Ok, Monday was a holiday and the muse was keeping ELEVEN children busy for a sleepover and playdate.  That is all the energy that I had.  LOL!  So how about a technique for Tuesday?

The title makes it all sound so PEACEful.  But when I attacked this project, it was with a creative fervor.  LOL!  It started with wishing that I had stamps to match this awesome die set from Spellbinders called S4 085 Snowflake Wonder.

Here is my 'technique'.

• Stencil through die with Versamarker or Embossing Pen

• Heat emboss with Detail White Embossing Powder
• Ink it up.  I used Distress Inks to make a background
• Heat set THOROUGHLY.  No wet spots remaining.
• Ink cutting edges of the Snowflake Wonder die with Embossing Ink
• Run it through Wizard with following sandwich:
  • White Mat.  
  • Inked Art, ink side up.  
  • Die with inked side / cutting blades down.  
  • White Mat
• Remove die carefully.
• Heat emboss with Glitter Embossing Powder (I used Midnight Madness from Sparkle n Sprinkle)
• Stencil through die with clear drying, tacky adhesive (such as Duo by USArtQuest)
• Once adhesive is tacky, sprinkle with GLITTER (I used Meteor Blue, also from Sparkle n Sprinkle)
• Wait a couple of minutes
• Tap off excess glitter and work other glitter into tacky areas with the tip of your finger.  Be brutal.

I love making backgrounds.  You can just keep goin' til it's done.

All of this frames the beautiful Amaco Foil cut pieces, again with Snowflake Wonder.

I ran a piece of Core'dinations Cardstock Black Magic (with that lovely teal) through with the Nestabilities Long Rectangle Scallop die and sanded the edges for contrast.

Mounted the whole thing on a nice plum cardstock.

Placed it on a pearlescent light blue card base.  This is the same paper that I used for the letters, cut with the Enchanted font die set.

Thanks for looking.  I hope you have time for some 'play time' today.