Christmas Magic

     I made this card using the scraps from Dreaming of Snow. It is basically a card on top of a card. When you untie the bow a gift card holder is revealed. 

 

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay - Festive

                                               Frosty

     Card Stock: My Colors - Dark Molasses

                                        Snowbound

                                        Dare Devil                                    

     Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs - Hardware I - Hinges

             Burniston & Riley - Word Set 3 - Holiday #1022

                                         Snowman #1017

                                         Gift Card Label #1019

     Embellies: White Ribbon

                    2 Red Brads

  

    

Dreaming of Snow

     For this layout, I used a sketch from Let's Scrap Sketches. I've had it finished for a while, but I forgot to enter it and the deadline was yesterday. I'll just blog about it anyway.

     I was planning to put a huge snowman head in the lower left corner with the snowman tipping his hat, but he just didn't look that great without his hat on. I ended up making my own Silhouette cutout of a snowman for this layout. 

The snow globe is a a combination of two purchased Silhouette files. I used Karen Burniston's new snowman die inside the globe.

The hat and scarf on the title are from an old Elizabeth Craft Designs die. 

 
The mittens are from Stamps of Life. 

Left Page

Right Page

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay - Festive

                                               Frosty

     Card Stock: My Colors - Snowbound

                                        Dare Devil

                                        Stonehenge

                                        Dark Molasses

                                        Black   

     Dies: Burniston & Riley - Snowman #1017

             Cheery Lynn - Snowflake Set

             Elizabeth Craft Designs - Snowman #929

             Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large

                                 Petite Scalloped Circles Large

             Stamps of Life - Mittens2Stamp                                      

     Punch: Ek - Snowflake Edge Punch

     Silhouette Files: - Lori Whitlock - Dancing is Like Dancing

                              Sarah Hurley - Dreaming of a White Christmas

                              Samantha Walker - Card Snowman Snow Globe

                              Miss Kates Cuttables - Snowman Snow Globe

                              Sandi Idleman - Polka Dot Alphabet

     Embellies: Clear Rhinestones

                    Screw Brad

    

Challenges

The Cat's Pajamas Challenge - Fall or Winter - # - October 2

Baby, It's Cold Outside

     BRRRRRR!!! You can feel the cold coming off of this card! A couple of weeks ago, I took a watercolor class - using my watercolor markers to color my stamped images. I threw my first snowman away. This is one is better, but I obviously could still use some more work on this. One thing I like about this technique is that there is lots of stamping. Most cards only require 2 or 3 stamps, but I stamped this snowman at least 7 times. 

     The stamp set I used is "Winter Cheer" by Gina K. I colored the image by coloring my stamp with watercolor markers and moving the color around with a paintbrush. The hat brim and ball are enhanced with clear Wink of Stella. It is distressed with Pumice Stone distress ink.

Inside of Card

Other supplies:
Dies: Darice - Nesting Wavy Squares
         Cheery Lynn - Allison's Ribbons
Embossing Folder: Sizzix - Poinsettias

 Challenges 

Christmas Card Challenge - Holiday - #13 - *

Cut It Up - Die Cut/Watercolor - #16 - *

Stamp TV - Favorite Technique - Watercolor - *

Stamp TV - Snow - *

Use Your Stuff - Watercolor - #3 - *

Winter Wonderland - Cute Character - #33 - *