Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Frostie Watercolor Snowman

Hi stampers! The snow comes and goes here, but a paper snowman will always stay. Here is another snowman project.

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Layers of ink - Mr Frostie Watercolor Snowman Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I have done quite a few snowman projects this year and for this tag, I wanted to use the larger snowman from Tim Holtz Mr Frostie. He is covering most of the tag, with a dark snowy and sparkly sky as a backdrop. It looks pretty cold!

Stamp Mr Frostie on a watercolor tag.

Start by stamping Mr Frostie on a tag die cut from watercolor paper.

Draw the snowman's body with pens.

Extend his body to the bottom of the tag and add buttons. You need to use waterproof pens for this step.

Stamp on Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper.

Stamp him one more time on Simon Says Stamp Masking paper. Cut out and roughly cut the body too.

Stamp snowflakes.

With the masking paper in place, white emboss the Simon Says Stamp Twinkling Stars on the background. I got some embossing powder on the hat too, but that didn't matter.

Paint the snowman with watercolors.

Paint the snowman and the background with watercolor paint. Don't worry about perfection and leave some of the paper white.

Add Gansai Tambi Starry paint.

I added some shimmer to the sky with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors (the lightest shade).

Add snowflakes with a gel pen.

When dry, add more snow to the background and some white highlights to the snowman.

Add Stickles and Glossy Accents.

Add Glossy Accents to his eyes and Star Dust Stickles to the hat and here and there in the sky.

Mixed Media snowy winter night.



I don't know if you can see the Glossy Accents on his eyes here, but it adds a nice touch. 

Add more shadows and lines.

Add shadows to the snowman and more black linework if needed.


The sentiment also comes from the Mr Frostie set and was cut into two strips to avoid covering too much of the snowman.




Thank you for visiting!

Happy Christmas crafting!

Anna-Karin

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