Canadian Blog Hop - Jan/Feb New Products

 Welcome to our Canadian Blog Hop featuring artwork created using new and fabulous products found in our Jan/Feb catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

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I decided to play and try out some new products and create my first slimline card. It was so much fun to create and I think I am hooked. I am so excited                            that we now have Slimline card bases and envelopes as well as this cute thin                          cut. Slimline cards are all the rage right now.

There is so much goodness on this card.  I was planning to stack 2 of the Diagonal Stripe Slimline Thin cuts to get a crisscross pattern happening so I flipped this one over.  However, I decided I liked this card just like it is, so this is the backside of the Thin Cut image.   

I created the background of the card by blending the Peacock Feathers                            Distress Oxide ink on White Daisy cardstock. I then spritzed it with some                      water and splattered it with some Clear Shimmer Brush and some                      Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink using a water brush.

The Diagonal Stripe Slimline Thin Cut was cut with White Daisy cardstock                          and then flipped over. I then blended Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink                      over it and splattered it with water . I love the oxided look you get when you                      do this.

The cute Penguins come from the new Winter Penguins set and I stamped                          them with Intense Black ink. I used our amazing Tri-Blend markers and                          the clear shimmer brush to colour them in. The list of the colours used is                            below. I hand trimmed out an extra hat/glasses of the one penguin and                            layered it on top with 3-D foam tape for a fun dimensional effect.

The sentiment comes from the new Months of the Year February stamp                              set and I put it on the large Stitched Scalloped Bracket, and used Archival                      Black to stamp with. The heart border is also from that stamp set and                          stamped using the Abandoned Coral and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide                          inks. I inked up the stamp 2/3s of the way with Abandoned Coral first and                          then inked up the other 2/3s with Peacock Feathers ink. So in the middle                          the 2 inks overlaid each other. This is a really fun technique to use.

Then to finish off the card I added a few Blue Belle sequins and splattered                          with a little bit of the Turquoise Glossy Spray.

I hope you enjoyed this card, learned a few things and were inspired.                                  Here is a list of everything I used.

Supplies Used: Z3917 - Winter Penguins Stamp & Thin Cut Z3908 - Diagonal Stripe Slimline Thin Cuts                          D1997 - Months of the Year - February X257 - Slimline Cards & Envelopes                                                                                                         Z3688 - Stitched Scalloped Brackets                                                                                                         1385 - White Daisy Cardstock Z3886 - Mini Ink Blending Tool                                                                                                                Z3823 - Turquoise Gloss Spray                                                                                                                Z3825 - Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Ink Pad                                                                            Z3833 - Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink Pad                                                                                Z2045 - All-purpose Mat                                                                                                                            Z1151 - 3-D Foam Tape                                                                                                                                Z3372 - Adhesive Runner                                                                                                                            Z3440 - Dual-tip Permanent Glue Pen                                                                                                    Z3271 - Archival Black Ink Pad                                                                                                                Z4189 - Intense Black Ink Pad                                                                                                                    Z3293 - Clear Shimmer Brush                                                                                                                    Z2481 - Coral Tri-Blend Marker                                                                                                                Z2494 - Hydrangea Tri-Blend Marker                                                                                                    Z2488 - Green Turquoise Tri-Blend Marker Z1836 - Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors                                                                                                       Z3676 - Blue Belle Loose Sequins

Your next stop on the Canadian Blog Hop is                                                                             Kristine Ponte of Life Documented.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle Stewart's Blog,                                  as she has the complete blog hop list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to                      get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along                            the way. We hope you will join us again for our next hop, March 20th, 2021.