After seeing the new challenge at Seize the Birthday for "Many of Something" I was looking through the stamps I keep nearby that I want (need!) to use and saw Simon Says' "Snowflake Season," and knew just what I wanted to do. Then Just Us Girls popped up with their new trend challenge, "Make a Matching Envelope" so I did that, too. It is a trend I see frequently, and never take the time to do.
To make the card, I started with a piece of Surf Blue cardstock by Simon Says and embossed a variety of snowflakes in white. I embossed the greeting from Papertrey Ink's "Winter Hills" on a slightly darker cardstock scrap I found in my scrap folder and die cut it with one of the Simon Says "Stitched Rectangles." The sentiment square was added with dimensional tape, and then I added a tiny snowflake die cut from My Favorite Things "Stylish Snowflakes." (It's bent a bit in the photo, but has now been fixed. I hate that I don't notice these things until after I've taken the photo!)
The final embellishment was to add a sparkling jewel to the center of each snowflake.
I embossed three snowflakes on the front of the envelope, and a series of them on the back flap. This took so little time, and I love the coordinating envelope. I hope this inspires me to take the time to do this more frequently.
In addition to Seize the Birthday and Just Us Girls, I'm adding this to NBUS since I've finally put the "Snowflake Season" to use.