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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New Catalogs, New Products!

Although I have a craft room full of stamps, ink, and paper, I still get so excited to browse through the new catalogs!  I attended OnStage in November where I first got to browse through the 2019 Occasions Catalog and 2019 Sale-A-Bration catalog, plus see and try out the new products.  I received some free stamp sets at OnStage, I've placed orders, and I've attended other stamping events which has given me lots of play time with new stuff!  Yippee!

Let's first take a walk through the Occasions Catalog to see some samples of the wonderful new products.  Some of the cards show products from both the Occasions catalog and the Sale-A-Bration catalog which I will shorten to SAB Catalog when I give page numbers.

Turn to pp. 4-7 of the Occasions Catalog to see the gorgeous All My Love Suite.  It's perfect for Valentines Day, Weddings, Thinking of You, and more!  The suite includes the Forever Lovely Bundle, the Meant to Be Bundle, gorgeous paper, and embellishments such as Heart Epoxy Droplets and All My Love ribbon.

The Meant to Be Bundle was one of the first bundles I ordered.  As soon as it arrived, I had to test out all the die-cuts.  Aren't they wonderful?

These are a few cards I've made so far:

These are some photos I took of the display boards at OnStage featuring the Forever Lovely Bundle.

I made the first card below at OnStage and the second card at a class with Janet Wakeland.

I had the opportunity to go to an event put on by Janet Wakeland where I played with many items from the new catalog.  Most of the following projects were made at her studio or at OnStage.  I made a few on my own with inspiration from Pinterest.

Wonderful Romance (p.11), Well Written Framelits Dies (p. 27), Gingham Gala DSP (p. 35) and the ribbon is a free item in the Sale-A-Bration catalog:

Beauty Abounds Bundle, (p.13)

Sweetest Thing (p. 15)

Incredible Like You (p. 21)

Bloom by Bloom (p. 25)

Amazing Life (p. 28)

Nine Lives (p. 32), this card also shows the Heart Epoxy Droplets colored in with a Stampin' Blend.

Butterfly Bundle (p. 35) and Botanical Butterfly DSP (p. 9 of SAB catalog).

Humming Along (p.36)

Needle & Thread Bundle (p. 39)

Geared up Garage Bundle (p. 43)

Card made at Inkerbelles Team Meeitng with Michelle Suit

Artfully Aware (p.46) and Strong & Beautiful  (p. 48)

Tea Together (p. 49) plus Tea Time Framelits Dies (p. 17 of SAB catalog)

Here are a few more projects made with items from the 2019 Sale-A-Bration Catalog:

Hello Cupcake (p. 6 SAB)

Card design cased from Amy Koenders, inspired by catalog sample

Home to Roost (p. 11 SAB)

Lasting Lily (p. 19 SAB)

Card design cased from Jan Clothier

Card design cased from Mary Fish

Here are a couple of photos from OnStage.  It was such a blast to be with my stamping friends.  Join us at the next one!

My awesome team leader and longtime friend, Michelle Suit.

Members of the Inkerbelles Stamp Team.  Millie made us the awesome scissor headbands!

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If your order is over $50 (before shipping and tax), you will get a free classic ink pad* from me (your choice of color) in addition to your free Sale-A-Bration products!  E-mail me your choice of color after you place your order and I will send it to you at the beginning of February. 

Happy Stamping!

~Marsha~

*If you place your order before my monthly Make & Take class, you can choose to attend my class for free instead of getting the ink pad.  See my calendar HERE.