K n' K Designs is sponsoring a fund raiser to help pay for postage for Operation Write Home's busy holiday season. This Darling Patriotic Snowman digital stamp set I used on my card today was created by DeeDee Anderson is one of the fabulous sets being offered for sale & all the proceeds will go to OWH.
I printed out my sweet little Patriotic Snowman onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics of course, and the help of a white gel pen to emphasize the stars. My BG was made using a new technique, to me anyway, that I have been wanting to try for a while now, emboss resist... I embossed my Flourishes snowflakes with Snow Cap EP and then sponged on a bit of Tumbled Glass, and Stormy Skies Distress inks over top... Not too shabby for my first attempt, lol but next time I will add more snowflakes.. lol. It seemed a little spars to me so I added a few punched snowflakes popped up with some tiny pieces of foam tape. The rest is pretty simple.. I partially cut out my Sweet Snowman, tore the edges of the CS and added an additional torn scrap of CS, in front, colored up the torn edge with the help of my BG0000 Copic marker and did a bit more popping up of layers with more foam tape.. I printed out my sentiment from the same digi set, matted everything up with some Deep Red CS from my stash and lastly added a few adhesive peals to finish it all up.
I hope you'll stop by K 'n K Designs to see all the wonderful stamp sets available to purchase to help out Operation Write Home keep our heroes in touch with home. I also hope you'll have time to play in our Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps Midweek Throwdown challenge!
We will be having a blog hop this Saturday showcasing all the K 'n K Designs & Dee Dee Anderson's digital stamp sets for the Operation Write Home Fund Raiser. Sure hope you can join the fun! 8-)
Oh my goodness, this is cute!! What a great little scene with the snow and the snowflakes!! The sky even looks like it should when it is snowing! ;) I love it!! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteAww it's perfect for the OWH Shannon. Such a cute snowman! Love the sentiment and those gorgeous snowflakes. And I like the way you've created the snow with those torn layers - looks fab!
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a good week!
Hugs Sue xx
Wow! You put lots of effort into this, with wonderful results. Love how you tore the CS and colored the edges to give the impression of snow banks.
ReplyDeleteSo dang sweet@ Love the coloring! The snowflakes are totally sick!!! ;) TFS!!!
ReplyDeleteSo cute in his red, white and blue! Love those snowflakes too. Darling card.
ReplyDeleteLynn
Very cute! Love your background with those adorable snowflakes!
ReplyDeleteThat's just perfect for OWH, Shannon! Darn cute, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable card. You did a great job on the snowflakes and I love how you colored the torn paper to edge the snow. Your coloring is outstanding. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAdorable card Shannon!! I love that Patriotic Snowman and the fabulous background you've created!!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Tammy :)
Wow! I absolutely love this card! Great coloring on the snowman, as usual, but the emboss resist turned out great, too, and the torn paper snow with the colored edges is fantastic!!! I think you embossed just the right amount of snowflakes on the bg, because the popped up snowflakes mixed in give the card a 3-D look. Awesome!!! ~Hugs, Cheryl
ReplyDeleteAdorable card! What a sweet image! I love the snowy back ground.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet Shannon! Love that snowman and the striking colors! Fabulous coloring girl, as always. The embossed and punched snowflakes look perfect. :o)
ReplyDeleteYou've worked your Copic magic beautifully on this card again! I just love how you colored this sweet image, and the scene you created is magical too! I love those snowflakes in the sky! Beautiful job on this!!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME card! I actually like the mix of the embossed snowflakes with the punched ones popped up!
ReplyDeleteHi Shannon stopped by last night to see your fab card..looks like to comment didnt go thru :( Love the coloring and the cool snow you created!! So pretty with all those fab snowflakes!
ReplyDeleteI like the coloring and the use of all the snowflakes. Also thanks for the detail on how you made the card.
ReplyDeleteGreat card, Shannon! I love the torn edge snow, it's so cute!
ReplyDeleteOh Shannon this is so cute, you did a beautiful job! Love, love, love it! Thanks for playing in our challenge this week at Operation Write Home!
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