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Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Frosty The Snowman

Hello folks, hope you're all having a good week so far. I'm finally catching up after my enforced crafting break (very hard to do when you can't see!) and have some Christmas cards to show you. It's the same design but I made a dozen and coloured half with Promarkers and half with Aquamarkers for a bit of variety.


 

As you can see, the top one with the Aquamarkers gives a much softer effect which I have to say I rather like.
The snowman is from the Polka Doodles Christmas Fun clear stamp set and was stamped with Memento black ink. I then coloured with either Promarkers or with Aquamarkers (which I did by scribbling colour on a ceramic plate and picking up colour with a water brush). I then cut them out.
I printed out the gorgeous snowflake paper from the Polka Doodles Magical Winter CD set and added panels of this to some 5 x 7 kraft cards (Papermania) which were embossed on one side with the Cuttlebug snowflake folder. 
I added a circular white panel embossed with the same folder and topped with the snowman. I stamped a greeting from the clear stamp set included in the Polka Doodles Christmas crafting kit from Practical Publishing and stamped on snowflakes from the same set with the Brilliance Peacock ink pad. I set this on a turquoise circular mat.

Challenges for my cards:
I Love Promarkers - Snowmen/Snowflakes
Cards und More - Snowflakes
Karen's Doodles - Non Traditional Christmas Colours
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,
Fliss xx
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23 comments:

  1. Dolly Daydreams30 November 2011 at 13:57

    Sorry to hear you having been having problems and hope all is well with you now ! Beautiful cards and such gorgeous colouring and love the non traditional colours you have used.

    Marie

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  2. Dolly Daydreams30 November 2011 at 13:57

    Sorry to hear you having been having problems and hope all is well with you now ! Beautiful cards and such gorgeous colouring and love the non traditional colours you have used.

    Marie

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  3. Valerie-Jael30 November 2011 at 14:33

    Lovely carda as always. Hope you are all right now. My dentist visit was really hard today, but I suppose it has to be! Valerie

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  4. Miria30 November 2011 at 14:45

    Hi, Fliss. So sorry to hear about your problems. Your cards are adorable, I love them both. Take care but craft :) Miria x

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  5. Suzanne B aka brookfies30 November 2011 at 15:32

    Hi Fliss, Mr Snowman is adorable! The subtle colour on the first one is my fave too! Nice to see you back! x

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  6. Brenda Brown30 November 2011 at 18:08

    Great cards and thanks for showing the difference between the pro and aquamarkers - I don't own any of the latter so not seen the difference before.
    Hope your week is going well.
    luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

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  7. Daniele30 November 2011 at 18:12

    lovely cards Fliss, I've never really got into my aquamarkers perhaps I should give them another go
    hugs

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  8. Pauline C30 November 2011 at 18:32

    2 beautiful cards Fliss - interesting to see the different effects of the promarkers and aquamarkers - both lovely in their own ways. Thanks for joining the I ♥ Promarkers Challenge this week
    PPuline x

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  9. fixi30 November 2011 at 19:51

    Hello Fliss, I like both cards and both colorings. I also like the papers you used. Great cards!!!

    fixi

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  10. Claire30 November 2011 at 20:35

    I love both cards, your colouring is perfect. I have no patience with it myself so I admire all the expert colourists al the more. I hope you are ok now. Thanks for the comment on my blog.
    Claire xxx

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  11. Jacqueline30 November 2011 at 23:25

    Both cards are fab Fliss - it's great to see the difference in the colours - Jacqueline xx

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  12. Joan30 November 2011 at 23:44

    Love that snowman !

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  13. Shelby1 December 2011 at 00:11

    Great card. Love the colors in both of them and your layout is wonderful. Thanks for joining us at Karen's Doodles for our Non-Traditional colors challenge.

    Shelby

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  14. cheryl1 December 2011 at 07:50

    oh hun,hope you are okay now hun as for your cards they are gorgeous love the images,and love the coloring too perfect hugs cherylxxxxxx

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  15. Joy1 December 2011 at 12:06

    Hope that you are on the mend now, wishing you a speedy recovery...your card is superb, love your colouring... thanks for joining us at Simon Says Challenge blog

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  16. Irene1 December 2011 at 12:43

    Brilliant cards Fliss, love them both, great choice of colours, hope your fully recovered.
    Irene xx

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  17. Ephemera1 December 2011 at 14:33

    These are such fun and the colour combination is one of my favourites, soft blues and browns. The snowman is beautifully stamped and coloured, love them. Just had a look on the stampman blog yippee. XXX

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  18. brenda1 December 2011 at 15:29

    He's a happy looking snowman Fliss and makes such a cheery card.

    Hope you are feeling better.

    B x

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  19. Sandra1 December 2011 at 18:53

    Lovely card Fliss love the snowman
    Sandra x

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  20. Silvia(Barnie)1 December 2011 at 19:44

    Such a beautiful and great colored snowman.

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  21. Karen1 December 2011 at 23:05

    Love it Fliss, and your BP is fab, thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers.
    xx

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  22. patty12 December 2011 at 20:03

    wonderful creation, thanks for enjoying us at Cards und More, hugs, Patty

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  23. patty12 December 2011 at 20:03

    wonderful creation, thanks for enjoying us at Cards und More, hugs, Patty

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Fliss xx