Favorite Ornament | Jen McMurtrey

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Hello! It's Jen today with two more projects using the amazing Frosty Season Collection. First up is a simple layout using a few of the stamps and a white background.

To begin, I added pewter mist to a piece of white mixed media paper. Next, I used embossing ink to stamp several snowflakes, bells, and pine branches.

After stamping the images, I added silver glitter to each, which did not require heat embossing.

The silver star vellum paper included with the collection is one of my favorites, and I created the background with just that paper in mind. I love the soft, subtle colors of the background and paper with the photo of my favorite ornament that I received as a child.

Using a metal die from my stash, I cut out the bow using the vellum and white cardstock. After assembling the die cut, I glued it atop the photo.

To finish the project, I added the title with alphabet Thickers I had on hand and placed the clear acetate sticker beneath it. I love the simplicity of the project!

Next up is a card that again uses the Frosty Season Collection. To create this, I used scraps of patterned paper left over from other projects with more stamps. Rather than use the same glitter as above, I stamped the images with black ink and colored them in with watercolor pens.

To give the project just a bit of sparkle, I went over several of the images with a clear glitter marker. The effect is subtle but looks really pretty.