Jolly Snowmen with Concord & 9th Winter Wonderland

Morning all!

Well, December has well and truly arrived and so has a new challenge over on the challenge blog.

I was happy to see the theme this month is winter – perfect for the ever-so-versatile Winter Wonderland stamps and coordinating dies from Concord & 9th.

I still needed to make a fun card for my niece and nephew, so definitely wanted to use those snowmen dies with the snowglobe background.

The die set includes a strip for creating a pop-up surprise inside your card, and as someone who shies away from making interactive cards, I decided to bite the bullet and give it a whirl as I wanted to include a snowglobe scene inside the card too.

So I started out by covering my card base on the front and inside with patterned papers to set the scene.

For the front snowglobe, I assembled the jolly snowmen (complete with googly eyes) and put my cardstock scraps to good use for the smaller details.

I added Distress Clear Rock Candy glitter to the snowy hills and Star Dust Stickles to the snow for a more frosty look.

While the glitter was drying, I stamped the cosy sentiment directly onto the card front and cut the "fa la la" from Champagne cardstock.

Next, I stamped the snowglobe for the inside with the same ink colour for the sky and picked ink shades that coordinated with the tree paper.

Once it came time to assemble everything, I made sure to watch the video instructions from Concord & 9th here (about 3.5 minutes in) before attempting to add the snowglobe inside - and hey presto! It worked!

Finally, I added the Snowman snowglobe to the front and cut a few of the snowflakes from the die set as a sparkly finishing touch.

Here's hoping my niece and nephew like their card!

Until next time, happy crafting!