Minecraft Snowman

I saw these darling snowmen created by Nigezza Creates and wanted to make them myself.  You can click HERE to see her video tutorial.  When I finished the first one, my 7-year-old son said "I like your Minecraft snowman." Ha, ha, it does look like something from Minecraft!

My plan was to make one to decorate my piano, another to give to my long-time crafting friend for Christmas, and also to hold a class for others to come and make these.  Well....the project ended up being more tedious than I anticipated.  A lot of scoring, cutting, and embossing, and I kept making mistakes!  It's hard to tell from a distance, but you can see up close that the snowman has snowflakes embossed in white all over it.

That was the most time-consuming aspect of the project.  After making my first snowman, I didn't think you could really see the snowflakes that well anyway, so I didn't bother with it on my second one.  That was a mistake.  It looks fine, but the embossed snowflakes did add something that is missing in the second one.  Click on the first photo to see what I'm talking about.  It's subtle, but it does make a difference.  After making two of these, that was enough for me.  I think they are super cute, but I like quick and easy projects best!

Although I didn't get my friend's gift done in time for Christmas, I've filled it with goodies to give to her at our team meeting tonight.  There is still snow on the ground and it's freezing outside so a snowman works for me!

Bottom box, 4" x 4" x 3" Filled with gloves, tissues, and gum

Middle box, 3" x 3" x 2 1/2" Filled with socks and Turtle chocolates

Top box, 2" x 2" x 2" Filled with Valentine chocolates

This snowman looks cute on my piano right next to my other winter projects.  As a piano teacher, I spend a lot of time staring at the top of that piano.  It makes me happy to have beautiful hand-stamped creations to look at.

This Winter Shadow box sits on the other side.  Visit Audra Monk's website for awesome shadow box ideas.

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