2017 #17 Winter Wonderland with EEG by Anneke de Clerck

2017 Topic 17: Shades of White

Another of our regular bloggers has created a pop of soft colour in the background of her white composition. And it looks beautiful of course - its the lovely Anneke!

Hi everyone, it's Anneke with you today, and I'd like to share a wintery 3D scene that I made for the current 'Shades of White' topic. I love creating small dioramas in shadowboxes or mason jars. I enjoyed the process very much although the colors ( is white a color ?) were quite a challenge for me. As you know I'm usually going for bold and bright colors. 
Below I'll share some tips on how to start a project like this.

Shades of white...this topic during this time of year asks for a wintery landscape doesn't it? I knew immediately I wanted to do a diorama. 

First I'll tell you how I started. If I have to do a 'big' project for a challenge I'm often making a moodboard. I looked through my supplies and gathered embellishments and other stuff in white, off white and cream. Not everything what you see ended up on the project but looking at this improvised moodboard gave me instant inspiration.

Next I went through my patterned paper supplies for 'shades of white'. Then I looked for matching PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics. To my surprise PaperArtsy has lots of 'white' paints in their collection! From the left to the right: Concrete, Nougat, Buff, Snowflake, Chalk and Honey Dew.

I wanted to mix papers and paints for both background and trees. Finally I've chosen to work with Chalk, Honey Dew and Snowflake Fresco Finish Chalk Paints. These 'whites' matched best with the patterned paper.

I worked on a paper panel that I trimmed to the size of the shadowbox. I punched 47 inchies out of patterned paper and used 10 cm wide double sided adhesive tape to attach the inchies. As you can see on the photo I laid a pattern out first before glueing everything down. I'm never creating an inchies background randomly. I'm always going for a nice balance between the different colors/patterns.

Eclectica³ Emma Godfrey Set 15 (EEG15)

I overstamped the background with a circle stamp from the EEG15 stamp set using Snowflake Fresco Finish Chalk Paint.

To decorate the trees I used small stamps from different EEG stamp sets: EEG07, EEG14 and EEG15.

I've cut triangles out of patterned paper and added a wash of PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics on top. I stamped with small stamps from EEG14, EEG15, EEG07 using Versamark ink and heat embossed the prints with WOW embossing powder Opaque Bright White. I glued the trees on 340grs stamping card to make them more firm, added tree trunks and used 3D tape to attach the trees. 

On the tree in the middle I applied Golden Glass Bead Gel. After drying the gel becomes translucent.

To decorate the shadowbox I used a few products from the Tim Holtz Ideo-logy collection: a tree, a decorative dome, a few deer and a typed token.

I wrapped some of my favorite fluffy yarn around the shadow box.

To highlight the word 'winter' on the token I rubbed over the text with a white Distress Crayon.

I love how the trees turned out. The use of patterned paper adds interest to the trees. And it's amazing what you can do with just a few small and beautiful stamps.

There are no bold colors involved but to my own surprise I'm happy with the result. Note to self: make projects in shades of white more often :)

For this project I used a wooden tray that I bought in a home deco store. By putting the tray on it's side it became a shadowbox. I added a few layers of gesso first to hide the ugly green color. For the top layer I used Snowflake Fresco Finish Chalk Paint.

To create a shadowbox/diorama you can recycle all kinds of boxes or lids or you can use the back of a canvas.  Why not making a diorama in a large mason jar or in/below a glass dome. The possibilities are endless. 

I hope I inspired you to bring your own 3D wintery scene to life. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

Anneke

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Oh yes!! It IS amazing how super small stamps can be used to create big bold patterns! I love how the embossing turned out, such a fantastic project for any room this winter! Lovely! ~Leandra

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