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Snow Wonder Christmas Card

Christmas Cards

17 Aug

Hello, Crafters.

I know that Stampin’ Up! retired the Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (DDG) but it hasn’t been replaced with any other form of glitter. What is a crafter meant to do?? They just have to keep on using their Dazzling Diamonds! 🤣 It’s a fantastic product and I was very sad when I saw it was being retired. We do still have Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen which is very subtle in comparison with DDG – I might remake this card one day with Wink of Stella – I think it would make a good comparison!

If you think I go over the top with my DDG I wouldn’t argue with you! I started today’s card by tearing some pieces of Whisper White Cardstock (CS) towards me so I had a rough top edge on each piece. If I’m not explaining that very well please see the pieces I adhered inside this card.

Once I had torn two pieces of cardstock into four, I laid them on my top layer of Crumb Cake CS to see where I should adhere the first piece. Then I used Tombow to adhere them in place. Using my Stamparatus I stamped two snowmen and two tree images using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. The Stampin Blends I used to colour the trees was Old Olive and for the snowmen, I used dark Old Olive, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Light Smokey Slate for the hat.

I die-cut them both and decided to try the Shimmery Crystal Effects on one of the tree images and put it to one side to dry. I had tried this last year when we first carried this product but I wasn’t impressed with it! The tree image I used this product on is the image I’ve adhered inside my card. I think it’s great for images that need a shine, e.g. balloons, berries, etc. but I won’t be using it for its glitter content!

I popped the trees on the front of the card with the snowman both on Dimensionals. For the “sky” area I used the snowflake stamp from the Snow Wonder Stamp Set and stamped them using our Whisper White Craft Ink. Craft Ink takes longer than regular ink to dry so I put my ceiling fan on full to help it dry sooner rather than later! LOL!

Talk about doing things back to front! I should have added the glitter to the snow and the snowflakes before I adhered the images to the card front but never mind I managed. The lines going across the snow were on the tear lines but this left quite a large area of white without glitter on the right-hand side of the snowman. I remedied this by drawing an extra line with my glue pen and put DDG over it – it worked really well. Next, I painted lines on the snowman and the trees and sprinkled them with DDG too!

It wasn’t until I was clearing up that I realised there’s a die in the matching Snow Time Dies to die-cut the sentiment – I’ll remember ext time! I feel that this card from start to finish has been a bit of a hotchpotch. My idea of revisiting this with Wink of Stella is getting to be a real possibility!

That’s it from me today. I hope you have a lovely week and wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, please take care and stay safe. Happy crafting.

JanB. xx

Products used for this project: please click on any of the links to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. The Hostess Code for AUGUST 2020 is GP4JNSXV. Thank you. xx

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock
[121685]
Ā£8.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

Real Red A4 Card Stock
[106578]
Ā£8.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
Ā£9.00

Snow Wonder Bundle (English)

Snow Wonder Bundle (English)
[155185]
Ā£45.75

Shimmery Crystal Effects

Shimmery Crystal Effects
[150892]
Ā£4.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
Ā£5.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill
[133456]
Ā£4.75

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill
[147277]
Ā£8.75

Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154899]
Ā£8.50

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154892]
Ā£8.50

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154897]
Ā£8.50

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154904]
Ā£8.50

Stamparatus

Stamparatus
[148187]
Ā£46.00

Simply Shammy

Simply Shammy
[147042]
Ā£7.50

Paper Trimmer

Paper Trimmer
[152392]
Ā£23.00

Paper Snips

Paper Snips
[103579]
Ā£9.25

Take Your Pick

Take Your Pick
[144107]
Ā£9.00

Bone Folder

Bone Folder
[102300]
Ā£6.50

Grid Paper

Grid Paper
[130148]
Ā£11.75

Small Grid Paper

Small Grid Paper
[149621]
Ā£6.00

Silicone Craft Sheet

Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
Ā£5.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[154974]
Ā£4.50

Mini Glue Dots

Mini Glue Dots
[103683]
Ā£5.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals
[104430]
Ā£3.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
[144108]
Ā£3.75

Cardstock Layer Sizes: A4

Card base 8Ā¼ā€ x 5Ā¾ā€ scored and folded at 4 1/8ā€

Middle layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8ā€ x 5Ā½ā€

Top layer: 2 pieces 3Ā¾ā€ x 5 3/8ā€

Cardstock Layer Sizes: Letter-size

Card base 8Ā½ā€ x 5Ā½ā€ scored and folded at 4Ā¼ā€

Middle layer: 2 pieces 4ā€ x 5Ā¼ā€

Top layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8ā€ x 5 1/8ā€



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  1. Nola Ventura says

    August 17, 2020 at 5:17 pm

    I found you by accident a couple of years back and it was a You Tube for Winter Woods. I need to go back and do a replay on that as I was just mesmerized by your craftsmanship. I still am. You are a bit more attention to details oriented than myself but I like that you can chuckle when you happen to make a boo-boo. Maybe you could start a campaign to bring back Dazzling Diamonds. I’m pretty sure that is what you used on Winter Woods.

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    • Jan says

      August 18, 2020 at 9:50 am

      Many thanks for that gentle nudge, Nola! I have put the request on our Sandbox which is the place we can put product ideas forward to the company! Here’s hoping! xx

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