Let’s Build a Snowman!

Let’s build a snowman, or two, or three! This Build a Snowman – Honey Cuts from Honey Bee Stamps is adorable, and I’m obsessed with making these little guys. The set comes with a ton of accessories, different hats and scarves, a mug, a broom… I could dress them up all day. It reminds me of paper dolls, which I loved as a kid, especially the Barbie paper dolls .
Keeping with the Honey Bee Stamps theme, I used the Mason Jar Vase – Honey Cuts with one of their snowy background stencils and the emboss resist technique for the inside of the jar. And, I decided to create a flat shaker for this fun project. Flat shakers are great because they are more mail-friendly and are usually easier to construct, although I made this one more difficult than it needed it to be – be sure to stamp the sentiment before constructing the shaker and add the baker’s twine before attaching the jar lid! It will make life easier. I used a red and aqua color combo with colored cardstock and, for some added interest, a few patterned papers. And yes, I die-cut those teeny, tiny eyes and mouths from black cardstock and glued them in place! A Copic Multiliner or a really sharp colored pencil would have been easier, but I like how the die-cuts look.
I’m so happy with how this card turned out, and I had a hard time deciding who would receive it this year. I’ve already mailed all my cards, so whoever it is will find out soon! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you’re inspired to get crafting!

STEPS

1.) First, with an A2 sized white cardstock panel, I created the background using the emboss resist technique with the 6×6 background stamp. I stamped the panel with clear embossing ink and then heat set white embossing powder. You could use clear powder here, but I didn’t think of it at the time. Then, I ink blended the panel in an aqua color. Next, I die cut the jar from another white cardstock panel and saved it for another project because I will be using just the negative space to create my shaker. Lastly, from a scrap of foiled paper, I die cut the lid.

2.) Next, using colored cardstock and patterned papers, I die cut a bunch of the elements for the snowmen and starting building. After the I glued the snow men together, I did use a BG000 copic marker for some shadows to create a little dimension on each round piece. Then, I used liquid adhesive to adhere all the rest of the snowman elements.

3.) Next, I constructed the shaker. I placed double-sided tape on the backside of the panel that I die cut the mason jar from, tracing the outline of the jar closely. Then, I cut a piece of leftover, clear packaging slightly larger than the jar and adhered that to the double-sided tape. With the clear packaging in place, I put double-sided tape all over the back of the panel and removed the release paper on three sides, leaving the top release papers in tact. Before I attached this panel to the embossed, snowy background, I adhered a piece of vellum to the background, using liquid adhesive just around the perimeter of the panel. Now I sandwiched everything together and with the top still open, I added quite a bit of glitter to the inside and then removed the remaining release paper from the top with a pair of fine-tipped tweezers to seal the shaker.

4.) Next, I attached the snowmen and all the accessories to the front with double-sided tape because liquid adhesive doesn’t work well on the clear packaging. I attached the lid with thin foam squares for a little dimension and then realized I should have added the twine and stamped my sentiment before doing all of this, but it all worked out in the end. I placed the card panel in my Misti and stamped the sentiment in black. It was bulky, but it worked fine. Then, I carefully removed the lid and sandwiched the twine between two thin foam squares, tied the bow and added a couple of greenery die cuts.

SUPPLIES

Honey Bee Stamps Build a Snowman – Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps Mason Jar – Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps Falling Snow Background Stamp
Hero Arts Holiday Season Messages Bundle
Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter
Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink – Seafoam
Hero Arts Intense Black Ink
Simon Says Stamp Blending Brushes – Large
Neenah 110# Classic Crest Cardstock Solar White
We R Makers Quickstik Precision Pickup and Placement Tool
Sizzix Curved Fine-Tip Tweezers
Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting And Embossing Machine
Misti Precision Stamper Tool
Waffle Flower 6.5×8.5 Grip Mat
Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue
Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Mini Snips
Scotch 3M Post-It Masking Tape
Lawn Fawn Bone Folder
Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder
Versamark Clear Embossing and Watermark Ink
Simon Says Stamp Anti Static Powder Brush Tool
Scrapbook Adhesives Thin Foam Squares
Scor-Tape .25″ Crafting Tape
Simon Says Stamp Vellum
Cardstocks and twine from my stash