Let it Snow

Hi Everyone, Today at That Craft Place we have the start of a new challenge - Mixed Media Anything Goes which you can enter HERE. For my DT post I decided to make a festive scene using one of Lisa's fabulous MDF shapes. The details are all on my Sidebar for That Craft Place should you wish to purchase this gorgeous little scene.

My MDF shape started off like this, but I felt inspired to make it into a boxed scene after Brenda showed me her fabulous snowy background in her Festive Box Frame she had made to teach at a workshop recently when we were at Andy Skinners Workshop.

As you can see in this photo I built a frame out of Greyboard around my MDF base.

Next I added pieces of Coffee Stirrer to the inside and outside of my frame. I wanted this to look like an old crate.

I placed some Muslin onto the back of my frame adding on Crackle Paint, Gesso, Rock Candy Distress Glitter, Embossing Powders and Glamour Dust. Once dry I heat set for my embossing powders to melt.

At Andy Skinners workshop we were shown a Crackle Technique which I have applied to my frame. Sorry but I'm unsure if allowed to share this technique at present.

Next I placed a mask over for my moon and adding some shades of Distress ink to look like the moon and heat set some extra thick Clear Embossing Powder onto it.

My trees had a thick textural layer of Embossing Pastes added, I then poured on a mix of Distress powder in Pine Trees and some Embossing Powders.

Letting dry overnight I then heat set to melt all my powders, finally adding some Snowtex and Glamour Dust.

My Reindeers were stamped and heat embossed with Red Tinsel Embossing Powder, I then added a few layers of clear embossing powder and a bell.

For my Icicles I used the Cherry Lynn Designs Icicles Border.

I just wish you could see how much this Christmas Scene sparkles, perhaps one day they will make a camera which captures glitter like our eyes see it.

I do hope you like my box frame and feel inspired to join in our challenge at That Craft Place and check out the fabulous creations my Teamies have made. 

Julie x

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

• B472 - Icicles Border
• B326 - Santa's Sleigh and Reindeer

I wish to enter this in to the following Challenges :

• Mixed Media World - Anything Goes
• WOW Embossing Powders - Anything but a Card
• We Love 2 Create - Challenge #24 Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes
• My time to Craft Challenge - Challenge #309 Let it Snow
• Craft for the Craic - Something Glittery for November
• Frilly and Funkie - An Altered State( Used coffee stirrers for my frame)
• The Craft Barn - Snowflakes- 
• Papertake Weekly - Let it Snow
• Rhedds Creative Spirit - November Challenge
• Emerald Creek Dares - Challenge