Hi, crafty friends. I’m still creating holiday cards, I still have no idea how many I’ve made this year, but I do know that this snowmen stamp set from the latest Lili of the Valley release is a must have.

I’ve actually created a tri-fold card this time. There are several images in this stamp set that lend themselves very well to this kind of off the edge design. I colored my snowman with Copics, before adhering him towards the right edge of a half sheet (8 x 5 1/2″) of Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink. I fussy cut to the right of him, leaving a white trim and used a steel ruler and a craft knife on the left to create a vertical edge. Adhering him to the white cardstock did two things: 1 – it added strength, and 2 – it covered up the back of my coloring for a clean look when the card is open.

This is the card closed. I created this by gluing 2 side fold A2 card bases together; the half with the snowman with the fold on the left and the other one with the fold on the right.

I used the Snowflake Confetti fancy die from Hero Arts to die cut from Gina K Masking Magic to create a stencil to ink blend through. I used Iceberg ink from Altenew to create subtle blue snowflakes in the background on the front of the card to the left of the snowman and also on the other flap.

I adhered an 1/8″ gold glitter cardstock strip from Kort & Godt for the snowman to hold on to for a defining edge and used the Stacked Merry die from My Favorite Things to die cut 6 times for a stacked look. 5 layers from white cardstock, the top layer from a piece of X-Press It blending card that I colored to match the green on the snowman. I stacked the six layers and adhered them in the center of the left front panel, stamped and white heat embossed a sub sentiment from the Christmas Greetings stamp set from Lili of the Valley, before adhering it on top of the stem of the Y with a few additional layers of cardstock behind it for dimension and strength.

I embellished with a combination of gold pearls around the sentiment and tiny confetti stars all across the background. Both are from the Vanilla Kiss mix from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards. I also added a bit of black glaze pen to the eyes of the snowman. It adds a tiny bit of dimension and some shine. Once dry, I went over with a dot of white, using a Gelly Roll 05.

On the inside flap, behind the snowman, I stamped another sentiment from the Christmas Greetings stamp set from Lili of the Valley, this time using Jalapeño Popper ink from My Favorite Things.

Simple color palette for this one. Lots of colors for the snow, though, I can’t seem to help it.