Crystal glitter

Marvy Uchida Blue snowflake punch

Marvy Uchida Pink snowflake punch

EK Success snowflake border punch

Adirondack “Stonewashed” ink pad

Brilliance White ink pad

Clear gemstones

Tattered Angels Pearl Mist

Cuttlebug embossing folder “Snowflakes”

Hero Arts Clear set CL234 “Winter’s Butterfly”

Instructions:

Fold the dark blue card in half.  Run the front of the card thru the Cuttlebug with the Snowflake embossing folder.  Using the Brilliance white ink pad, swipe over the front of the card and distress the edges of the card.  Adhere the medium strip of card stock onto the lavender strip of card stock.  Using the snowflake border punch, punch both of the long edges on the white strip.  Using the Stonewashed ink stamp “a snowflake is winter’s butterfly” and a snowflake on the white strip of cardstock.  Using the snowflake punches stamp out the 2 snowflakes.  Cover each of the snowflakes with Zig Glue from the Zig glue pen.  Sprinkle with the crystal glitter.  Set aside to dry for a few minutes.  Once dry, hold both snowflakes on top of each other and punch a 1/8” hole in the center.  Add the while snowflake brad, but do not spread the “wings” of the brad”.  Lay the layered snowflake onto the 3 layered strips of card stock and punch a hole thru the strips of cardstock where you want to mount the snowflake.  Run the brad thru all the layers of the cardstock and spread the “wings” of the brad.  Adhere the strips of card stock to the center of the card.  Place clear gemstones in the center of some of the snowflakes on the card.  Using a very, very light mist, spray the front of the card with Tattered Angels Pearl mist.