Did you ever sit down to make a card with a VERY SPECIFIC idea in mind and then when you are finished it looks NOTHING like what you wanted to do?  Well…that will explain ALOT about this card!  I decided to play along with the color challenge on SCS and where I started and where I ended were to VERY different things!

So the colors are Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz and Marina Mist…the PERFECT colors for a snowman.  So I started there and somewhere along the line I stamped the presents from the Jolly Bingo Bits and this card sort of happened.  I also started out to do a 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 card (size for our open ended envelopes) and this actually is sized to fit a regular envelope although it doesn’t look like it is.

The base of the card is Blushing Bride 5 1/2 x 3 1/4.  Since I had that Marina Mist scallop (from the Tasteful Trim die) I added it behind a piece of Pear Pizzazz dsp and added to the card front.  Next I took a 1 3/4 x 4 piece of Whisper White and stamped the greeting in Soft Suede.  I rounded the corners on the left side.  I made a ‘bow’ (click here for my tutorial) using Marina Mist Polka Dotted ribbon and a Blushing Bride glimmer brad and added it to the tag.  This is added to the card front using dimensionals.  I stamped the presents three times Marina Mist/Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz/Soft Suede, and Blushing Bride/Soft Suede, cut out and added to the tag using dimensionals.  I added some little rhinestones for just that touch of bling.

I probably could have done more but overall this is a nice clean and simple design that you all know I like!  Also…I need to head over to school and get my grading done so that I can wrap up the quarter (and I have a meeting so I want to be done before that!)

So…as always…until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!