A Retro Colour Q Christmas The Alley Way...

Using The Alley Way Stamps Fa-la-la and Snow Much Fun

Inspired by this weeks gorgeous Retro Sketches and Chrstmas colours at Colour Q, to create a Christmas in July card.  How cute is this snowman! I've paired The Alley Way Stamps  Fa-la-la  snow man face with the body from Snow Much Fun, added the gorgeous sprig of holly as his bow tie / scarf and coloured him with Stampin' Up Pear Pizzaz and Real Red. I die-cut the snowflakes after I had applied Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder. I found it's much easier with small fussy pieces to emboss first and cut later :)  To create the tree, I die-cut Nellies Christmas Tree then attached overlapping pieces of overlapping MME Washi Tape.  I couldn't resist using Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder to create the background.  I love that the star snowflake lines up just right with the top of the Christmas tree! And topped off with this gorgeously festive Kaisercraft snow spotted paper.

It certainly feels frosty enough to snow in this part of the world!