Winter Snowglobe

Hello all!

I hope you are all well. I have a little Christmas card to share with you today. This features a cute little snow globe die set from Sizzix and was inspired by the wonderful Pete Hughes. There are a few of these little sets available and the domes are purchased separately. 

What you need...

Dies: 

Tiny Snowglobes by Tim Holtz (663119) - Sizzix

Snowglobe domes:

Dimensional Domes by Tim Holtz (663559) - Sizzix

Ink pads:

Turquoise Gem - VersaMagic

Card stock:

Turquoises

White

Gel pen:

White

Fonts: 

Raleway

Beach Script

Glitter: 

White iridescent

What you do...

1 Print the sentiment onto white card and trim to 6.5cm x 9.5cm.

2 Blend the Turquoise Gem ink from the top fading down to white.

3 Die cut the aperture centrally at the top and attach the dome.

4 Die cut two small trees and their branches from shades of turquoise card. Attach to a piec of white card so that they will sit perfectly within the globe.

5 Fill the dome with some iridescent glitter and place the tree panel on the back to seal.

6 Create an 8.5cm x 12.5cm white blank and attach the dome panel with foam tape. Use the white gel pen to add snowflakes.

There are lots of little Christmas/Winter images within this set, so you can chop and change along with the colour scheme. Of course you can use these dies without the domes to create flatter cards or gift tags. The die set also includes a snowglobe base.

The fonts were downloaded from FontSpace. They are free to use for personal use, however if you plan to sell your cards then you will need to purchase them for commercial use.

You can check out more inspiration for this die set by Pete Hughes by clicking here.

Thank you so much for popping by and I'll be back soon with another card to share!

Rainbow Unicorn

Good afternoon blog friends!

I'm back with an adorable make using a stamp and die set that I have been itching to play with. I have had it some time, but a friend asked to make a card for her granddaughter's birthday. As she loves unicorns I thought this was the perfect set to use.

What you need...

Stamps:

Decorate A Cake Stamp Set (CM438) - Hero Arts

Dies:

Decorate A Cake Frame Cuts (D1741) - Hero Arts

Promarkers:

Fresh Bloom*

Magenta

Mandarin

Yellow

Lime Green

Cyan

Cool Aqua

Purple

*Limited Edition

Ink pad:

Obsidian Amalgam Ink Pad - Gina K

Sprinkles:

Let's Polka - Little Things From Lucy's Cards

Patterned paper:

Really Rainbow 6x6 Paper Pad - Lawn Fawn

Card stock:

White

Font:

Enjoy Writing - Khurasan

What you do...

1 Stamp the cake and add the eyes and icing. Stamp the flower cluster, the large flower, the horn and two ears.

2 Colour in the images and cut out using the coordinating dies. Assemble the cake.

3 Create an 11cm x 18cm white card blank. Cover the bottom 6cm with rainbow paper.

4 Print a sentiment, trim and fix to the rainbow section with foam pads. 

5 Attach the unicorn to the top of the blank and add sprinkles around the image.

The font that I used is for personal use only, I must point out that I do not make cards to sell and I did not charge my friend for this card, so the use of this font was for personal use. Free fonts are okay to use for personal use, however if you do sell your cards, then you will have to purchase a commercial use version. To access this and many more by Khurasan check out FontSpace  or dafont.com, 

I decided to go with a tall blank for this make. Tall cards seem to be making a come back at the moment, I remember when tall slim and DL sized card were all the rage. 

I was really pleased with how this card turned out. The photo doesn't really do it justice and it is so cute in 'real life'. Needless to say, my friend was very pleased with it.

Okay, I'm going to sign off for now. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll be back soon.