While browsing some of my favorite blogs, I came across alot of snowman cards that instantly inspired me to make my own snowman card. Unfortunately, after taking quick inventory of my cricut cartridges, I realized I only had one snowman, and it was on my Hello Kitty cartridge. While it's really cute, it was too cartoony for what I wanted. So, after pondering it all night, I figured I'd play around with some shapes and other elements and make my own snowman.
First I took my George cartridge, and cut two circles of different dimensions for the top and bottom of snowman. I slightly bent the top circle so I could overlap the two circles to make it look like one whole piece. I took some blue chalk, and chalked it to make give it an airbrushed "snowy" look. I realized he needed something, so I made a carrot for the nose, and took my whole puncher to make eyes and buttons, added a ribbon for his scarf and topped it with a rhinestone.
While I thought he was cute, I realized he was still missing something. I looked on some of my other cartridges, and realized I could probably add some elements from other cartridges to complete him. Sticks for his arms, a top hat for his head and maybe a flower added to his scarf for extra decoration.
I think he came out really cute! Unfortunately, it took multiple cartridges to make him!
- George Cartridge for the circles
- Paper Doll Dress Up for the top hat
- Plantin Schoolbook for the flower
- Wild Card for the stick arms
Lastly, it was time to figure out what to do with the snowman. I decided to use a simple sentiment "Merry Christmas" from my wild card cartridge, and then dangle silver ornaments using clear fishing string to make them move with the card.
Here is the end result:
I think it came out really cute! I decided to freehand some snow for the bottom, and place the snowman in between the layers of snow to make it look like he was popping out of the card.If you are interested in purchasing this card, please visit my etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34956900
Thanks for checking out my snowy Christmas card!
Samantha
