Thursday, December 22, 2022

Greetings From Arizona - Cool Holidays

Here is my card for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #12 Snowman. One of my last Christmas cards for this year and this card is for a very special high school friend back East.  This was such a fun card to make and I know she will enjoy it.  




I started with the Whimsy melting Snowman stamped on white cardstock and used a multi-liner black pen to add some melted snow below the fan to place a cup of hot chocolate.  Colored the image, stamped the sentiment and then cut out the top portion of the image for later placement on the background.  Cut, stamped and colored the cup of chocolate, placed on the bottom corner on the added melting snow adhering with thin foam tape for dimension.  

Now I needed to build the scene.  Selected a blue pattern paper for the sky and bordered with candy apple cardstock and adhered to cardbase. Cut a layered sun, colored, stamped sentiment on center cut of sun and adhered direct to background paper.   Cactus was cut (only partial used), and adhered to background paper. I had colored the flowers that were a part of the cactus die cut but wasn't pleased with the look, so went through my stash to find some small flowers.  Flowers stamped with candy apple ink, fussy-cut and adhered to cactus with glue dots.  The image was added to the background with thin foam tape.  

Also sent to the following Challenges












Products Used
Design Paper 
     CTMH X9015 Mix-In 
Cardstock 
     CTMH Candy Apple and White Daisy 
Stamps
     Image & Part Sentiment Cool: Whimsy Stamps DP1028 "Frosty Hugs" 
     Sentiment Holiday: Lawn Faun "Thanks a Latte" Sentiment 
     Cup: Newton's Nook "Cup of Cocoa"
     Sentiment: Arizona - Stampindamour (Local Scrapbook Store) "Golf"  
     Cactus Flower: CTMH C1605 "Happy to Be Friends" 
Dies 
     Whimsy Stamps WSD365 "Up in the Clouds Die Set" 
     Spellbinders IN-058 "Prickly Pear" 
Ink/Pens
     CTMH Candy Apple Ink 
     Memento "Black" Ink 
     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - alcohol-base 
        Blues - B00, B000, B01, BG0000
        Reds - R05, R14, R29, R30 
        Greens - G000, G02, G12 
        Yellow/Orange - Y000, Y06, Y11, Y15, YR58 
        Browns - E00, E35, E55, E57 
        Greys - C1, C3, C5, C7, C10 
        0 Colorless Blender 
        Multi-Liner 0.3 

         


17 comments:

Nora Noll said...

This is such a cute scene!! Great coloring!! Thanks for playing with us at Cupcake Inspirations Challenges!!

Nora
CIC DT Sweetie

Heather said...

Ohhh, no!!! He's melting!! Cute and I love how you used pattern papers for the scene you created! Thanks for playing with Cut It Up Challenge.

~amy~ said...

This is so much fun, love the sentiment and the cups of ice!
Happy Holidays and thanks for playing with us at the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!

Kanan Pandya said...

Aweee...such a sweet iamge. Love your card. Thank you for playing with us this week at Cupcake Inspirations Challenges. Kanan - DT

Quillish said...

Aww..this must be the cutest greeting from Arizona :D What great pairing with cacti in the background and a great scene. Thank you for joining us at Cupcake inspirations with the adorable card. Wishing you Happy Holidays. Hugs ~ Ishani
You could also check my You Tube channel incase you are intrested :)
https://www.youtube.com/@IshaniScards
Thank you <3

Pamela Duncan said...

Great play on your weather - having a nephew in AZ, I understand! Thanks for sharing with us on Critter Crazy! Pam, DT

Macimbalo said...

Love this with those melting snowfriends! Thanks for sharing this with us at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!

Lisa said...

Well... can't tell you how much I love this! It's so fun and fabulous! Thank you for playing along with us at Caffeinated Christmas!

missgailly said...

What a fun card! Love it! Thanks for playing along at USE YOUR STUFF - DT Gail. Happy new year!

Crafty KJ said...

I love the scene you've created for this fun image - it's fab! Love all the details you've added and your stamped sentiment makes it really personal too! Thanks for sharing at Passion for Markers. Hugs, Karen x

Haven_mom4 said...

So funny, but I hear there has been a bit of snow in Arizona. Thanks for sharing with us at Use Your Stuff

KT Fit Kitty said...

Hi, Suzanne! I just saw your card over at Caffeinated Christmas and I absolutely love it! I had to come over to get a closer look! What an awesome and fun card, and so creative! Well done on your Top Pick and very well deserved! Happy New Year!!!

The Crafty Den said...

What a fun card Suzanne. The image is adorable and your colouring is perfect.Thank you for taking part in our Mega Christmas challenge and good luck in the prize draw. Hugs, Denise x

Cat Nowak said...

Another fun card. Thank you for playing with our final challenge at Heart 2 Heart.

Brandi said...

What a fun card, I wish I was enjoying some of that Arizona warmth right now! I love the fan trying to cool off the snowman, fabulous! Thanks for playing along with Heart 2 Heart Challenges (H2H).

Brandi R.
DT member H2H
crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.ca

cass said...

Fun Christmas card, I have a similar melting snowman that I use every year. Thanks for entering your wonderful creation in the Anything Goes challenge at The Crafter's Cafe

Haley D. said...

Haha, such a fun card! Thanks so much for joining us @Heart2HeartChallenges!