Snowflake Snowman Card

With the ice, sleet and freezing rain covering most of Texas this week, I thought I would post one of my wintery cards. I like snow and cold weather, but am glad it doesn't last very long in Texas. The temps are supposed to be back to the 60s by this weekend, so we don't have to wait very long for nice weather again. 

Snowflake Snowman Card

Unfortunately most of the unique products used on this card are now discontinued, but maybe you already have these products or something similar that you can use. The card base is Balmy Blue card stock and the next layer is Night of Navy card stock. The layer right behind the snowflake paper is Basic White card stock with Balmy Blue ink lightly brushed over it using a Blending Brush.  The snowflake layer was die cut from Storybook Gnomes DSP with Snowman dies. The snowflake paper was cut the desired size, then the Snowman dies cut out the center part leaving snowflakes on the sides.

Peace on Earth is from the Hope & Peace cling stamp set. The whole stamp says "Peace on earth good will to all". Although you could use a marker to color and stamp the part you want, I chose to cut the stamp in half. I wouldn't recommend this for photopolymer stamps, but if there's enough space and you're a good cutter, you can cut cling stamps to be a smaller size than the original. Use Night of Navy ink to stamp whatever words you choose for your card.

The trees on this card were fussy cut from the Storybook Gnomes DSP. Any other trees would work too, but I like how these trees match the snowy scenery. The snowman is from a really old (2004) stamp set called Holiday Tag Team. I stamped it in Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White card stock.. The snowman was colored with Blends (Balmy Blue, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, and Pumpkin Pie). I stamped extra birds on scraps of Basic White and colored them to look like cardinals. The snowman and birds were fussy cut and attached to the card (some with Dimensionals and some with Mini Glue Dots). Then I added some Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes to add some bling to the card. 

NOTE: The words colored in pink are the names of Stampin' Up! product that you can find in my online store.. The words colored in maroon are discontinued Stampin' Up! products.


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