Good Wednesday morning and welcome to the CLASSroom. I have loved making outdoor scene projects on card fronts since I began paper crafting with rubber stamps years ago. My fascination grew with the introduction of die cut images that gave me the ability to create multi layered dimensional scenes. My project today is a 5” by 7” framed dimensional country barn scene made using the newly released Impression Obsession Barn, Duck Set and Country Fences paired with the Fir Trees, Grass Border, Tall Grass, Cloud Set, Leaves and Stems, Tiny Flowers and Hill Landscape Layers. The double matted frame was made using the We R Memory Keepers Nesting Rectangles.
To begin let me explain that I took photos of the major steps to create this project but left out photos of some of the more simple steps to keep the tutorial from being too long. I’ll address those steps in the written description.
Cut a 5” x’7” piece of red cardstock and a 4.75” x 6.75 piece of white cardstock. Die cut the frame openings with the two largest dies from the Nesting Rectangles to create the double matted frame.
Apply double stick tape to the back of the largest frame and attached it to the white matting frame.
Cut several grass borders. Apply double stick tape to the lower back of the frame and attach one full grass border and half of a second to fit across the frame opening. Set the frame aside but keep it handy so you can place it over the scene as you add layers to make sure everything is placed perfectly within the opening.
Cut and assemble the barn and silo pieces. Lightly apply Rusty Hinge ink with a mini applicator to create a base color for the silo and to create the appearance of rusty metal. Note: I tapped ink off on the scrap paper each time before going back to apply more on the silo.
Apply Vintage Photo ink over some of the rust areas to add more depth to the scored lines and borders of the silo and then lightly blend both the brown and rust together to finish. I have a close up photo of both the barn and silo below so you can see them both fully colored.
The barn die cuts in 3 sections so the parts can easily be done in different colors. Attach them together from the back using double stick tape.
Apply Fired Brick ink over the entire barn using a mini applicator. I applied the ink until I was happy with a darker red.
Blend Gathered Twigs over areas of the red to add an aging appearance. I wanted the barn to look old and warn.
Cut a second barn and apply the Gathered twigs around the all the trim of the barn and all the window, door and fence sections.
Apply adhesive to the back of the trim piece, doors and windows and attach to the barn base. The barn doors and windows actually cut leaving only the outer frames. I applied the brown ink to one section of the second barn and then attached the windows and doors with adhesive and then cut them out with my snips. I wanted the doors and windows to appear closed.
Here’s a closer view so you can see how the colors were blended on both the barn and silo.
Gather all the parts and pieces of scenery and cut a 5” x 7” piece of pale blue cardstock for the scene base.
Apply double stick tape to the back of two landscape layers and attach the grass borders. Attach the landscape layers flat to the blue scene base with double stick tape.
Apply mounting tape to the back of the barn and silo and tuck them in behind the first landscape layer.
Apply mounting tape to the trees, clouds and fence sections. Attach the trees in behind the second landscape layer. Tuck the clouds in behind the tree tops.
Attach the left fence section right behind the barn and first landscape layer and cut off to fit in the frame. Attach the second fence layer in behind the silo and place it behind the second layer.
Cut a few tiny flowers, form them with your stylus and molding pad and attach them to the stems with glossy accents. Tuck them into the grass sections to add color to the scene. Insert a couple sections of the tall grass in the scene to soften the scene for a more natural country look.
After I finished assembling the whole scene and getting in mounted in the frame I decided I just had to add a little more color and cuteness. Nothing is cuter than a mother and baby ducks.
Cut the baby ducks using yellow cardstock and lightly apply Wild Honey ink to shade their bodies and color their feet and beaks. Apply ink to the beak and feet of the mother duck.
Attach rolled up glue dots to the back of the babies and a piece of mounting tape to the back of the mother and mother place them in the scene.
I couldn’t resist putting the mother and a couple babies outside the scene to make them appear closer with the barn in the distance. I just love the babies in the grass.
This turned into a larger project to take step by step photographs of than I thought it would be. I hope my instructions are clear enough to help you understand the steps that took place between the photos. I hope you have been inspired to make a larger scale multi layer scene of your own.
Thanks for coming by today and I’ll see you next time.