I have been avoiding all my Christmas stuff so far this year - I totally over did it at Christmas 2010 (at least for me) and I didn't really want to even look at anything related to Christmas. Then I got this super cool book on making paper flowers from Joan's Garden, and I had to try and make the pine cone in the book (The book is called Paper Bouquets by Susan Tierney Cockburn). I know it looks like a brown rose instead of a pinecone, but I didn't have any of that molding clay or paste or whatever she used so I had to try and do it a different way. I still think it is cool and my next one will be much better as I will get off my lazy butt and actually get my tweezers instead of trying to use my small sissors to do things. After I finished it, it just seemed to scream for a snowman image. My DH gave me this image for Christmas (isn't he a doll?).
I tried to find some Christmas ornaments to use as a prop in my picture, but DH had finally put them in the attic so I had to use this snowgirl from my permanent snowperson display. Isn't she cute?
PT - 25 (and I double counted Pamzi - there are a couple on the bottom of the pine cone for support)
Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011 GMT Views: 1372
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Paper: SU! Kraft, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, and a brown (not sure which one and Graphic 45 dp
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers
Accessories: Punch-a Bunch Medium Pear, EK Success Snow Flake, MS Snowflake border punch (for the super tiny snowflakes in the top right corner), MS branch punch, SB circle die, doily, a piece of greenery out of an arrangement in my den, glitter
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Thu, Apr 14, 2011 @ 4:52 PM
Fabulous image and card. A break is needed at times and a slow move towards making a few Christmas cards here and there will eliminate or at least decrease Christmas card burn out this year LOL! Keep them coming
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