I've been a bad blogger this week and have neglected to mention some wonderful blog candy that's up for grabs over at the JustRite blog. They are introducing the November release of new stamps AND have daily blog candy prize drawings! You still have time to enter into a few of the drawings, so be sure not to miss that!
On to Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #105 (sorry I'm a little bit late today!) ... I was feeling a bit in the Christmas spirit and hadn't used these darling JustRite snowpeople from the Old Fashioned Christmas Set yet, so I decided to give them some inky love! What started out as a card ended up as a holiday door hanger for my girls ...thus, all the pink I have going on here!
Who can resist these sweet snowpeople put under a bubble clear party favor, filled with chunky glass glitter and made into a shaker?!! You can see a little better view of the bubble holder in this photo, along with the Copic markers I used to color:
I used Craft-a-Board for a 6-inch base behind the Basic Grey paper, to give some sturdiness, and cut a hole in it for the party favor's bubble to pop through. The favor is a clamshell -- the snowpeople are glued to the inside flat back of it. I found some pink & red cute little pompette trim in my stash (Beaux Regards from sweet Cindy's StarLitStudio store) that matched perfectly and then larger pom-pom trim was added to the bottom edge and looped at the top, to make the hanger.
The only pink buttons I had were a little too light for my preference (see them closest to my Copic Airbrush System in the photo above), so I airbrushed them with the same Copic R85 I used to color the snowlady.
Since the snow inside my shaker would have covered up the lower portion of the JustRite border for this 3.25" round stamp, I decided to leave it off the main image and just cut it up and used over on the lower right!
You can find more samples of this sketch by visiting these fabulous ladies: Beate, Cambria, Charmaine, Jenn, Lori and Mary Jo. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and can play along with this sketch! And don't forget to check out that JustRite blog candy giveaway!!
Supplies --
Stamps: JustRite Old Fashioned Christmas
Paper: Neenah Natural White, Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly Mini Deck
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers
Accessories: Craft-a-Board, Copic Airbrush System, Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities, Clear Favor Circle, Beaux Regards red/pink pompette trim, Wrights red pom-pom trim, PTI buttons, Diamond Dust chunky glass glitter
Your snow friends are adorable!!!!
Jan Castle
Posted by: Jan Castle | November 06, 2009 at 05:30 PM
That is so adorable! My girls would absolutely love something like this.
Posted by: FibreJunky | November 06, 2009 at 05:52 PM
Love this Sharon! You rock.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Posted by: mary jo albright | November 06, 2009 at 05:54 PM
Sharon this is absolutely TOO COOL! I love how you used the favor bubble to make a shaker. It is absolutely PERFECT!
Posted by: Tonya | November 06, 2009 at 05:56 PM
Super cute idea, Sharon. Love your snow globe.
Posted by: Lori Craig | November 06, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Sharon, this is super cute. Love the colors you chose and the pompoms are just darling!
Posted by: jenn | November 06, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Sharon this is darling! I love this as a door hanger!
Posted by: Debbie Fisher | November 07, 2009 at 07:15 AM
That is just too cute, love the snowmen inside the bubble!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | November 07, 2009 at 08:51 AM
This is just adorable!!! Love the shaker! And would have thought to Copic the buttons??! Great idea!
Posted by: Michele | November 08, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Oh Sharon, how gorgeous is THIS!!! WOW, I just LOVE that snowglobe. . .adorable!
Posted by: Charmaine Ikach | November 10, 2009 at 08:10 PM