Well it certainly has been some time since I posted a card!
I had an idea for this in my head and I think it came pretty close to what I envisioned. Since I was going for the whole snow and cold feeling, I used Night of Navy, Ballet Blue and Whisper White as my color choices.
The Night of Navy layer was swiped with Whisper White craft ink and left to dry. I was going for the look of snow. How did I do?
On the Ballet Blue Top Note piece I stamped some of the snowflakes from the Snow Buddies set (Level 2 hostess - Holiday Mini) in Whisper White craft and heat embossed with white ep. I then overstamped the other other snowflakes and the star in Ballet Blue to create more depth.
My snow was created with Tombow multi glue, Dazzling Diamonds and Chunky clear glitter. Before I applied the glue and glitter I swiped the pieces, which I tore to create hills, with Ballet Blue ink. Since the Tombow dries clear, the ink shows better than I thought it would.
Each of the snowmen were stamped on Whisper White with black staz on and then cut out. Again, I would not want to mass produce this card! What was I thinking??? I then took scraps from the Christmas Cocoa dsp and paper pieced the hats and scarves. The "carrot" noses were stamped on Only Orange and the boots were done in Kraft. I used small pom-poms for the tops of the hats.
I wanted the snowmen to look like they were holding a "sign" and so I used a leftover piece of jute and strung it through the ends and around. Not sure if you can tell in the photos, but I put their hands around the jute. Both of the snowmen are up on dimensionals and the sign is up on double dimensionals.
Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Thu, Nov 26, 2009 @ 8:43 PM
You're right: you've been gone far too long, Ann! But what a stellar card you've come back with, girl. This is adorable. What you envisioned came out perfectly. Super sweet card.
------------------------------
Art Neko and Prickley Pear DTs
Former DT Dolce Designs, Rubbernecker, StampItCrazy,
I Brake For Stamps
DO U KNOW?
BRAK members love to send SCSers cards on their birthdays? Come join us.
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there
is no path and leave a trail." ... Ralph Waldo Emerson
Registered: June 23, 2008 Location: da U.P. - Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula Posts: 14987
Sat, Nov 28, 2009 @ 7:57 PM
Adorable! Love all the detail you've put into this, like the snowmen actually holding onto the jute and the little pom-poms on their hats! Thanks for sharing.
------------------------------ Broom Hilda
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ HHRH Proud Fan Club Member
Proud MMTPTCC Member