Saturday, November 28, 2009

Let It Snow - SNSS Sneak Peak



I have an addiction to cute snowmen and honestly, don't have enough of them. So, when I got my hands on this cute guy, I just had to make a card for a sneak peak to this coming Digi Release Thursday over at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I love Digi's because you can re-size them to fit what ever size card you want to make.

I used sketch 24 from Sketch & Stash Challenge Blog for the design of this card. I thought this layout was perfect for the stash (buttons) I've accumulated but seldom use. As a matter of fact, the buttons are all an off white color, so I used my Copic Markers to color them to match the card.  The image itself was also colored with Copic Markers. They're another thing I'm addicted to. They may be very expensive, but well worth the cost.

I also couldn't resist submitting this to the "All Sorts Challenge Blog" for Today's challenge, which is to use Buttons. This is a great blog that I just stumbled upon.

The snow in the background is just tiny dots of liquid applique with some diamond dust sprinkled on to give it some sparkle. I also used it under the snowman. His face and body also has ultra fine crystal glitter on it. Oh, I also added some fine glitter to the pine sprigs in the upper right corner. It's not winter without glitter.

I went with unusual colors for this card. The DP is from Eskimo Kisses from Basic Grey. I pulled some CTMH heavenly blue cardstock to match the blue dots in the DP. Then just followed through with the pinks and reds also in the paper.

The Hand stitching around the card was done with matching Embroidery Floss.

8 comments:

Jill said...

beautiful card Nancy love the cute snowman and the snow dots you've added it look great thanks for joining us at sketch n stash hugs Jill xx

Lisa said...

Hi Nancy, Stunning card! Gorgeous BG paper.

Thanks for joining us at Allsorts.

Lisa x

Debs said...

Hi Nancy
Beautiful card - love the DP and your colour choice.
Thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week.
Take care
Debs xx

Gro said...

Beautiful card. and gorgeous colour combo.

Thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week

Lorraine A said...

Oh this is just lovely ! The snowman is very cute and the colours , papers and embellies are just fabulous ! :-)


Thanks for joining the Sketch and Stash Challenge:-)
Luv
Lols x x x

Chrissie said...

What a fabulous card Nancy, love the colours you've chosen for this.
Thanks for joining in with Sketch & Stash.

Jill said...

beautiful card Nancy thanks for joining us at sketch n stash hugs Jill xx

Lisa Hjulberg said...

I have to say I think this might be my favorite of your snowmen cards. I'm loving this image!