Snow globe cards

Four snow globe cards today, although I haven't actually put snow in all of them. I bought the stamp set and die bundle along with the acrylic domes quite some time ago, but I have only ever made two cards with them. so I thought I'd play with them today.

 I am afraid these cards were really difficult to photograph, the acrylic domes reflect everything and obscure the image.

For the card above I sponged a piece of white card with Real red,  Sunset yellow and Pumpkin pie inks to  create the impression of a sunset.

 Using the Lovely as a tree stamp set I stamped the trees and darkened the foreground  by sponging some Chocolate chip ink under the trees. 

The snow globe stamp set is from Stampin' up and is called Still Scenes, there is a coordinating die set called Still scenes snow globe and of course there are acrylic domes to go with the sets.

 The stag die cut is one of the dies in the set. I stamped and coloured the bases on these globes using Copic markers.  There is a die in the set to cut out the base of the snow globe, but I chose to fussy cut the bases on these cards as I didn't want the white border the die leaves.

For the rest of the cards in this post, I used the little  house scene stamp in the set and coloured them with copics. 

I embossed the top layer of the card above. I think a more subtle embossing folder may  have worked better as the design in this folder is large, maybe too large for this snow globe scene.

I did add a pinch of  fake snow before sealing the domes.

On the card below I used the dies for the base instead of stamping it.

I decided to add water and glitter to this shaker card. 

There are several pitfalls making this type of card.

One being, Getting the water in the dome and sealed without spilling the water on the adhesive strip is quite tricky and one drop of water on the adhesive will prevent it from sealing. Once you have filled the dome with the  water  mix , place a piece of acetate over the top and carefully seal the dome. Add your coloured image to the back of the  sealed dome. 

It's now ready to position in the aperture of  your card.

Here's  a TIP  I will share to make it easier to fill the domes. Find something to hold the dome secure and level while you fill it with water.  Remove the protective strip from the adhesive while it is still secured. I found the lid of the square- ish  sandwich  filler is perfect for this.  Most supermarkets have a selection of sandwich fillers in  square tubs with lids that are perfect for holding the domes .

Mix the water and glycerine in a small jug with a good pouring spout.

 A small  funnel may help with the filling of the dome, so as not to spill drips on the adhesive.

 And Two being, the weight of the water  makes the card front very heavy, meaning it won't stand up. So here are a couple of tips to help combat that. 

 1.  Place the dome  either in the middle or near the bottom of the card.

 2.  Using  300gsm weight  or heavier card for the base card helps.

3. Adding an insert  of some sort also helps.

 For the inside of this card, I cut a piece of green card 1/2 an inch smaller than the card and a  second piece of card in white 1/4 smaller than the green panel. I stuck the white layer on top of the green panel.

Then stuck the panels inside the card. This gives the back of the card more weight  which balances it out.

Another tip is to add a little glycerine to the water and glitter mix. The glycerine makes the water a little thicker which slows down the sinking of the glitter.

Hope you have found this advice helpful.  Good luck if you try this one.