Hello everyone.
As you may have gathered I rather enjoy taking in part in Tricia Smith’s sketch challenges in her Facebook Group “Crafty Stamping Club – Smiths Crafty Creations” and I actually inspired this week’s theme. I sent Tricia this card a while back, as I thought it was perfect for such a talented crafty lady…
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I sent it to thank her for her lovely friendly group and her crafting inspiration. So it’s a little ironic that this inspired her to challenge the group to make a similar style of card that folds flat and pops up.
I obviously had to join in and made this Christmas version…
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It’s a much more simplistic version with just the 3 snowmen popping up instead of all those crafty bits and bobs in my last version.
As always, I visited my friend Gez’s YouTube channel for a refresher on how to assemble the base for the card…
As I only have 3 snowmen I only needed 3 struts inside and I used strips of window sheet to attach the snowmen so they look like they’re floating.
I used the Let It Snow speciality designer series paper to cover the base. This design from the pack is really glittery.
I stamped my snowmen using the Snowman Season stamp set with Memento ink onto Whisper White card and cut them with the Snowman Builder punch. I then coloured them with Stampin’ Blends.
As with all alcohol markers the colour from the blends bleeds through to the other side so I punched extra pieces from more Whisper White card to add to the back. This also helps to reinforce the smaller parts like the arms.
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The card does fold flat to fit in an envelope for 5 x 7 inch cards and there’s lots of space to write on the back panel.
I stamped the sentiments from the Snowman Season set with Real Red ink onto Whisper White card and trimmed the Merry Christmas ones to fit. I cut the Let It Snow with my layering circles dies, along with a larger scalloped one using the back of the designer series paper I used earlier.
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I just had to add those sweet little mittens and a hat from the Let It Snow embellishment kit.
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I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will be inspired to have a go at making one of these fun cards too.
I’ve listed the products used below and you can click on any of the links to visit my online Stampin’ Up! store. I would love you to shop with me.
Happy crafting,
Heather x
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