Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge #15

Hey, friends!  Happy New Year!  It's the start of a new month, not to mention a new year, and time for Paper Sweeties January challenge.  You should be coming here via Jeanne Jachna's Blog, but if you didn't and want to start at the beginning or got lost along the way, a complete list of hop participants can be found at the end of this post.  Without further adieu, here's how I was inspired this month.

I started this card by trimming the left edge of a piece of multicolored, circles, patterned paper with a strip of red and white, striped, patterned paper; framing them with Riding Hood Red cardstock; and machine stitching, with white-threaded, zig-zag stitches, around their combined edges and between their connection.  I then stamped the "Happy New Year" sentiment, in Jet Black ink, vertically, in the bottom right corner of the design, before adhering it, with foam tape, to the Kraft, cardstock, card face.

I then stamped the snowman, in Jet Black ink, on a piece of vellum; secured him, with red-threaded, straight, machine stitches, to a pink, postal tag; and stuffed the tag with a bunch of pearl, red, and gold sequins, as well as a trio of snowflake sequins.  The snowman was then dressed up with a trio of black pearls; a hat and scarf, stamped, in Jet Black ink, on White cardstock and colored with pencils and mineral spirits, before being hand cut out; and a vellum snowflake.

The tag itself was then adhered, with foam tape, just to the left of the stamped sentiment; flanked with a kraft typography number "14"; and topped with white, seam binding ribbon, tied in a dressy bow and embellished with a red button, laced with a Baker's Twine bow.

Here's your Inspiration Challenge #15 photo to get you off and running in the right direction.  I think it's pretty obvious that that little lady, dressed as a snowman, along with the yummy palette, formed my inspiration.

Don't forget to stop by the link above to get all this month's challenge details.  Now, off you go to Kerin Sylvester's Blog to continue your hop.  Thanks so much for peeking in, and may your 2014 be extra blessed!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties
Amber Kroening
Annette Allen
Annette Witherspoon
Andrea Ewen

Char Cundy
Jeanne Jachna
Jinny Newlin (You're here!)

Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr

Lesley Croghan 

Lisa Elton

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala

Nancy Penir

Tammy Hobbs

January Guest Designer - Jill Norwood

{Supplies & Tools}

Stamps: Occasions & Snow Friends (Paper Sweeties) Paper: Kraft & White (Wplus9); Riding Hood Red (SU); red/white striped (Echo Park); multicolored circles (JBS); vellum (Paper Studio) Ink: Jet Black (StazOn); Jet Black (Ranger) Other: red & white thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); postal tag (Webster's Pages); black pearls (Want 2 Scrap); kraft typography number "14" (Maya Road); vellum snowflake (Studio Calico); white seam binding ribbon (Zipper Stop); red button (PTI); Baker's Twine (Clean Country Paper Supplies); pearl sequins (The Ribbon Reel); snowflake sequins (JBS); red & gold sequins (Paper Studio); colored pencils (Prismacolor); mineral spirits (Inky Antics)