"Let it Snow" Mixed Media Winter Star with DIY Video Tutorial for Little Birdie Crafts

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We're in the midst of a frigid and beautifully snow covered winter vortex here in Ohio. Today I'm sharing a wintry mixed media star that fits the season perfectly with it's sparkling snowflakes. This shimmering star features gorgeous Little Birdie Crafts flowers and mixed media products. 

Here's a full DIY video tutorial with voice instructions to share all the details on how to create one of these gems. I hope you find inspiration and learn new techniques as you view it.

In this DIY Wintry Mixed Media Star tutorial learn how to:

~ Prepare a wood base with gesso

~ Dry brush with metallic paints

~ Stencil a design with crackle texture paste

~ Accentuate crakle with Color Splash

~ Add spatter texture with ink

~ Heat emboss chipboard and wooden snowflakes with glittered embossing powder

~ Hand stamp your sentiment

~ Learn my creative process for arranging embellishments

~ Add texture with mini craft pellets and metal microbeads

~ Add sparkling mica flakes

Enjoy!

Please hop on over to the Little Birdie Crafts blog to view more close-up photos HERE.

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Little Birdie Crafts Supplies

Texture Brew - 12x12" Paper Collection

Premium Card Stock A4 - Bright White

Shabby Chic Flowers - Bonita

Shabby Chic Flowers - Eva

Shabby Chic Flowers - Queenie

Shabby Chic Flowers - Polina

Elsie Ocean Mist Flowers

Micro Jewelled Florettes Flowers - Arctic Ice

Cobbles Stone Stencil

Acrylic Gesso - White

Acrylic Soft Gel Medium Matte

Crackle Paste

Tinted Metallic Paint - Caribbean Teal

Tinted Metallic Paint ~ Silver Charm

Tinted Metallic Paint ~ Blue Waltz

Color Splash - Ocean Mist

Metal Microbeads - Deep Marine

Metal Microbeads - Iced Slate

Mica Flakes - Natural

Craft Pellets - Mini

Sissal Fiber - Natural

Other Supplies

Wooden Star Base

BeadCraft Jewellery Essentials White Pearls

Tim Holtz with Idea-ology ~ Adornments - Snowflakes

Clear Rhinestones

Beaded White Stamen

Blue Fern Studios ~ Shabby Flakes Chipboard

KaiserCraft ~ Wooden Snowflakes

Hobby Lobby ~ Wooden Snowflakes

Stampendous ~ Spoonfuls of Snow Embossing Powder

Wow! Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder

Ranger ~ Holographic Embossing Powder

Ranger ~ Emboss It Dabber

Tsukineko ~ Versafine Ink Pad - Onyx Black

Higgins ~ White Drawing Ink

Tim Holtz with Sizzix ~ Mini Paper Snowflakes Die Set

Alphabet Stamps - Upper and Lower Case Sets

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar ~ Premium Craft Glue

Tombow ~ MONO Multi Liquid Glue

Bristle Fan Brushes #1, #3, 20/0

Liquitex ~ Free-style Small Knife #5

EK Success ~ Tweezers

Liquitex ~ Free-Style Small Knife #5

Watercolor Rigger Brush #2

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Handcrafted Crochet Snowflake Ornaments For Helmar

The Holiday season us upon us, and I'd like to share a new family Christmas tradition begun last year. Now that all our children are out on their own, I thought it would be nice to create a special ornament for each of them to help decorate their trees. A friend taught me how to read a pattern to create a lovely crocheted snowflake and a tradition was born. I plan to find a new snowflake to handcraft each year. Of course they must be blocked and stiffened. Helmar Fabric Stiffener and Draping Fluid is the perfect product for that job. If you don't crochet, you can still create a similar ornament by using the Helmar Fabric Stiffener on a small crochet doily.

Handcrafted Snowflake Ornaments

Tips and Techniques

 As you can see with the snowflake right next to the Fabric Stiffener, before stiffening, they are quite soft and crumpled.

The first thing I did was to block the ornaments. I have lots of padding on my ironing board, so I laid a dish cloth over the padded board, then a layer of wax paper to keep the stiffener off of the ironing board. Any kind of foam or padded board would also work. Pin the ornament into shape.

The stiffener is thick, so I thinned it with 50% water and 50% Helmar Fabric Stiffener. I used a stiff paint brush to apply it to the snowflakes. Be sure to completely saturate. 

Allow to completely dry. I left mine overnight. 

 Here's a close-up shot. 

Helmar Products

Helmar Fabric Stiffener and Draping Fluid

Other Products

Crochet Pattern by Better Homes and Garden can be found here.

** (Please note H 3 in the pattern means chain 3) **

Size 10 Crochet Cotton Thread

Size 7 Steel Crochet Hook

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