Fun-filled Snowman Season

Ever since I got my pre-order for the Holiday Catalogue, I cannot seem to stop playing with my Snowman Season bundle! These snowmen are just so stinkin' adorable! So in a rare opportunity that I am actually able to do a blog post, I'll show you how I created these cards...

Aren't they just adorable??! I had tons of fun creating these cute cards. Here's how...

I started by making my background piece...it's simple. I just taped a piece of Whisper White cardstock onto a board and used my brayer to deposit ink onto my paper. I used Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue and Night of Navy ink pads.

Then I sprayed LOTS of water onto my paper to spread the ink around. It'll look something like this...doesn't look much right now but just you wait!

Next I dried it with my heat gun. This is why you need it taped onto a board...so that your paper doesn't warp during the drying process. Then I sprayed it with some white ink and this is what you'll end up with...

Now to make my card I stamped and punched out my snowman with coordinating Snowman Builder Punch. I also stamped the smallest snowman in a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then fussy cut it. Next, the hills...I cut out a wavy line 1/3 of the way down a piece of Whisper White cardstock (4" x 5 1/4"). I lined this up against another piece of cardstock to eyeball the height of the next hill...it should be high enough to fit my hat-and-scarf snowman. Then it's just cutting up another wavy line going the other way this time.

I then stamped the hat-and-scarf snowman onto the bigger piece of hill and then colored my snowmen in using my Blends. Next I lightly sponged the edges of my hills with Balmy Blue ink using a sponge dauber. 

To assemble I glued the back hill onto my background piece that's 4" x 5 1/4". Then I mounted the front hill onto the second hill using dimensionals. Next I glued down the smallest snowman at the back and then added my punched-out snowman at the front. Lastly I white heat-embossed my greeting at the top of my background piece.

I mounted this whole piece onto a mat layer of Basic Black cardstock before adhering the entire thing onto my Whisper White card base. For some shimmer I covered my hills in Wink of Stella and then added some snow with Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds. 

And that is my card for today. Kinda hard to explain the steps, but hopefully you were able to follow my method to the madness :)  I was hoping to do a video on how I made these, but that will have to wait for now. Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you next time. Happy crafting!!!