This Snowman is Classic

                                                                               

 Hello!  Today I'm sharing my version of a classic snowman card designed by another Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  Her blog address is bluedahliadesigns.blogspot.com and I have loved this guy since I saw him the very first time a few years back.

The original design was slightly different and several of the tools and embellishments she used to make her guy have since retired so I put my own twist on her creativity, with current products from our Stampin' Up! line.

I'd love to hear what you think about him, and if you create your own snowman, I'd love to see him!

Just comment below and share your pix!  CASEing is completely allowed because it keeps those creative juices flowing and from that new ideas are born!


Supplies:

Stamp set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Garden Green

Punches: Circle-1 3/4" and 1 3/8"; Corner Rounder (oops! I used to Project Life one, but you can use the one on the Envelope Punch Board); 1/8" handheld; Cookie Cutter Builder

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White cut to 4" X 5 1/4" for background; Whisper White cut 2" X 4" for                       punching your snowman; Whisper White cut 1/2" X 1" for your tag

                   Basic Black cut 3"X 2" for your arms, eyes, buttons and hat (use the Cookie Cutter                               punch to cut hat.  You'll need to trim a bit off the bottom to give it the curve on the brim                       of the hat). I used the Pretty Pines thinlits to cut his arms and then cut off the additional                       branches using my snips. The buttons and eyes all came from the Cookie Cutter punch

                   Pumpkin Pie cut 1/2" X 1" for his nose

                   Real Red cut 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" for card base, 2" X 1/2" (2 pieces for his scarf) and 1/4" X                       4" to punch his hat ribbon (I used the Cookie Cutter punch to cut the ribbon so it had the                     same angles to fit the hat) and gift bow and to cut his gift ribbon

                  Garden Green: use scrap to cut pine boughs for hat decor

Specialty Papers: Be Merry Designer Series Paper cut 1" X 1 1/4" for gift

                             Red Glimmer paper- use scrap to punch decorative balls for gift and hat

                             Dazzling Diamonds
Tools: Pretty Pines Thinlits used to cut the pine boughs on hat

           Paper Snips to curve to glimmer paper for a snowy look

Embellishments: White Thick Baker's Twine cut 3" and trimmed after tied through the sentiment tag

                            Rhinestones: I used the smallest ones for just a hint of bling

Adhesives: Glue Dots to adhere the red glimmer balls and the green pine boughs

                   Dimensionals to pop the Diamonds glimmer paper up as well as the tag and the gift

                   Multipurpose Glue to do the fine adhering

                   Fast Fuse for everything else

Let me know if you have any questions.  I am happy to help!