Saturday, November 29, 2008

Winter Wonderland



This week's challenge at Our Creative Corner is to use snowflakes and/or snowmen on your card. Easy, right? So no excuses for not playing along ;) Be sure to hop on over to the Our Creative Corner blog for challenge details, plus a beautiful sample from special guest Janice Melton (catcrazy on SCS), as well as samples from the regular OCC designers. For more chitchat on the samples, visit the designers' blogs:

Cindy Haffner
Dawn Easton
Denise Marzec
Jennifer Meyer
Julee Tilman
Lynda Benden

The layout is from Jen del Muro's awesome Sketch for You to Try this week. You can find the sketch, guest designer Becca Feeken's sample, and Jen's sample at i{heart}2stamp. I can't wait to see what the rest of the team put together with this sketch:

Amy R
Carole
Shannan
Susan

I was so excited to ink up this charming little snowman from Verve's new Snow Wonderful set. Isn't he adorable with that sweet, innocent face looking up? I stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, and a blending stump, then layered the three snowman parts using the Paper Tole method. I adhered the snowman to a Soft Sky panel that had been glittered with Icicle Stickles.

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!



Stamps: Snow Wonderful (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Baja Breeze, Baja Breeze textured, Whisper White, Soft Sky textured, Ski Slope dp (all SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: liquid applique, Prismacolors, Gamsol, blending stumps, dimensionals, Icicle Stickles, classic and scalloped circle Nestabilities, Soft Sky double-stitched ribbon, Baja Breeze double-striped ribbon, white satin ribbon, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, half-back pearl from the SU Pretties kit, paper piercer
Size: 5 1/2" square

30 comments:

Lynda Benden said...

This is beautiful Amy! I love how you did your bow with the darling brad & pearl in the center. The colors are perfect and looks great with your image!

Denise Marzec said...

Very pretty!!

Tricia T said...

This is gorgeous! I love the monochromatic look!

Dawn Easton said...

Amy, this is so cute! Love how you did the ribbon/bows!

Shannan Teubner said...

Just gorgeous, Amy!!

carole (TruCarMa) said...

This is sooo fabulous, Amy -- every single thing about it is stunning. You leave me speechless, which is very hard to do!!! ;)

Whimsey said...

Very pretty; I love the colors and the sparkle!!

Jen Caputo said...

wow! that card is just so stunning! Thanks for the inspiration!

Shannon Erskine aka e3stamper said...

Gorgeous card Amy!! Love it!

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

Just gorgeous, Amy! Love the colors, the fabulous ribbons, and your adorable paper tole snowman.

Allison said...

This is absolutely gorgeous! I love the monochromatic colour scheme.

Anonymous said...

Amy this is simply charming!!
--Becca

Unknown said...

absolutely adorable amy! i left something for you on my blog!
http://pezadoodle.blogspot.com/2008/11/amazing.html

Jennifer Meyer said...

Super cute card Amy, LOVE the fun textured paper and adorable design! Have a wonderful weekend, hugs... Jennifer :)

Linda Carson said...

I'd give it a 10....PERFECT!

Pam Varnell said...

This is so cute and elegant at the same time. It's definitely a "wow" card Amy. Love it!!!

Lee said...

Absolutely gorgeous. Hopefully one day I'll experience a white Christmas. We have a hot, sunny Christmas in South Africa.

Darlene said...

This is just perfect!
Wowsers.

Cindy Haffner said...

Lovin your snowman girl, so adorable.

ikki said...

Hi Amy, Love this card and in fact all of your work. You use great layouts and colour combinations that I just love. I know you are a busy lady, and have,I'm sure been given many awards, but I wanted to pass one on to you so others become aware of your great blog and crafting skills. Thanks ikki

Unknown said...

Absolutely adorable! I love all the layers, the bows, the piercing, and you used my most favorite color! :-)

Nancy Riley said...

Just stunning, Amy! Love the ribbon treatment, all the layering, and the bling! Beautiful!

Jessie/knightrone said...

This is SOOOO gorgeous Amy...what great colors!!! Love it!!

Angel said...

LOVE it. So adorable!

Debbie Corbari said...

What an ADORABLE card! You have just SO TOTALLY inspired me! THANKS! :)

Stampvanwinkle said...

Amy, this is so adorable. I love it.

Desirée said...

Oh I loved that card! The colors are so pretty, and I liked all the things you have done with it! Great!

Hugs from Desiree in Norway

Conniecrafter said...

Cute snowman, love the texture behind him, neat bow too!

Jackie Pedro said...

This is adorable and beautiful at the same time! Wonderful card, Amy!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the inspiration of this card. It's just perfect in every way!