Telescoping Snowman #4 - Folk Art Colors!

I finally finished my fourth telescoping snowman card for my fourth offspring.  Now, I do have to decided who gets which one, but I think I already have a pretty good idea.  I did decide to do #4 with folk art colors, and I found a piece of  Kaisercraft Christmas paper that had small squares of all the papers in the St. Nicholas collection.  It was perfect for this project.  I paired it with Stampin' Up's Old Olive for my cardbase and a mat layer of Red Glimmer to place my squares on.  My hardest job was finding a pattern I like for the middle body circle.  Don't why that was so difficult, but I had my heart set on the Peace, LOVE, and Joy label from the same Kaisercraft St. Nicholas collection, and I needed something to contrast but look like it belonged together.  I finally selected a Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium ivy paper.  I am actually happier with the final design than I thought I would be, and now it's time to share with you!

Recipe:  SU cardstocks:  Old Olive; Red Glimmer.  Kaisercraft St. Nicholas collection - Babbo Natale/ Papa Noel/ Mr. Claus.  Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium - Ivy.  SU DSP:  Be of Good Cheer (scarf).  DCWV Black Glitter paper (hat).  Paper Squares: SU 1-3/8" square punch.  Body part dies:  Spellbinders:  4-1/4 " Beaded Circles (bottom base); 3-1/4" Circles LG-#6 (bottom inset); 2-7-8" Scallop Circles SM-#4(middle base); 2-1/8" Scallop Circles LG-#2 (head base).  Body Part punches:  2-1/2" Circle (middle inset); 1-3/4" Circle (head inset).  SU Hat punches:  Decorative Labels (1/2); Word Window (brim);  Pinking Hearts border (band); Martha Stewart Aspen Corner punch (snowflakes).  Face punches:  Eyes-Martha Stewart 7-Heart punch (largest cut in half/ shaped); Nose-SU Small Heart punch (little less than 1/2), Highlights-Chalk Marker; Cheeks-Owl-Builder heart, Copic marker for blush.  Mouth: Ex. Large ZigZag Border (SU/Sizzix) used as template; Sharpie Fine-Tip: Lashes/ Mouth.  Scarf: 1-3/4" Circle punch shaping 3/8" deep curve; 2 Bitty Banner punch tapered.  Arms:  SU Snowflake punch: 2 using entire diameter/ cut off end only. (Card size: 5-3/16" square).

More Loving Those Telescoping Snowmen!

After making my first telescoping snowman card, I decided I would make three others and give each one of my four offspring one of their very own little snowman friend for Christmas.  My goal is to design each with a different color scheme and patterned papers.  I have now completed three of them, so I thought I would also share the last two I just finished.  I haven't decided who will get each yet, but when I finished with number four, I will work on that dilemma.

I am refining just a few things as I go.  I went back and put a hat on the back side of each snowman's head so that when you turn him over when opened, he has a black hat too and not just a blank white thing!  I've also decided I like his rosy cheek rouge (colored with Copic Marker R30) better when colored around the heart shaping it like a heart rather than just a circle.  I tried this on the third version, which is the turquoise card below.  The light blue one's cheek rouge remains just a circle.  What do you think?  And now for the finished cards..........drum roll..........here they are:

Snowman #1

Snowman #2

Recipe:  Snowman #1: SU cardstocks - Baja Breeze, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer.  DCWV/ Black Glitter paper (hat).  Patterned papers -  Heidi Grace/ Shimmer Flocked; Imaginations/ Studio Basics 101; Paper Pizazz/ Let It Snow.  Stampin' Up punch: Pinking Hearts Border (hat band)

Recipe:  Snowman #2: SU cardstocks - Whisper White, Red Glimmer (#2).  Recollections/ Black Prince Glitter paper (hat - has navy sparkles).  Patterned papers - Jillibean/ Winter Tortellini & Sprinach Soup-Stewed Tomatoes; Stampin' Up/ Winter Frost; DCWV/ 2011 Christmas Stack.  Stampin' Up punch: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border (hat band).

Shared Items: Paper Squares: SU 1-3/8" square punch.  Body part dies:  Spellbinders:  4-1/4 " Beaded Circles (bottom base); 3-1/4" Circles LG-#6 (bottom inset); 2-7-8" Scallop Circles SM-#4(middle base); 2-1/8" Scallop Circles LG-#2 (head base).  Body Part punches:  2-1/2" Circle (middle inset); 1-3/4" Circle (head inset).  Hat punches:  Decorative Labels (1/2); Word Window (brim);  Martha Stewart Aspen Corner punch (snowflakes).  Face punches:  Eyes-Martha Stewart 7-Heart punch (largest cut in half/ shaped); Nose-SU Small Heart punch (little less than 1/2), Highlights-Chalk Marker; Cheeks-Owl-Builder heart, Copic marker R30 (blush).  Mouth: Ex. Large ZigZag Border (SU/Sizzix) used as template; Sharpie Fine-Tip: Lashes/ Mouth.  Scarf: 1-3/4" Circle punch shaping 3/8" deep curve; 2 Bitty Banner punch tapered.  Arms:  SU Snowflake punch: 2 using entire diameter/ cut off end only.  (Card size: 5-3/16" square).

