CAS Christmas Card May Challenge - merry christmas

It's time for our CAS Christmas Card May Challenge!

Susan (Cardmaker's Garret) is hosting the challenge this month and the theme is Snowman.  

You're going to be inspired by all the lovely Snowman cards by our Design Team and a very talented Guest Designer, Barb (Barb's Studio Creations). 
Be sure to check out their beauties!

My snowman is a snow bear! Isn't he cute?

The card didn't have much of a fun feeling with only the window and the snowman at first, so I drew a smiley mouth and gave him snowballs to juggle.

Here's how I made the card:
The sky was sponged with Altenew inks. The window was die cut and popped up on the sky background. The snowman and the sentiment were stamped with black pigment ink and clear heat-embossed. I watercolored his muffler and a little of the shading with Zig markers. The white snowflakes were heat-embossed in the sky and on a piece of velum. I fussy-cut the vellum and added it to the snowman's hands.

You have until the 24th to play along. I'm looking forward to see YOUR snowman card in the gallery!

Stamp: Bear Ware 2 (Ellen Hutson), Embellished Events (Stampin' up!)
Paper: Mixed Media Paper (140 lb. Strathmore), Vellum
Ink: Versafine (Onyx Black - Tsukineko), Dye Ink (Starlight, Sea Glass - Altenew), Zig Clean Color Brush Marker (Carmine Red, Green, Light Pink, Light Gray, Light Blue - Kuretake), VersaMark (Tsukineko) 
Accessories: Die-namics Single Stitch Line Rectangle Frames (My Favorite Things), Embossing Powder (White - Hero Arts), Foam Tape (3M), Clear Foam Tape (Kool Tak), Pigma Micron Pen (0.05 Archival Ink - Sakura)