' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Artic Conditions

Thursday, 5 December 2024

Artic Conditions

Hello crafters!
Today I have a first inspiration make for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This month the theme is, of course, "Christmas"!

I created an Hexagon card (I followed the instructions from this video), which folds flat to 5"x7" for easy posting. 


I added acetate to all 3 front panels, partly to make them more sturdy and partly to allow me more decorative options. As I have been going through a "window" period, I thought the panels would be glass and of course with snow... I added some Tim Holtz/Ranger Grit paste Snowfall with the mini stencil set 43 by Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous (THMST043). I got the inspiration from Tim Holtz himself, although he favours the stencil THS021 for this purpose but I think mine works well too,

The papers are from the Stamperia Arctic Antarctic collection, the snowman, snowflake and ice skates are die-cut from different colour card with the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Winter Wishes set (666717). I used thick thread to lace the skates to complete the realistic effect. 

This Arctic Antarctic collection is not available anymore and here's my advice... any Stamperia collection you like and have a project in mind don't dither! As soon as I saw this one I knew I wanted it for an album, never mind that it took me years to get around to use it (real life did get in the way) but I am so glad to have this collection on hand.

The greeting is Die'sire Words Die - Merry Christmas.

The card seen in different angle and folded flat:



Making this type of card is simple but time consuming so you might want to reserve it for your special people or when you want your card to be noticed on the mantelpiece!

To enter the challenge, hop on to our friendly group here and upload your project to the challenge album. You could win a place on Zoe Hillman’s next workshop at the Country View Crafts shop in the new year!


Thanks for coming by,

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3 comments:

  1. Fabulous fold and beautiful paper and embellishments. I have had one of these cards made up for almost three months still waiting to be decorated lol.
    Carol x

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  2. You've certainly captured the feel of Winter in this one Christine, it's lovely. Think you saw my take the other day, tried to amend the size which just didn't work!

    B x

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  3. Wow, what a stunning card! I love the folded design, artic papers, glittery snowflake and fun snowman - perfect ❤️. I finally used those Stamperia Winter Tales papers, thanks to your inspiration back in October - yay 😊. Happy December! Hugs, Jo x

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