Magical Christmas

 

Hi everyone.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.  Shops are already displaying their decorations, 

many have already put up their Christmas trees and in just a few short weeks, 

we'll be sitting down to a Christmas lunch which always seems to make our clothes 

just a little bit tighter 😉

I am sharing this new project with you all which was created for 13arts' Christmas.

I used little wooden houses as well as some extra houses cut out on my Cameo Silhouette 

to create a 3D effect.

I prepared the wooden houses by first painting them with white gesso and then added 

snowflakes by adding stenciling with modeling paste.

Once the modeling paste was dry I combined gel medium (separately) with gold shiny powder 

as well as pearl shiny powder, together with very fine glass beads 

and, using a spatula, applied these two mixtures randomly onto the houses,

making sure to dry between each colour.

I also diluted a bit of both of these shiny powders and painted them (also separately and 

making sure to dry between each colour) 

onto the houses, spraying them with water to make the colour run between the beads.

Once the gel medium was dry, I applied gold and silver glitter paint with a spatula onto 

the houses, over the gel medium, until I was happy with the effect.

Once all mediums were dry, I added modeling paste with a spatula onto the houses 

here and there to give the effect of snow.

Someone gave me a little packet of "snow" years ago which came in very handy on this project.

It is almost like very fine plastic shavings and, together with the modeling paste, 

was perfect to create the effect of a heavy snowfall.

I cut some paper from the Dreamland collection and adhered it into the wooden box, which 

would hold the houses, and covered it with clear gesso before applying silver glitter paint 

onto it with a spatula as well as stenciling some of the snowflakes.

I used a cut file on my Cameo Silhouette to cut out a row of houses which I used on 

both of the wooden houses to give a 3D effect.

I also applied modeling paste with a spatula onto these little houses and then sprinkled 

the snow into the paste while it was still wet.

I love how real it looks!

I added other embellishments to make this project look 

like a winter wonderland and, once everything was complete,

I add a light dusting of fine glitter to give the project some extra sparkle.

And then, to finish it all off (with something that I added in the very beginning),

came the moment that I could switch the lights on and really turn it into a cold, dark, 

snowy winter's night.

Looking at it almost makes you feel chilly and reach 

for your imaginary hot chocolate! ❅❄❆☃

I hope that this project has inspired you to create something wintery of your own.

Until next time!

⛄