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I decided to break out the winter stamps for this week's 2 Sketches 4 You. The papers are all Heidi Grace Designs for Fiskers. I love the soft texture of the flocked velvet snowflakes on the shimmery white background. The snowman is from Inkadinkado and the sentiment is Hero Arts Holiday Cheer Messages. The ink is some new Navy Ink from Impress (so far, love this ink).
I centered my snowflake punch over the snowflake designs in the blue and shimmery papers before punching. I attached the snowflakes in the center with tiny glue dots and adorned them with adhesive glitter domes.
I realize it's a bit of a stretch, but I also thought about this week's 52-Card Pick-up Challenge theme of Imagination when I made this card. I remembered how playing in the snow as a child sparked all sorts of imaginative ideas ... building snowmen that we imagined would come to life like Frosty ... tunneling into snow banks to make secret forts ... lying on our backs in the snow making snow angels ... sliding around on patches of ice pretending to be Olympic figure skaters ... and if we were really lucky, turning a fresh snowfall into delicious snow ice cream.
Hopefully this winter when we're buried in the unavoidable inches and inches of snow, I'll focus more on the fun that comes with imagination ... and less on the work that transpires when we have to shovel out. Let it Snow!
Very pretty! Love all your frosty papers!
Posted by: Shar | October 06, 2010 at 06:16 AM
Beautiful, I love the shimmer!
Thanks for playing at 2S4Y!
Laura
Posted by: Laura Davis | October 06, 2010 at 08:28 AM
Very fun!! I like all of the snow flakes :)
Posted by: christy | October 06, 2010 at 08:56 AM
So cute, Stef!! I'm a sucker for snowmen & i love these layers. :)
Posted by: Noelle McAdams | October 06, 2010 at 04:32 PM
So pretty! Great monochromatic card, and the sketch is perfectly executed. I love that playing in my "imagination and creativity" challenge brought back great memories for you, too - a bonus! Thanks for being such a faithful contributor - much appreciated!
Posted by: Sue | October 09, 2010 at 06:19 AM
well, if you can pull of the thingie where you actually TURN THE SNOW INTO ICE CREAM...you will have my help "shovelling" for each and every winter storm!!! :) (ps: awesome card, also!) ♥
Posted by: lauren | October 09, 2010 at 08:45 AM
Fabulous! LOVE the snowflakes!
Posted by: Cheryl N | October 09, 2010 at 06:42 PM