December 01, 2019

Shake Your Flakes

**UPDATE**

Joe Frost has made it to Publication! This card has been published in Creative Scrapbooker Winter 2019 Issue

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Snowmen…

Snowmen are one of my favorite parts of winter. I remember when we were young, all the kids in the neighborhood would get together, on the first good snow fall, to make the biggest snowman our little fingers could possibly make.

Team Work…

We quickly realized that the only way we could build the biggest snowman in the neighborhood would be if we worked together. So we started off, early one snowy morning, with a little snowball and rolled it around the backyard. By late afternoon, we had rolled and rolled, until the once small snowball became much too big for us smaller kids, to roll anymore. It was time for the bigger kids to jump in and help…and they did!

There must have been at least 20 of us working together to see how big we could make our giant snowman. Before long, some of our father’s came home from work and were so impressed with our efforts that they jumped right in to help too. I think, by the time the yard was completely rolled out of snow, our snowman stood almost as tall as the two-story house we were playing behind. Well…at least that’s how it looked to me!

Frosty Feelings…

I’m pretty sure that famous neighborhood snowball day has gone down in my memory as one of the most fun I ever had with all the kids in the area at one time.

Working together for a common goal seemed to remove any bad feelings, or secluded groups we may have had for one another, for one day. As a matter of fact, I think we all became good friends after that.

It’s amazing the things we can accomplish if we all work together.

In case you were wondering, it took the entire Winter, and a couple weeks into Spring, to completely melt all traces of our giant snowman!

Almost every winter since that “neighborhood record breaking day”, I think about our snowman.

Big, Small, Thin, Tall…

I just love them all! For me, it starts around the Summer time. I begin to think about little frosty snowmen, and start to sketch a few, with thoughts of what kind of personalities each one might have.

This year, one of my favorites has to be this little guy! Meet “Joe Frost”…he’s a cool little dude with his candy cane in hand. Isn’t he?

Candy canes are another one of my favorite Holiday treats…but that’s for another time.

In honor of our giant snowman, of years gone by, I decided to create a snowball, of sorts, circle easel card using “Joe Frost”.

My Supply List:

Cardstock:

Kraft Paper

White Cardstock

Stamps:

Digi Doodle Studios “Joe Frost”

Markers:

Copic Sketch Markers – YR65 YG61

Spectrum Noir Alcohol : RB4 DR3 TB1

Sentiment:

Digi Doodle Studios “Snow Wishes”

Background Paper:

Digi Doodle Studios Suddenly Winter

Die Cuts:

Circle Easel Card from the Silhouette Design Store

Snowflakes: Gina Marie Designs

Lace Rectangles: Gina Marie Designs

Enamel Dots: Frosty Winter Clear

Ribbon:

Sheer Wintergreen

Ribbed White

Shake Your Flakes & Let the Holidays Begin!

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This Handmade Card has been entered in the following Challenges:

Craft Rocket Challenges – Christmas is Coming

Merry Little Christmas – Anything Christmas Goes

Fabrika Fantasy – Christmas or Winter

Love to Craft – Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland – Colour It

November 12, 2018

Midnight Prancer

A Dog Lover…

I am a dog lover and always have been! Early on in my adult life, I dreamed of one day adopting a big black dog. I didn’t have any preconceived notions as to what breed it should be, or whether it should have long or short hair, but I did have a few names picked out.

A Dog’s Tale…

Many years later, on Mother’s Day, as I drove through a quiet neighborhood, I noticed a group of little black puppies, playing energetically, in a yard fenced off from the rest of the world. I sat for a minute with my family and admired these little cuties. An elderly man motioned us to come over to take a closer look…well…he didn’t have to ask me twice!

Random Act of Kindness…

This kind, gentle soul explained that his Black Lab had all these sweet little puppies with the neighbor’s big, white Shepherd down the street. He surely couldn’t keep them all, so he insisted that I choose any puppy I wanted. Taken back by his kindness and generosity, I carefully, and slowly, held each little treasure in my arms for a moment to look into their eyes. I have to admit, I am the type of person that if you show me a puppy, I will want to take it home, so you can imagine how hard it was to choose among a sea of puppies!

Keira…

After some time, I chose my little “Keira”. Her name means black beauty, and so she was! Although I was married, with two young children at the time, Keira made it very clear that she was MY dog! Everywhere I was, Keira made sure she was too. We had an incredible connection. She was everything I dreamed my “big black dog” would be…beautiful, loving affectionate, protective of my family and home, playful, and loyal beyond all measures! She was the heartbeat at my feet and I loved her so much!

Keaira is the inspiration for this sweet little Digi Stamp, “Midnight Prancer”. She absolutely loved Christmas! She also knew that I hid all the presents in my bedroom closet and she always had a way of sneaking in and finding all of her gifts before they actually made it under the tree. It was really quite comical and eventually became an annual game of hers.I decided to create two variations of cards using “Midnight Prancer” just because this Digi Stamp was so much fun to work with.

I was blessed with seven fabulous years with my beautiful Keaira, until an auto immune disease took her from me about 11 years ago. I think of her often and even though I have had, and still have, amazingly wonderful pets since her, there has never been another like her.