Sweet Snowflakes

When I started to think about my projects for this month’s Guest Star Stamper contest at Papertrey Ink, I had a ton of ideas but they weren’t coming together and time was running out. As I was rummaging through my tin stash, I came across my tea tins. They seemed like a great shape to hold small cookies. Then I realized that one of the stamps in the Rustic Snowflake set from PTI says, “May you never forget the flavor of” and another stamp says “snowflakes.” And that is how this project was born!

I started by stamping my Aqua Mist cardstock with the two sentiment stamps in Water Lily Green. I love how the two look together! I then stamped white snowflakes randomly (in several sizes) and embossed them with white embossing powder. I scalloped some white cardstock with my Threading Water punch and layered it underneath my Aqua Mist piece. This whole thing then got adhered to the tin. I wanted some of the silver of the tin to show, as I thought it was a great color addition with the Aqua and Water Lily Green (not to mention the silver ribbons).

For the top, I got out a chipboard snowflake and covered it with more Aqua Mist. I inked the edges in white and dipped them in white embossing powder. I wanted this to look like an iced sugar cookie. I used my Crop-a-Dile to add a few holes for detail, and dotted on a bit of Diamond Stickles for some shimmer. The next step was to add a silver bow and tie on a little tag I stamped with the word “snowflakes.” I used a second silver ribbon to add the tag.

Before placing the cookies inside, I cleaned the tin well and added a wax paper liner, in case the icing left any residue inside the tin. All that’s left is to give these sweet snowflakes to someone special! Yummy!

One more note. Can you believe this is my first time icing sugar cookies (thus the close up shot)? I usually opt for the sprinkles and sugar, but for this project I wanted white and blue snowflakes. It was well worth the work, but I already know what I need to do to make it a bit more workable for the real thing in December (less milk, more sugar). And if I could just get the icing to match my Aqua Mist cardstock...lol. I have two more GSS submissions to share with you this week, so make sure to come back!

Stamps: Rustic Snowflakes (PTI)
Ink: Water Lily Green (PTI), white pigment (ColorBox)
Cardstock: Aqua Mist and SS White (PTI)
Tools: Crop-a-Dile, Threading Water punch (Fiskars), Cuttlebug (ProvoCraft), Tiny Tag die for Cuttlebug
Ribbon: Silver Sheer Metallic and Silver Sheer Metallic Edge (PTI)
Other: silver eyelet, chipboard snowflake (SU!), tea tin (PTI), Diamond Stickles (Ranger)