Wonderland Part 1

Today I have a couple of cards made from an Artful Card Kit called Wonderland (HOTP).  I've discovered that it seems to work best for me to pick an ACK and do what I can to completely use it up making cards.  I haven't gotten very far into this one, but I DO have two cards.  I tend to start by figuring out how to use the pieces I think will be the most challenging.  

Card #1: This first card starts with a patterned paper corner that I felt would be challenging.  In addition to inking the edges, I cut a slit in it so I could slide the lamp post die cut behind one of the printed stamps - to give the feel that things were piling up around the base of the the lamp pole.  The "stamp" on the far right and the white embellishment in the upper left were additional die cuts from the set.  The sentiment was a cut out - also from the set.  After assembling the card, I added some Puffy Stuff paint (Cosmic Shimmer) & heated it to create dimensional snow accents.

Inside:

Inside I added a piece of patterned paper (after inking the edges) and another cut out from the kit.

Card #2:

For this card, I got the idea to make the card front look a bit like a stamped, addressed envelope.  The background is another piece of the patterned paper used above.  The focal is a two-piece die cut - center glued directly to the paper while the frame is raised on foam tape.  Before gluing in place, however, I added a piece of patterned paper (from kit) that I had cut with a Crafter's Companion die called Festive Scene.  The houses & trees look like they belong there, don't they?  The "stamp" is a die cut from the kit - as is the label in the upper left corner.  I used a stamp from a Just Rite stamp set called Christmas Vintage Labels One to heat emboss the greeting in black.

Inside:

For the inside, I added a die cut border using the same Festive Scene die.  The houses here & on the card front were also coated with Spectrum Noir Sparkle paint to had a bit of glimmer that you can't see in this pictures. The border across the top is a die cut border piece from the kit.