Good Wednesday morning and welcome to the CLASSroom. Have you fallen in love with all the full sized background and cutting plate dies? I sure have. I especially love the Impression Obsession Snowflake Background and thought it would fun to use it as a frame for my mini winter scene. The small framed opening was made using the Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frame 10 and the snowflake background was framed using the largest of the Impression Obsession Rectangle 6-in-1 Frames. The scene was made using the Impression Obsession Evergreen Trees and one of the Julie’s precious houses from the Essentials by Ellen Home and Hearth set.
I started by cutting the snowflake background and rectangle frame.
I placed the snowflake background on my magnetic platform, set the small nesting die in place and cut the opening for the scene.
I placed cardstock on the magnetic platform and placed the two nesting dies face down over the cardstock and cut the small frame.
I placed a long piece of 1/4” double stick tape on my work surface and rolled it up into a thin strip and applied it to the back of the small frame.
I lined up the frame over the opening and attached.
I used the largest of the two nesting frames to cut a section of white cardstock and cut two sections of ground snow. Using the shape of the frame allowed the snow layers to fit perfectly on the back of the opening.
I used ATG adhesive to attach the two sections together and then attached to the back of the framed opening with 1/8” double stick tape.
The snowflake background is just a tad larger than the rectangle frame. I cut about 3/4 of the edge off so it would be completely covered by the frame.
I applied 1/8” double stick tape to the back of the frame and attached it to the snowflake background.
I cut thin strips and pieces of mounting tape and attached to the back of the snowflake frame. I used a thin strip of rolled up double stick tape to attach the double snow layer since it was a tiny bit thicker than the single layer of the frame.
I attached the frame to the background paper and then attached it to the card base with ATG adhesive.
I applied thin strips of mounting tape to the back of the trees and little house and tucked them into the framed opening to create the mini scene.
The popped up images create another element of dimension for the scene.
The all white frame and images really pop against the sweet star and snowflake background designer paper from the Lawn Fawn Snow Day pad.
Thanks for coming by today. I hope my project has given you new ideas for ways to use your die cut background and cutting plate images.