Merry Monday Challenge #10

Hello!  I stumbled across the Merry Monday challenge while visiting the talented Sandi MacIver's blog (I visit her quite often for inspiration).  At first I thought "Oh... Christmas cards now?"  But then I read the thought behind the challenge - 'Making Christmas Cards all year long - one week at a time'.  What a fun idea! Depending on how many weeks you participate by Christmas you can have a good stack to send out and have one less thing to do during the busy holiday season.  So... my second thought was "Yeah - I'm gonna give it a go!" and here is my card for the Merry Monday #10 Challenge.

This is my interpretation of Sandi's great sketch.  I really wanted to use this darling snowman that I barely touched during Christmas last year - but that meant I had to make some modifications to Sandi's great sketch to get it on the card.  I colored my snowman's hat and buttons with my blender pens (#102845) and some residual ink from my Classic Black stamp pad. It didn't flow as nicely as I wanted so I switched to using my blender pens and a teeny tiny drop of ink from my ink refill of the Pool Party, Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade colors.    Not much room for a sentiment so I left that off the front and put on the inside (see below).  The die-cut is from the Attic Boutique Side Notes (from the Occassions Mini).  These die cuts coordinate so perfectly with the DSP.  Hope you enjoy this card and hope you found a little bit of new inspiration.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies (all are from Stampin Up!):  Cardstock - Whisper White and Pool Party (In-color 2011-2013 collection), Stamp - Snow Much Fun #122560 (wood) or 122562 (clear), Punch - Lace Ribbon Border punch #122362, Ribbon - 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon in Pool Party #122975, Pearls - basic pearls #119247, Patterned paper - Attic Boutique DSP #125407 (available until April 30th in the Occassions Mini).