Love That Telescoping Snowman Card!

Earlier this month, I made two telescoping snowman cards following a sample I had seen early last spring (see BLOG dated 12/8/14).  After making these, my mind began to think what if. . .  Some of my what ifs were:  

• what if, I attached him to a card base so he was on the front of an actual card; 

• what if, I attached his body parts closer together so he looked plumper instead of so tall and gangly; 

• what if, he had a scarf; 

• what if, he had buttons and hands.

• what if, he had rosy cheeks 

• And then I saw a non-telescoping punch art snowman on Pinterest, using hearts on his cheeks, and that became another what if!

I added another interesting feature for my paper background as well:  1-1/2" squares on Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.  I think this really added to my card with all that bling peeking out between each square.  Here is my little snowman telescoping card, which incorporated all my what ifs and then some other features as well.

Telescoping Snowman - Closed.

 Telescoping Snowman - Open.

Recipe:  Bazzill cs: Stonewashed.  SU Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer.  DCWV Winter Magic Stack.  DCWV Black Glitter paper (hat).  Paper Squares: SU 1-3/8" square punch.  Body part dies:  Spellbinders:  4-1/4 " Beaded Circles (bottom base); 3-1/4" Circles LG-#6 (bottom inset); 2-7-8" Scallop Circles SM-#4(middle base); 2-1/8" Scallop Circles LG-#2 (head base).  Body Part punches:  2-1/2" Circle (middle inset); 1-3/4" Circle (head inset).  Hat punches:  Decorative Labels (1/2); Word Window (brim); Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border (band); Martha Stewart Aspen Corner punch (snowflakes).  Face punches:  Eyes-Martha Stewart 7-Heart punch (largest cut in half/ shaped); Nose-SU Small Heart punch (little less than 1/2), Highlights-Chalk Marker; Cheeks-Owl-Builder heart, Copic marker for blush.  Mouth: Ex. Large ZigZag Border (SU/Sizzix) used as template; Sharpie Fine-Tip: Lashes/ Mouth.  Scarf: 1-3/4" Circle punch shaping 3/8" deep curve; 2 Bitty Banner punch tapered.  Arms:  SU Snowflake punch: 2 using entire diameter/ cut off end only. (Card size: 5-3/16" square).

Time for Snowmen!

At a cardmaking event that I attended earlier this year, one of the attendees brought a sample of a telescoping Mr. Snowman card that she had made at a card class she attended in her home town over 150 miles south of us.  We were all oohing and aahing over her very cute card, so our hostess held another card buffet making class with her version of Mr. Snowman for the participants to make.  Unfortunately, I missed this class due to traveling, but one of my cardmaking buddies made a picture of her completed card for me to see.  

I decided to try my hand at my version of Mr. Telescoping Snowman. The first sample I saw was done in pink, and the second in blue.  I decided to do my first attempt at the card in blue, as this color always makes me think of snow and cold when making Christmas cards.  My second version is done with purple as it makes me think snow and cold as well.  (Don't your hands turn those colors when cold?)  I decided my little hat and its brim would be embossed with an Argyle embossing folder, though it doesn't show up very well in the picture.  I also scalloped all my snowman's body parts, and I made a Christmas verse to fit inside his body balls.  

First I stamped around the verses with snowflakes, using the stamp-off technique.  Next, I completely finished the entire snowman's head with hat attached.  My third step was to attached the completed head to the white only of middle body ball and followed by adhering the blue scallop behind the middle ball, which embedded the brad's pointy ends in between the layers.  In step four, I inserted the bottom brad through the completed middle body ball and the white only of bottom body ball in the same manner as the head to the middle.  The last step was to adhere the bottom blue scallop ball to the back of white bottom ball.  When completed, all snowman circles will twist to stack on top of each other and telescope out to open.

Below are the completed blue and purple versions.  Next, I think I am going to make a pink girl version with a hat made using the Stampin' Up Large Tab punch that has retired.  It will be a cloche-style hat aka flapper hat.  She should be really cute!

    

Mr. Snowman in blue - Telescoped Open

Mr. Snowman in blue - Closed

Mr. Snowman in purple - Telescoped Open

Mr. Snowman in purple - Closed

Recipe:  SU carstock:  Marine Mist, Whisper White, Basic Black, Perfect Plum.  SU stamps: Snow Day (snowflakes), Stylin' Snowfolk (nose), Holiday Invitations (holly-2014 Holiday).  Stampin' Up Ink: Marine Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive.  Spellbinders dies: Circles LG, Scallop Circles LG.  Stampin' Up punches: Decorative Label (hat), Word Window (brim).  Stampin' Up Embossing Folder: Argyle.  Stampin' Up 1/8" Silver ribbon (2014-15 Annual).  Other: rhinestone.  Circle sizes: 4-1/8"/ 3-1/8"/ 2-3/8".