Christmas Flip Frame Tutorial

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. 

It is Monday and of course a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week our theme is gentlemen. 

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 want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

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

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix HOLIDAY KNIT Thinlits	Tim Holtz FLIP FRAMES	Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS WHITE 8.5x11	Tim Holtz FROSTED FILM	Tim Holtz YULETIDE Paper Stash
Tim Holtz HOLIDAY Letterpress	Tim Holtz YULETIDE Brad Fasteners	Tim Holtz FRAGMENTS	Tim Holtz METALLIC Trimmings	Tim Holtz CHRISTMAS Typed Tokens
Tim Holtz Distress Ink TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MOWED LAWN	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK FOREST MOSS	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain ANTIQUE LINEN
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink PESTO	Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink MUSHROOM	Tim Holtz Distress Paint PICKET FENCE	Ranger 4 Oz. MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
We R Memory Keepers COOL METAL Standard Eyelets	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Tim Holtz Tonic CRAFT KNIFE
Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL	We R Memory Keepers CROPADILE	Sizzix DIE BRUSH AND FOAM PAD	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Tim Holtz Ranger ALCOHOL INK APPLICATOR Tool

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