Saturday Favorite New In Color

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is "Favorite NEW In Color" and you know which one is mine, of course! Misty Moonlight is just the loveliest shade of blue and pairs perfectly with silver (and Night of Navy, and Seaside Spray). And, in keeping with the 12 Days of Christmas in July, I made a Christmas card.

Misty Moonlight and silver is definitely a cool combination (pun intended). This week Still Scenes is getting some love. Snow globes and snow flakes; gotta love them! The greeting (Itty Bitty Christmas) just seemed perfect for this scene. A die cut bit of Window Sheet looks like glass on the globe.

I hadn't used Whisper White Craft ink in quite a while and was afraid it might have dried up, but it was still good and ready to go! The tiny snowflakes were stamped on the Misty Moonlight background to mimic the swirling snow when you shake a snow globe.

That's my share for today. Now click the Next button to jump to Libby Fens at Libby Stamps, or the Back button to see what Mary Brown at Stamper Camper's Corner made!

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Still Scenes and Itty Bitty Christmas cling stamp sets
• Whisper White and Misty Moonlight cardstock, plus Silver Foil and Window Sheets
• Misty Moonlight Classic and Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pads
• Snow Globe Scenes Dies
• Winter Snow Embossing Folder
• Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack
• Lovely Labels Pick a Punch
• Stampin' Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Winter Wonderland, Control Freaks Style!

Welcome once again to the monthly Tour de Freaks! This month our theme is Winter Wonderland, so anything chilly, frosty, or frozen goes! I'm the first stop on the tour, but you may have landed here from The Stamp Doc. Weren't Melissa's projects awesome? There are seven of us on this month's hop, so click the button at the bottom of each stop to hop on to the next stop!

Like I said, the theme is Winter, which can be anything winter-related, whether a holiday, or just plain old frosty beauty. And the perfect frosty beauty comes in the Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Paper. I've used it on both my cards today. Up first is a card using the Frosted Foliage stamp set that is part of the Feels Like Frost Suite. It is a set of six cling stamps with five Frosted Frames Dies that coordinate. (Look on page 41 of the Holiday catalog.)

The frame was cut from Vellum Cardstock, with icy accents added using Shimmery Crystal Effects and Ice Stampin' Glitter.

Some snowflakes were also added, cut from Sparkle Glimmer Paper to jazz it up a bit more. In keeping with the cool theme, the greeting was stamped in Night of Navy and cut with the label die.

It really is so much more sparkly in real life! The next card combines the beautiful Snow Globe Scenes Dies (page 43) with a greeting from Itty Bitty Christmas. And that fabulous DSP, of course!

The trio of trees was cut twice and overlapped to make the snowy woods behind the church. I also added some Ice Stampin' Glitter to the trees for more frosty sparkle, and Sparkle Glimmer snowy hills.

The greeting was stamped on a strip of Vellum Cardstock using StazOn Jet Black, and adhered at the side with a glue dot.

Round iridescent sequins from Snowflake Sequins added a touch more shimmery goodness, and also covered the glue dot under the greeting. That Shimmery Crystal Effects is fab for gluing sequins!

Up next is our newest Freak, Bree Renwick, over at Craft-somnia Momma. Be sure to give her a warm welcome!