Sparkly Snowman Guest DT

 

I was recently approached on my blog by Donna at The Paper Funday Challenge and asked to be a Guest Designer for 3 months. I was so flattered to be asked and today is my first card for the challenge.  

We are sponsored for this challenge by AMB Illustrations.

Now I have to be honest,  I was not previously aware of this designer but OMG she has the most amazing store on Etsy with digital stamps, clip art, papers and cutting files. We were able to choose one file from the store and I instantly fell in love with these Christmas Faces Stamps.

I absolutely adore snowmen and I love the face on Mr Snowman so that is what I chose to use. 

I did a rough mock up of the size of body I wanted to use and sized the head to be printed accordingly. The image has been coloured with Promarkers with a white gel pen for the berries accent and a Sakura metallic pen for the hat detail and dots on scarf. This has been fussy cut and mounted onto 3D Foam squares.

The base of the card is a sheet of A4 cardstock. I added some paper from a very, very ancient Papermania pad, the colour was perfect for this as I wanted it to look like a dull grey snowy sky.

The body has been cut from a thick handmade card that is covered in iridescent glitter. I have added some buttons and the arms are actually tree trunks from a Sizzix die. I simply trimmed the lower branch off to make it look like a stick arm.

I wanted the snowman to be looking up in wonder at the snowflakes as they fell so needed a really big sparkly one to capture his attention. The ensemble is a combination of 2 snowflakes. Both of these have been recycled (or I like to call it rescued) from shop bought cards that have been received. Quite often there are little elements that can be re-used on other projects. These are far too nice to just throw away in the recycle bin. I mean, just look at all that twinkle that would have been thrown away..... my mission is to rescue the twinkle and give it another life. The sentiment is a foiled one that has also been rescued. I have used a die to cut the decorative shape and raised on 3d foam.

I really love how this card turned out. It is so sparkly and bright & cheerful. Definitely one of the best snowman cards I have ever made.

I hope you will join us at The Paper Funday Challenges and see what the fabulous team have made using these great images.

Card Details -

 

Size - A5

Image - Christmas Faces Stamps from AMB Illustrations

Dies - Home Sweet Home 2 from Sizzix & Petite Labels 1 from Spellbinders

Colouring Medium - Promarkers, Sakura Metallic gel pen, Pentel white gel pen

Embellishments - Buttons

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• A Bit More Time To Craft - #123 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft Extra – Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #9 Anything Goes
• ABC Christmas Challenge – S is for Snowy
• Allsorts - #587 – Going Round in Circles (Buttons)
• CD Sunday Plus - # 43 Anything Goes
• Christmas Crafts All Year Round – At Least 2 Things starting S (Snowman, Snowflakes, Sparkle)
• Christmas With The Cuties - # 41 Bring on the Bling
• Classic Design Challenge - # 9 Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge - #34 Anything Goes
• Country View Challenges – Complimentary Colours (Blue & Orange)
• Crafts Galore Encore – #79 Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations  – #413 Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge - #505 Anything Goes / Something beginning with S
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Any Patterned Paper
• Crafty Sentiments Designs – Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #194 Anything Goes
• Crimbo Crackers - #214 Anything Christmas Goes
• Die Cut Divas – All Kinds of Holidays
• Digi Choosday - #35 Anything Goes
• Gem of A Challenge - #18 Anything Goes
• House That Stamps Built – DCC S220 – Use Recycled Items (snowflakes and buttons)
• Ike’s World Challenge - #136 Anything Goes / Under The Weather
• I Love Promarkers - #418 Use a Die Cut or Punch (die on sentiment)
• Krafty Chicks - KCC #522 Card for any Occasion
• Lemon Shortbread - #127 Anything Goes
• Love To Craft - #50 Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap - #137 Anything goes
• Merry Little Christmas - #26 Anything Christmas Goes
• Mix It Up Challenge - #41 Anything Goes / Optional Foiling
• Morgan’s Art World - #8 Anything Goes
• Moving Along With The Times – #122 Create a Scene (whole card was created around the head image)
• Passion For Promarkers - #558 Christmas in September
• Penny’s Challenge - #479 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #35 Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede – #403 Anything Goes
• Sheepski Designs - #42 Use Layers
• Sweet Stampers - #47 Outdoor Fun
• The Crafting Challenge – Anything Goes
• Time Out Challenges - #169 Season (winter)
• Try It On Tuesday – Neat & Tidy
• Tuesday Throwdown - #465 Anything Goes
• We Love 2 Create - #9 Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #454-455 Anything Goes
• Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes