Friday, July 25, 2014

Winter Joy


I was trying to use up some of my left over scraps yesterday and made another herringbone background with strips of paper from the Echo Park Winter Wishes pad. I love the plum and blue colors in this paper pad. I decided to pull out my Unity Winter Joy itty bitty set and make a snowman to put onto this wintry card. Unfortunately I don't have Copics that closely match this paper, but I used what I had in shades of purple and blue, adding some sparkly Stickles to the snow on the ground. (click to enlarge photo) I punched and layered some snowflakes and added mini brads to the centers and called this one done.

I'm entering this card into the Unity Friday Friends with Flair challenge,

as well as the Snippets Playground #134 challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today and make it a great Friday!

Carol

29 comments:

dclouser said...

That snowman is adorable! Hope we don't see any of those in real life for awhile, though!

Sue said...

This is so cute Carol!! gorgeous card..have a great weekend huggles Sue xx

Crystal said...

I love this little snowman but I am far from ready for snow! Cute papers and colors.

jimlynn said...

So cute and pretty in those colors! Love the little snowman. He's adorable! Does this mean you're getting ready for winter (snow)!
Lynn

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Wow! You're a great stripper!... um... you do great strip work? um... You rock the herringbone technique! I really like the background to this card. It gives is such a great wintery feel. The blues and purples are awesome.

Di said...

BRILLIANT Carol - super use of snippets! And what a cheeky chappie :)

Hugs, Di xx

Carmen said...

Wow that background looks amazing!

Ruby said...

Very cute card. It is good to have Christmas cards started early.

Linda said...

I love you cute snowman. So bight and happy looking. great colors too!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Eek! He is just adorable, Carol! One of my very favorite color combos for winter!

Jennifer said...

Love your herringbone.

scrappymo! said...

This is such a great way to use up scraps. I always have those 1/2 inch strips from cutting 6x6 pads to fit 5 1/2 inch cards...I save them and never know what to do with them!

Great card, Carol!

Dawn Fields said...

Adorable card!

aussie aNNie said...

Great color combinations and image used makes a beautiful and awesome card. Actually this card suits our weather here today,without the snow...brrrr freezing xx
♥aNNie The Journey is the Start

MaryH said...

These cool guys are such fun. Love that paper pack (have some of it too, it was one of the few blue packs I could find that year!). Your copic colors were great with the papers, and really defined that paper with the snowflakes you added. Terrific card, and just right for a hot afternoon. Hope I can join you in the Playground. TFS & happy wkend

JD/ Jill said...

You always do such a fabulous job using that technique for your background...you've created a really cute card with that adorable image too.

Farley said...

Love your icy background.

Sarn said...

What a fabulous card Carol. Love it. And what a GREAT use of snippets.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

nwilliams6 said...

Love me a snowman card and this is a cutie! Love how you did him up and love that this is not a Summery card as I am tired of being hot. Lol! Hugz!

nwilliams6 said...

Love me a snowman card and this is a cutie! Love how you did him up and love that this is not a Summery card as I am tired of being hot. Lol! Hugz!

Sue D said...

This is adorable--love the colors.

JPScraps said...

Adorable card! That background must have taken some time.

nancy y said...

Love those colors for a winter card, lots of work on that herringbone!

Diane Jaquay said...

Your herringbone background looks amazing, and I love that cute little frosty fellow :)

Cynthia said...

Great color combo and design, Carol.

Brenda said...

This card is just darling Carol! I love your herringbone pattern using up scraps and I love that little snowman. He is just as cute as he can be. The snowflakes just finish this card off perfectly. Hugs, Brenda

Scrapper Myra said...

Cool project

Jessi Fogan said...

I just love that background!! I've got to give that a try with my squillions of scraps :)

Miwa said...

Cute card! Love the snowflakes and snowman!