The Affair

I've had a love affair with Frosty for too many years to count.  He comes around every snowfall, but I have to admit I been known to make a Winter card with his image on a hot summer day.

So when in an email from Power Poppy previewed Frosty in a Black Friday sale, I could hardly wait to bring him home in my cart. He just melts my heart.

I chose to place him on a Step Card.  He kind of took up most of the front of the card.

The step card was cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

I did a little stippling with Copic Opaque White to give Frosty a little texture, then I colored him and his little bird with Copic markers. And to give the accumulated snow on his arms and hat a lttle dimension, I used 3D Crystal paint.  I mounted the image with a Spellbinders die.  To the left of Frosty I used a portion of Memory Box's Flowering Christmas Tree and embellished with blue jewels. The flourish at the top is Die-namics die and the embossing on the sides is Cuttlebugs Swiss Dots embossing folder. On the bottom fold is another Memory Box die, Grand Merry Christmas.

I'm in for the Power Poppy's November Challenge and hoping for a win. Oh, how I long to be "Ramdom" and win a Power Poppy stamp set.

Lhasa Apso

This Mo's Digital Pencil image is so cute, I could have printed on a old wrinkled up brown paper sack and it would still be cute.  I posted this card on Splitcoast Stampers and it got a moderate response, which makes me think it's not as spectacular as I think it is.  I am humbled.

So I went to Minnesota to visit my sister and along the way I stopped at my favorite craft store A Walk Down Memory Lane. (Okay, maybe it was a little out of my way.) Anyway, I purchased these fabulous dies, Spring Border by Memory Box and the Leafy Flourish is by Die-namics. Aren't they gorgeous?

I printed Lhasa apso on some pink cards stock (also purchased at AWML) and used just a little grey pencil on him.  The butterfly is from Flourishes.  After I made the card, I Googled Lhasa apso and they are actually white with golden highlights.

AWML has an on line store if you are interested in purchasing any of these dies. They have a wonderful selection of paper craft items.