Celebrate the Joy of the Season - Lori Whitlock 3-D Snowman SVG

Snowman Wisdom: Stand tall, be cool, accessorize, smile, make people happy just by being you, go outside, things will all turn out if you just stick together. 

Lori Whitlock svg, dotted and glitter Bazzill card stock, Nuvo Drops, rhinetones, 

Merry Christmas, everyone.

A cheerful wintry snowman scene seemed like the perfect way to wish my loved ones Merry Christmas this year.  It's  about 60 degrees outside right now in sunny California so conjuring up a white Christmas in my craft room is a fun way to get in the spirit.

I made about thirty of these cards, so I needed them to be less labor intensive than my usual cards, but I wanted them to also reflect the love and care I spent making them.  I chose this cute Lori Whitlock svg and cut the layers out on my Cricut Explore Air. I created dimension be alternating dotted and glitter Bazzill card stock for the sky, snow and card front.  The smaller pieces like the nose and holly were cut out on plain white cardstock so I could easily color them with my Copics.  This is so much faster and easier. Why didn't I think of this earlier?

The shiny black eyes and buttons on my snowman are black Nuvo drops.  I added rhinestones to the centers of my snowflakes for sparkly dimension.

A little sprig of pine and a rhinestone embellish the die cut inside message.

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and create something fabulous.

Nancy

Playing along with:

        Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #400   

        Always Fun Challenge #89

        Bitten By the Bug - Christmas Cards

        The Library Craft Challenge #22

        Die Cut Divas - Snowman

        Mix It Up Challenge #20

        Brown Sugar Challenge #285

        Little Red Wagon Challenge #477

        Crafty Creations Challenge #380

Happy Spooky Halloween - Lori Whitlock Halloween Scene Pop Dot SVG

I can always depend on Lori Whitlock and Cricut Design Space when I need some mojo to help me create a card.  I purchased this fun Halloween Scene Pop Dot Card from Lori's SVG shop, downloaded it into Design Space, cut it out on my Cricut and went to work making it my own.  I haven't had the best of luck using foam tape or pop dots on these scenes because they turn out a little too wavy and lumpy for me.  I fixed that by going into Design Space and creating plain frames to cut out on card stock.  With a couple of  card stock layers, my card comes out with just the right amount of dimension to show off the frames in the scene.  I lit up my glittery haunted house with orange paper behind the windows and created a spooky sky with some artsy background paper.  I used my Misti stamp positioner to center the Happy Halloween perfectly on the outer frame.  I'll admit it did take some time to layer six of these cards to send to some friends, but it was so fun because I had so much help from Design Space.  I sure do love my Cricut!!!

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and be fabulous.

Nancy

Playing along with:

        Double D Challenges

        CAS on Friday

        Eclectic Ellapu

        Always Fun Challenges

        Crafty Gals Corner

        That's Crafty

        If You Give a Crafter a Cookie