A Frosty Jar and a Coupon!

Hi everyone! Now that Thanksgiving is over, I don't feel one bit guilty about sharing a Christmas project! I worked on this last week and just put the finishing touches on it today and I am in LOVE. Do you ever have one of those projects that actually turns out better than you'd imagined? That's what happened with my snowman. I was inspired by Hels' Frosty the Snowman theme for Sunday Stampers - I'm a little slow, but I finally got it done!

I'd been saving this jar for some time (I am a horrible pack rat!). I came across it while looking through some cupboards and a little light went off! I'd just seen some of Sue Pelletier's original altered snowman bottles and decided to make one with a little scene in it. Oh...I am so in love with this, lol!

I thought that it would look neat to use the large background stamp from Tim Holtz's Seasonal Silhouettes as a background. So, I stamped it on acetate with a Juniper Dabber and inserted it into the jar - I love that it just disappears! I added a little bleached tree (check out this great tutorial from Terri!) and a little glittered deer that I cut from chipboard with the Sizzix Movers and Shapers Mini Reindeer and 25 die (no longer available). After they were in place, I sprinkled some snow and added a few vintage mercury balls and some pearl beads.

The head was created from a styrofoam ball. I squished it up a little and painted it with a layer of gesso. When that was dry, I painted the whole thing with Ranger Picket Fence Distress Crackle paint. If you look reaaaally closely, you can see the cracks. Very cool! I wasn't sure if it would work or not and I love how it came out. The bits for the eyes and mouth are actually the holly berries from Tim's Festive Greenery strip die. Cut from black cardstock, they make perfect little 'rocks'! The nose was fashioned from a rolled piece of Kraft Core'dinations. The hat is made from a piece paper from the Idea-ology Lost and Found paper pack. It was embellished with a little bleached wreath and seam binding that was tinted with the new Evergreen Bough ink from the Limited EditionWinter Distress set.

Oooooh, one of my favorite parts! The silver trim was created by cutting white cardstock using the Sizzix Vintage Lace die. I painted it with a silver Dabber and then coated with with silver glitter. So pretty! The lid underneath was painted with a Juniper Dabber - I love that shade of green. My snowman's scarf is seam binding that was dyed with Vintage Linen Distress Stain.

Finally, I added these little jingle bells that I found at Hobby Lobby. I coated them with a little chunky glitter to give them an icy look. I'm also sharing this over at Terri's Deck the Halls Sunday - make sure you pop over, there are some great projects!

UPDATE 12/1/16 - I'm slowing going back through some of my older posts and redoing the links, since some of the products and businesses are no longer available/in business. I'll try to link to similar products and, if the product is no longer available, let you know that as well. Thanks!

Tim Holtz Rubber Stamp CHRISTMAS WORDS Stampers Anonymous X1-1763 Tim Holtz Sizzix VINTAGE LACE Die Strip 657481 Tim Holtz Idea-ology SILVER TINSEL TWINE TH93025 Tim Holtz Idea-ology CRINKLE RIBBON TH93020 Tim Holtz Idea-ology WOODLANDS Trees & Wreath TH93049 Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain ANTIQUE LINEN Ranger TSS42136 Ranger Paint Dabber SILVER METALLIC RAD43836

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Thanks so much for stopping by - enjoy your weekend! :-)