MOJO102 Snowflake

Sorry I've been gone so long. I had a busy week, plus I didn't feel any creative spark. I'm back and ready to go again.
I made this card for this week's Mojo sketch.
I tried a few new techniques on this card that I'll tell you about.
A super simple step I've read about recently on a few blogs is to add several layers when you punch a certain shape to give it more dimension. Let me tell you, it works like a charm. The small snowflake is on top of four 1/2" circles. Give it a try sometime.
Another technique I used involved the use of our new Shimmer Paint in Frosty White. I stamped the two snowflake images with our Classic Ink. I used the Stamp A Ma Jig to stamp over them with Shimmer Paint. I just inked up my stamp with a sponge dipped in the lid of the Shimmer Paint. It's hard to tell from the photo, but it just gives the images a little bit of shimmer.
The last technique I used has to do with the distressing on this card. I use distressing a lot on my projects because I feel it gives them just that little extra "umph".
There are several ways to do distressing. You can run your inkpad directly on your paper - "direct-to-paper", or you can use a sponge or sponge dauber to dip in your inkpad and run across your paper, or you can use our distressing tool that is a part of our cutter kit.
I am getting ready to use one of our On Board Albums. While reading the front instructions, it gave me another way to do distressing. You go over your paper with the inkpad or with a sponge then go over that ink with a cotton ball dipped in Gray Pastels. The ink and paper absorb some of the gray, and it just gives it a duller distressed effect. I really liked the results. It seems a little less harsh than other times.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Snow Swirled
• Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip
• Paper: Old Olive, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Merry Moments DSP
• Accessories: Button Latte, Linen Thread, sponge, pastels, 1/2" and 3/4" circle punch, Coluzzle, Photo Corners punch, Frosty White Shimmer paint