PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN SPOT: Chubby Snowman

The Freshly Made Sketches challenge sketch this week caught my eye so I decided to play along. The "Clean Team" has come up with some really great designs. I was hooked when I saw Linda Callahan's. So cool! There's still time to play along so why not check out the details here and join in the fun.

HERE'S MY CARD:

When I began working on this card I was visualizing a Christmas card with a whole different scene. I was planning on using a wintery background paper and adding a wreath. As it sometimes happens in my craft room I got side tracked while I was looking through my Christmas Station" stash, and decided to use up some very old designer paper and this is the result.

When I spotted this chubby little snowman I decided he'd be perfect sitting on top of some colourful boxes and that's how this card came about. Oh and while I was adhering the mats together I had an "oopsy" moment. I accidentally wound up with the skinnier piece at the top instead of the bottom and I couldn't pull it off, so go with the flow.

For the card base I cut an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and then added a 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" mat of More Mustard cardstock. The designer paper was a one-sided flimsy paper, so I cut the red piece to 4" x 5 1/4" and then layered the green piece which measured 1 1/2" x 5 1/4". I cut a 1/2" by 5 1/4" strip of More Mustard to go across the center.

The three boxes were part of a longer strip so I cut it down to three boxes and centered it below the yellow strip. I added a tree that I cut from the designer paper and the snowman. I mounted the snowman on dimensionals and sat him down in the center of the boxes. I added some small red gems for Christmas sparkle.

For the inside of the card I added a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of More Mustard for the mat and then layered a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Very Vanilla for the next layer. I thought a strip of the blocks would cozy up the inside of the card and added the fruit cake for a bit of fun.