I love a crisp winter morning where tiny snow crystals fill the air and sparkle in the sunlight.  This is a card celebrating such a morning in lighthearted pastels. Karen Burniston dies are used for the card focusing on the Iron Fence Pop-Up die set.

To make this A2 size card, cut a rectangle 4 1/4 x 11 inches of pink heavy cardstock and fold in in the middle to make a 4 ½ inches tall by 5 1/2 inches wide card base.  Cut four decorative snowflake paper panels at 2 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. Adhere these panels to the top of front, back and insides of the card base. Using one of the hillside edging dies, cut four hills that are 5 1/2 inches long and the lowest point is 2 1/4 inches tall. (I used white glitter card stock on the front and back sides and a textured white inside.) Glue the snowy hills to bottom of each panel of card base.

It is easiest to die cut all the pieces you will need to make both the inside and outside fences at the same time so that they are similar in colors and papers used. (I cut four fences, but I really should have cut six fences so I could have finished the back of the card with a fence too.) Cut one of the slider fence arm and one of the arm sleeve from the same paper you used for the inside snowy hills.  Cut at least six green fir trees from the Long Nature Edges set to decorate in odd numbers on the front and inside of the card.

After watching the assembly video on the re-released inside pop-up fence, assemble as directed. (I found that the best way to decorate the hills and fence is to not glue the fence tops down. You can do this latter if needed using a fine tipped glue bottle.)

The birds in the fence die set are designed as crows so they are larger than a cardinal would be. There are smaller birds in the Frame Pull Pop-Up die set that are better sized as songbirds. This assembly video also has a tip on how to make the cardinal or chickadee crest on the head of the birds.

There are different snowflakes in the three snowmen die sets by Karen Burniston. They make wonderful filler decorations for the card.

Decorate card as desired, lifting fence pikes up to slide trees under or sandwich two bird die cuts around the fence top.

The Merry Christmas inside sentiment has a shadow cut from pink glitter card which adds to the crisp sparkling snow crystals effect.

I stamped the back of the envelope with a hint as to the card’s theme using one of by favorite winter themed stamp sets designed by Sheena Douglass.

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Dies:

• Karen Burniston – Dies – Iron Fence Pop-Up – 1172
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Long Nature Edges – 1152
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Snowman Pop-Up – 1169
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Snowman – 1017
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Snowman Twist Circle Pop-Up -1012
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Frame Pull Pop-Up – 1070
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Merry Christmas – 1065
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Merry Christmas Shadow – 1177

Stamps & Ink

• Stampin’ Up Classic Stampin’ Pad – Dapper Denim
• Winter Woodland Stamp set by Sheena Douglas from Creative Stamping magazine Issue 62, December 2018

Papers

• Carnation Crafts – Merry and Bright from PaperCrafter issue 40
• Pink card base – Bazzill -Pink Icing – PS1 – 102
• DCWV – The Spooky Time cardstock matstack – white glitter and textured white
• Glitter paper – pink from my stash
• Colored cardstock from my stash
• A2 Envelope

Additional Supplies Used:

• CosmicShimmer – Specialist Acrylic Glue – 125ml
• Sizzix – Big Shot PLUS die cutting Machine
• Tim Holtz Stamping Platform
• Fineline 20 Gauge Applicator & Bottle