Winter Wonder Snowflake Eclipse Cards

I love the simplicity of these eclipse cards.  The beautiful white-on-white background, with just a pop of color and sparkle, is so elegant.  And, it's a relatively quick card, too.  There is not even any stamping!  It's definitely a design with a Too Cool flair!

Background Basics—I started by adhering a 5" x 3-3/4" Cherry Cobbler layer to a Thick Whisper White card base.  This color will be what shows when the letters are popped up. 

Lovely Letters—I used the Large Letters Framelits to die-cut the word "JOY" in the center of a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Whisper White card stock.  Next, I carefully positioned that white layer in the Winter Wonder Texture Impressions Folder with the letters all in place.  I ran through the Big Shot to get that pretty snowflake embossed over the words and background.

Elegant Eclipse—I adhered the die-cut & embossed background to the card front.  I re-positioned the "O" into its place as a template to adhere the inside of that letter to the card base, too.  You'll want to do that for any letters that have a middle "hole" in them.  Next, I used Foam Strips to pop up the letter die-cuts for a cool raised look. TIP: Foam Strips are the perfect width for the letters and it raises the letters high enough to see the color peek-thru.  I used Dimensionals, which are a little too squishy and thin, so not much color shows.  

Sparkly Finishing Touches—I added a couple of 1/4" x 4" strips of Red Glimmer Paper to either side with some Multipurpose Glue.  Then, I die-cut a small Silver Glimmer snowflake with the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits dies and attached it with a Glue Dot.  I colored a Rhinestone Jewel with a red Sharpie marker, then added that to the snowflake center.  TIP: I created this card before I had my new Stampin' Blends, but I'm sure that you could use those to color these sparkly gems!

Two Cool—For my second version, I used Night of Navy for the underneath layer.  The word "NOEL" was a little longer, so I needed to make thinner sparkly strips on the sides.  I tried 1/8" strips of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, but still felt like it needed some color.  So I added some Bermuda Bay Refill Ink to the Glimmer Paper with an Aqua Painter and I love the soft sparkly color it created.  TIP: Make sure the ink on the glimmer paper is fully dried before handing it, otherwise you can get ink on your fingers and possibly on your pretty white background.