Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Frosty Details ~ ScrapThat January Kit

When we lived in North Carolinas, a snow deep enough to play in was a rare event. Here is one of those times. The children and I built a snowman complete with hat, scarf, stone eyes, and carrot nose. We built him in the front yard and received many honks and thumbs up as we worked. This is one of those rare photos where I am out from behind the camera along with our youngest daughter, Maria. Such a fun day way back then. 

You saw this page during my ScrapThat! January Reveal, but I wanted to share some details. I had so much fun creating with the gorgeous ScrapThat! January kit!

"Frosty"
ScrapThat! Main Kit, FAO, EAO

Tips and Techniques:


Crocheted Snowflakes ~ As you probably know I'm a life long crafter. So when I went to a crop recently, and one of the gals was teaching some beginning crochet skills, she found a snowflake pattern for me. I know the basic stitches, but tend to get stuck reading patterns. Alison helped me through the pattern, and once I got it, I kind of went crazy crocheting snowflakes. The large one with the button and the smaller one on the left of the photo topped with a rose are the same pattern, just different size crochet thread and hooks. I also made a crocheted snowflake ornament for each of our children for their trees by stiffening them and adding a hanger loop. The embellishment add-on kit contained the BoBunny Powder Mountain Buttons, so perfect to embellish this flake. You can go to Red Heart Yarn for the free pattern download for this snowflake. 


Altered Prima Flowers ~ The aqua Prima flowers in the FAO Kit were a bit bright for this page, so I spritzed them with sapphire glimmer mist and then edged with the white chalk ink included in the kit. I also used my round nose pliers to open them up and roll the petals back. While most everything on this page is from the kit or handcrafted, the Prima "US" bulb is from my personal stash. 

Inking ~ The base paper behind the punched edges is the Sugar Double Dot paper which is white. I applied several layers of distress ink to get the graded color below the border punched edges. 


White Fabric Flowers ~ These flowers are easy to make. Just cut out circles of sheer fabric - each circle a little larger. They don't need to be perfect - just rough cut. Then melt the edges slightly over a tea light candle flame. A pair of tweezers helps keep your fingers from getting too hot. As the edges melt, the fabric forms a cupped shape. Just put a dab of glue in the center of each circle and glue together. Once dry, I used my hole piercer to put a hole in the center to pull the stamens through. Pull the stamen cords to one side and adhere with a dab of glue. Trim off the excess. Once dry you can arrange the stamens. I used 5 for each flower. These gorgeous stamens came in the kit. and I knew they would be just perfect for these flowers. 

Modeling Paste Flourish ~ I mixed micro beads into the modeling paste before applying it over the stencil, then while wet sprinkled some more on top for some nice texture and shimmer. 

Embossing Powder Snow ~ Stampendous Fran-tage has some amazing embossing powders and mica flakes. I sprinkled a mixture across the page and heat set from below. 


Handcrafted Rose/Crochet Snowflake ~ A close-up of the smaller hand crocheted snowflake with one of my roses created with the Donna Salazar Bitty Blossoms Spellbinder dies. I used the Denim Dot paper and inked with the white chalk ink included in the kit. 

Embossed Snowflake ~ I punched this snowflake, applied clear embossing ink and covered with Ranger holographic embossing powder. While still hot, I sprinkled more powder on and heated again until I had layered on three coats of powder. 

Buttons ~ I layered on the BoBunny buttons from the kit and clustered with the snowflake buttons. I also added some of the BoBunny Jewel rhinestones from the EAO Kit. 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.
~ Blessings ~

33 comments:

  1. Beautiful layout Tracey! Love the crocheted snowflake and all the shimmer!

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  2. Oh how gorgeous this is Tracey! and so many beautiful details.. love the blue colors, and the snow flake is stunning...

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  3. I love the snow effect you got with the micro beads...beautiful crochet doily and beautiful blooms

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  4. Oh my goodness, Tracey! Your frosty details look absolutely amazing! I just love every little bit of your gorgeous and wintry layout!!!!!

