Variation...

..on a theme.

I so love the Stampendous "Snowy Postcard" cling stamp - it just 'says' Christmas...which ever way you look at it.

At the crop yesterday, I had a bit of a play.

This one was stamped using gathered twigs Distress ink and Antique linen was used to 'age' it...

 ...but unlike previous versions I have made; I did some matt & layering, added a bow and also a little wreath charm. The holly was coloured with Inktense pencils. This stamp really is a dream to use and you don't need to do much to it to create a lovely card (I've seen a similar stamp of a steam train over on Marianne's blog that I might just have to get too).

Regular visitors to my blog will know that I am endeavouring to get my craft space organised & tidy and that I keep finding things I either knew I had but couldn't find or had forgotten about completely.

Now I knew I had a lovely selection of WOW embossing powders somewhere but I had forgotten what colours. I was over the moon to discover that I had a lovely aqua glitter embossing powder amongst them, so I had a bit of a play...

...and this is what I came up with. Such a lovely icy feel to this (oh, that isn't the glitter falling off on the work surface - that is the reflection of the miri card).

 

I stamped and embossed four images in this colour (mainly because I couldn't get all the embossing powder back in the tub LOL - it came out of there so why so difficult to fit back in???) and I think I'll have a bit of a play with different embellishments and ways of mounting.

 

I might even have a play with some other colour-ways...after all, I found a whole case full of the WOW Christmas colours so I really ought to put them to use............................................................