The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.
I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.
Next I cut my layers. The larger uses Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Sentimental Christmas" 12" x 12" package. It measures 2" x 3-1/2" and the Shaded Spruce layer behind it measures 2-1/4" x 3-3/4". I taped the two layers together and then glued them to the front of the card about 3/8" from the top edge and 3/8" from the fold.
Then I cut the next layers. I used Basic White for the top layer, it measures 2" x 2-1/2". I used my Blending Brush and I scrubbed on some Pool Party ink. My ink pad was a bit dry so I had to press harder on the pad with the brush. I didn't brush off on scrap paper first, I went directly to the card stock and I had to press down harder to get any color on the card stock. I would swirl clockwise and then when I changed to counter clockwise more ink came off the brush so I got some fun and interesting patches on the piece. I like what I saw so I kept it. Now if I were to try to recreate that, it may not turn out. I'm hoping I can because it's a fun look. The Shaded Spruce layer behind it measures 2-1/4" x 2-3/4". I taped the two layers together. Then I glued the layer to the front of the card. There's about 3/8" of the DSP showing on the three edges.
The snowman is from the "Snowy Scenes" 12" x 12" package. I have the "Snowy Wonder" bundle and there's a die in there that will cut a lot of the snowmen that are printed on one of the sheets of DSP. How fun is that? I love it when I can play with layers and texture and use printed images to save a little time. The trees are also from that same sheet the snowman came from. And there's dies for those too! There was a snowman on the sheet that was missing the upper part of the ear muffs and there was one at the bottom of the sheet that was missing most of it's body so I used the die and cut out both. I cut the head off at the scarf of the bottom one and taped it to the top one and now I have another full snowman. I may add a little snowflake embellishment or even some twine over the area where the scarf line is so it won't look like it was pieces together. But that's for another day. I was just adding that so you don't cut through your half snowmen, there's a way to save them! Anyway, Dimensionals were added to the back of the snowman and it was set in place on the front of the card. Tape was added to the trees and they were added as well.
The words are from the "Snowy Wonder" bundle and were stamped using Pool Party ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut them out using the dies from the "Christmas Labels" bundle. I also cut a Shaded Spruce one too. I cut the words out by snipping the piece at the tips. Then I taped that to the Shaded Spruce piece. Dimensionals were added and the piece was set in place on the front of the card.
When I was cutting the other pieces I was cutting out snowflakes at the same time. It saves time plus I can get a bunch of them cut and save some for later. I used three of them on my card. I added a pearl to the center of each one and that was it, the card was done.
This was a fun card to make. I love snowmen and I'm hoping to go out this winter and make one. It's been quite a few year but now that I have a new hip I can resume playing in the snow! I hope to never outgrow that! LOL
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda
Love the layout of your card and that cute snowman!
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