Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Cooking With Cricut Challenge: Snow Fun!

Our challenge this week at Cooking With Cricut was to use any winter time outdoor activity, snowmen, sledding, etc., in our project. 

Now, I have a confession to make . . . I'm a Florida girl -- born and bred.  Heck, I'm a third generation Floridian!  I've only been in real snow once in my life and that resulted in a sprained neck and a concussion (ice and ski lifts don't mix).  I can count on one hand the number of times we've had "snow" in North central Florida in my 45 years of living.  

Having said all of that . . .  I have to admit --I LOVE Snowmen!  But down here in the deep South, we don't see much of that white, cold stuff that they are made from.  So my card for this week's challenge features a Snowman -- Florida-style!

"Mr. Sandman, send me a dream . . ."

Our happy and tanned snowman is wearing a visor and shades, has liberally applied his SPF30 sunscreen and has settled down to enjoy his winter vacation!

The card is a top-fold and measures 8 1/2" wide by 5 1/2" tall.  The base card is by Bazzill and is called "Splash."


Cartridges used:

Doodlecharms - Snowman (cut at 4 1/2" tall).

Create-A-Critter -  Starfish (cut at 3/4" wide); crab (cut at 1 3/4" tall); sun (cut at 2 1/2" tall), "sunny" (cut at 1 3/8" tall), cloud (cut at 1 1/4" tall), and the sand (cut at 8 7/8" wide)

Everyday Paper Dolls - Sunglasses (cut at 1/2" tall), lotion bottle (cut at 1 3/8" tall) and the towel (cut at 1 7/8" tall).

His driftwood nose was cut free-hand.  The alphabet stickers are from making memories ~ Alpha Asphalt and are 7/16" tall.  The sentiment on the front of the card is from Stampin' Up (copyright 2001). 

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to click on over to Cooking With Cricut and see what my fellow Chefs have whipped up for you viewing enjoyment!

12 comments:

Melinda Beltran said...

Hey Sunshine Girl...What a beautimous card! I love it! Thank you for all your hard work:-) Melin...CookingWithCricut.com

Stacey's Creative Corner said...

Love it! I am a florida girl too so I know what you mean! I love your tropical take on the challenge! Awesome snowman!

Anita said...

This card is Magnificent!! I'm in AZ so this card looks like our kind of winters. Great Job on this weeks challenge!!

Abby said...

OMG this is toooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!! Love it love it love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Becky G said...

Oh my word this is just too cute! I love your sunny snowman!

DebC said...

Love this! I am also in Florida so I really am diggin this snowman sunning! That is great!
Hugs,
Deb C

Melissa said...

I love your snowman - he is so cute!!! And thanks for the comments on my blog!

Ronnie said...

great cards, oh how I wish I was there instead of here in sub-zero temps. today we are at -4 I love the card! Ronnie

Jean said...

I lover your card. So cute!! I am in Alabama, so we usually don't have much snow, but we had it on Christmas Day and are having a snow storm right now, so we are getting our fill for it lately, lol. Fellow CWC DT member.

Kel said...

That is so cool!! A suntanned snowman.. LOL.. I'm from New England and in fact we are getting 12 inches of snow tonight.. so a tanned snowman is just too funny! I've never seen one.. LOL tfs!

Turnedgypsy said...

How cute