Hi everyone! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving/First Advent weekend. I took out our stars and Christmas chandeliers on Friday, and we went to a Christmas market where Anton bought himself a traditional straw goat which is standing next to the little tree in his room.
I am in a Christmas mood and interpreted the challenge a little differently, making a
Flip Frame panel with a small and a big gentleman. It features Anton's first meeting with a real Santa a few years ago. He looks a little apprehensive on the photo. The Flip Frame is so great when it comes to decorating for various holidays. You might remember the two panels I made for Halloween, you can find them
here and
here. I also made a
fragment panel for non-holiday times. I took step photos.
For the background I used Tim Holtz new
Holiday Knit die set. I love the cozy look of these patterns, like a traditional knitted sweater. I cut a rectangle, a little bigger than what I needed, from the new
Paper Leather sheets by Sizzix. The sheets are very durable, but also very easy to die cut, even with intricate dies. You can read more about it in this
Winter Birch and
Autumn Matchbox tutorials. To keep the die in place I used the Magnetic Platform.
The Paper Leather takes ink very well and I smeared three lines of Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron on my craft sheet, misted with water and pressed the die cut panel into the ink. Let dry.
I decided that I wanted a translucent background, and used
Frosted Film. I can now place a battery driven candle behind the Flip Frame for a great effect (I forgot to take a photo of that last night, I will do it as soon as possible and add to this post).
Glue the die cut panel to the Frosted Film with matte multi-medium and cut it to size. Ink the edges with Forest Moss.
I like the set with three
Holiday Letterpress words. To write 'believe', for example, you need three e's, so it helps having them all in one pack. I painted the letters white.
Instead of sanding the letters, which I usually do, I coated them with Glossy Accents.
The last papers in the
Yuletide Paper Stash set has panels which are perfectly sized for
Fragments. Spread a thin layer of Glossy Accents on a Fragment and glue in place. Wait a little while and then cut out.
I added alcohol ink to the fragment pieces to age them a little. I ended up only using the parcel post piece since there wasn't enough space for the other two. They will be used on another project instead.
Here you can better see the effect of the Frosted Film background. I glued a gold
glittery ribbon at the bottom as a border and tied a piece of twine around it.
I also used a
Christmas Typed Token and two
epoxy brads. The panel needed some circular shapes among all the rectangles.
Believe fitted perfectly on the panel. Glue the letters with matte multi medium.
You can maybe see the effect of the Glossy Accents better here. I pounced on the paint, so that there would be some areas without paint.
I particularly liked the top part with the two deer and the trees, even though you can't see the trees completely anymore. Punch a hole with a Crop-a-Dile and set an eyelet in it.
Two left-over deer were misted with Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain and glued to the bottom of the panel.
I hope you will join us in our
gentlemen challenge. As always you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from
Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.
If you use instagram add
#sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads, so that we can see them on there too.
Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Happy crafting!
Anna-Karin
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