Grab your scissors and paper scraps because today we’re playing paper dolls…or rather…paper snowmen!

Paper piecing is essentially like playing paper dolls — you cut your pieces, you “dress” your images. Snowmen are perfect for the technique! So today Jennifer McGuire and I will be showing you two variations on paper piecing the jolly snowman from the Share the Joy Cling set. Isn’t he (or she) adorable?

As I mentioned yesterday, some images practically beg to be paper pieced — this is one of them if you ask me! Aside from the fun clothing options,  it’s also great for piecing because it allows you to omit cutting around the arms. You can simply stamp them on the base card, layer the main body over the top, and that’s it…no fancy trimming required. Love that!

When I sat down to create my card, I had just returned from winter coat shopping for my daughters, so I decided to give my snowGIRL a two-tone pink dotted coat and matching hat cut from patterned paper. I save almost every little scrap of patterned paper that comes across my desk and LOVE the fact that paper piecing puts those odd sized scraps to good use.

I added a little touch of white flock to her hat. The partial tree was created by repeatedly stamping a single branch image from the Clear Design: Decorate Your Own set and adding white pen highlights.

Supplies:

• Clings: Share the Joy
• Clear Design: Decorate Your Own
• Sparkle Clear: Merry Christmas
• Stunning Snowflakes DesignBlock
• Memories Black Ink
• Soft Pool Shadow Ink
• Pool Notecards
• Frosted Lace Stickles
• Smooth Clear Gemstones
• Other: cardstock, patterned paper (Bo Bunny), green ink, aqua colored pencil (PrismaColor), white flock, white pen, gray and pink chalk, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Next, Jennifer has a wonderfully creative twist on piecing that I can’t wait to show you! She used the same stamp and created a fabric snowman using Sticky Back Canvas from Ranger, an easy-to-work with fabric that is self-adhesive. She stamped the snowman on the back of the fabric several times and cut out the different pieces. She then inked them with her Ink Blending Tool and Distress Inks from Ranger and assembled them together to create a fabric snowman. Brilliant! I just love the texture…

Supplies:

• Clings: Share the Joy
• Flourish Trio
• Clear Design: Everyday Sayings
• Memories Black Ink
• Soft Pool Shadow Ink
• Pool Notecards
• Small Accent Pearls
• Other: Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas, Ink Blending Tool and Distress Inks from Ranger

Jennifer’s snowman has me thinking about other possibilities for piecing aside from paper. Felt would be fun!

Time for a giveaway now — how would you like to dress up some snowmen/women of your own? Today we’re giving away the featured Share the Joy Cling stamp plus some great new embellishments, Snowflake Gems and Metallic Decor.

Just leave a comment on today’s post for a chance to win these goodies and we”ll announce the random winner on Friday morning. Good luck!

Speaking of giveaways, we’ve drawn the winner for the big World Cardmaking Day prize…

Congratulations to Cindy Kelly! Cindy, we’ll be contacting you soon for your four favorite stamps from the new Crazy for Clings catalog.

Thanks for stopping by today…have a great day everyone!

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