This year was not the easiest. Working from home since March, while living alone and with some struggles in the family, did not make this the nicest year ever. I still wanted to make cards to celebrate the new year. However, the sadness of 2020 also meant that I didn’t get any inspiration until it was already November. Then I rediscovered an image on Pinterest of someone who made a snowman out of buttons. That sparked the inspiration. Then I needed a wish – because happy holidays is just not me. Because Christmas might not be everyone’s cup of tea, I focused on 2021. Based on the looks of the snowman, I came up with a fairly terrible pun and got to work.
I bought a themed 30x15cm paper block and picked those sheets that were more winter-y. I designed the slogan for the cards in word and chose a font from the internet: Anke Font. Then I made the mistake of cutting the paper to size (7.5x15cm) and attempting to get it through my printer. Lets just say that my printer and I were not friends, much yelling ensued. For a second batch, I just copied the slogan 4 times onto a larger word file and it printed it in one go and did the cutting afterwards. So much smoother, learn from my mistakes! I grabbed all the white buttons I bought on a Sunday when trying to get the buttons for the combinations and set to sorting. Each card would have a two-hole button for head, and a larger 4 hole button for a tummy. Stuck those to the bottom right corner (generally), and used a thin permanent marker to give my snow people a top hat (hence the pun) and two little stick arms. Folded the top corner with the slogan over and punched a star or a snowflake in it.
May you enjoy your holidays if you have/celebrate them and that the coming year brings much joy, happiness and good health.
I wish you all a top (hat) 2021!
