Frosty Family

 

Hello friends!  It’s Sandy @SandyCogdillDesigns and I am so excited to share my first card on the Scrapbook Pal Design Team with you today. How fun are these friends with their plaid flannel hats and scarves?   I think that even snowmen like to be cozy. 

Today I have a card featuring Lawn Fawn's Frosty Family and Frosty Family Add On Stamps and Dies.  Instead of stamping and coloring the little snowman accessories, I decided to use Lawn Fawn’s My Favorite Flannel Petite Paper Pack printed paper the snowmen’s hats and scarves instead of stamping and coloring them.  I used Copic markers to add just a little shading to give them dimension.  I also used the blue from Lawn Fawn’s Spiffier Speckles Petite Paper Pad, since it coordinates so well to finish building my scene. 

To start out, I used Lawn Fawn’s Spooky Forest Backdrop to cut out my border from the blue plaid paper.  I wanted a little dimension on my card, so I cut three additional backdrops from white cardstock.  I will glue all of these together to created a nice frame for the inside of the scene.  I do this technique often, especially if I am creating a shaker card.  I feel like it gives the card a nice finish.

Next, I cut a small piece of pearlescent vellum using the Simple Stitched Hillside Border to create a ground for my snow family to stand on.  I attached the vellum to the side of my newly created “frame” making sure that I keep the glue away from anyplace the vellum would be seen.  Glue and vellum don’t play well together.

I stamped the hats and scarves on plaid paper and then used the coordination dies to cut them out.  I used Copic markers in G94 and R56 to do a little shading to add some dimension to the pieces.  

Once I have my snow people stamped, I place the little accessories where I will glue them later, so that I know where I want to stamp their little faces and his buttons.  I find this is the best way to make sure that they are neither too high nor too low once the hats and scarves are applied. 

I colored the Frosty Family and Frosty Family Add On using Copic markers in the fallowing colors:

• C0, C02
• YR14, YR18
• E33, E35

Once they are colored and cut out, I will adhere them to the center of the card making sure I add their little arms.  

For the sentiment, I used Lawn Fawn's Henry’s Build A Sentiment:Winter.  I stamped them on white cardstock and then trimmed them close to the lettering and then placed the trimmed sentiment on a scrap piece of plaid paper.  I trimmed the plaid paper about 1/8” from the white cardstock.  I adhered them to the upper and lower corner of the card.  I also added the “Merry Christmas” sentiment to the inside of the card.  I really like this stamp set because there are tons of ways to combine the words to create just the right sentiment for your card. 

Once I got to this point on the card, I felt like it needed a little something, so I used the two extra snowflakes from Lawn Fawn’s Snow Flurries Backdrop.  I used the plaids from the same collection.

I really like the cozy feel of this card.  I hope you have found a little inspiration from this design.  Thank you so much for taking time from you day to visit the blog.  I hope you have an amazing day!

Sandy