Directions:
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Using a White Distress Crayon, Scribble over the brown 5 3⁄4” chipboard
square with the cobblestone texture paste. Try and get the white to
settle in between the stones. Lightly dampen your fingers if need be to
reveal the top of the stones and help the crayon settle between them.
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Attach the textured chipboard to the top of the 6x6 burlap panel.
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Cut the piece of white chipboard in half and then cut a wavy edge on
one side, as long as the iron fence piece. You need two of these wavy pieces. The should look kind of like snow that has piled up against the bottom of the fence, but they are adding an element of stability to the fence. Cover one side of the white pieces with some fluffed up batting.
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Punch out all the little excess pieces from the fencing. Glue the two
fence pieces together so they are sturdier. Glue one of the snow
pieces from step 3 onto each side at the bottom of the fence. Make
sure they are even with the bottom.
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Put a little Collage Medium in a few places along the top of the fence,
where you think snow would fall, and also onto the white snow pieces
at the bottom. Sprinkle with Distress Rock Candy Glitter. Let Dry.
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Put Collage Medium on each of the trees, one at a time and then
sprinkle with Distress Glitter. Let Dry.
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Attach the patterned paper die cut pieces to the black chipboard
carolers as seen in the photos. The three carolers are just single
patterned paper pieces. The wreath carrier, has a wreath and a bow
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Trim the small white square with + symbols, into a small enough shape that it fits behind the windows
at the top of the lamppost. Attach it to one lamppost and then attach the two lampposts together.
Attach one wreath on each side. Add collage medium to the parts of the lamppost and wreath that
would have snow fall on it and then sprinkle some Distress Glitter on it. Let Dry.
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Go back to the fence now. Put some Collage medium (or a glue gun) all along the bottom of the fence
and then place it down the middle of the textured chipboard between the two areas with texture. Hold
it there until it is dry and stands on its own.
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On one side, poke a hole all the way through the burlap and board in the place where there is a hole in
the chipboard. I used my Sizzix poker and then my Tim Holtz scissors to make it a little wider. It needs
to be wide enough that you can thread the lights through the hole.
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Thread the lights through the hole from the bottom. Attach
the battery pack to the underside of the panel with tape to
hold it while you work. Cut some thin strips (about 1⁄4”) of the
batting. I added a little Collage medium to the wire between
the little lights and then wound the strips of batting around
the wire so it covered the silver. This takes a little time, so
grab a snack and cup of tea, and settle in. It’s worth it, so
don’t skip this step even though it is a little tedious. Once
the wire is all covered, attach it to the base in a few places
on both sides at the bottom of the fence. It should end up
back where you started.
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Using collage medium and more of the batting, rip little
pieces of the batting off and attach it all around the outside
of the chipboard square and over the lights and light cord.
Add batting to the bottoms of all the trees to cover the
wood.
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The trees should be dry by now so take the large tree and
wrap the rest of the lights around it. As you do so, bend the
wire so that it looks like a fluffy light garland. (refer to photo)
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Once you have finished with the light garland, attach the tree to the base near the edge of the fence
where the lights are coming through.
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Decorate the tree with the pearl baubles and
some of the beaded berries. Save 5 of the berries
for other places.
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Now attach the wreath man on the cobblestones
as if he is putting the wreath on the tree. Add one
small tree to the front left corner with a piece of
white greenery and the red rose.
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On the opposite side of the fence, attach the
lamppost near the end of the fence opposite the
tree. Put some Collage Medium along the bottom
and hold it in place until it can stand on its own.
Add some of the white greenery two of the small
white flowers, and a beaded berry on the snow
on the left side of the base of the lamppost.
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Attach the three carolers in front of the fence on
the left side. Stagger them and add more batting
snow between and around them as you go. Add a
piece of white greenery, three small white
flowers, and one beaded berry on the left side at
the base of the outside female caroler. (refer to
photo)
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In the right front corner, add the medium and the
second small tree. Add a few of the smaller
baubles to the medium tree. Add a piece of white
greenery between the trees, with a beaded berry.
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Attach the plaid strips along each side of the
burlap panel.
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Put brads through two of each of the three holes
in the metal corners. Attach them to the corners
of the burlap panel with the brads on the top and
the side with now brad on the bottom. Hold in
place until the glue or Collage Medium dries.
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Adhere the words or phrases on each side.
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If desired, Cut a small hole in the second piece of
brown chipboard. A hole small enough to fit the battery pack
through. Then attach the chipboard to the bottom of the burlap
panel. This allows you to tuck the battery pack inside but it can
still be accessed to turn the lights off and on. Also, if you want it to
spin, the chipboard gives you some place to attach a 3” or 4” lazy
susan hardware piece. This is not included in the kit, but would be
pretty cool if you could turn this one. I also found a music box
element with a 4” turntable to go under mine that plays “Deck the
Halls”.
Today's Christmas recipe is one my mom found in the 1960's. It's called Remarkable Fudge and is easy to make and always a favorite.
Tami
1 comment:
This really is my favorite! I love the carolers and vintage gent and how this can be viewed from any angle--very clever to use the design paper on one side and black on the other. Such a gorgeous Christmas vignette!
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