Mr. Frost tuning in to his favorite TV show while he decorates is a picture of how I decorate too. I love watching George C Scott's A Christmas Carol, While You Were Sleeping, and Elf to name a few. What are your favorite must watch Christmas shows?
Of course, this Etcetera Tag was made as a sample for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Holiday 2021 release and it features Mr. Frost, Tall Pines, Christmas Minis, and the Retro TV, plus lots of Distress Products for icy snowy effects.
First, Mr. Frost is certainly cute! I love his twiggy arms and smile. He is a simple Colorize die and you'll have no trouble putting him together.
His little hat is so cute. I used some Sizzix Opulent Cardstock from the Charcoal pack for his hat. I have a link to several of the Opulent packs in my affiliate links below. They are a great deal and have a variety of paper types from glitter to metallic and pearl like this one. 50 sheets in each pack! The little bit of Holly is from the Christmas Minis die set.
His twig arms are not only perfect for holding things, but also perfect
for turning channels and turning up the volume on the Retro TV which is how we had to do it back
in the day, right? Somebody actually had to get up to turn the knobs. 😁
I used the tree and snowman Christmas Minis for the scene in the Retro TV. I tried to make it one of the scenes in Frosty the Snowman when his hat blows away.
I layered first Icicle Texture Paste and then Snowfall Grit Paste on the Silver and Gold Metallic Kraftstock on the TV. Because Mr. Frost lives outside his TV needed to be cold and icy too.
Because I used the Holiday Mica stains for the Christmas Minis, I wanted to test out how the various Grit Pastes reacted with it, so I took longet to make this post than originally intended.
When the Holiday Mica Stains were released in September, I had made these little Gift Tags with them . I set them aside to use for Christmas gifts, but then decided they would be perfect for snow swatches of Mica Stains.
Snow Flurries reacted much like Tumbled Glass and didn't really change much. I had used Hickory Smoke and Walnut Stain Distress Ink around the edges of the tags.
The Holly Branch turned them all green, even with two layers of each grit paste.
Winterberry turned the pastes pink, but the Snowfall still looked icy which was impressive!
Snow techniques Blog Post Winners:
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The timing of your post is perfect! I am getting ready to color some bottle brush trees and I was looking at all my greens and trying to determine which colors I want to use - your trees were very helpful with that. And the snow on the trees... Happy to see which stayed white and which ones did not. You inspired me to try the opaque paste with the mica flakes on top - snowy and icy. So much wonderful information and seeing your makes in the video with the samples really help to visualize what you were sharing.
BTW... I live in Ohio and we just had our 1st snow yesterday. Snow definitely looks like opaque paste. The translucent looks more like ice here when the sun shines on it.
Looking forward to see what else you share this week!
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Tami thanks so much for showing your snow making techniques. I have always wanted to try these but wasn’t sure where to start. I see all of the beautiful snowy projects and think that I want to do this too. I love the little elf house so that will be my next project with all the snowy goodness. Thanks so much for your demonstration. Catherine (Australia)
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I loved this blog post! I am new at learning how to use these products and every single part of your blog was so informative; I loved your step by step method and your explanations. I will be referring to this blog post on many occasions for your techniques, etc. As a beginner, I so appreciate the time you have taken on this particular subject. Thank you so much! (SC, US)
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Wauw this is great and your video is awesome. Learned a lot for the season.
I really going to play soon with everyting I learned Just now.
Thank you so much Tammi.
Love
Annemarie, Netherlands
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3 comments:
Mr. Frost IS the CUTEST ever...and GASP! Yes we used to have to get up to change the channel and turn up/down the volumn and the Rabbit Ears, "snow" on the screen...ack! Those were the good ol' days....LOL.
I can’t tell you how much I love this! Perfect in every way.
Hi Tami
Just found your blog though one of Tim Holtz old Youtube videos. I'm very inspired by your style :-)
I love your micasprayed gifttags. I'm planning on trying to make some. Maybe I should coat them with som micro glaze or resistspray before adding snow.
Do you think it will seal the micaspray from coloring the snow and ice?
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