Stamp Review Crew Festive Flurry

Welcome to the inaugural Stamp Review Crew blog hop. With 16 Stampin'Up! demonstrators creating, I am sure you will see a plethera of ideas.  If you ever get lost, find a broken link or forget where you have been on the blog hop, just go to the Stamp Review Crew blog where you will find the complete list of Crew members.

Today we are "reviewing" Stampin'Up!'s Festive Flurry stamp set.  This set reminds me of Pennsylvania Dutch art.  Besides beautiful images, I love the fact that the Festive Flurry Framelits fit each snowflake.

If you came here by way of Ann Schach's Stampin Schach, I know you were treated to some amazing projects.  If you haven't been there yet make sure to click on the "previous blog" link and visit her site.

My first project is a collage of snowflakes inked in Stampin'Up!'s Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Island Indigo colors onto Very Vanilla card stock and backed with Island Indigo card stock.  The sentiment is from the More Merry Messages stamp set which is a carry over set from last year's Holiday Catalog and is still available.

The top layer was dry embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. 

In my mind snowflakes are sparkly, so I scattered some Rhinestone Basic Jewels on the snowflakes.

 This second card is my take on a Christmas Topiary using the same color scheme. The Festive Flurry images were inked with Bermuda Bay and Pool Party ink. The planter is punched in Island Indigo card stock using the Decorative Label punch and the Word Window punch.  

The card base is Whisper White, followed by a full layer of Island Indigo card stock and a 4"x2.5" piece of the Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper.  A 1/2"x 4 1/8" strip of the Silver Foil Sheets divides the card. 

The sentiment is embossed onto the Silver Foil, cut out with the Deco Label Framelits and tucked behind the strip. 

Up in the right hand corner I attempted to create the tips of a snowflake using the Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Thanks for stopping by! If you have a moment, I would love to hear what you thought of today's projects. You can't imagine how satisfying and fun it was to post again!

And now on to the next stop! Another talented and sweet demonstrator and friend, Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn, I know she will treat you to more great ideas on using Festive Flurry. 

God Bless,

Stamps: Festive Flurry(131781), More Merry Messages(126402) 
Ink: Bermuda Bay(131171), Pool Party(126982), Island Indigo(126986), VersaMark(102283)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Whisper White and Island Indigo card stock.  Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper(132341). Silver Foil Sheet(132178)
Misc: Festive Flurry Framelits(132193), Deco Label Framelits(130102), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder(117335), Decorative Label punch(120907), Word Window punch(119587), 3/16" Corner punch(119871), Rhinestone Basic Jewels(119246), White Emboss Powder(109132)