Snowy and Frosty ❄️❄️

Hi everyone, I couldn’t let a year go by without binging my favourite ever Christmas stamp, Penny Black ‘Snowy’, out to play. He is just so adorable he melts my heart, and he is also ideal for quick and simple cards as he really doesn’t need much else. 

For my first card I die cut a wavy stitched square of white card, stamped Snowy, then blended Elements inks through a snowflake stencil in the corners. I coloured Snowy with Zig pens (first time I’ve done that!) and Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen on his hat, then ‘grounded’ him with some blended ink and torn paper. I added a couple of small stamped snowflakes and a stamped sentiment, then matted the finished piece onto a card blank - job done!

Here’s an angled pic to show the sparkle.

Stamps: Penny Black Snowy (2521K), Joy, Hope (3898F); Visible Image Let It Snow;

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Della Blue, Pink Elephant); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Blue Belle, Arctic); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); Posca pen (white);

Tools: Craft Addictions UK  Wavy Double Stitched Square die; Crafter’s Companion Winter Sparkle stencil.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Craftlandia #25 - Snowflakes (2nd entry)

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (December) - Use a Stencil (2nd entry)

Die Cut Divas (December) - Christmas/Winter with a Die Cut (4th entry)

Double D - Santa and/or Snowman

Four Seasons (December) - Anything Goes Winter (3rd entry)

Papercraft Challenges #125 - Festive Sparkle (3rd entry)

Passion for Markers #818 - Mega Christmas Challenge: Add a Sentiment (2nd entry)

Penny Black Saturday (December) - Anything Goes with option Snow/Snowmen

Simon Says (Monday) - Sparkle and Shine

Word Art Wednesday #730/733 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

For my second card I followed the same process, just using a different stencil and sentiment.

All supplies as per card 1, except sentiment stamp is Penny Black A wish... (3502F), and stencil is Visible Image Frosty.

Challenges I would like to enter:

12 Months of Christmas #129 - Anything Goes Christmas

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Pick a Previous Theme (2nd entry)

(I picked February - Masculine Christmas)

Crafts Galore Encore #142 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Creative Crafting Uncles #72 - Christmas and/or Happy New Year (3rd entry)

Inkspirational #357 - Cold (2nd entry)

Little Red Wagon #838 - Christmas Card (2nd entry)

Make My Monday #267 - A CAS Quickie Christmas Card (3rd entry)

Peace On Earth #102 - Anything Christmas Goes (2nd entry)

Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Christmas (3rd entry)

Apart from my husband’s card these are absolutely the last Christmas cards for 2025! 

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,