Snowman Christmas Cards – Slimline Style!

Snowman Christmas cards are pretty popular, even for people who aren’t in areas that get snow. They are a fun and cheerful symbol of the season and are great cards to send to “kids” of all ages!  To make this card I used the Rubbernecker Slimline Squares Frame, Snowman, Evergreen Trees, Cardinals, Deckle Hills, Tiny Leaves, Globe Tree (star) and Splatter Background.

The Slimline Card Base and Snow Layers

• Cut a 7.00″ x 8.50 white card base and sore down the center.
• Use red cardstock to cut a 3.25″ x 8.25″ layer and attach to the card base using ATG adhesive. 
• Cut the slimline layer using light blue cardstock. 
• Apply white pigment ink to the splatter background stamp, stamp the top half of the slimline and emboss with white embossing powder.
• Attach the blue snowy slimline layer to the red card base using ATG adhesive.
• Use white cardstock to cut the deckle hill layers.
• Use the slimline die to cut the borders of the deckle hills snow layers.
• Apply ATG adhesive to the back of the snow layers and attach to them then to the slimline layer.

The Snowman and Evergreen Tree

• Cut the Snowman body using white cardstock and attach them together using glossy accents..
• Cut the accessory pieces using red, black, brown and orange cardstock.
• Attach the hat sections together using glossy accents and attach to the head using glossy accents.
• Attach the facial features and scarf to the snowman using glossy accents.
• Embellish the snowman hat with two tiny leaves and a red 1/8″ punched circle.
• Cut a small evergreen tree and attach the 1/8″ red circles and a star to the tree using glossy accents. Note:  I always use my reverse tweezers to pick up small pieces like the holly leaves and punched circles.
• Apply pieces of mounting tape to the back of the embellished tree and attach it to the snowman body.
• Attach the brown twig arms to the snowman body and tree using glossy accents.

Assemble the Scene

• Use green cardstock to cut a set of the evergreen trees.
• Stamp the trees using the splatter background and white pigment ink.
• Sprinkle the trees with white embossing powder and heat with the heat gun.
• Use red cardstock to cut the cardinals and color their beaks with a black marker
• Apply small pieces of mounting tape to the back of the three trees, tuck them in behind the top snow layer and attach to the scene base.
• Tuck the snowman in behind the front snow layer and attach it using pieces of mounting tape.
• Apply small pieces of mounting tape to the back of the cardinals and attach them to the scene base.

5330-02D Slimline Squares Frame Die [ RBB ] 5162-13D Snowman Die Cut [ RBB ] 5217-01D Evergreen Tree Die [ RBB ] 5217-02D Cardinals Die [ RBB ] 5173-02D Deckle Hills Die Cut [ RBB ] 5162-04D Tiny Leaves [ RBB ] 5177-03D Globe Tree #1 Die Cut [ RBB ] 1231 Splatter Background [ RBB ]

Sizzix – Paper Sculpting Kit [ SBC ] Embossing Magic Bag, Inkadinkado [ ELH ] Embossing Gun (Wagner), Hero Arts [ ELH ] Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder,… [ ELH ] Unicorn White, Hero Arts Pigment Ink Pad [ ELH ] Dress My Craft – Hole Punch – One… [ SBC ] Mini Glossy Accents, Ranger Accents [ ELH ] COPIC Sketch Marker 100, Black [ ELH ] Scotch Foam Mounting Tape [ ELH ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider [ ELH ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ] 3mm (1/8″), Be Creative Tape [ ELH ] 5mm (1/4″), Be Creative Tape [ ELH ]

There are so many fun themes to choose from when you are thinking about your own Christmas – or holiday – cards. Not everyone celebrates Christmas from a perspective of faith and motifs like all of my snowman Christmas cards are nice ways to make a nod to the season for everyone. What kinds of cards are YOU making this year? I’d love to hear!