Looking Up

Just imagine that we're flying and look down.  The ground is white with snow and flakes are still falling.  Then, what's that?  Is it a weird penguin? Nah, it's a big ole snowman looking up at us.  Or is it a snowgal?

Either way, I'm not telling you how long I fiddled with this card.  I started to give it up a few times, but kept going back.  When I saw this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, I thought of this snowman.

He/she isn't an original.  I've seen variations of the snowman from above in galleries.

The circles are die cut with Nesties and the edges sponged with Baja Breeze.  The arms were cut with the Little Leaves Sizzlit and the leaves removed. The nose was cut freehand, several times I might add.  They kept disappearing.  Of course when I got one glued on, the all showed up!  The eyes were punched from an old fashioned, generic, paper punch.  I used a little white gel pen on them and penciled in the mouth.

The hat was a real challenge and I tried so many things that I'm not sure I know what I did.  I think I punched a circle then cut around it until it looked OK to me.  The pompom is 2 itty, bitty snowflakes from a punch I found in the Dollar Store ages ago.

The snow banks were cut with the Adorning Accents Edgelits and embossed with the matching embossing folder.  I just laid it randomly before cranking it through.  The background is some dotted vellum that I found in my vellum folder.  Glad I found it, cause it worked perfectly.

I'm glad he's done and I hope he makes you smile.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  More Merry messages

Ink:  Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze

Paper:  Baja  Breeze, Whisper White, Dotted Vellum (non SU), scraps of Poppy Parade, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango and Basic Black

Other:  Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelit, Adorning Accents EF, Circle Dies (Spellbinder), Paper Punch (non SU), Snowflake Punch (non SU), Poppy Parade ribbon (retired), Decorative Label Punch

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you'll come back soon.

Enjoy!!