Christmas is over and all the fun decorations have been put away. But I wanted to have something cute to hang up during this cold wintery time before the flowers come back. So, I decided to make a snowman to hand up to remind me that snow can be fun and not just a pain to drive in.
This is Rosie, as she is made of paper rosettes. I think she is adorable with her pink cheeks and soft hat and matching scarf! I have a complete tutorial for you below as well as a video, to help you create your own rosette snowman. If you make one of these you have to PROMISE me that you will show it to me! I'd love to see your creations!
I used the Paper Fan Die by FSJ to make all the rosettes to create Rosie.
Here are the paper measurements to create her head.
Cut 3 pieces of paper to 2-1/2" x 8-1/2"
Die cut each of these pieces with the Paper Fan Die, taking care to line up the scalloped edge of the die with the edge of the paper each time to ensure that your die cut pieces are all the same.
When folding these pieces on the score lines that the die makes you are going to fold it like a paper fan, back and forth, creating peaks and valleys. It is important that you start each piece the same. So, if you start by folding the first one down, then start each piece by folding down. This will ensure that the ends will glue together .
Once all three pieces are folded, glue the ends together to make one long piece. Then bring the front and end together and glue them, creating a ring. With the scallops down on your work surface, gather it together and press down, pushing the scallop end out. To secure this put some hot glue on to a 2" circle cut from card stock. Repeat this gathering and pushing, this time pushing it down onto the hot glue. This is the same process you will repeat with the middle and bottom sections of the snowman. You will just start with different size paper, which I have listed for you below each picture.
The eyes and the cheeks are die cut circles that are about 3/4". To make one eye I die cut two circles and glued them together to make for a stonier piece. Then I added the white accent with a Geli Roll pen. I did the same for the cheeks but used a pink marker to make the accents.
The mouth was created using two nesting circle dies run through a die cutting machine at the same time, cutting a ring. Fold this over on it self and glue it together, this will make a stronger piece. I cut about 1-1/2" off to make for a smaller smile.
The carrot nose is simple, just hand draw a carrot shape on to orange card stock and cut it out. But seriously, I know this is not easy for everyone, but give it a try, it does not have to be perfect.
All the elements were added to the rosette with hot glue.
To create the middle of the snowman you need:
3 pieces of paper cut to 3" x 8-1/2"
Die cut each of these using the Paper Fan die and repeat the steps to create a rosette as described above for the head.
The buttons are 3/4" circles, each is two layers thick. The holes were punched using the smallest attachment for the Press Punch.
To make the buttons shine, I covered them with Journey Glaze. This should be the very last step of this project, as you need to lay it flat so it can dry.
For the bottom section of the snowman you need:
3 pieces of paper cut to 4" x 8-1/2", die cut these pieces with the Paper Fan Die.
The snowflake accents were die cut using the Snow Blooms die set. As with all the elements on the snowman, the snowflakes are two layers thick and hot glued on.
The sentiment banner is a die cut as well, using the the Journey Rectangle Long die set. The sentiments are from the Winter Scripty Sentiments by Lawn Fawn. I heat embossed them with black powder to give them a shiny look that helps them stand out. And it brings out the black in the hat and scarf.
The hat and the scarf are fleece (despite what I say in the video). The hat started as a 10" square. Fold this in thirds and hot glue the seam. Fold up the bottom two times to make the brim or cuff of the hat. Then take a rubber band and wrap it around the top of the hat, about half way down. Snip the ends up to the rubber band to make the cute fringe. Adhere this to the snowman's head before gluing the snowman down to the hanger.
The scarf is 5" x 22", but you can really play with this size and make the scarf you want. Fold the scarf in half and snip the ends to fringe both ends at once. Add this to the snowman once the snowman is already glued to the hanger.
The hanger is a made of chip board. I save up chipboard pieces from packaging, you could use cardboard as well. Cut two pieces to 1-1/2" x 11". Overlap these at 5" and glue to getter to make a longer piece. You can double up these pieces too if your chipboard is a little flimsy. Then you want to hot glue the ribbon (about 12" ) to the top in a loop for the hanger. Then attached the head with the hat on, then the middle and then bottom. Last steps are to add the scarf and then the glaze to the buttons.
Now Rosie is ready to hang up!
She is going right here on the door to my craft room.
Below is the video demonstration of this project. Please let me know if you have any questions and be sure to share your creation with me if you make one of these snowmen! If you are interested in the supplies I used to make Rosie, scroll to the bottom, I have linked them all for you (except the flannel, which I bought 1/4 of a yard of at Walmart, but I did find something similar on Amazon and linked that).
If you would like to see pictures of the Fall Door Hanger, you can find that blog post HERE.
Thank you so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear from you, your comments make my day and questions are always welcome!
