Hey, crafty friend! Mixed media can be so intimidating for many just starting out in it, but when you combine lots of paper layers and a few flowers, magic can happen so easily! 

For the base of this project, we'll be using a canvas board. It's not a wrapped canvas, but simply hardboard covered in primed canvas. This type of canvas is really easy to cover with paper without worrying about wrinkles and warping. So let's get into this tutorial!

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Fussy cut the village in the snow globe from the cutout sheet in the Twinkle & Treats 12x12 paper pad. Then trace your canvas board onto one of the blue winter greenery papers and cut the traced shape out. Use a distressing tool to distress the edges of your cut oval. 

Apply Finnabair's Soft Matte Gel with a paintbrush to your canvas board, line up the patterned paper oval and press it firmly to the canvas board. I like to brush on gel in sections so I'm not using too much and so that it doesn't dry before I get the paper on. Once you have it fully glued in place, run a brayer over the surface to remove any air bubbles and wrinkles.

Place a stencil over your paper covered canvas board and use a silicone brush to apply Finn's Crushed Ice Effect Paste through it for a hit of sparkle. Set this aside to dry.

I had some Redesign with Prima Astrid Moulds already cast in resin, but you can also use Redesign's Casting Mix for this. If you use resin, make sure to prime your casts first with Finn's Gesso--I used the clear gesso. Then paint your mould casts with a blue hue from the Art Philosophy Vintage Pastels Watercolor Confections set. I used the medium round frame for this project. 

I wanted to use up some resin casts that I've had laying around for a bit so I chose to also include the Redesign with Prima Holly Jolly Holiday Mould. I used one of the casts and cut it into two halves prior to it fully setting when I cast it about a year ago. If you don't have this mould, I think a good alternative to it are the berry and holly clusters in the Cardinal Cheer Mould or any winter greenery mould from Redesign. Of course, this type of mould is totally optional and you can choose to exclude it altogether. 

I painted these mould casts as well as one of the Timeless Ties with a tan color from the same watercolor set. 

Once the watercolor is dry on all of your moulds, use Finn's Dabbing Brush to apply the Pearl White Metallique Wax over the entire surface of the mould. Then use your finger to apply the Old White Matte Wax over the highlights. 

Once your canvas is dry, you can begin to add elements and layers to it! This is always my favorite part. I added a thick white cardstock backing to my fussy cut snow globe by tracing and cutting out the shape and using a bit of adhesive runner to glue the cardstock to the back of the snow globe. Then I popped the snow globe up from the base of the canvas using several layers of cardboard box. 

I glue the layers of cardboard together with hot glue. How many layers you use depends on what flowers you stick underneath and whether or not you include the optional greenery mould casts. I always like to dry fit everything on my canvas first and that really helps me figure out just how far up something needs to be elevated with cardboard. You can always leave gluing the snow globe on until later and just add more layers of cardboard as you work until it's the right height.

Once my snow globe was in place, that allowed me to add the holly mould casts on the bottom right and top left, layering them both just under the snow globe. I used Finn's Heavy Body Gel to glue these in place. 

Now you can start adding in your flowers, sprigs of greenery and some floral ephemera. I used a combination of flowers and sprigs from Twinkle & Treats, plus some large red flowers in the From the North Pole collection. While layering in your flowers, add in the two Astrid frame mould casts. You can hold your frames up by gluing them on top of flowers and adding some foam adhesive for support or to hep keep things level. I used both Heavy Body Gel and hot glue for this. 

Once you have flowers and ephemera tucked in underneath your snow globe, add a few on top of your snow globe. I put a small cluster on the bottom right of the snow globe, then added one flower to the bottom left. 

Pop on a chipboard sentiment sticker and red and green gems from Twinkle & Treats. The finishing touch is to add some of Finnabair's Snowflake Paste to the flowers using a paintbrush. 

I hope you enjoyed see how some simple layers of paper, flowers and a little bit of paste, wax and paint can create a beautiful project in an afternoon. Until next time, happy crafting!

Adrienne

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