ABC CHRISTMAS -- S FOR SNOW, T FOR TREES -- SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

 Hello friends, and welcome back to my blog!  I hope you are doing well on this fine September Wednesday.  Speaking of Wednesday, it's the second Wednesday of the month, which means it's time for another challenge at the ABC Christmas blog.  For this month's challenge we are on the letters S for SNOW and T for TREES.  I only had time to create one card this month, and here it is:

Obviously, I chose S for snow, because who could resist these adorable snow people??  I recently acquired this Penny Black rubber stamp as well as the die, and I couldn't be more in love with it!  I have had the original(?) Snowy stamp for some time now, and when I found out that there was a die to cut him out, I hopped on Amazon to find it.  In doing so, I came upon the Snowy Family stamp, so I knew it was fated to come home to live here too.

I decided to step out of my comfort zone a bit with this one by doing some paper piecing of the hats and scarves.  It really wasn't TOO bad to do, and boy was I impressed with myself when it was all done! 😆 For the paper piecing, I used red, pink, and green papers from the Knit Picky Winter 6x6 paper pad from Lawn Fawn.  I colored in the rest of the hats with matching Copic markers.  I also used a C1 marker to add some shading to the paper pieced areas.  The snowmen were colored with a B0000 marker and the colorless blender to soften the edges.

To add some contrast behind the snow family, I blended Tumbled Glass oxide ink onto the card base with a blending brush.  I then added some texture by sprinkling water on top and blotting it off.  The snowy ground beneath them was a leftover piece I had from a previous card that was die cut with the Stitched Hillside Borders, also from Lawn Fawn.  I adhered it flat to the card base after I stamped the warm winter wishes sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Winter Scripty Sentiments set in Versa Fine Clair Nocturne ink using my MISTI.  The snow family is popped up on foam tape.

To add even more interest to this card, I used a #8 white Gelly Roll pen on the all the pom poms, doing dots on the smaller ones, and small lines on the big one for something different.  I really like how that came out!  The smaller pom poms also have clear glitter gel pen dots mixed in with the white dots.  I also added more details to the brims of the smaller hats...the red one has streaks of clear glitter gel pen going from left to right, and the pink one has stripes of white and clear glitter going up and down.  To finish the card off, I added Star Dust Stickles to the snowy ground and on the snow people in strategic places.  And that's it!

--CHALLENGES--

Sparkles Christmas:  Clean and Simple

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #92:  ATG Christmas (3/10)

CAS Christmas:  Sparkle and/or Shine

Crafty Calendar:  ATG (3/3)

613 Avenue Create #9:  ATG (3/8)

Daisy Chain #67:  Clean and Simple

Classic Design:  ATG 

The Paper Funday #45:  ATG (2/6)

A Place to Start #9:  ATG (3/8)

A Perfect Time to Craft:  ATG

Let's Craft and Create #187:  ATG (2/3)

The Corrosive Challenge #9:  ATG (3/4)

Pearly Sparkles:  Traci's Recipe - Pink, Pearls and/or Sparkle (I have pink and sparkle on this card)

Happy Little Stampers:  ATG w/dies

Happy Little Stampers:  ATG Christmas

Sweet Stampers:  Add a Sentiment (1/5)

LeAnn's World 101 #54:  ATG 

Mirtillamente #13:  ATG

We Love Stamping:  ATG w/Stamping (3/3)

Ally's Angels #62:  ATG (2/3)

Word Art Wednesday #561 - #562:  ATG (1/5)

Aud Sentiments #297:  Christmas + sentiment (1/5)

Through the Craft Room Door:  ATG (1/4)

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #416:  ATG 

Penny's Paper Crafty #530:  ATG (1/3)

I thank you so much for stopping by today!  We're getting closer to the holidays every day now, so if you need to bump up your Christmas card stash, head on over to the ABC Christmas challenge and join in!  We love to see what you create. 😊 Until next time,

💗 Stay Healthy, Take Care, and God Bless! 💗

~ Marie