SNSS Christmas in July Blog Hop

Are you ready for Christmas in July?! I'm hopping along with some friends from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps today - each of us has a Christmas project to share today along with some sale information and a chance to win a $50 gift certificate! If you're hopping in order, you probably came here from my friend Ceal Pritchett's blog - if you want to start at the beginning of the hop, head over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Blog!

I bought this gorgeous scenic set with this specific technique in mind - I'm really glad I already have a tutorial video done, because despite the results, the whole process was a series of disasters...! I'm never really good at heat embossing, but going into it with a bad case of gluten brain - I nearly had to turn in my Professional Crafter card. If you'd like to know how to do this technique, please see my tutorial on Splitcoaststampers, and I apologize for the lack of a video here. Or maybe I should just say 'you're welcome'. It wasn't pretty. The card though... boom.

I did manage to take one process photo - the technique alternates clear embossed images and inking, so the photo below is after 2 layers - I embossed the deer and 3 snowflakes on watercolor paper, then brushed pink ink over the panel, masked the snowbank with contact paper, and stamped the trees and 3 more snowflakes, embossed with clear powder and brushed darker pink. 

After that step, I stamped more trees and snowflakes, embossed, brushed a magenta ink, then stamped the tree border and more snowflakes, embossed, and brushed with purple ink.

After I ironed the panel to remove the embossing powder, I dotted some gesso snow around the panel, and then spattered some water (lifted with a paper towel) and misted the panel with shimmer spray - you can see that below.

 

Here's the set I used: 

Thrill of Hope clear set

....and so you can get ahead on your Christmas crafting, check out the rest of the Winter and Christmas sets - they're all 25% off through the end of the month! (If you shop through the links in my post, I'll get a small commission too - everyone wins!)

Some of my favorite people have projects to share today too - be sure to visit them as well, and comment as you go - someone will win a $50 gift certificate! You'll need to comment by 11:59pm Eastern on July 31 to be included - the sale ends then too, so don't dilly dally! Thank you for visiting me!

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Sweet 'n Sassy Blog

Julee Tilman

Bev Gerard

Ceal Pritchett

Dina Kowal <========= you're here!

Gayle Bond

Giovana Smith

Jane Bosi

Jeanne Streiff

Julie Cassell

Lee Ann Barrett

Lyn Tomlin

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stephanie Serrano