Fire and Ice - Cozy Winter Vignette

First up for my 2021 holiday makes for the Tim Holtz brands is this little vignette featuring the Sizzix dies Cozy Winter, Tall Pines, Mountain Top, and Festive Words. I'm calling this Fire and Ice, because my video tutorial focuses mostly on the snowy elements and how to make that campfire. You can see the video here:

If you want to see the detail photos up close, I have them posted below.

 

 Start with a small Vignette Tray. I painted the sky with Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress Paint.

 

Next I stenciled the snow on it by applying Snowfall Holiday Grit Paste through the Speckles 021 stencil.

 

Cut the pieces for two Mountain Tops, then cut one in half. Adhere the whole one in the center back and the pieces on the sides.

 

To add some dimension, cut several Tall Pines from two different greens from the Idea-ology Cool Kraftstock pack. Cut them apart and attach some of the smaller trees on the Mountain Top dies. Hand cut some low hills or mounds of snow, and attach them to some dimensional foam tape before adhering them to the back of the tray. 

Be sure to put some more Snowfall Holiday Grit Paste on your finger and then pounce it on the trees so they look snowy and frosty. Cover the hills with Opaque Grit Paste. Then add the medium sized trees to the hills.

Lastly, add the tallest of the Tall Pines in the front on both sides of the Vignette Tray.

If you cover the bottom of the Vignette tray with a nice thick coat of Opaque Grit Paste dusted with Distress Rock Candy Glitter, you can often get the trees to stand by themselves. Just add some collage Medium on the bottom and press the trees into the Grit Paste and hold until you are happy with it.

Cut some of the branches from brown paper. If it is colored with Distress Inks or Stains, you need to seal it with Distress Medium to prevent it from turning the snow a yellowy orange. Cut the long branches into smaller ones and arrange them in a base shape for a campfire on the left side and a pile of sticks on the right side.

 

Drill a hole in the back of the tray just above the campfire nest. Take the Tiny Lights and roll them into a ball. Adhere to the Campfire next with hot glue (be careful not to ruin the lights) or a blog of Collage Medium. Let it cool or dry while you work on the flames.

Cut two small pieces with the tiny trees from a piece of red/orange paper. To add a bit of interest you can spray a bit of Distress Mica Stain onto it  to add more detail. Adhere the "flames" to yellow vellum and roughly cut out around each flame. Then cut a few out of the Pine Trees just from vellum.

 

Attach the flames to one another but only on the sides. When the sides are completely dry, then slide the fire over the ball of lights and adhere it along the bottom. This takes some crumpling it up and around the ball of lights so take your time and hold it until it dries some and is secure.

 

You'll want to cut some of the trees just from vellum and then add a little Collage Medium to the sides of the ball and tuck then around inside the flames so they covere the ball of lights and look more like flames.

Put the Cozy Winter bear together as you wish and attach him front and center. You will need to support him with some substantial dimentional foam tape or something else so has is the prominant feature in the Christmas tow

Cozy Bear's face is so cute!

I covered the entire Festive Words with Icicle Distress Crackle Holiday Texture Paste. When dry, highlight the tops of the letters with Snowfall Grit Paste.

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Have a creative day!

Tami

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