Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Peace, Love, and Joy Snowman

Hello, everyone!  I have another holiday card to share.  This whole month I am joining Beccy's 9th Annual Month of Holiday Cards as often as I can.  Each day Beccy provides an inspiration card along with an alphabet prompt (or some other challenge) to inspire us to make our holiday cards - thank you, Beccy! 

As for Beccy's alphabet prompts, I'm jumping ahead to S for Snowman and Snowflakes. My card features Snowman Circle from Eureka Stamps at Stamp On It, which I coloured with markers, die-cut with a dotted circle, and then mounted on a red dotted circle.  The sentiment is a clear stamp (Simon Says Stamp Christmas Word Mix 1) which I die-cut with the coordinating die.  The snowman and sentiment are both popped up on foam tape.  The patterned paper is a scrap from BoBunny Mistletoe Collection, and I finished the card by adhering three die-cut snowflakes (Poppystamps Frosty Snowflake Buttons; I kept the button holes intact).


My card design was inspired by Sketch Saturday Week 684, which is "Pick from the Archive."  I chose Sketch 523:  



I would also like to join the following challenges:

Carlin's Kaartenparadijs 40 Christmas plus Red and Green 1/3
http://carlinskaartenparadijs.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-40-november.html

Crafts Galore Encore November AG 2/3
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-crafts-galore-encore.html

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas 566 AG Christmas Optional Make Your Own Background UE
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/chnc-challenge-566.html

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2021/11/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper.html

Creatalicious 222 AG Optional Stars 3/3
https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-222-anything-goes-with.html

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2021/11/dlart-november-2021-linky-challenge.html

Jan's Digi Stamps November AG 2/5
https://jansdigistampschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-challenge.html

Jingle Belles Not a Creature was Stirring
http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2021/10/not-creature-was-stirring.html

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2021/11/qkr-stampedechallenge-431.html

Simon Says Stamp Monday Any Holiday Occasion (Christmas) 2/5
https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=25872

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-89/

The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up 83 AG Christmas Optional Red and White 1/10
http://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-83-opt-twistred-white.html

https://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/friday-color/forum/topics/festive-fridays-29-oct-to-11-nov

https://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2021/11/anything-goes-challenge-2nd-november.html

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Wonderful Winter/Feeling Festive UE
http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-challenge.html

Word Art Wednesday 515-516 AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk2 1/5
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2021/10/anything-goes-weeks-515-516.html

Your Scrapbook Place November AG 2/3
http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/2021/10/november-challenge-with-fabrika-fantasy.html

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joy-filled day!

20 comments:

carla said...

Your Christmas card is very beautiful.
Nice to see them in traditional colors.
Thank you for participating our challenge at Carlin's Kaartenparadijs.
Good Luck !

Carla (DT)

Jan Mahew said...

Love the traditional colors Karen! Thank you for sharing your handsome card with us at Jan's Digi Blog Challenge. Join us each month for a NEW challenge. Happy Holidays!
Hugs,
Jan
(Owner & Illustrator of Jan's Digi Stamp Shop)

Beccy said...

Great take on the sketch Kitty, love the papers and card stock you chose, they're very festive. The snowman image is adorable, I really like how the wreath and little cardinal stand out against the black and white. Great job!
Cheers,
Beccy

Suzanne H said...

Congrats on your middle of the night race win! I hope your able to take a nap today. Great image and sentiment for the sketch you've chosen. I love that patterned paper too. Very retro. Great card!

Pop Lenuta Maria said...

Beautiful card! classic style, but elegant.
Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious Challenge, we hope to see you again.
Take care! Maria

karin said...

That's a great card Kitty. Love the image and lay-out on your card.
Thanks for joining the challenge at Carlin's Kaartenparadijs.
Karin DT

Barbara Godden said...

Fabulous take on the sketch, great use of the patterned paper and of course a super cute snowman. Fantastic card using traditional colours.

Donna said...

Darling snowman and card design, nice to see you creating and posting!!

Alyson Mayo said...

Oh, how darned cute is this? Love the circles around the snowman and the papers you used! Perfect winter card!

Mia said...

Great sketch, Karen. I love your beautiful Christmas card. Beautiful stamp and background paper. Kisses, my friend.

flossbite said...

Great card! Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge. Good luck.

terrie said...

Great looking snowman card...I especially like the retro border strip paper.
Well done on the sketch and congrats on the your win.

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is gorgeous Kitty, I think I have this digi but have never got round to using it. You have created a gorgeous card with it.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx

Donna said...

Hi dear friend, I am back to thank you for joining us at Jan's Digi Stamps challenge with both of your lovely cards, hope to see you next month. Donna DT

Fikreta said...

beautiful card!
hugs

Crafting Queen said...

Beautiful card. thanks for joining TTCRD challenge. Anesha

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Fabulous take of the sketch!! Wow! Wonderful design in traditional colours and just LOVE the way you matched the retro design paper with the snowflakes ring! Really eye-catching!!! The snowman is so cute and adorable!!! A sweet and classy card!
Hugs and love!

Suze said...

What a cheerful looking snowman Kitty. I like the traditional colours too. Thank you for entering the red and white challenge at 12 Months of Christmas.

NanaConnie said...

Beautifully done, Kitty! Love that snowman and what you did with that sketch.
Thanks so much for playing along with us in our "Anything Goes" challenge at QKR Stampede this fortnight. Good luck in the draw.
NanaConnie DT

Cass said...

Fab Christmas card.
Thank-you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge.