Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Summer Garden Globe Tutorial

Hello crafters! I have a sweet miniature tutorial to share with you today. Snowglobes aren't only for winter projects and here I created a summer garden inside one of Tim Holtz Snowglobes. There is both glitter and mica flakes and if you shake the globe they move around.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The sun is shining and when I spotted one of Tim's Snowglobes I thought I would create a small Swedish summer garden inside the globe, complete with a red cottage, flowers, grass, trees and a white picket fence. You could also place a miniature version of your own home in the globe, or someone else's and give it as a gift to them.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Die cut the shapes.

I started out by die cutting a house from Tim's Snowglobe 2 set and some greenery from Funky Floral 2.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Color with prismacolor pencils.

Since my colored pencils were on my desk, I decided to use them to color the shapes. You can use ink instead or markers, or for a quicker version, die cut the shapes from colored paper.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Later I also made a tree from a leaf die.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Die cut tiny flowers.

Die cut tiny flowers from various shades of SSS cardstock and from white glimmery cardstock.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Create grass from texture paste.

Mix a little Mowed Lawn Distress Paint into Matte Texture Paste and place a blog into the base of the globe. Don't let it go all the way to the edge. Press the shapes into the paste to build your scene. A pair of tweezers makes it easier. The paste acts as an adhesive.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Add rock candy glitter.

Mix a little green alcohol ink into Rock Candy Distress Glitter and sprinkle it over the paste. Leave to dry for a while, so that the shapes don't fall out when you glue the dome on top.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Place Tim Holtz mica flakes into the dome.

Scoop a small amount of Tim's mica flakes into the globe.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Add a little matte medium around the rim of the globe and adhere to the base. Leave it to dry upside down. Then tie a piece of twine around the base and add a Clippings Sticker as a sentiment.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here you can see the little scene from above. When you color the shapes with colored pencils, the edges stay white. I liked that in this case, particularly since I wanted the house to have white edges. If you don't want the white edges, color with ink or markers instead.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Snowglobe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here you can see the mica mixed up with some of the green glitter. You can add more mica if you want to.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Snowglobe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here's the little scene from the back.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Miniature Globe Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Just to give you an idea of how small and cute the globe is. For more inspiration on miniature globes check out my two winter globes: Winter Cottage in a Snow Globe and Christmas Forest tutorials. A similar project, but slightly larger is my Miniature House in a Shadow Box.



Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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