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I'm taking a little break today from making Fall and Halloween cards! This snowman has been calling my name to make him into a card…I used him on my 3D Swap for Convention…surrounding a little hot chocolate packet! But, when I saw the Sketch over on the new Freshly Made Sketches, I knew he would be perfect for it! I've been waiting for this new blog to start…then almost missed it! Today is the last day for submissions!

And here is my little snowman…isn't he CUTE? Now…don't get me wrong! I don't like winter and I don't like SNOW! But…I DO love snowmen! Not the wet and cold ones…but the wonderful stamped images! You cannot believe how many snowman stamps and stamp sets I have…but I will ALWAYS buy the next one I see! My Christmas card every year has a snow theme on it…somehow.

I started by finding a Designer Paper that I wanted to use…I picked the blue striped design in Stampin' Up!'s Letters to Santa Designer Paper. That is how I got my color scheme. I found the coordinating Olive print in the same package. I made my base the Marina Mist cardstock. Then layered on Whisper White that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder…only 3/4 of the way so that I left room for the greeting. I added the blue stripe DSP and then the solid Marina Mist square that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Northern Flurry Impressions Folder…just for a little texture. I added the greeting from Snow Much Fun in Early Espresso.

My snowman is made from the Circles #2 Original Die, I used the three largest sized ones, sponged the edges with Marina Mist and layered them together with Stampin' Dimensionals. The arms are the Snowflake Punch with Early Espresso cardstock. The eyes are a 1/4" Circle Punch and the nose is a triangle piece of Pumpkin Pie. I added a little White Gel Pen to the eyes and edge of the nose for highlights. Finally, I added a piece of Old Olive Scallop Dots Ribbon for his scarf. Isn't he FUN? I love him…and these colors…I don't think I'd have put them together for a snowman card, but it works! Oops…just realized that I forgot my rhinestones up in the corner…oh well. I'll add them later!

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Did you notice I went missing? Friday was crazy trying to finish preparing for the craft fair on Saturday. I didn’t even get time to make or post my Blogger’s Challenge card. I’ll have to make it up. I also have two classes this week, and while I have the items designed that we will be doing, I still need to cut paper and CLEAN UP my studio! Oh my…I think I had every tool out this past week working on craft fair items. And, of course, my large drawer where I throw in paper, magazines, catalogs, etc. decided to lose it’s bottom and I had a big mess with stuff stacked all around until my hubby could fix it.

Overall, the craft sale went pretty well. You can tell people are being very cautious with their money. I did get lots of compliments and made enough to make it worth my time, I think. Picked up a couple new customers, too, although my purpose was to sell the finished items mostly. I know I did use up a LOT of retired designer papers and alterable items I had laying around…that is GOOD!

Here are a couple glass apothecary jars that I altered with punches. The Santa face I found somewhere on SCS, but the Snowman I made up myself. I used the small Snowflakes Big Shot Die and glued the snowflakes on the sides of the jar. Santa’s hat sparkles along with Snowman’s snowflake. Inside I put some Bath Oil Beads…but they could be refilled with candy…I just think people get enough of candy during the holidays so I wanted to use something else.

I have several left, but will be doing another craft sale in a couple weeks, so hope to sell the rest of them during it.

I need to get off here and start working on my classes. Have a great week!

EDIT: These are approximately 3 1/4" in size. I found them at Hobby Lobby for 99 cents each. I have seen smaller ones in the wedding section at Pat Catan’s…they are about 1 1/2 inches.

Build a Snowman

Altered Apothecary jars