We have 3″ of fresh snow and I wanted to create something that has that shimmer. I dry embossed this design with copy paper then highlighted the embossed side with silver acrylic paint on a make up sponge. Once dry it got trimmed to size then smeared with clear gesso. It gave it the perfect shimmer and heft to the copy paper. PP strip is left over from the previous post and sentiment was cut on the Silhouette. I am loving using my Xyron machine to add adhesive to the fine die cut and running it through the embossing machine with the rubber mat and lightest of pressure Sure insures that there is only adhesive on the back of the words and NO spider webbing. Plus the backing peels easier. I find if I peel the backing half way lengthwise then press back down then do that again on the other direction but leave half of the sticky word revealed it is easy to place straight and then remove the rest of the backing. It is an old trick from learning how to hang wall paper.
Thanks for sharing your time with me, now I am sharing this with:
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Winter
Paper Crafter at large 
Gorgeous shimmer and shine on this beauty.
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This is so beautiful. I can imagine how gorgeous the shimmer is in real life.
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WOW! Simply GORGEOUS! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!
Darlene
Can You Handle the Pressure
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
PS … thanks for also sharing this amazing design with us over on the Sisterhood of Crafters challenge … awesome inspiration!
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What a great card! Love the shimmer you got. Also appreciate the tip on placing the sentiment.
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Beautiful card. I would never have thought to use copy paper, I always thought it was too thin. It’s gorgeous this way. And thanks for the tip on the Xyron Machine and using the rubber mat. I’ll try that. Lots of wonderful work here, and great take on the challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with us over at Can You Handle the Pressure, I hope we see you back again soon!
Judy~ CYHTP DT
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Love all the shimmer and texture. So pretty!!
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Such a STUNNING creation my friend! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Sisterhood of Crafters challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!
Darlene
Sisterhood of Crafters
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
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This is such a gorgeous card. I love the lacy shimmer.. Thanks for sharing this with us at TIOT Bonnie. hugs-Erika
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A beautiful and shimmering card. Thank you for sharing with us at Try it on Tuesdays.
Yvonne
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