I have been itching to ink up the new November release Waltzing Mouse Stamps that arrived earlier this week and, (as time has once again been my enemy), I opted to keep things as simple as possible.
I chose to stamp this holly, from 'Around Christmastime' set, onto some lavender card and then heat embossed with silver powder, before cutting out with a scalloped circle punch and adding some purple adhesive pearls.
Then I found some lilac card and dragged out the Cuttlebug and a couple of Christmassy embossing folders for the next stage.
To do this, you place the card into the folder as normal, place your 2nd 'B' plate over the portion you want embossed and then roll the sandwich through the cuttlebug, making sure you hit reverse when you reach the edge of that 2nd 'B' plate. Do this on both edges and remember YOU MUSTN'T GO ALL THE WAY!
(Hmmm ... that phrase sounds very familiar but can't recall for the life of me where I've heard it before ... ) Ahem .... *snigger*
Now there's every chance that my rather inadequate instructions have totally confused you ... actually I think I've confused myself and I know that I know what I mean! However, I'm sure you will understand once you try it for yourself and if not then I'll find a link to a tutorial for you.
OK ... back to the card ...
Pearlescent lavender ink was roughly rubbed over the embossed snowflakes and this square was cut diagonally. The triangle edges were then heat embossed with silver and matted onto a slightly larger triangle of lavender card before attaching on top of the embossed square.
At first I thought the 'mistletoe' embossing looked a bit boring and I was tempted to add some sparkle. However, I've decided I quite like the contrast between the matt look and the pearlescent sheen of both panels so am going to leave it be for now.
Incidently, I used the remaining triangular section to decorate inside but forgot to take a photo.
