Sunday, 2 March 2014

Merry & bright

I played a little more with my Wplus9 quilt dies. To celebrate their 4th anniversary, Wplus9 are challenging us to stretch it, i.e. to try something new. After seeing so many wonderful projects using glitter, I decided to give it a go myself, with the pastel glitters by Silhouette that arrived last week.


Well, the glitter adhered everywhere, except to the sticker sheet I had been using. Next, I tried using a piece of (old) laminate, but it seems that the adhesive is (no longer) strong enough, so only a thin layer of glitter stuck to the laminate and the blue/aqua colour wasn't really visible. To correct this, I coloured the back side of the laminate with a turquoise Promarker. I love the stained glass window look. The die cut frame and the sentiment (Christmas Wishes set by Wplus9) are heat embossed using Versamark ink and silver embossing powder (Ranger super fine detail).

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Wplus9 - Birthday celebration week 4: stretch it
Merry Monday - 97 Sparkle and shine with aqua/white/silver
ABC Christmas Challenge - D for die cuts
Crimbo Crackers - 59 Blue and white
Christmas Card Challenges - 14 Heat embossing
LoveFest2014I at SCS - Die crazy, hosted by Simon Says Stamp
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18 comments:

  1. Kristie Goulet2 March 2014 at 21:38

    Marianne, this is gorgeous! I love how it looks like stained glass! So pretty! Thank you for joining us at Merry Monday!

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  2. Notes by Nina2 March 2014 at 21:51

    Beautiful card, I love this effect. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

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  3. Cherie2 March 2014 at 23:44

    What a gorgeous card! I love the stained glass look with the silver embossing. Good idea to color on the back of it.

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  4. Gail L3 March 2014 at 01:08

    This is gorgeous!

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  5. Bonnie3 March 2014 at 02:54

    WOW! This is gorgeous, Marianne! Thank you for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

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  6. Karren3 March 2014 at 06:56

    This is beautiful, Marianne. I agree with Kristie - it looks just like stained glass. Thanks so much for joining us at Merry Monday.

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  7. brenda3 March 2014 at 09:30

    It sounds like the glitter created it's own issues Marianne, but you got there and ended up with a beautiful and elegant card.

    B x

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  8. Karen Davis3 March 2014 at 10:59

    Marianne, you card is Stunning. Perfect CASness. Thank you so much for joining us at the Merry Monday.

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  9. Zw@@n4 March 2014 at 19:53

    Gorgeous CAS card and beautiful die. Thank you for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge. Luv, Wilma

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  10. Benzi5 March 2014 at 01:05

    Gorgeous!! I enlarged it to get all the beauty. The stained-glass look is just gorgeous and I love your silver embossed frame.

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  11. Anonymous5 March 2014 at 02:03

    Oh this is gorgeous hunny! love it Thanks for Playing along with us this time at ABC Christmas Challenge, hugs Samantha :0)

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  12. Pia Larsen6 March 2014 at 13:15

    This is so gorgeous!

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  13. Barbara6 March 2014 at 21:37

    Oh, so beatiful! Love the efect, however it came into being. The aqua is so pretty.

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  14. Nancy Thomas7 March 2014 at 07:50

    Beautifully done - CAS perfection.

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  15. Anne8 March 2014 at 14:48

    Wow, what a fabulous creation and perfect for Christmas Card Challenges. Thanks for joining in! Hugs x

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  16. Margo9 March 2014 at 04:52

    Lovely stained glass look!!
    Thanks for joining us at CCC!

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  17. Anonymous14 March 2014 at 21:39

    This is so sparkly and pretty; it almost makes me want to start making Christmas cards...almost.
    Heather T

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  18. JD/ Jill16 March 2014 at 02:42

    Very pretty!

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