Christmas Snowman with bird card

Hello everyone!

You’ve had to miss some inspiration from me for the Craft Challenge blog. I took a temporary break due to personal circumstances, but it all seems to be calmer now. I made this Christmas Snowman card for the new challenge, and the theme is Christmas this week. I had some trouble getting into the Christmas mood as it is quite hot here in the Netherlands. But the thought of snow did cool me down.

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I got to work on this cute snowman and bird.

Let’s get into it.

• Base card measuring 10,5 centimetres by 15 centimetres. You will need a piece of card stock measuring 21 centimetres by 15 centimetres. Score at 10,5 centimetres.
• A piece of white card stock to make your background on.
• Rectangle die to die-cut the frame out of white card stock.
• Background die.
• Branch dies.
• Ink
• Twin markers (alcohol markers).
• Glitter glue.
• Glitter.

I printed my digital stamp on DCP paper and coloured it with my alcohol markers.

• Hat of the snowman: Black (120), Cool Grey 9 (CG9), Cool Grey 8 (CG8), Cool Grey 5 (CG5).
• The band around the hat: Light Sky (189), Midi Sky (190) and Dark Sky (191).
• Snowman: Cool Grey 4 (CG4), Cool Grey 1 (CG1) and Colorless Blender (0).
• Broom: Dark Wood (119), Chocolat (118), Clay (116), Natural Oak (91), Burnt Wood (95).
• Hat of the bird: Blue Grey purple (158), Electric purple (159) and Ultra Marine (73).
• Bird: Blue Grey 1 (BG1), Blue Grey 3 (BG3).
• Belly of the bird: Caramel (253).
• Beak and legs: Orange (23).

First, I apply the ink on the background. At the top of my background, I use the colour purple and at the bottom, blue.

I used the following colours:

• Sweet silk (30).
• I love purple (15).
• Blue Berry (78).

On this panel, I used a background die to make it look like it’s snowing. I also made a snow hill on which the snowman and the bird are standing. I die-cut it out of white card stock. On top of this snow mound, I applied some purple ink and glitter glue.

I used two rectangular dies to die-cut a frame out of white cardboard. I want there to be glitter on the frame. On the frame, I apply some glitter glue and on top of that, I apply extra glitter to give it extra shine. I like the result.

Now it’s time to assemble the card. First, I die-cut some branches out of brown paper and inked them with brown ink. I stick these branches on my background. On top of the branches, I stick my sentiment.

I stick my snow mound on the bottom of my background and stick my snowman and bird on top.

I stick the frame with foam tape on top of my background and stick this on top of my base card.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you enjoy this post and get inspiration from it. Check out the creations of my other team members on the C.R.A.F.T. challenge blog. I hope to see you there.

Thank You for joining me on this creative journey as we crafted this Christmas Snowman card. I hope you have joined the process and feel inspired to create a Christmas Snowman card yourself.

If you have any questions, need clarifications, or want to share your thoughts. I’d love to hear from you.

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Products I used:

• Digital stamp from D.R.S. designs.
• Chalk ink from Decotimecrafts.
• Twin markers (alcohol markers) from Decotimecrafts.
• Branch dies from Aveccreative.
• Glitter glue from Craftsensations.
• Glitter brand unknown.