Miss you SNOW much!

As the snow fell in Denver yesterday for the first time this season, I settled in to create a card. I had Thanksgiving in mind but the snow just wouldn’t get out of my head so here is what I created:

I wish you could see this in person…I used some beautiful metallics from CutCardStock.com: Cryogen White is a smooth cardstock in a creamy white with the most delicate shimmer. It was perfect for the snow-girl. The background, Lustre, is slightly textured and lusciously colored in metallic silver-gray.

The other part of the inspiration came from Card Positioning System’s sketch this week. The circle frames on the right reminded me of a snowman.

Instructions

• Using Classic Natural White, cut a card base to fit into a #10 envelope
• Using Curious Metallic Lustre, trim a mat to fit onto your card front. Adhere.
• Cut a rectangle of pink patterned paper. Tear it to suggest a snowy hill. Add it to the card. Add a bit of clear glitter glue to enhance the snowy feeling on the hill.
• Using Curious Metallic Cryogen White:
  Cut/emboss three graduated circles for the snow-girl
  Cut/emboss the boat from S4-261 Play Time (for snow-girl’s hat)
  Cut/emboss Labels Four (#5)
  Cut/emboss four snowflakes from the S4-224 Snowflake Borderabilities® Petite
• Leaving the Labels Four die cut in the die, airbrush using E04 Natural Lipstick Sketch Marker. Also airbrush the small snowflakes from the Borderabilities® Petite die template.
  
• Add stickers to the tag to spell out the sentiment.
  
• Bling up the hat using glitter glue on the embossed areas.
• Using a glitter pen, color over the pink on the small snowflakes.
• Assemble the card, using dimensional adhesive for the sentiment tag.
  

Important Stuff
Papers Curious Metallic Cryogen White—82#, Lustre—92#, Classic Natural White—80# cover (CutCardStock.com); Classic paper pad Pink paper (Crafty Secrets)
Die Cuts S4-116 Standard Circles, SM (#2, 3 when counting the center as 1),  S4-114 Standard Circles LG (#3),  S4-224 Snowflake Borderabilities® Petite, S4-190 Labels Four (#5), S4-261 Play Time (boat) (Spellbinders Paper Arts)
Colorants Sketch E04 Natural Lipstick marker, Atyou Spica Clear glitter pen, Airbrush System (Copic)
Embellishments Cotton Candy Stickles (Ranger)

Other Stuff Clear Glitter Glue, PVA Glue, Dimensional Adhesives, letter stickers