Stampin' Up Wonderland Christmas Cards No. 1 and 2

 

Hi everyone 😊

Today I am sharing two Christmas Cards using a retired Stampin' Up Set called Wonderland.  This is one of my favourite all-time sets and could never imagine having to part with it.  It's just so versatile and awesome for so many techniques!  

To make my card, I ink-blended a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Stampin' Up inks using Ranger Ink Blending Tools and Domed Pads.  The lighter blue is Soft Sky - sadly retired - and the other inks are Lost Lagoon and Night of Navy which are still current.

I then stamped the trees using Night of Navy ink using 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation to add some depth.  I lightly went around the image using a bit more of the Night of Navy ink but not all the way around so I could leave the lighter areas.

Recently, I purchased some Daler-Rowney Bleed Proof White Watercolour Ink as it came recommended because it doesn't absorb the background colours like my Posca White pen.  And I have to say that it works brilliantly for the snow.  I watered it down a little then splattered it using my paintbrush.

When the glue had dried, I layered the panel onto Stampin' Up Night of Navy cardstock and trimmed it to 1/8" using a We R Memory Keepers Layer Guide.

I made two cards the same but when I looked at my 2nd card, I had smeared the Night of Navy ink in the lighter area on the top right-hand side so I thought it was ruined.  On a whim, I thought I would spray the area with water and the ink started running in that area - and so did the trees and I absolutely LOVED how it looked.  It made it look all misty and a bit like a blizzard so I dried it off and re-did the snow as being white watercolour, it ran too when I added the water.

Here is the result:

The sentiment was stamped using Night of Navy ink.  I used my Stamping Platform so I could get perfect placement plus I needed to re-stamp it a few times to get a good impression.

To add some sparkle, I did dots of glue with my Quickie Glue Pen and sprinkled on Hero Arts Prisma Glitter.

Once I had finished my card front, I layered it onto a Kaisercraft White Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi glue.

I wish you could see the sparkle - it looks so pretty in real life. 

So which one do you prefer?  

I gave the first one to my Stampin' Up Demonstrator Rachel.  I have really loved going to her monthly classes for about 2 years now.  Sometimes my daughter comes along when she isn't too busy with Uni so it is lovely to craft together.  We always make 3 cards in the class and I am always learning something new.  

I have lots of other Christmas cards to share as soon as I finish editing my blog posts.  

Merry Christmas everyone!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Wonderland #140365 (retired)

Inks:  Stampin' Up Soft Sky (retired), Lost Lagoon and Night of Navy

Designer Paper:  None

Accessories:  Bristol Smooth White Cardstock 260gsm, Stampin' Up Night of Navy Cardstock, Daler-Rowney Bleedproof White Watercolour, Round #4 Paintbrush, Ranger Ink Blending Tools and Domed Pads, WRMK Layer Guides, Stamping Platform, Kaisercraft White Card Base, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Quickie Glue Pen, Hero Arts PG104 Prisma Glitter