Snowflake Christmas Wall-Hanging
Hi everyone! I am so happy to be here today with a fun Christmas tutorial. At this time of the year, I am often busy making Christmas gifts and this panel will be one of them and it is going to someone who I know really appreciates a handmade gift.
Unlike some of my other winter projects, which often include a bit of blue and/or turquoise, I decided to go with red, white and a little pink here. It is always fun working mainly with shades of one color, and you could easily do the same project in blue, green, brown or purple. The Simon Says Stamp Comfort & Joy stamp set is gorgeous, and I especially love the finely detailed snowflakes. You can make very many different types of Christmas projects using only this one stamp set.
1. Start by white embossing snowflakes all over a piece of watercolor paper. Mine was 6 x 9.5 in, but any size will work and the design can easily be turned into a card or a tag.
2. Smear Distress Inks on a craft sheet and mist with water. Press the paper into the ink and repeat if you want darker colors. In the end, I sprayed Candied Apple Distress Spray Stain on the sheet and pressed my sheet into the ink, to get a darker shade of red.
3. Die cut four snowflakes from watercolor paper. I used the Sizzix Tim Holtz Flurry 3, Flurry 4 and Ice Flake dies, and the SSS Kinley Snowflake.
4. Cover them with embossing ink and emboss with three different powders: Ranger’s Mixed Media Scarlet, Pink Peony, and SSS white powder. Be careful not to burn yourself and don’t touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely.
5. Adhere a piece of silver Sizzix Foil Adhesive Sheets to cardstock. Cut and emboss (the folder does both in one go) in the Mini Scallop 3D Impresslits. Ink with Cranberry and Poppyfield alcohol ink, using an ink blending tool with a piece of felt.
6. I also colored Gumdrop Hearts with the alcohol ink. Just add a drop to the heart.
7. The watercolor paper was glued to Little Sizzles Mat Board to give it stability. I also sanded a bunch of Christmas Quote Chips and glued them to the background.
8. Rub white paint into the words on the Christmas Quote Token, so that they are more visible. Glue a bauble at the top.
9. Layer the snowflakes on top of the embossed metal, and glue them with Distress Matte Medium. Add a larger bauble to the center.
10. I love the look of the different embossing powders. Don’t worry if the embossing isn’t perfect since it just adds to the look.
11. It is easy to transform metallic surfaces with alcohol ink, and using two colors gives this embossed piece an interesting look.
I hope this tutorial inspired you in your Christmas/winter crafting and to try to combine shades of red and pink. It is really a lot of fun and gives a great result.
Thank you so much for looking!
Happy Christmas crafting!
Anna-Karin
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Mixed Medium Die Cutting Techniques with Shari Carroll
Welcome everyone!! We are already halfway through DieCember® can you believe it????
I have a couple die cutting techniques that I experimented with to create an awesome mixed medium background. I cut out a couple snowflakes using laminating sheets and also Stick It adhesive sheets with watercolor paper for the others. I had in mind that the laminate snowflakes would resist the watercolor and the watercolor paper snowflakes would have darker edges where the paint would soak in. It WORKED!!!
Once I had my snowflakes cut out, I arranged them onto a watercolor panel and ran it through my die cut machine to press them in and to get a good seal. I used some Tim Holtz Distress Resist spray for added snowfall effects and then I went about water coloring with blues and teals.
I allowed everything to dry and then mounted the panel onto a card base. The main snowflake on the card also uses Stick It adhesive but on the front side and was misted with Rock Candy Distress glitter using the Stampers Annonymous Glitter Duster. I love the amount of glitter that the duster delivers!!
To finish my card, I white embossed a greeting and added some beautiful gems from Prima. I’ve filmed the entire process which you can watch below.
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I hope I’ve inspired you to experiment with your dies and watercolors for amazing effects. Thanks for stopping by!
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Simon Says Stamp Card Kit Reveal and Inspiration: Snow Much!
Our January 2019 Card Kit, Snow Much is more fun than a snow day in mid-January! This sweet and adorable wintry kit includes so many cool things to try, your head will spin!
It features a frigid color palette drawn from the cute and cozy patterned papers in the Echo Park Paper Celebrate Winter collection and includes twelve double-sided 6×6 sheets. For a flurry of additional fun, the kit includes a jumbo 6×8 Simon exclusive stamp set called “Snow Much” that oozes chilly sweetness. Another Simon exclusive product in the kit is the brand-new, Twirling Ice Skater wafer thin die.
We are super PSYCHED to include the new Custom Blend Distress Oxide ink pad from Ranger and Tim Holtz. So what’s this all about? This beauty allows you to create custom colors with the help of Distress Oxide Reinkers!
You’ll also receive a Classic White Gelly Roll pen from Sakura to add snowy accents and pretty details, plus a bottle of Mini Glossy Accents from Ranger, which will add lots of icy gloss to your designs. Rounding out this fun and frigid kit is two packages of pom-poms from Darice (one white and one with assorted colors), one bobbin of white thread, a set of needles, three large black tags, one Schoolhouse Red envelope, and an assortment of coordinating cardstocks from Simon.
Our January Card Kit, Snow Much will warm your heart no matter the weather outside!
The Snow Much 6×8 stamp set and Twirling Ice Skater Die are also available for individual purchase in our store.
Don’t forget! We have LOTS of gorgeous card kit inspiration to access and add to in our Card Kit Galleries!
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