I am sneaking in today to share something a little different for me.  I wanted to play around with Krista Schneider’s new Snowflake stamp set.  However, I didn’t just want to stamp out these gorgeous snowflakes, but wanted to play around and try something a little different.  So today, I played around with some Nuvo Mousse to see if I could create some fun magical winter snow.

Step One:  Trim some ECD Watercolor paper to 4x 4.5.  Then pull out a collection of winter colors.  I used Lilac Lavender, Powder Blue, Cornflower Blue, and Old Navy.

Step Two:  Layer the lightest color onto the watercolor paper.  Then blend in the rest of the colors using the darkest to the lightest.  Let Dry.

Step Three:  Add one of the large snowflakes to an acrylic block, and then using a watercolor brush, paint the lightest color onto the stamp.

Step Four:  Stamp the snowflake onto the paper.  Repeat several more times.  Let dry.

Step Five:  Repeat step three and four with the darkest color and a smaller snowflake stamp.

Step Six:  Repeat step three and four with a mid-grad color and a new snowflake stamp.

Step Seven.  Trim a piece of Soft Sky Soft Finish Cardstock to 12×6 inches and score and fold at 6 inches.

Step Eight:  Trim a second piece of Soft Sky Soft Finish Cardstock to 6×6 inches and die cut with the second largest oval from the Garden Notes- Frame It/Stitched Ovals.

Step Nine:  Stamp one of the snowflakes onto some white cardstock with some blue ink.  I used Archival Cornflower blue ink.  Die cut out the snowflake using Snowflakes die set.

Step Ten:  Adhere the Nuvo panel into the die cut oval and adhere the 6×6 die cut panel to the card frame.

Step Eleven:  Cut a banner out of Dusky Sky cardstock and adhere to the card frame.  Add the die cut snowflake to the banner with 3d tape.

Step Twelve:  Stamp the sentiment onto the Dusky Sky banner from the Classic Christmas Sentiments stamps.

Step Thirteen:  Add some adhesive crystals to the center of some of the snowflakes to add just a touch more sparkle.

Thanks for peeking in on this different technique to create a snowy background.  What do you think?  Do you like the look of stamping with Nuvo Mousse?