Monday, January 10, 2011

A Snow Day, No School!

It is Monday morning.  And instead of being at school teaching my sweet kindergarteners, I am watching television, drinking hot tea, reading the newspaper, and making a few cards.

Central and North Alabama has been covered with a blanket of snow. There are some places that have as much a 8 to 12 inches.  We have not had a snow of this magnitude since 1993.  Last night I began working on this card as the snow began to fall.  The card is large.  It measures 5.5 X 8.5 and will fit in an A9 envelope.

 The base of the card is ecru card-stock.  The background is a vintage look of sheet music. It is by The Paper Studio and purchased at Hobby Lobby.  The striped paper layer on the left of the card is from My Minds Eye, Wonderful Winter stack.  The blue and white snowflake paper is from Martha Stewart, Holiday stack.  I actually found it after Christmas, but just had to buy the stack because of this sheet of paper.  I think it is just about the prettiest snowflake paper ever.  The snowflakes are embossed!  The gold paper used to make the frame is from DCWV.  The frame is cut from the PRESERVES cartridge.  The  word "Winter" is cut from STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION.  And the snowman is from GYPSY WANDERINGS.  His face is stamped with a"Snow Cutie Stamp" from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I used chalk for his cheeks.

The large snowflakes are from the WINTER LACE cartridge.  I added glitter glue to the snowflakes and a few blue pearls.  The smaller snowflakes are buttons from Hobby Lobby.  And the gorgeous ribbon is from Michaels.  The little tag sticker the snowman is holding,  says "Happy Times".  It is by Studio 112 and came from JoAnn's.

Challenges
Jitterbugin  Sketch, snow related and something blue
My Sheri Crafts   Winter
Cooking with the Cricut  Snow Fun

18 comments:

  1. Love this card....it's GORGEOUS! Great color scheme too! Thanks for Jitterbuggin'

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  2. very pretty card - love the colors - you did a great job!!

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  3. I am in Huntsville, Alabama and we are enjoying the snow too!! Your card is great. Thanks for playing along with us at Cooking with the Cricut this week.

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  4. Charlotte,
    this is adorable! Enjoy the snow, funny that we haven't had much this year here in the midwest. I love that you mix and match so many cartridges.

    Thanks for playing with us and I hope to see you on Wed w/ our new challenge.

    -- dalis
    Cooking with cricut DT

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  5. Oh, so cute. I just love this!! Thanks for joining us this week at Cooking with Cricut.
    ~Madison CWCDT www.funkycards.blogspot.com

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  6. This so adorable, I love your card. Good luck in the challenge. Thanks for sharing it with us at Cooking With Cricut this week.
    Love
    Karla Urea

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  7. What a gorgeous card, Charlotte! I love your color combination and all the details make it such eye candy. Thanks for sharing it with us at Cooking With Cricut this week.

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  8. Love all the details in your card! Thanks for playing with us at Cooking with Cricut :)

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  9. What a beautiful card! I love all the detail that you put into this. Thanks so much for joining us at Cooking with Cricut!

    Stacey
    staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com

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  10. What a pretty card! I love your snowflakes!

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  11. I love all the detail on your card. Thanks for joining us at cooking with cricut :)

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  12. WOW this is super dooper cute. I love all of the layers and the glitter or bling is so beautifullllll!!!!
    Hugs,
    Raven

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  13. Beautiful! Love those snowflakes. Thanks for coming over and joining us at Cooking with Cricut. TFS

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  14. Great card! I love the colors and all the details! Thanks for sharing with us this week!

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  15. What a pretty card! The snowman is awesome. Thanks for playing with us this week at Cooking with Cricut :)

    michelle

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  16. What a pretty card! I LOVE the colors so soft. I am now following you and looking forward to more of your wonderful creativity! Thank you for sharing with us at CWC...Melin...CookingWithCricut.com

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  17. Beautiful card--love the colors, design, cute snowman and gorgeous snowflakes! Great details! Congratulations in the challenges!!
    Glenda

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  18. Really cute and congratulations on your win

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