Acetate Front Snowman Card

It was the Christmas Spectacular demo weekend at the Glitter Pot this past weekend and I went on Saturday to see the designer's demos and displays.  I've just ordered some new SU! goodies so I wasn't looking to buy very much at all.  However - a new snowman stamp set is always going to be hard for me to resist!   Jenny Mayes had some fabulous cards on display using a really sweet - and special - snowman set and it just had to come home with me.   

Here's my CASEd version of Jenny's card.  I cut part of the front off from a square white card blank, added patterned paper to the back inside of the card and added an acetate panel to the card front - I cut a separate strip of white CS and sandwiched the acetate between the card front and the CS strip.  I tore a strip of white CS, stamped the "Snowflakes are snowmen waiting to happen!" sentiment and glued the torn strip to the patterned paper inside the card.  I then added Stickles along the torn edge.  When the Stickles was dry, I added contrasting paper to the card front and some pleated ribbon.  I stamped the snowman on watercolour paper, coloured him with inks and a blender pen, cut him out and glued him to the acetate.  I punched a few white snowflakes and glued those to the acetate also.    

Here's the inside and you can see why I think this set is special - it has front and back snowman images - what a fab, fun idea and a great unexpected surprise for the card recipient!

Here's a close up of the back of  Frosty.  I used a clear Stardust pen to add twinkle to the snowflake he's holding behind his back.

I kept things very simple for the envelope - I just stamped a snowflake from the set and used circle punches to mat and layer.  I had such a goofy grin on my face while making this card!

Supplies:
Stamps: Butterfly Kisses 'Frosty' clear set
CS: PaperMania white 5 1/4" square card blank, SU! Riding Hood Red & Whisper White, acetate
Patterned paper:  My Mind's Eye
Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, SU! Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Basic Black & Pool Party, blender pen, Sakura clear Stardust pen
Tools: X Cut snowflake punch, Woodware small snowflake punch, circle punches
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Riding Hood Red pleated satin ribbon, Star Dust Stickles, rhinestone jewels