Snow Globe

Hi everyone, yesterday a delivery dropped through my letterbox of some of the new Lavinia Christmas stamps, plus a couple of older stamps I had wanted (Holly and Fairy Foragers) and my first ever set of sticker stencils. I was keen to play straight away, and wanted to try making a snow globe scene inspired by a Jo Rice tutorial. 

My snow globe was quite a bit bigger than the original as I used my own circle stencil rather than the Lavinia sticker stencil circle, plus the scene I wanted to create needed more space. Here’s the result, using a mix of new, new to me and existing stamps.

I cut a square of white stamping card, and created the snow globe by blending Blue Atoll Elements ink through a circle mask. I added a moon and snowdrifts using more Elements and masks, then added the snow globe base using my new sticker stencil and blended Scorched Timber Distress Oxide. I stamped the Christmas tree in Shady Lane and Portobello VFC, then Annie and the Fairy Foragers in Nocturne. I stamped some holly on the snow globe base, then coloured the tree baubles, fairy wings, holly berries and lanterns using Sakura Stardust pens, and also outlined the snow globe to add sparkle. I added some white Posca highlights, then stamped a sentiment and matted the panel onto a blue frame and card blank. I replaced the circle mask and added Posca spatters for snow inside the snow globe … as usual my spattering went a bit awry with 2 large dots landing on Annie’s head and legs so I had to do a bit of remedial work with a black fine liner! 

Finally I stamped, fussy cut and attached a teeny sentiment tag and added a tiny bow … I had a bit of trouble with that as I don’t now use ribbon very often, and the glue dots I always used to use to attach bows were MIA, then I thought I’d use a drop of silicone glue (also rarely used) and it was solid as a rock! However I got there eventually! Here’s an angled picture to show the sparkle.

Stamps: Lavinia Christmas Joy, Annie & Edward, Fairy Foragers, Holly, Christmas Greetings; tag sentiment - LotV (retired);

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Blue Atoll, Violet Chalk); Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Scorched Timber); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Shady Lane, Portobello, Twilight); Sakura Stardust lens (purple, turquoise, yellow, red, clear); Posca pen (white);

Tools: Lavinia sticker stencils set 9 - Moon Jars, Circle Masks, Mini Hill Masks;  Press To Impress Circle stencil.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps and More #480 - Die Cuts and Stencils

Allsorts #806 - Christmas

Beccy’s Month of Holiday Cards - Holiday Themed (2nd entry)

Craft Rocket #120 - Christmas/Winter

Crafter’s Cafe #313 - Anything Goes with option Fantasy (3rd entry)

Crafty Catz #682 - Anything Goes with option Add Some Ribbon or Twine

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (November) - Use a Stencil with option Make It Sparkle or Shine

Heart’s Quest FantasyChallenge #11 2024 - Anything Goes Fantasy (2nd entry) 

Lavinia Creative Challenge (November) - Time to Sparkle (2nd entry)

Let’s Craft and Create #213 - Anything Goes + Use a Bow

Paper Funday #71 - Anything Goes with option Tag(s)

Stamping Sensations (November) - Make It Magical (2nd entry)

Try It On Tuesday - Make It Magical (3rd entry)

We Love Stamping (November) - Christmas

Word Art Wednesday #673/674 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

I’m hoping to get a few more Christmas cards made using the new stamps in the near future, so watch this space!

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,