Snow Globe Christmas Card Tutorial

I love snow globes and I love penguins, so I combined both to create a fun and festive Chrismas card with inks from Imagine Craft. I am happy to share the tutorial to illustrate and explain my process.

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Summer Sky, New Sprout, Rhubarb Stalk, and Lady Bug Memento Dew Drop Inks

Summer Sky and New Sprout Memento Inkers 

Fresh Greens Kaleidacolor Pad

Nocturne, Green Oasis, Tulip Red, and Acorn VersaFine Clair Inks *

Frost Shimmer and Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Stix

Sponge Daubers

Fantastix

Tear It! Tape

Craft Mat

Other Supplies:

140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore

Penguin Clear Stamp Set 604 by Tracy Evans for AALL and Create *

Frosty Clear Stamp Set 603 by Tracy Evans for AALL and Create *

Snow Globe Stencil Set by Funky Fossil

Holly Background Stencil by Funky Fossil

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle *

Cutting Dies by Spellbinders

Diamond Sparkles by Hunkydory Crafts *

Curved Scissors by Fiskar's

Scarlet Red, Red, White, and Black Chalk Pencils by General’s

Heat Gun by EK Success

Mini Guillotine Trimmer by Tim Holtz for Tonic

Paint Brush

Low-tack Tape

Big Shot

Misti Stamping Platform by My Sweet Petunia

Please Note: Products marked with an asterisk* are available at Topflight Stamps!

Instructions:

Step 1. 

Use a stamping platform and Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink, stamp the penguin from the Penguin Clear Stamp Set onto a panel 6” x 8” panel of Mixed Media cardstock. Re-ink and stamp a second time to ensure a good impression. Keep the image panel secured to the base of the stamping platform. Remove and clean the stamp.

Step 2:

Position the the penguin from the Frost Clear Stamp Set to the right of the previously stamped penguin. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp if necessary to ensure a good impression. Remove the image panel from the platform. Remove and clean the stamp.

Step 3:

Place a piece of repositionable sticker paper on the base of the stamping platform. Place both penguins facedown onto the sticker paper. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Remove the stamps and clean them. Remove the sticker paper sheet from the platform. Heat set.

Step 4:

Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions of the penguins and place atop their counterparts on the image panel to mask them.

Step 5:

Position the Snow Globe stencil so that the opening is framing the penguins. Use low-tack tape to secure the stencil to the image panel and to cover the base of the image panel. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Summer Sky Memento ink heavily around the edges of the Snow Globe fading inward over the masked penguins.

Step 6:

Keeping the Snow Globe stencil in place, remove some of the tape from below the globe area. Position the Snow Globe’s Base stencil below the snow globe on the image panel. Secure it with low-tack tape. 

Position the circle mask, included with the Snow Globe stencil set, so that it covers the penguins. Secure it with low-tack tape as shown. 

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Rhubarb Stalk Memento ink along the top, bottom, and both sides of the Snow Globe Base stencil. Use the same Sponge Dauber to apply and blend Lady Bug Memento from the edges towards the center of the Snow Globe Base. When happy with the blending and coverage, remove, clean, and dry the Snow Globe  stencil, Snow Globe Base stencil, and the circle mask. Use Scarlet Red and Red chalk pencils to add dimension and detail to the Snow Globe base. Use a white chalk pencil to add a highlight.

Step 7:

Place low-tack tape horizontally across the inked Snow Globe Base. Place the circle mask over the inked Snow Globe and masked penguins on the image panel. Use low-tack tape to secure the circle mask in place.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply New Sprout Memento ink to the top part of the image panel as shown.

Step 8: 

Place the Holly Background stencil over the circle mask onto the image panel. Secure the stencil in place with low-tack tape. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Oasis VersaFine Clair ink over the stencil’s  holly leaves onto the image panel. Use a paper towel to remove as much ink as possible from the stencil.

Use a Fantastix to apply Tulip Red VersaFine Clair ink over the stencil’s holly berries onto the image panel. Remove, clean, and dry the stencils and the circle mask. Heat set the image panel.

Step 9:

Use the stenciled leaves and berries as a guide to re-position the Holly Background stencil onto the image panel. Secure with low-tack tape. Place the Snow Globe stencil over top so that the globe aperture is framing the snow globe on the image panel. Secure with low-tack tape.

Use a Fantastix to lightly apply green ink from the Fresh Greens Kaleidacolor inkpad (the second pad from the left) over the stencil’s holly leaves onto the snow globe on the image panel. Use another Fantastix to apply Lady Bug Memento ink over the stencil’s holly berries onto the image panel.

Remove, clean, and dry the stencils. 

Step 10:

Place low-tack tape horizontally on the line separating the snow globe from the holly leaf background.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Acorn VersaFine Clair ink to the image panel. Use black chalk pencils to add shading and horizontal lines. Smudge the chalk slightly.

Step 11:

Smoosh Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Stix onto the craft mat. Use a paintbrush to apply to the ground under the penguins to make it look icy.

Step 12:

Apply Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Stix onto the craft mat. Add a drop of New Sprout Memento Inker to the sparkly puddle. Mix with a paintbrush, then use the brush to make the penguins’ eyes green. Clean the craft mat. 

Apply Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Stix onto the craft mat. Add a drop of Danube Blue Memento Inker to the sparkly puddle. Mix with a paintbrush, then use the brush to add an outline to the white areas of the penguins’ bellies.  Clean the craft mat.

Step 13:

Apply Frost Shimmer Stix to the craft mat. Use a paint brush to add white to the beak of the compass penguin (on the left). Clean the craft mat.

Step 14:

Place the Snow Globe stencil back over the image panel. Cover the remainder of the background with a ruler or tape. Add a drop or two of Moonlight White Brilliance Inker to the craft mat. Spray with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol. Mix with a paint brush and splatter the penguins to add a snowy touch. Remove and clean the stencil. Clean the craft mat. Use a white chalk pencil to add highlights to the right and left side of the snow globe.

Step 15:

Use Tulip Red VersaFine ink to stamp the “Merry Christmas” stencil onto white cardstock. Use a sentiment cutting die to cut the sentiment.

Use a fancy tag cutting die to cut green cardstock. Adhere the sentiment to the green die-cut. Adhere the matted sentiment to the image panel as shown. Enhance the sentiment with rhinestones.

Step 16:

Trim the image panel to 4.625” x 6.625”. Cut a piece of black cardstock to 4.75” x 6.75”. Use Tear-It!Tape to adhere the image panel to the black mat. Use Tear-It! Tape to adhere the matted image panel to a 5” x 7” green card.

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