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous, Tracey!! You designed around the picture perfectly!! The crocheted snowflake is awesome and I love the embossed powder snow!! What a stunning layout!! Happy Wednesday :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  6. Beautiful colour combo Tracey! Love all the crocheted doilies and delicate flowers. :)

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  7. What gorgeous embellishments and colors. Love the crocheted snowflake and the laced edges.

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  8. Love, love, love the crocheted snowflake and the wintry color scheme! Beautiful page, Tracey.

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  9. I love the flowers and how the blues and whites look so amazing together. Gorgeous layout!!

    Happy Crafting
    Tracie

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  10. Wow..this is gorgeous. I love all your details especially the crocheted snowflakes!

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  11. Lovely snowflakes! Fabby looking lo. You can take some of the snow we have received her lately. About 20 cm or more of it. Love the colours here as I always seem to do. ;) It look's stunning all together. Really lovely!
    Love n hugs
    Marie

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  12. Love the blues and the crochet snowflake...I am hoping to learn how to crochet this year!
    Alison xx

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  13. gorgeous page!!!! LOVE the mix of flowers ans snowflakes!!!!!!! sooo pretty!!!!

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  14. Wowwwwwwwwwwww! This is SIMPLY AMAZING!! I loveeeeeeee the colors, the flowers and love love love the snowflakes!!!!

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  15. Love the pretty Navy and White Tracey, and the gorgeous scallop edge around your page! And the variety of texture from the flowers and snowflake, is a great touch to your page!

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  16. Beautiful work Tracey, I love the design, and just oogle over the snow in the the photograph.

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  17. Fantastic, fantastic page!! Yay for you being in the picture, like you said, doesn't happen often for the moms!!!

    Laurie

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  18. amazing design with gorgeous details

    hugs
    carla

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  19. Hello my dear blog friend! I am finally here to catch up with your blog. Sorry for the delay but I am super happy and excited to be here. As always, you just know how to ignite creativity. This layout is stupendous. I am in love with those crochet flowers and every single detail. Can't wait to see more. Hope all is well and that your holidays were filled with love & blessings.
    All the best,
    Sonia

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  20. Oh wow Tracey how beautiful is this LO. Amazing

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  21. What a stunning lo this is Tracy.
    Love the punched border and the wonderful use of the flowers and snow flakes! TFS!!
    xo

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  22. I am totally in awe! So many gorgeous details that go together perfectly! If I could do pages like this I'd scrapbook for sure! Thanks so much for leaving me a sweet comment & deciding to follow my blog.

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  23. Oh wow Tracey. This is just gorgeous...especially those crochet snowflakes. :)

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  24. I am just swooning over those handmade crochet snowflakes! Wow~ I have always wanted to crochet! My Mom and aunt can. These are gorgeous and your layout is amazing! What beautiful memories you have preserved!

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  25. Hey Tracey...thanks for leaving a lovely comment on my blog! I am now also a follower on yours! Love this Frosty layout and your crocheting is awesome! I must have crocheted more than 20 years ago....thinks I must try and pick it up again! Will have a scoot around your blog! Have a super day! Denise x

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  26. Really cool Tracey. Love all the frosty details and the crochet flower is gorgeous!

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  27. This page is spectacular!! Wow!
    I stopped by to give you a link to the canvas you inspired awhile ago...I finally got some made for Christmas gifts and couldn't find you back until I happened on your blog in my Mixed Media folder. Thanks for sharing your work, truly amazing!
    http://windchimesandlilacs.blogspot.com/2012/12/122812-fwf.html
    I really like the size of the 11 x 14 better:
    http://windchimesandlilacs.blogspot.com/2012/12/122112-fwf.html

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  28. sooo beautiful!!! love the colors, love the design, love the flowers...really inspiring!!

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  29. Wonderful winter LO. Love the crocheted snowflakes. So special! Great idea to put the micro beads in the paste too.

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  30. Beautiful page! I love the embossed snow & that edge punching looks fabulous!!

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  31. DIVINE!
    I'm in love with those techniques. Your first attempt at quilling was a hug success.

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