You may see this and say “Bite your tongue!” if you live in a climate that has winter, but here in Houston, Texas we have to do what it takes to take our mind off the relentless heat and humidity of summer. With that in mind, I made this Snowy Day Card For Summer Fun With Stampin’ Up! Color Theory.
I saw another card along this same idea and didn’t realize at first where the greeting came from. The greeting is a card in the Color Theory Card Pack, part of the new line of products Memories & More from Stampin’ Up! Actually, I was looking for the card that said, “Let It Snow”, but came across this one, “Bring on the Snow”! I loved it for my purpose today!
The card base is Whisper White cardstock with a layer of ombre Dapper Denim piece of paper from the Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack. Of course I had to cut down the 6″ x 6″ piece of paper from the stack, so I first cut it at 4″ wide, but for the length I wanted all the ombre shades to show. Instead of cutting off the length at just 5 1/4″ and losing a bigger chunk of one of the shades I cut strips off both ends to eventually make the 5 1/4″ piece.
The snowflakes are die cut with the Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies. They cut beautifully and were easy to remove from the die with the Big Shot Die Brush. (This year in the catalog this Die Brush comes with TWO foam pads instead of one like last year.)
In laying out the card, I found another card in the Color Theory Card Pack that looked good behind the greeting so I just angled them (which I don’t usually do) and adhered them to the card front. Finally I added the little snowflakes! So cute!
This card was so quick and simple to make using the Color Theory Card Pack! It is definitely not just for scrapbooking and memory-keeping! If you know someone who would like to dabble in cardmaking, maybe buying them some cardstock and some of the Memories & More card packs plus adhesive will provide just enough supplies to give them a taste of easy cardmaking!
The weather forecast in Houston this week is temperatures in the high 90’s with “feels like” temperatures even higher, plus the humidity, PLUS Saharan Dust from Africa that is bothering some peoples’ allergies and health issues. So why not think about the remote possibility of snow on such hot days?! And when I say “remote possibility of snow” I mean in the dead of what we call winter down here! It’s a nice thought, anyway, and cooled me off just making the cute little snowflakes!
