As a girl who grew up in the Middle East and lived in California for nearly 2 years prior to where I am now, I certainly don’t need snow for it to feel like the holidays. That said, while I know the holidays have passed (so sad!) I’m still all for using snowflakes on my cards. We may not have any snow here in Vancouver, but on the weekend I made some in die cut form!
For this slimline thank you card, I used the Pinkfresh Studio Layered Snowflakes die set, as well as some heavyweight vellum and glitter cardstock to create these sparkly little beauties.
After assembling my snowflakes with the vellum layers behind, I moved on to die cutting the letters for my sentiment. For this, I used my go-to combo of Lea’s Ornate Uppercase Die Set and Heather’s Lowercase Die Set and a few different shades of blue cardstock.
To ensure that the snowflakes and sentiment stood out, I layered them on top of a white-on-white diagonally striped background. I used the Slim Diagonal Stripes die to make this, and while I was at it, used one of my leftover bits of white cardstock to create a strip long enough to span the width of the card. On top of it, I arranged the letters for ‘Thank You’, fiddled around with them for probably way too long, and finally secured them with some tape runner adhesive.
Finally, I attached the diagonal stripe panel to my card base, followed by the snowflakes. After backing the white strip with foam tape, I placed it on top, ensuring that the ends aligned with the edges of the card. And that, my friends, was it!
Random question of the day: do you prefer snow at Christmas? Or are you the type that can get into a festive mood without it?