Here Come the Snowmen

Hello friends.  Having with a little Christmas in July today, and playing with a new Waffle Flower Postage Collage Snowman stencil set.  Once I started, I couldn't seem to stop, so I have 4 cards to share with you today.  Here's the first one...

 I did some pretty traditional coloring by stenciling the background first with a couple shades of blue ink and then adding the 2nd stencil which added the nose, arms, and buttons.  I also added some white acrylic paint splatters for the look of snow.  I decided to cut the snowmen apart and make even more of a collage by adhering them to a background that I embossed with a new Spellbinders embossing folder called Hexi Snowflake.  To finish I matted with a black layer and a white card base, and then added a die cut sentiment from Waffle Flower and a few iridescent gems from PFS.  

I had a leftover image when I cut the collage apart and made a simple card using another snowflake embossing folder for the background (SSS's Filigree Snowflakes) and a strip sentiment from Gina K and a few silver gems (PFS).  Can't really see it from the photo, but I sprayed the embossed panel with Sheer Shimmer Mist, so the card has a lovely sparkle to it.

For my 3rd card I kept the collage intact and inked the background up using medium and dark Orchid inks from Gina K, and also sprayed the layer with Sheer Shimmer Mist to give the allover card lots of sparkle and shine.  My small round sentiment comes from Waffle Flowers North Pole coordinating set and I finished with a few Disco Ball Sequins (Gina K) and some black & white twine.  

My last card turned out to be my favorite with very non traditional colors in pinks and greens.  A little bit of extra stamping on this one using the North Pole set and a card base stenciled with the air mail stencil that comes with one of the basic stencil sets from Waffle Flower.  The sentiment is also a part of the North Pole set and was embossed in white on a strip of black cs and raised with a bit of foam tape.  More Disco Ball sequins and glitter finished this bright and fun card.

Going to add all of these cards to Darnell's NBUS Challenge as everything used here is never before used!  

Also going to add my first card to the Peace On Earth Challenge where I was inspired by the shades of BLUE in their beautiful mood board.

Thanks for sticking with me on another long post and hope you enjoyed all these cute snowmen!  I'm thrilled to be adding another 4 cards to my Christmas stash too...it really will be here before we know it!  (Although the temps outside would beg to differ...been a warm summer here in West Michigan this year!!)  Take care and stay cool!

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