FTHS Snowman Back to School Card

If you've been to the From the Heart Stamp blog or store recently, you know that Faith Skrdla is working on a project to make 100 snowmen illustrations. She has her snowmen driving cars, holding signs, hugging each other, blowing kisses and even going to school! These wonderfully imaginative digi stamp sets are only $1 each! It's definitely worth taking a look at her store.
To make this card, I used my Silhouette Design Studio software to size up the digi (the set is named "Back to School Snowman") after importing it, and I added the sentiment below it and grouped it with the image. The sentiment and the accents on the red paper were all included in the snowman file Faith created. There's also a sweet sentiment for a teacher in this set.
After printing out the snowman and sentiment along with an extra snowman to make the spotlight feature, I then arranged the apples, books and pencils to make a background and drew a rectangle around them before doing a print and cut of the background on red cardstock.
I cut out the image and sentiment using Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles. I stamped the "Back to School" (from the Hero Arts stamp set "Good Work") in blue ink on my 5X7 inch white card front. I popped up my red background rectangle with foam squares, added a border strip cut with Quickutz "Notebook Sheet" border die and then got to work on making my spotlight feature for my image. I colored the duplicate image I had printed with colored pencils and added some Anna Griffin glass effects to the snowman's glasses. Then I decided what part to cut with my Spellbinders Classic Cirlces die and cut that out with my Cuttlebug. I then adhered that "spotlight" circle with glue tape to the image on the lattice rectangle. I popped up the rectangle with foam squares. Then I added an accent tile I tied with orange floss.

Close up of the spotlight feature. This was my first time to try this technique. It was fun!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Paper Sweeties (M,P1) #35 Photo Inspiration
Card and Scrap (2W, P1/15) #103 Use Dies
Dream Factory (M,P15) #24 Fack ju Göhte
Kreativeinkauf-challenge (M,P15,E3)  #30 Children
Oddball Art Stamps (M,P15, E5, Must use a digi stamp) Fall is in the Air
Scrap it with a song (M,P1) Choose a song by the DT I chose "ABC" by the Jackson 5
Silhouette Challenges (M,P1,E3,SIR) # 29 Anything Goes
Sunsational Stamps (M, P last day of M, E3) School
Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #77 Always Anything Goes with optional twist Kids Rule/ Back To School (Week 1 of 2)
Inspiration Destination - W, F- #52 Always Anything Goes
  Little Red Wagon - W - #308 Happy Fall Y'all
Scrapy Land Challenges -1st and #3rd Wed of Month, Must use a die sold by Scrapy Land - #26 Add An Image (digi or stamp) PLUS Use Any Brand of Die Scrapy Land Sales
Simon Says Stamp - W, 5E - No Designer Paper
Whimsy Inspiration -Monthly 3rd Wed posting, 3E, SIO  - #86 Anything Goes or Halloween
WordArt Wednesdays - W,5E , scriptural word art freebie offered each week - #202 - Anything Goes
Wonderful Wednesdays -  W, SIO -  Always Anything Goes
City Crafter Challenge  W - #280 - Fall has Arrived
Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - 2W, 3E, F, digi or real stamping - (Week 1) Anything Goes
Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (September) Back to School
Frosted Designs Friday Challenge - M - September - Back To School
Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) Always Anything Goes
Creative Fingers -  W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.94 -   Always Anything Goes 
Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.107 -  Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations - M, 2E, SIO, include an image –  September - Back To School
Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 14 (W1 of 2) - Always Anything Goes
The Stamping Boutique - 2W, (2nd & 4th Friday) SIO - No.67 -  (W1 of 2) - No Design Paper
Colour Your World with Lacy Sunshine - 2W, E3 Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
Verve Stamps Inspiration Challenge: Autumn Lovelies
http://www.vervestamps.blogspot.com/p/inspiration-challenge.html
http://fromtheheartstamps.com/community/2015/09/21/i-heart-card-sketches-with-a-twist-119/

 

 

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