Frosty and the Fairies Giant Shaker Card Walk Through. This is another mingle which I managed to enter for a Lavinia Stamps competition.
Frosty and the Fairies Giant Shaker Card finished product
Cut outs used for Frosty and the Fairies Giant Shaker Card
For the mingle we were expected to make a 4″ x 6″ card and use the following steps.
- A Snowman
- Torn Paper
- Book Page
- Blue
- Texture Paste
- Splatters
This was the perfect project for using some Dies which I got for Christmas so the first step was to cut out all the pieces I needed. I cut stars, snowflake and snowman dies from Pearlescent white card on my Big Shot Die Cutter. For the trees I used part of a Build a Scene dies and adhered a book page to brown cardstock before cutting.
Once this was done I made the background. I used 300 gms Water Colour Paper and Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Oxide. The colours I used were Spun Sugar Distress Ink and Broken China and Faded Jeans in Distress Oxide. I also used some Brusho SprinkleIT Pearl which I then splattered with water and dried using a heat gun. For the moon I used a circle stencil with texture paste.
I used torn white photocopy paper for the snow which I glued on. It had some wrinkles but they ran in the direction of the snow so I used glitter paste to highlight them. I then stamped the small fairies from Lavinia Stamps and used a white glue to stick on the trees.
Once the background was completed I rimmed the edges with two layers of foam tape. I used two layers because I wanted a deeper card so that I could put some larger beads in. I mixed size 15 seed beads with some larger beads. I then put on the frame. Instead of using acetate, I used the plastic container which the dies came in. I find that they are stiffer and sturdier than acetate and a good way to recycle them. I used a frame die to cut the middle of a 6″ x 4″ piece of pearlescent white card and mounted this onto the clear plastic. I then decorated with diecut snow flakes, stars, icicles and the snowman. The snowman’s hat was cut from black craft foam to give a different texture.
That’s all for this post. I hope you like it and will return soon.
