Snow Dome

Hi everyone, Christmas is fast approaching now … how are your preparations coming along? I have mostly finished making my Christmas cards - I just need to make a few more CAS ones for the neighbours and my husband’s card which I always seem to leave until the last minute! This is the last of this year’s posted cards for other close family/friends, which is for my husband’s aunt. It’s my first outing for the Moon Jar sticker stencil to make a dome, though I have previously used the base when making a smaller round snow globe here.

I cut a piece of white stamping card and attached the sticker stencil “outer” then used the “inner” to mask the base which I shaded with Scorched Timber Distress Oxide. I then created the dome with blended Elements ink. I added a few snowdrifts with blended Elements and mini hill masks, then stamped the tree + Annie and Edward. I added a star to the top of the tree stamped in Versamark and heat embossed gold, then added mini holly round the top and base of the dome, and a couple of fairy foragers. I coloured the tree with fine brushstrokes of Pine and Olive Elements topped with Spectrum Noir sparkle pen. I drew baubles in the fairies’ hands with black fineliner, then coloured the tree baubles and holly berries with Posca sparkle pens, and the fairy wings with Sakura stardust pens. I added a few white Signo and Posca highlights, then my sentiments in black, highlighted with Sakura Stardust pen. 

I couldn’t resist adding a couple of tiny robins which I stamped in Sand Dune then coloured with Zig pens and white Signo pen - I rather wished I hadn’t done that afterwards as I need quite a bit more practice colouring them but never mind! I added some Posca snowflakes falling and gathering at the base of the dome, and after matting onto a green frame and C5 card blank I added a little red bow to finish.

It’s another sparkly one …

Stamps: Lavinia Christmas Joy, Annie and Edward, Fairy Foragers, Mini Holly, Small Robins, Seasonal Words, Christmas Greetings;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Scorched Timber); Lavinia Elements inks (Della Blue, Pine, Olive); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Shady Lane, Rainforest, Acorn, Sand Dune); Versamark; WOW gold metallic embossing powder; Posca sparkle pens (red, yellow, green); Posca pen (white); Sakura Stardust pens (red, yellow, clear); Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens;

Tools: Lavinia sticker stencils set 9 - Moon Jars, White Orbs stencil, acetate Mini Hill masks.

Challenges I would like to enter:

As You Like It - Anything Christmassy

Cardz 4 Galz #240 - Christmas 

Christmas Crafts All Year Round (December) - Bows, Gifts or Decorations (2nd entry) - TOP PICK

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (December) - Use a Stencil - WINNER

Creatalicious #284 - Anything Goes with option Christmas

Creative Crafting Uncles #60 - Christmas and/or Happy New Year

Creative Inspirations (December) - Let It Snow! (2nd entry)

Creative Moments #265 - Sparkle and Shine (2nd entry)

Double Trouble #181 - Anything Goes with option Use a Bow (2nd entry)

Festive Fridays (December) - Christmas (2nd entry)

Heart’s Quest Fantasy Challenge #12 2024 - Anything Fantasy Goes (2nd entry) - WINNER

Inkspirational #331 - Use Stencils

Lavinia Creative Challenge (December) - Snow Is Falling (2nd entry)

My Time To Craft #549 - Something Snow Related

Peace On Earth #78 - Anything Christmas Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas (2nd entry)

Sadly some of our Christmas preps have been a bit derailed due to the storm damage last weekend, so my husband had some painting and fence mending to do and consequently we are a bit late getting our Christmas decs up this year. Nonetheless it’s starting to feel pretty Christmassy now!

Take care and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,