Jingleball Christmas Contest Reject

The past couple of nights I have been staying up late trying to get some cards done for a contest at work. I ended up making three cards and then brought them into work and asked the girls which one I should submit. Unfortunately we were only allowed to submit one card, such a bummer since I liked all of the cards I made. Well the votes were unanimous, they loved all of the cards but this one was not the one they chose so I thought I would share it with you all. I don't think I will be able to share the one that they picked but I do plan to make another one, very similar in nature but not exact since I don't know if it would be okay to share it. Couldn't find that info anywhere in the rules but though it best to be safe rather than sorry. The winner gets a $50 gift card to Archivers so I really hope that I win!! There is so much at work that I would love to purchase, lol.

Well on to the card details. Isn't this the cutest little snowman stamp. It is by WhipperSnapper and is called Snowballs. Makes me smile every time I see these little guys. As a lot of you know, I just love coloring with copic markers and this card is no exception. After coloring them I used Smooch paint on the top hat to give the snow a shimmer, I also outlined the little snowballs with it as well. Using a glue pen I added some shaved ice under these cute little guys. Boy does this stuff sparkle so pretty in the light, reds, pinks, blues and purples, oh so gorgeous!!! My next step was to add flower soft to the santa hat. I have found that a glue pen really isn't strong enough to hold this on the card well so I use liquid tombo glue. You could also use glossy accents or the Ultimate glue.

The designer paper is from Graphic 45 and sprayed with Glimmer Mist Pearl and was also sprayed on the red layer for more shimmer. Remember, you can't have enough sparkle on your cards and pages, even if you have boys, lol, they will get over it. The cute little crystal snowflakes started off clear but I decided that they would look better if I used my copics and airbrushed them blue and they look so pretty that way! Give it a try if you haven't already! To finish off this gate card I used some red rhinestones and some new American Crafts Glitter Ribbon (omgosh is this ribbon beautiful). Oh, I also colored the jingle bells and the notes with a gold Spica pen, another way to add some great sparkle to your project.

I can tell you I took a lot of time making this card and maybe it should have been the one that I submitted but what's done is done and hopefully I stand a chance, no matter how slight of winning. So please send along some good luck, I would appreciate it!!!

Ok some of you may be wondering which copics I used for this cuties so I thought I would end this with a list of one ones I used. Here is is: C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, R27, R29, and R39, YG93, YG95 and YG97, B34 and B37 for the scarf and hat band as well as the snowflakes and E25 for the arms. Last but not lease I used BG000 to outline the snowballs to give them a little shadow.

Hope you enjoyed all of the work that went into this little guy. Should you have any questions, please fell free to ask me and I will try to get back to you quickly,.

Happy Stamping and Scrapping,

Ronda