Ho Ho H2O!

I swear I would have been posting this a few hours ago, but for a misadventure with embossing, vellum, and my thumb. Swear.

The current (for another hour or so) challenge at jingle belles this time around is to use water - either a water-based technique, or an image incorporating water in some form. Being an overachiever I decided to get messy & flaky, and to get started 5 minutes before leaving to take the kids to the dentist. Timing is obviously my strong suit.

Here's my card, then I'll 'splain:

Supplies: Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Tumbled Glass distress inks; Versamark; Moonstone embossing powder; silver paint pen; stamps from Inkadinkado; Tattered Angels glimmer mist - Turquoise Blue

I used a super-heavy white cardstock - I have no idea what exactly it is as it was given to me, but it is very like watercolour paper in texture & finish. It's MUCH thicker, though, and seems about twice as thick as the 110 lb card I usually use. I wiped the three blue distress pads all over my paper, and then ran it under the tap, rubbing gently with my hand. I blotted it with a piece of copy paper after this step. Then I over-sprayed it with the glimmer mist - not just spritzing it, but actually letting the mist pool all over the paper. 

This is why I shouldn't start things right before leaving the house. My brain thought - 'oh, it'll dry while we're gone,' not 'oh, you'll cover your hands with blue right before leaving for the house with two kids who are anxious about having sealants put on their teeth, and a dog who is busy trying to jump into our pockets and go with.'

We made it there, and on time even. Who even knows how that happened?

Anyway, it WAS dry when we came back (and the kids were champs at the dentist - particularly Riley, who had 7 teeth sealed, but 9 sealants put on as the first two failed. I cut the paper down to size (I wanted a small white border on the base), stamped & embossed the sentiment, and then edged the panel with the silver paint pen. Then I decided to add the snowflake stamping over top - in Broken China - and then stuck the whole thing to the card base with foam tape.

*whew*

It almost took longer to write about than it did to do. (If you don't count the whole vellum fiasco of the failed idea). And look at the super sparkle:

And there you go - haven't missed a jingle belles challenge yet, though this was a close one :)

For a quick funny, a picture of Maggie - if she fits, she sits. 

That's a lot of cat bulging out of that box!

xoxo,

Jessi