Patty, The Big Pink Snowflake

Hi there!

This week's Less Is More challenge is to make a one-layer card with a focus on snow. Well, hey, hey, hey, how's this for a focus on snow??

This card is no masterpiece, but it's fun. It's the result of a doodle, or rather, a tracing. I was on the phone and doodling, as one does. I was also tracing around a pretty snowflake ornament that came as part of a package last year. After I hung up, I tossed the pieces of scratch paper in the recycle basket, not seeing that Hammy had gotten in there to lick traces of chocolate off everything I touched. 

"Hey, lady!" he squeaked, doing his Jerry Lewis impression. "Watch it!"

He scrambled out from under, knocking one of the sheets to the floor in the process. He teetered on the rim of the basket, staring down at the discarded doodle. I looked to see what enwraptured him and a lightbulb moment flickered between us.

I traced the snowflake onto a card base and then watercolored it using a red SU watercolor pencil and water brush. The red color is on the pink side of red, as far as reds go, but, honestly, it is not a bright fuchsia color IRL. 

I made the snowflake an ornament hanger, using Brilliance gold ink and one of those little "extra" stamps you get with a clear set. I'd tell you the name of the stamp I used, but I can't find it at the mo in this mess. The surrounding snowflakes are Stamps by Judith and the sediment is from SU. 

To give my snowflake more oomph, coz the mere size of it wasn't oomphy enough (cough), I covered it in Dimensional Magic:

Speaking of running out of cards, Monday I thought I was all finished so I started cleaning up my desk disaster. I didn't get very far when I uncovered an entire sheet of 30 address labels with no cards to go with them. Panic? Nah, I just sat on my settee and set to setting up a production line.

The irony? They were one-layer cards using the Tim Holtz snowman embossing folder and a simple sediment. That's right, a design that was perfect for this challenge, but did I remember this challenge during the manufacturing process? No, I did not. Did I take any pictures? No, I did not. What can I say, sometimes the hamster is fast asleep when I need him!

There is still time for you to join in the Less Is More challenge with your pretty one-layer snow/snowflake/snowman/snowcake/snowshoe/snowball card! You can always just doodle snowthing!

And when you do, you can also play in these challenges, which I'm joining:

• CASology. where the cue card is "Snow." This is my second entry.
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where there is a lovely moodboard (snowflakes) for the "Winter Inspiration" brief.

Be sure to click on the links for information about rules, sponsors, and prizes!

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Offense Alert (avert your eyes):

I have had the immense pleasure of receiving many beautiful Christmas cards from a lot of you and I thank you very much! In due time, they will all be posted under my Happy Mail tab above. In the meantime, I wanted to show you a sparkly and lovely card that I received from my friend Brenda B., she of Butlers Abroad:

I'm sure you agree that it's a lovely CAS design. Let's look a little closer, shall we?

I've been called a lot of things in my day, but I've never been called a warm, wis(e), and merry HO before and it's about darn time I was, doncha think?! Thank you for the snortle, Brenda, and thank you for making this card especially for me!

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