Neighborhood Christmas Scene

Good Tuesday morning.  Today I’m stepping back ten years and sharing a Neighborhood Christmas Scene that is one of my all time favorites cards.  I love creating snow projects and have tried many techniques over the years in search of making the most realistic scenes possible.  This scene was made using Rubbernecker Stamps Neighborhood and I believe I used the top portion of the pine tree from the 3 Pine Trees set to create the background tree images.  Over the years I have seen crafting techniques and styles come and go but some remain timeless.

Masking and Creating the Scene

• Die cut a circle using printer paper and a circle die to create a mask for the scene.
• Apply mono adhesive reversible to the back of the circle mask and attach it to the scene base.
• Stamp the neighborhood image on the scene base with black pigment ink and heat set.
• Stamp the neighborhood image a second time on printer paper and out out the houses using snips.
• Apply mono adhesive to the back of the houses and attach them over the image on the scene base to create a mask.
• Stamp the trees using green ink and heat set.
• Apply yellow ink with a dauber around the roof tops and trees to create the moon in the sky.
• Apply blue ink with a dauber to create the night sky around the moon and heat set.
• Remove the mask from the houses and watercolor them using blue and yellow reinker and heat set.

Create the Snow

• Apply Liquid Applique to the ground area, lightly smooth it out with your finger to remove the dreaded blobs and bubbles and heat with a heat gun.
• Apply white pigment ink to the Liquid Applique snow base, sprinkle with white embossing powder and heat with a heat gun.  This step helped create a whiter snow layer to match the white background.
• Use a tiny brush to apply white pigment ink reinker to the roof tops to create the appearance of snow and icicles.
• Sprinkle white embossing powder to the roof tops and heat with the heat gun.
• Stamp the falling snow in the sky area and over the houses using white pigment ink and emboss with white embossing powder. 
• Note:  It is very important to heat set the inks as you go along to avoid having the white embossing powder sticking in places that you don’t want.

Complete the Card

• Apply a white layer to the blue card base using ATG adhesive.
• Remove the circle frame mask from the scene base.
• Layer the scene base on blue cardstock.
• Attach a ribbon and a multi loop bow around the scene base and attach using glue dots.
• Attach the scene layer to the card base using ATG adhesive.

I really love how the reverse masked frame highlighted the neighborhood Christmas scene on the white layer.  I hope you enjoyed taking a step back in time with me.  I linked items that come as close as possible to the supplies that I used ten years ago to create this project.  Thanks for coming by and I hope you have  great day.

NeighborHood 62-03kk [ RBB ] 3 Pine Tree Set – 689690694SO [ RBB ] Nested Circle Die Cut Set 5002D [ RBB ] Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Candy… [ ELH ] Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight,… [ ELH ] Brilliance Ink Pad, Graphite Black [ ELH ] Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Peeled Paint [ ELH ] Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Weathered Wood [ ELH ] Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Scattered Straw [ ELH ] Hero Arts Pigment Ink Pad, Unicorn White [ ELH ] Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder,… [ ELH ] Ranger Artist Brush Set (7 Piece) [ ELH ] Ranger Ink Blending Tool [ ELH ] Liquid Applique, White [ ELH ] Hero Arts Embossing Gun (Wagner) [ ELH ] Mono Adhesive (Temporary) Dispenser -… [ SBC ] Sponge Daubers for Ink, Paint, Glue … [ SBC ] My Sweet Petunia MISTI Laser Etched… [ ELH ] My Sweet Petunia Mini MISTI Laser… [ ELH ] Be Creative Tape, 7mm (3/10″) [ ELH ] Be Creative Tape, 15mm (3/5″) [ ELH ] Be Creative Tape, 25mm (1″) [ ELH ] Be Creative Tape, 5mm (1/4″) [ ELH ] Be Creative Tape, 3mm (1/8″) [ ELH ] Susan’s Garden 4pcs. all metal tool set [ ELZ | ELH ] Large Molding Pad (6.5″ X 12″/16.5mm… [ ELZ ] EK Tools, Precision 5 Inch Scissors… [ ELH ] Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet [ ELH ] Glue Dots, 3/8″ (4029) [ ELH ] Glue Dots, Mini (3/16″) [ ELH ] Glue Dots, Micro (1/8″) [ ELH ] Scotch Foam Mounting Tape [ ELH ] ATG Double-Sided Refill Tape, 2 pk, 1/4″ [ ELH ] ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider [ ELH ] Ranger Accents, Mini Glossy Accents [ ELH ] Ranger Accents, Glossy Accents [ ELH ] Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer… [ ELH ] Crafter’s Pick The Ultimate Glue, 4 oz. [ ELH ] PanPastel Sofft Mini Applicators, 12 pk [ ELH ] Teflon Bone Folder [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Glitter Clean-Up Cloth [ ELH ] Memory Box Dies, Metal Adaptor Plate… [ ELH ] Sizzix Accessory – Standard Magnetic… [ SZZ | SBC ] Sizzix Accessory – Precision Base… [ SZZ | SBC ] Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC ] Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray [ ELH | SZZ | SBC ] Dremel 7700-1/15 MultiPro 7.2-Volt… [ AMZUS ]