Brrr . . . .

 After finally finishing up all My Valentine's Day cards, I was "cleaning" up my desk and playing with a few things that were on there before I put them away.    This little snowman was cut out from a commercial Christmas card that we received this year (I think, it could have been last year).  I die cut is with a rectangle die and then used a small dessert plate to trace the rounded edge.  Then I die cut another of the stitched rectangles out of light blue card stock and ran it through my die cutting machine with a snowflake embossing folder.  I blended and swiped on white pigment ink on top of the snowflakes so help them stand out more.  The silver letters were from a pack I bought about 18 years after my first child was born and I thought I was going to get into scrapbooking.  Turns out, I didn't get into it and I have a bunch of the letter left.  They are supposed to be stickers, but the adhesive is long gone so I have to glue them on.

I used a bit of red ribbon that was on my desk and is now almost finished.  I die cut some snowflakes from white glitter paper to add a bit of sparkle and shine.  You can see a little of the sparkle in the photo below and you can also see the shine from the foil on the scarf and you can see how the raised edges of the embossing have been brought out with the white ink.  

Supplies:

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 14" stitched rectangle and "Sweet Snowflakes" 

Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

Challenges:

ABC Christmas--C is for cute and D is for die cuts

Can You Handle the Pressure--anything goes with the optional twist: something that starts with "F" (this may be a little stretching it, but I have "F"rosty the snowman.  I also used frosty colors.

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends # 248--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #617--sketch

Little Red Wagon #795--winter blues

C.R.A.F.T. # 749--Christmas

Creative Fingers #295--anything goes