24 Boxes of Advent - Plain and Simple - by Kim

 Sometimes plain and simple is good, with may be just a little glitter.

Just two colours, white and blue (DecoArt Blue Harbor), blue at the top, white at the bottom. Blend the two together with horizontal strokes. This makes a great background snow scene.

Once all the sides are covered and dry paint a simple fir tree in white.

With the edge of a flat brush paint in the brown trunk of the tree (I know I only said two colours). Next add the branches of the tree, again with the edge of the flat brush, dab on the fronds, reducing in size as the get to the top. Give them a slight downward slope to make the tree look more natural.

I used an old toothbrush (you could use your current one, but the paint doesn't taste so good) to fly speck slightly watered down white paint for a falling snow effect. I suggest you practice on scrap paper to make sure you get the effect you want, before you splatter your project.

As this is my second Advent box I cut out a number 2 from spare greyboard, painted the edge with blue and glued glitter to the face. A few dabs of glue on the tree and sprinkle a little glitter there, too.

That's it. Simple and effective - and in plenty of time for the Christmas countdown.

  

SnowFlakes

 

 

In the Run up to the Festive Season myself and the DT will be showcasing all our Christmas themed projects using fabulous Tando products. To kick things off here is my project featuring Tando Snowflakes and Holly.

 

 

I started with a piece of Tando MDF. Stencilling was added to all four corners using DecoArt Media Modelling Paste using the Tando Long Flourish Stencil( my favourite). DecoArt Media Texture Sand paste with added grit was then applied randomly around the edges. and a coat of DecoArt Chalky Finish in Relic applied. Next step was to paint all elements used with DecoArt Chalky Finish in Relic and layered up onto the board Using off cuts of grey board to give depth and dimension. More of the grit/texture sand paste mix was added in various places. Tiny glass beads were then applied to the holly leaves, letters and clock. Next step plenty of dry brushing to bring out and highlight all the lovely texture. Final step was to add touches of DecoArt Metallic Lustre in Turquoise to finish.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by. Do pop back for more Festive Inspiration from the Team.

Fiona xx

 

 

Products Used.

 

 

Tando Pack of 5 Snowflakes

 

Tando Holly Flourish.

 

Tando Large Snowflake

 

Tando Alpha Sheet.

 

Tando Pack of small clocks

 

Tando Grab Bag of Circles.

 

Tando Long Stencil- Flourish.

 

DecoArt.

 

DecoArt Media Modelling Paste.

 

DecoArt Media Texture Sand Paste.

 

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Relic

 

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Everlasting

 

DecoArt Metallic Lustre- Brilliant Turquoise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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You can find the products I used for this project in the Tando Creative Retail Store. We'd love to see your creativity! Share your work with us in Tando's Creative Zone on Facebook.

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I like both possibilities, which one do you like best? I would love to hear your opinion!

please click on the pictures to get to the snowflakes in the shop:

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For more details please visit my blog - thanks!

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