Thursday, January 22, 2015

What I love about Winter....



Hi Everyone!

Thanks for stopping by!

In keeping with my 2015 personal crafting challenge to use up stash and enter more challenges, I have created a multi-layered, multi-component project this week.

 
The current challenge at Frilly and Funkie is the Winter Wishes challenge.  What fun!  As a resident of New England, I find that there is plenty to love about winter.  Snow is my favorite!  I love being cozy inside, and watching it fall.  I love the challenge of driving on snow covered roads in my small town.  I love sledding down my steep driveway.  I even love cleaning the snow off my car!  I made this banner for my  large vintage window to celebrate my love of snow. 
 





I started my banner by cutting flag shapes from wintry colored papers from my stash.  The blue/green N and W backgrounds are from a Tim Holtz holiday collection, and the icy blue S and O backgrounds were cut from a DCWV paper.  I used white Recollections paper for the letter layers.  I distressed all of the layers with my Tim Holtz Tonic distress tool.  I stamped the S and O layers with a Tim Holtz text stamp and Distress Ink in Weathered Wood, and then over stamped with
"second generation stamping" of Tim Holtz snowflakes in Watering Can Archival.  I embossed the N and O flags with a floral embossing folder, and dry brushed them with Iced Spruce Distress Ink. 

I inked all of the edges with the same colors of Distress Inks, and stitched the layers together with my sewing machine. I printed vintage family photos from my collection, and layered them onto mats of Distress Inked white paper with distressed edges.  I love how wintry the Iced Spruce and Weathered Wood colors are.  I added touches of Antique Linen Distress where needed as well, to add to the vintage look. 

My next step was to cut lots of different snowflakes from white paper with my Silver Bullet Pro cutter.  I chose to leave them white and snowy, adding touches of glitter here and there, and lots of vintage buttons. 

 
I used Distress Inks and Paints in the same three colors to dye seam binding to make vintage bows.  I used gesso applied with my finger to some half round gems and pearls to simulate snowballs.  I love how tiny bits of the original shimmer peek through. 
 
 
Some of the details show nicely in this photo, including the holographic glitter on the snowflakes. 
 
And one more shot of the banner hanging in place:
 
 
 
 
 
I opted to use snowy white yarn to hang my banner and to make a bow for the center.  I attached some recent snowflake experiments to the window to add to the snowy effect.  I have never taken a successful photo in this room.  I wish I knew what to do about it. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Frilly and Funkie Winter Wishes

and
 Craft Hoarders Anonymous Choose Your Challenge

I chose to use Ink and Paint, Seam Binding and Yarn, Stamping, Die Cutting and Mixed Media, Distressing Tool and Embossing, and ephemera, buttons, and (altered) bling. 


I wish you all a wonderful week!

Elizabeth




19 comments:

  1. Love your banner and how you added the pics and love how you displayed the banner. Enjoy your time in the snow! Thanks for joining Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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    1. Thanks, Donna! I am enjoying using family photos in my projects.

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  2. I love banners and yours is awesome! Perfect for the winter months of the year! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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    1. Thanks, Glenda. I had so much fun with this banner, I think I will make one to dress up this window for each season!

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  3. What a great piece of home decor! The color palette is perfection, and that banner is so cheery! Thanks for sharing with us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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    1. Thank you, Kathy! I'm happy to report that we are getting some real snow here today!

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  4. Oh my goodness! What a gorgeous, wintery banner!! The layering, color palette, and attention to detail is stunning! Thanks for joining in the challenge at The Frilly and Funkie!!
    Hugs,
    Nancy

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  5. What a fantastic banner! I love the mixture of treatments you've given each pennant and the way you've attached the vintage photos. Thank you for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Jenny x

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    1. Thank you, Jenny! Plenty of beautiful wintry inspiration has been falling here in the past 24 hours.

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  6. Wow Elizabeth, this is just fabulous! Seems we enjoy the same things about winter, I just love to watch the snow falling!! I love the beautiful texture and frosty blues and those snowflakes are so gorgeous! What a wonderful project to hang in your window!!

    Thank you so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie for our 'Winter Wishes' challenge! Hugs, Pamellia DT :)

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    1. Thanks, Pamellia! Good to know I'm not alone in my love of snow!

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  7. Awesome banner. Love the layering of all the snowflakes.
    Thanks for sharing with us at Craft Hoarders Anon :)

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  8. Fabulous Banner...love all the details. Thanks for joining us on the Craft Hoarders Blog.

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  9. Such a gorgeous banner and I love the vintage photos. Thanks for joining us at Craft Hoarders!

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  10. I love the embossing and all the layers and details of this. But those old photos are just the perfect touch to the banner. Very creative! Thanks for playing along in the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge!

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