Skating Around - Winter Wonderland Collection Card Tutorial – Chloes Creative Cards

Hello Crafters,

Today's Christmas card tutorial by the incredible Rebecca is a complete delight. Using the recently-launched Winter Wonderland collection, Rebecca has focussed on the ice skates and sentiment die and stamp sets, but has also used the papers, vellum, and acetate from the collection to great effect! The added ribbons and faux fur ensures that this design not only looks lovely but is also extremely tactile too.

Read on for a full step-by-step project tutorial, complete with linked materials list.

YOU WILL NEED:

Winter Wonderland collection:

A5 nesting die set – Snowflake Rectangles
Mirror card – Silver
Pearl card – Crystal White and Aquamarine
Sparkelicious glitter – Crystal Crush and Diamanté Sparkle
WOW! embossing powder – Clear Ocean and Minty
Sparklers – 12mm
Self-Adhesive Sparkles – Totally Turquoise
Thick white organza ribbon
WOW! clear embossing inkpad
Foam pads on a roll
Chisel-tip glue pen
Pinflair 3D glue gel
Art Glitter Dries-Clear PVA glue with fine-tip applicator
A5 white straight-edged card blank
WOW! heat tool
Die-cutting machine

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 Trim a sheet of silver mirror card to slightly smaller than the card blank and affix to the card using dries-clear glue. Trim a sheet of Aquamarine pearl card to a ¼” smaller than the silver panel and edge with a chisel-tip glue pen. Cover in Crystal Crush Sparkelicious glitter and affix to the card using dries-clear glue.

2 Die-cut the largest snowflake frame from Crystal White pearl card. Edge with a chisel-tip glue pen and cover in Crystal Crush Sparkelicious glitter. Affix to the card blank. Create a foiled paper panel and affix to the card using foam pads.

3 Cut a panel from Crystal White pearl card and stamp out the starry background at the top and bottom using a clear embossing inkpad. Heat-emboss using Clear Ocean embossing powder. Edge with a chisel-tip glue pen and cover in Crystal Crush Sparkelicious glitter. Affix to the card, at an angle, using foam pads.

4 Die-cut two ice skates from Aquamarine pearl card. Take one of the coordinating stamps and stamp a pattern into the skates using a clear embossing inkpad and Minty embossing powder. Apply dries-clear glue to the bottom of the ice skates and cover in Diamanté Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter. Add dots of glue to the main part of the ice skate and cover in Crystal Crush Sparkelicious glitter. Add self-adhesive sparkles to the laces. Die-cut the cuffs from white card and attach some faux fur to the top. Add to the top of the skates using foam pads. Die-cut two small bows and affix to the skates. Add a crystal to the centre.

5 Cut a small piece of white satin ribbon and affix to the back of the skates. Attach to the card using foam pads. Tie a double bow and affix to the corner of the card using 3D glue gel. Colour the centre of a Sparkler and affix to the bow using 3D glue gel.

6 Stamp the Merry Christmas sentiment onto Crystal White pearl card using a clear embossing inkpad and Clear Ocean embossing powder. Die-cut using the coordinating die. Affix to the card using foam pads to finish.