He was made of snow...

Today’s card was inspired by a post on Heinous Hats, my friend Caela Rue’s blog, which is, to steal her description, “dedicated to hats with character, as well as the people who wear them.” If you haven’t yet checked out her brilliantly written blog, be sure to do so, for it is absolutely chock-full of extraordinary hats of all shapes and sizes, from the fantastically gorgeous, to the adorably sweet and all the way to the wonderfully weird. If I only had unlimited funds, I would be buying these hats left, right and centre.

Anyway, last Wednesday’s post, Now Begins The Age Of The Snowmen, featured, you guessed it, snowman hats. Suddenly I was overcome with the desire to make glittery, texture rich cards for my nephews. So, I ran out to the craft store, got giddy with what I discovered there and came up with this:

Materials (makes two cards):

·      8 1/2” x 11” sheet of white card stock

·      Sheet of white glitter foam (with sticky back)

·      Approximately 8” of red ribbon (at least 1/2” wide)

·      Four googly eyes (approximately 5/8” in diameter)

Equipment:

·      Paper trimmer

·      Bone folder

·      Pencil

·      Scissors

·      Two different sized drinking glasses for tracing (the ones I used were 2 1/4” and 3 1/4” in diameter)

·      Black permanent marker

·      Orange glitter glue

·      Hot glue gun

·      Pinking shears (optional)

Directions:

1.     Using the paper trimmer, cut the card stock in half so that you have two pieces, measuring 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”.

 

2.     With the bone folder, fold the two pieces of card stock into two cards, measuring 4 1/4” x 5 1/2”.

3.     Trace four circles on to the back of the sheet of foam (two small, two large) with the glasses. Cut out the circles.

4.     Peel off the backing paper on the circles to reveal the sticky back. Stick the circles on the front of each card to make the snowman’s body. 

5.     Cut the ribbon in half. Using the pinking shears, cut the ends of the ribbon to make it look like scarf fringe. If you’re not using pinking shears, use your scissors to cut a fringe. Fold over the ribbon to resemble a scarf tied around the snowman’s neck (see image below) and use the glue gun to attach it to the snowman’s body. Use the glue gun to glue the googly eyes on to the snowman’s head.

6.     Use the black marker to draw on the snowman’s mouth and buttons.

7.     Use the orange glitter glue to draw on a carrot nose. If you want more of a 3-D effect, cut some of the scrap foam in the shape of a carrot nose, attach it to the snowman’s face, then use the orange glitter glue to make it orange.

Tip: Glitter foam is easy to work with and can be used to make many
different cards for kids. Buy it in multi-colour packs at the craft store
and have a supply on hand for when you have a birthday or other
occasion to make a child’s greeting card (or for when your
children want to make cards of their own!).

See you on Wednesday for an easy and professional-looking way to finish cards (it also makes writing on them much easier!).