I bought a wooden cutout snowflake at AC Moore for $1.00 - it's gotta be about 10" in diameter, so it's pretty large! I went through my scrap pile and pulled out all the Figgy Pudding scraps and any green/burgundy scraps from other paper companies as well. They were all ripped into small pieces prior to starting the project.
I used Modge Podge for the adhesive and covered the wood in small areas before applying the torn paper, then followed up with another layer of Modge Podge. I did the whole snowflake in this manner, then applied one more coat of MP.
I added a background piece behind the center cutout and attached a "think snow" sentiment from Green Grass Stamps.
All together this took about 45 minutes to an hour to make.
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35 comments:
Cool!!! Love it!!!!
WOW! Very creative! I would LOVE to receive one of your Christmas cards!!
Adorable! What a cute idea!
I love your snowflake.
This is amazing!!! Great to see someone is as nuts about Basic Grey as i am :) :) I try to use every little bit as well!!
More please :)
Carol x
Ummmm....WOW!!!!! Can I ask how long this took you to do?? This is amazing, very creative!
This is fantastic, what a wonderful use of scraps.
Neat project! BG is one of my fav paper lines- it can make anything look better.
SOOOOO cool! You have amazing ideas. Love your blog!
Holy Moly---that is stunning. I love it. What a cool idea to use up your scraps. Thanks so much for sharing that idea with us all.
This is so cute!! I love all the different papers together!
Cool! Wonder if Mike's or HL has any of those neat wooden snowflakes?
I have been saving my little bits of this Figgy too and now I know that I can put them to a beautiful creative use. Just amazing! Thanks so much!
Beautiful!
It's cool, it really is! Where are you going to put it?
I save even the teeniest-tiniest pieces of DP.....now, thanks to you, I know what to do with them!! This is SO amazing!! What a gorgeous Holiday decoration! I would also love to receive a Christmas card from you....and I know that I'll probably frame it too (heck, it'd be a Flaxychick original!!) :-) Have a great day, Michelle! Hugs- Pam (4Hounds)
This is a wonderful project. I love it.
wow, this is a GREAT project, and it really is big! Isn't the MP sticky after it's all over? What do you do to keep it from being sticky?
Anyway, what a nice result. I like it!
this is wonderful! I'm also a nut for Basic Grey and have to get beyond my 'hoarding of the scraps' mindset. sigh.... you have inspired me to pull some of them out and get to work. I also use MP on all of my altered work. I really like how easy it is to use and how well it sticks. no worries about projects coming unglued!
beautiful snowflake!!!!
I love using colors that are not 'typical' of a certain thing and this red/green patterned snowflake definitely fits the description. BRILLIANT!
This is so creative! I love any project that utilizes scraps. I, too, have Figgy Pudding scraps to use. Maybe I'll take your concept and apply it to a Christmas card...hmmm.... Thanks so much for the inspiration you give!
That brought an "Oh, Wow!" from us this morning!! :) TFS!!
So beautiful. I wish we has an ACMoore.
What a great Snow Flake! I love the idea of using up some of my favorite scraps that are too pretty to toss out. Great idea. I think I might try it out on some little gift boxes ... who wouldn't want a gift wrapped up in some basic gray scraps!? We play a fun game at a couple of our parties and I just know the gals are going to fight for my gift this year *wink*.
What a really neato idea to use up very small paper scraps--I knew there was a reason I was foolishly saving all those dime sized scraps! :)
Feenie
I love you snowflake!!!
Great Idea...Nice Job! What a wonderful way to use up some scraps.
I would love a chance to RECEIVE one of your Christmas cards.
Thanks for sharing...
This is so awesome! where did you get the snowflake?
Irishchristine
Love the snowflake but love how you used up your Basic Grey scraps. I cannot bear to throw away even the tiniest bit so will look for something like this to 'cover'.
Your snowflake is soooo darn cool. What a great way to use up those scraps.
Oh my this is gorgeous!!!TFS!
Looks great! How long did it take you to make it? :o) Pick me! I would love to receive a hand-made card from you! Monika/Buzsy
What a great idea! Please add my name.
Mary Puskar
Fun project! That turned out so neat. Nice to see I'm not the only one who can't throw away scaps :)
Gorgeous! This is a labor of love!! The overall impression belies the fantastic detail. Stunning, girl.
Very nice snowflake. The figgy pudding paper is just darling.
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