Hello, my special friends!  I have for you today a card I made featuring the Cottage Cutz Jolly Snowman.

This card is for the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge for this week.  The colors chosen for the challenge are Blushing Bride, Soft Sky, and Wild Wasabi, which are Stampin’ Up! colors.  These colors are gorgeous together, and most would not think of using them for a Christmas scene.  I thought they would be great as a non-traditional Christmas card, and after creating the card, I believe that even more.

To create this card, I:

• Cut a 5″ x 3-3/4″ piece of white card stock,
• On this piece of card stock, sponged the sky with Soft Sky and Blushing Bride ink (placed a circle of labeling tape on the card stock for a moon),
• Cut out all the pieces from the Cottage Cutz Jolly Snowman Die using the three selected colors of card stock, as well as Neenah Solar White and SU Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock,
• Used Copic Sketch Markers that are colors close to the selected colors to add shading to the die cuts,
• Added SU Dazzling Details (i.e., glitter glue – retired) and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to the snowman and puppy’s hats,
• Assembled the snowman and puppy die cuts and set it aside,
• Cut out two “hillsides” with Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border Dies from white card stock,
• Added adhesive to the two hillsides and covered with Martha Stewart Crystal Tinsel Glitter (retired),
• Cut out three trees with the Cottage Cutz Mountain Lodge Die, added snow onto them with a Marvy Uchida Snow Maker applicator, and adhered them to the top right of the sponged card stock,
• Used the snow maker onto the sky area for snow flakes,
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• Added one layer of foam mounting tape to the taller hillside and adhered to the card stock,
• Added two layers of foam tape to the shortest hillside and adhered to the card stock,
• Die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Cottage Cutz Merry Christmas die,
• Cut the sentiment die cut apart and added selected pieces to the first and second hillsides,
• Added foam tape to the snowman and puppy piece, and
• Attached the completed piece to a Blushing Bride card base.

Hopefully you found inspiration from this card!  I had lots of fun making it!

SUPPLIES

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

When Jesus sent out his twelve disciples to drive out evil spirits and heal every disease and sickness, He said to them, “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.  But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.”  Matthew 10:32-33