First Christmas card of the year

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Oh yes, a Christmas card in April.  But I just couldn't help it.  See there is a lovely challenge from Merry Monday Christmas Challenge to build a snowman and then Mojo Monday had some lovely circles to play with and look what happened!!!  Frozen is so HOT right now that I just had to do it!


 

I don't do such intricate punching very often.  In fact this is the 2nd face I did because the first one looked maniacal.  This one the glue dried too quickly and messed up the paper before the eyes were placed correctly.  Sigh... I'll be playing with this one again to see if I can expidite the process and get a better result. 

The arms and hair are hand cut, the eyes, nose and charcoal were punched with the mini circle punch and trimmed.  The colors are not your ordinary combo for Christmas, but I just love Baha Breeze (I miss it so!) and Island Indigo and Raspberry Ripple look great with it.  I used a bit of retired Sale-a-Bration Indigo ribbon to accent.

Stamps: Serene Snowflakes, A Cute Christmas
Card stock: Baha Breeze, Raspberry Ripple, Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
DSP: Sycamore Street, silver glitter


Comments

Chris Dring said…
OMG! Olaf!! You made Olaf! You are brilliant and how can the rest of us compete with this and you win! LOL!
April 10, 2014 at 4:53 PM
Wendy said…
OMGosh, this has got to be the cutest Olaf card that I have seen, Jeanie! Your punch art is perfect and i'm in awe of it! Love it! Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Monday! :)
April 11, 2014 at 6:10 AM
Susan Powell said…
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!! I have to make one of these for my daughter!! SO so so cute!!
April 11, 2014 at 8:19 PM
Bonnie said…
How fun, Jeanie!!! And Olaf is so very popular these days! Thanks so much for bringing him over to Merry Monday to share with us!
April 12, 2014 at 6:52 PM
Katie Melhus said…
Love your Olaf, so totally clever and spot on! Thanks for joining in this week at Merry Monday!
April 13, 2014 at 1:42 PM
Kristie Goulet said…
LOVE this! So fun and creative!
April 13, 2014 at 3:21 PM
Miriam said…
I don't know who Olaf is. I must have missed something... ;) But one thing is certain: he's so cute!! Beautiful card!
April 13, 2014 at 5:30 PM
Melinda Gleissner said…
Amazing paper creation! Your card makes me smile.
April 13, 2014 at 6:01 PM
Notes by Nina said…
Adorable Olaf !!! Love it, Thank you for playing along with us for Merry Monday.
April 13, 2014 at 6:50 PM
Sandi said…
Olaf is adorable! Great job!
April 13, 2014 at 7:38 PM
anja curvers said…
Oohhhh this is really adorable.
April 14, 2014 at 2:46 AM
Shelia said…
Oh this is so cute!! Love your Olaf snowman!!!
April 17, 2014 at 6:58 AM
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