Monday 29 November 2021

Christmas Gingerbread House Easel …………

I decided that I really needed to use up the very last three easels I got from Home Bargains (now sadly no longer available), rather than have them lingering in my craft drawers until goodness knows when……

……… and this is what I came up with ………

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The wooden gingerbread house embellishments came from Hobbycraft (Christmas 2020, I just never got round to using them).

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I started with a little faux stitching using a fine, black Sharpie pen round the blackboard edge and the sentiment using a white Posca pen.

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This was followed by sticking the houses and a wooden Christmas trees on either side of the easel.  I’ve had the trees a while, I’m sorry I can’t remember where from, but I wouldn’t mind a few more!

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I put a layer of Ranger Glossy Accents on the front of the house and the tree to give extra dimension and shine …….

Dovecraft 3D Pearl Effects

……. followed by white Dovecraft 3D Pearl Effects (Poundland £1) on the house roofs and easel shelf to look like snow.

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While the “Effects” were setting, I also put three small plastic snowflakes in position, noting that I really need to order some more snowflakes from China for next year’s Christmas crafting.

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I then needed to be patient and allow everything to dry, before adding a little more doodling fiddle fart to the blackboard and tree.

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The gingerbread men came next (from a confetti pack from Paperchase). From experience, I discovered that they warped slightly under a layer of wet Glossy Accents, but by gluing three together, they became far more substantial and no longer easily damaged.

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The smoke coming from the chimney was a tiny amount of cushion filling glued behind the house.

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More waiting then ensued for the gingerbread men to dry before finally adding a light dusting of ultra fine translucent glitter to the dry 3D Effects on the roof and shelf and clear flat backed gems in the centre of the snowflakes and a red flay back heart on the house front.

Et voila …….. a limited edition of three ……. and something a tiny bit different.