Wednesday, December 11, 2013

It's Snow Time



     Welcome back to our Creative Corner....Today we are so delighted to announce our first guest designer!

 Lynne Moncrieff  from Adorn. 

 It is very likely you will know Lynne's work, how brilliantly talented she is and seen many of her amazing creations...I expect you will all be very eager to see what she has made to inspire you...so I won't say anything more except...........

   "Welcome to Our Creative Corner Lynne, we hope you enjoyed being here - Over to you Lynne!"


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I am delighted to be the Guest Designer for the month of December, it is a great honour and such fun to be creating a sample for the A Very Vintage Christmas' challenge.

Vintage is always my chosen style, always finding myself drawn to stamps with a vintage air to them, none moreso than photo real stamps especially from Oxford Impressions.  The appeal isn’t only the imagery of the stamps but the story that can be created from inking them up.

When Laura invited me to be a Guest Designer and gave me details of the challenge I knew immediately that I wanted to create a winter scene, a scene that could be displayed on a mantel or table over the winter months.



The story which formed in my head was of two little children, possibly being a nuisance, getting under their Mother’s feet as she is busy with Christmas preparations and so she sends them outside to play in the knee deep snow but from the look on their little faces it is obviously too cold for their liking as they are not the happiest of souls!


One of the Tando Creative houses was the perfect addition to what are otherwise stamped elements. The house had Gesso applied before painting and then I stamped snowflakes onto the roof and for the walls I stamped a text stamp.  Fragments of lace dress the windows with snow on the roof.


Stepping outside the cottage we have the stamped trees on either side of the house and a sweet little bird struggling to walk in the snow, did you spy him?


 The children appear to have only one sledge to play with as the other sledge is deeply lodged in the snow.


     It was important to convey a snowy day when the landscape has that crisp, fresh snow that crunches underfoot as you try to walk through it.  To form the snow you probably guessed that I used modeling paste.  As I wanted to achieve height I used a coarse texture paste, immediately scattering a generous amount of glass glitter with the addition of more glass glitter when the paste had dried.

    A fresh dusting of snow has fallen during their playtime so I sprinkled glass glitter onto the children and trees to reflect this.

 
All of this glass glitter creates wonderful sparkle especially if set nearby a Christmas tree bedecked with lights or the glow from a candle.

 Thank you to everyone at Our Creative Corner for allowing me to share one of my winter creations with you.

                                                                       Festive Wishes
                                                                            Lynne

Stamps:-
Oxford Impressions - Season of Giving and Sleigh Bells
If you are new to using photo real stamps then I highly recommend you purchase a Speedball brayer to apply the Archival ink and if aiming for a vintage photo appearance, stamping onto glossy cardstock gives the best results.

26 comments:

  1. Wow! This is superb, Lynne! It's lovely to see you here and to be able to share this fabulous, imaginative make! Julie Ann xx

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  2. What a glorious creation, Lynne... the crunchy sparkly snow underfoot looks wonderful, and I love the story behind those gloomy expressions. Gorgeous stamping, gorgeous scene! Thank you so much for sharing this fabulous piece with us here at OCC.
    Alison xx

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  3. WOW, Lynne.Amazing work...the festive scene is outstanding... Love all the stamping, elements & snowy glitter....simply Beautiful... Hugs May x x x

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  4. A fabulous stunning project Lynne, so vintage and sparkly, you could not help but get into a festive wintry mood when looking at it. All the glorious detail is amazing, a real show stopper. I also love how you have photographed it. It's wonderful to have you sharing with us here at OCC!

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  5. Thank You to all at OCC for extending the Guest Designer invite to me, I feel to honoured and it was fun sharing this with all of you.
    Festive Wishes
    Lynne

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  6. This is incredible Lynne! I love the sled idea, the house and all that wonderful snow. What an honour to have you as a Guest Designer here at OCC. Jenny x

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  7. I LOVE your gorgeous winter scenery, Lynne,

    as it is sooo full of atmosphere! You really created a tiny winterwonderland of its own and I wish I could take a walk in it! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely art with us over here! (And thank you once again for your understanding words on my blog - not sure if my comment on your blog worked yesterday).

    Big hug,
    Claudia x

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  8. Your project for OCC is an absolute delight Lynne, I love the story behind it, the house is fabulous and those children are a delight with their sled in the wonderful snow. A truly beautiful vintage piece. Hugs, Anne x

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  9. OH ,this is so fabolous beautiful, dear Lynne - - what a magic scene you created, I love it can be displayed on a mantel or table, -like that I feel I could spot this scene on the other side of the street, watching the sweet children from my window. The paste for snow, are amazing and give just the right feeling of masses of snow, and the house is adorable ,with the sledges and tiny bird ,giving life and lots of dimention. You made such a fairy tale display, and I love your story . Hug and x-Dorthe

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  10. This is absolutely precious, Lynne! Congrats on being the GDT here!

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  11. Congrats Lynne, What a wonderful treat to see you here. Your work is always outstanding.
    Love It
    Vada

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  12. What a fantastic work to display, Lynne - congratulations on your GDT and also what a pleasure to see you here. I often see your work in magazines.

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  13. Dear Lynne, congratulations on being 1st guest designer - you certainly more than merit the OCC invitation and no wonder they are delighted with this beautiful, fairytale like creation. I reckon the children are enduring the vintage equivalent of the "naughty step"! I love all the beautiful crunchy, sparkly snow and frost - sooo tacile! All the embellishing and staging tells a wonderful vintage story. Tremendously engaging piece. Nicola x

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  14. Oh Lynne! This is just burned into my memory for all time! Absolutely breathtaking!

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  15. Congrats on being the GDT, what a perfect artist to answer this challenge! Beautiful work, as always. Those were the days when you HAD to stay outside and play. So cute.

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  16. oh, such inventivness! Love the trees, the sleigh , the snowy effect, it's wonderful!

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  17. Simply delightful Lynne.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  18. Wow just amazing what a lovely idea so you can use every year
    Caroline x

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  19. You have created a precious and magical scene that makes me want to enter to share in the icy goodness! I used to have a sled like that :) and oh to have a sparkling cottage...
    oxo

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  20. This is such an ADORABLE Christmas Scenelit, wow, I really LOVE it!! And congrats Lynne on being Guest DT here, that's a well-deserved honour. I also love the way you have imagined and built this lovely sparkling scene...! Hugs, Coco xx

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  21. WOW this Christmas scene is stunning! I love all of the gorgeous sparkly snow!
    Tammy x

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  22. such a stunning piece of work Lynne, lots of wonderful details in your lovely snowy scene
    hugs

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  23. It's lovely and unusual but very traditional all at the same time.

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  24. What a gorgeous snowy scene! Congrats to Lynne on this wonderful creation.

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  25. This is beautiful Lynne. Well done on such a wonderful creation.
    Hugs
    xx

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  26. Beautiful take on a vintage Christmas Lynne. It looks so tactile too. Hugs Rita xxx

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