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City Sidewalks Snow Globe Card

As we near the middle of November, it’s time to get started on Christmas cards! I made the card below with images from the new City Sidewalks Cricut collection.

This card was inspired by my friend Julie’s snow globe card that you can see by clicking HERE.

For my card, I used Design Space basic shapes to cut the snow globe (circle) and base (triangle). The remaining images are from City Sidewalks. To make the card more dimensional without getting too thick to mail, I used the thin 3D foam tape. 

The City Sidewalks cartridge has lots of great Christmas images that mix tradition with whimsy. Over the next few days I’ll be sharing a few more projects I made that I hope will inspire you.

Here’s a look at everything you get on this “virtual” cartridge:

Note that the City Sidewalks is virtual and will only work machines that use Design Space (all variations of the Explore). Also, keep in mind that this “cartridge” is only available through December 31 and you can buy yours on my shopping website. 

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Snow Cute!

PicMonkey Collage

It snowed this morning, but not enough to accumulate. But it put me in the mood for a snowman. So I made these tasty little guys. Each one is the wrapper for a snack size candy bar. Perfect for stockings, a classroom of kids, scouts, etc.

These are loosely based on these cute little Rolo guys by Debby posted on her blog: http://www.debbysstampinspot.com/2012/12/rolo-snowmen.html.

Materials:

  • Fun/Snack sized Candy Bars (approx. 0.6 oz each)
  • Stretch gloves (I found two pair for $.97 at Walmart — that’s enough for 20 snowmen!)
  • Daisy White Card Stock
  • Black permanent pen
  • Orange Marker

Cut a piece of cardstock 3″ x 4″. Score a fold line approximately 3/4″ from each of the shorter sides. Draw a snowman face and buttons in the center. Color the carrot nose with the orange marker.

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Wrap around a candy bar folding on the score lines. It will have a mailbox shape as shown below.

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Cut the fingers/thumb off each glove to make hats for the snowmen. Use the body of the glove to make scarves – approximately 1/2″ x 3″. The picture below shows how to cut five hats and scarves from one glove.

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Role the edge of each hat slightly and slide on the top of the snowmen. Tie the scarves around the snowmen between the face and buttons.

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Let It Snow!

Rebecca

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Welcome to Wonderland!

Today, I want to show you a couple layouts I made using the Wonderland papers. I just love the colors of this paper. Blue has always been my favorite color. The blue and brown combination for winter papers is somewhat suprising but it works.

My first layout is from last January. If you live near St. Louis, you may remember that last year was a record setter for snow days from school. (Especially for a the district my daughter attends). One week school was canceled on Monday, and Tuesday, and … Although the streets near our house were cleared early in the week, some of the rural roads remained trecherous for the buses.

I had planned to be off work on Friday so I told my daughter that is she was still off school on Friday we’d do something together. After a week of being cooped up indoors, she choose ice skating. We bundled up and headed to Steinberg Ice Rinkin Forest Park. Neither of us are great skaters, but we had fun trying. It felt so good to be outside!

Even though I deviated from the Workshop On The Go pattern somewhat to accomodate my pictures, I did use several techniques including the paper “ribbon” and putting sparkles in the foundry pin head shown below.

Close up of some stamping and bling:

This one-page summer layout also uses paper from the Wonderland pack.

Three of the Background and Texture designs have snowflakes, but the other three do not which makes them very versatile. Here’s a shot of all of the papers in the packet.

This is the paper we will be using for the next scrapbooking night on Friday, January 13 from 6:30 – 11:30. 

To attend you must preorder either the Wonderland Workshop On The Go ($29.95) or the Wonderland Level 2 Paper Packet ($9.95). The Workshop On The Go includes the Level 2 paper packet, two extra pieces of cardstock, coordinating stamp set,accessories, and instructional booklet for the layout pictured below.

I used some of the techniques for my layouts, but modified them somewhat for the number and size of pictures I wanted to include. I can help you do the same. So mark your calendar, gather up a few winter pictures and send me an email to sign up.

Deadline for registration is January 4. Please drop me an emailif you have any questions.

Can’t make it on January 13? You can still order and complete the workshop remotely.