Let’s have a blast

BBack home from Austria!
The card I want to show you uses the German phrase “auf die Pauke hauen” which translates to “to hit the kettledrum” and means as much as partying wild and having a blast.
I made the following card for a musician’s 60th birthday:

The little guy has a crazy stare, don’t you think?

Tiny snowman in a tiny snow globe

What is small enough to fit into a half-inch tall glass bottle? I could only think of model making figurines, but the ones I found didn’t have the squee factor…
As I love re-purposing and experimenting with different materials, I thought I might as well make my own little winter scene. Here’s the result! A tiny snowman (complete with carrot nose and charcoal eyes and buttons, yessir!) next to a tiny fir tree. And if I shake it, it snows:

less than an inch tall

Can you guess what the fir tree is made of? You can win an original ACEO drawn by me ;) – I’ll announce the winner (chosen randomly from all submissions) and tell you the right answer next week.