Monday, December 21, 2015

Owl in Winter Window

 
Hi friends!! Only a few days to Christmas, December seems to have just disappeared. It is Monday again, and this week we have winter challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog

Layers of ink - Owl in Winter Window by Anna-Karin
As you probably know, I love to make shadow boxes and this week I made a winter window, as a home for a sweet owl. Most of the products come from Prima. I really like their resin owls and they are fun to colour too. The shadow box is the smallest one in the wooden square tray set. I was in a hurry this week, and didn't take any step photos, but I'll try to explain how I made this. 

The box was coated with gesso and painted with Picket Fence and Pumice Stone. I stamped the Finnabair window on tissue paper, and stamped around it with a rock texture stamp. When the paint was dry, I painted the box with gloss multi-medium, carefully placed the tissue paper on top and then added another layer of multi-medium over the tissue. After that dried, I added more paint and shading, such as around the window. This step makes a big difference to the appearance of the box. When the paint was dry, I stamped the stone texture here and there again, to bring it out.

At the bottom of the box, I smeared Snowflake Paste and sprinkled micro beads, ordinary beads, sequins and mica flakes on top. I liked the mixture of small shiny pieces. Press lightly to make sure they are stuck.

At the top, I glued Tim Holtz icicles with matte multi-medium and smeared more Snowflake Paste on top. I love the look of the icicles.

Inside the box, I applied white crackle paste, and some 3-D gel. Micro beads were sprinkled into the gel.

I added some crackle paste to the sides of the box too. When it was dry, I painted it with watered down Pumice Stone. Finally, when everything was dry, the project got some extra shine with silver Ranger foil. Apply Collage Glue stick here and there, wait to let it dry slightly and then press the matte side of the foil on the glue. For another example, using foil, check out my Frozen Deer canvas tutorial.

The owl was painted with Distress Paint, adding darker dry-brushing with Black Soot and Hickory Smoke.

I added some Snowflake Paste to the our, a few mica flakes and later also a tiny bit of foil here and there.

I was happy with the combination of the sparkly Snowflake Paste, shimmering mica flakes, crackles, shiny foil and metallic beads.

I found a stick in the garden and painted it with some white paint. A bit of Snowflake Paste and foil were also added to the stick.

The sentiment comes from the Brush stamp by Finnabair and was stamped with Jet Black ink.

When the paste was dry, I screwed to eye screws into the top and tied a twine between them. 

I hope you will join us in our winter challenge. As always you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. This is a two week challenge, since we are taking a short break over Christmas. You have until the following 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! I will be back again tomorrow, but if I don't see you again before Christmas, I hope you will have a lovely time.

A Very Merry Christmas!!

Anna-Karin

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31 comments:

  1. Absolutely gorgeous creation Anna-Karin :-) the icicles look amazing and I love the little owl, very cute :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. Loving all your projects!
    Thank you for sharing.
    Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
    Joanna

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  3. This is a beautiful project which could be displayed all winter! Love it!

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  4. Beautiful Christmas/winter decoration and I just love the icicles. They fit so perfectly with your other additions.

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  5. What a wonderful snowy, sparkly creation... that owl is adorable. Gorgeous textures - makes you want to reach out and touch it!
    Alison xx

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  6. Absolutely gorgeous and quite atmospheric. Adore the window. Tracy x

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  7. Gorgeous, Anna-Karin! The dimension is so spot on! Love it!

    Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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    1. Thank you so much Steph! And a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!

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  8. CREATE MAGIC ... that you did ! Those details and textures are awesome, snowflake paste, mica, beads OH MY just AWESOME...beautiful shadow box :)

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  9. This is so full of wonderful details! Holy cow! I love the mix of shiny and rustic and those icicles are A-MA-ZING! I also like the happy owl and how the whole thing has a cheerful warm feel despite the cold.

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  10. Absolutely Gorgeus shadow box creation. Love all the detail here. Love it !

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  11. Absolutely Gorgeus shadow box creation. Love all the detail here. Love it !

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  12. Love your icy project. It is just beautiful with
    all that detail.

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  13. pure winter magic!!! Thank you for sharing so many wonderful creations as part of the Simon Says DT. Merry Christmas!

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    1. Thank you so much Linda! Winter can be so magical (if only it would snow here now!). Merry Christmas!

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  14. This is SOOOO cool! The aged texture looks awesome. Thank you for showing your tricks of the trade with steps along the way. Where would be we crafters be without generous people such as you?

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    1. Thank you so much for your sweet reply Tricia Ann!

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  15. Such a cute owl! And his window is so beautiful. I always learn things from you. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

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  16. Gorgeous! The owl is fabulous and the wonderful snow, ice and embellishments are wow. Merry Merry Christmas to you and your family and a very blessed new year!

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  17. Oh wow a very lovely winter image. It is really magic with all its glimmer and glitter details. I love it so much also the little owl, very nice.
    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
    Greetings
    Sabine

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  18. Anna-Karin, this is so gorgeous! I love how you created your snowy scene at the window, have to check those products out! The owl is adorable, and I just love how you used a monochromatic mood for this. Merry Christmas!

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  19. Stunning project Anna-Karin! Love the fabulous frame with the ice and the owl is so sweet! Wishing you wonderful holidays! Hugs, Sandra

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  20. This is beautiful Anna-Karin! I love all the texture, the adorable little owl and the colour palette works so well! Beautiful...

    Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you a very happy 2016!! <3

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  21. I can not stop watching this project! every time, I see a different detail! Really stunning!! Barbarayaya

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  22. Wow... this is such a gorgeous creation, Anna-Karin. The colors and all the details are awesome. Have a happy new year! :)

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  23. This so cute love the attention to detail,very effective....love it.

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  24. This is a Masterpiece Anna-Karin!

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  25. OMG! This makes me speechless!!
    This is real magic!!!

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