Meljen's Designs - Challenge #35-Buttons & Bows

I admit it. I have a weakness for snowmen. Our Christmas tree is decorated almost exclusively in snowmen and snowflakes. I have to control myself to keep myself from buying more snowmen knick-knacks. After all, I only have so much room to display them. And as much as I love looking at them through the holidays, I detest having dust them, or worse yet, to put it all away in January.

So, I was super excited to see Melissa's 11-24-10 new release. Check out these cute snowmen! I LOVE them! I can look at them or use them on projects any time I want and they are digital so they take up zero space and don't need to be put away.

Here is a peek at the entire new release available at Whimsy Stamps.



Do you like my matching ribbon? I used some Winter White Hug Snug seam binding. I sprayed it with a little rubbing alcohol and randomly colored on it using the same Copic markers I used to color my snowmen. (Just the purple shades). I put it in a plastic baggy, spritzed it with a little more alcohol and smooshed it around a bit so the colors blended. I then spritzed it with some glitter mist and smooshed around some more. I then dumped it in a pile on a paper towel to air dry while I assembled my card. The alcohol dries pretty quickly. The glimmer mist takes a little longer but sometimes I help it along by using my hair dryer on a low setting. (Keep it bundled up a bit in your hand if you do this so you don't blow out the crinkled look.)

Don't forget to enter the Buttons & Bows challenge on the Meljen's Designs blog this week for your chance to win some free digital images.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Caroling Snowmen from Meljen's Designs on Whimsy Stamps, Made of Snow from PaperTrey
• Papers & CS: Neenah Crest solar white CS, PaperTrey white CS, Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather Dp, misc. purple DP
• Inks: Close To My Heart Petal
• Tools: Stampin' Up edge punch, Copic markers
• Embellishments: Hug Snug winter white seam binding, misc: buttons, DMC floss, Liquid Applique, Crystal Stickles, misc. fibers, Snow Queen Glimmer Mist (on seam binding)

Challenges:

• ABC Christmas challenge - X=Xmas
• Card Makin' Mamas - Holidays
• Catch the Bug - Gear up for the Holidays
• Crafty Creations - Christmas
• Creative Cottage - Christmas in non-traditional colors
• Digital Tuesday - Let it snow + a digi
• Fab N Funky - Going with the flow
• Fairy Fun Fridays - Buttons & Bows
• Flourishes Bring Beautiful Back - Ribbon
• For Fun - Anything Goes
• Fresh Brewed Designs - Winter/Christmas theme
• Fussy & Fancy Friday - Christmas, no red or green
• Gingersnap Creations - GC78 Sewing Notions (Buttons, floss, seam binding)
• Hodge Podge Shop - Anything Goes
• Inktegrity Hump Day Inspirations - #24 Anything Goes
• Iris' Spot - pick on project you love
• Lollipop Crafts - Christmas
• Mad for Markers - non-traditional colors in your Christmas project
• One Stitch At A Time - choose a season/event (winter/Christmas)
• One Stop Craft Challenge - Snow People
• Penny's Challenge - #43 Anything Goes
• Pile It On - Winter means.... (snowmen!)
• Really Reasonable Ribbon - Christmas
• Scrappy Frog - Christmas
• Simple Doodles - Cute as a button
• Spoonful of Sugar - Anything goes
• Stamp and Create - Tis the Season
• Stampin' for the Weekend - Winter
• Sugar Creek Hollow - Winter Digi (leave contact info in comments)
• Top Tip Tuesday - Layer on Layer