Hard to imagine how quickly seasons change from one to
another and we find ourselves in the season of stillness and waiting. Although
truth be told, the holiday season for most is far from that with the hustle and
bustle of all the to-do lists it sometime difficult to find solace in this
season. This is the inspiration for this project I’ve created what I liked to
see looking out my drafty cold ancient wooden windows.
Supplies: Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Double Window Ornate
[D32C], Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts
Stained Glass Frame Fergus [D83G], prepared wooden
embossed substrate, (I used Tim Holtz Sizzix Lumber #D Texture Fades Embossing
Folder and various acrylic paints), Golden
Interference Blue Fine Acrylic Paint, Embossing Powders Oil Rubbed Bronze,
Walnut Stain, Versa Mark Pad, Heating Tool, Images and Text, Weldbond, Metallic
Pale Blue Cardstock, Clamps or a Pressing Tool of Your Choosing
1.
Take apart Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Double Window Ornate
[D32C]
2.
Paint Back Portion with Golden Interference Blue
Fine Acrylic Paint. Use several layers to get the full effect and flash of
color.
3.
Use Versa Mark Pad and Oil Rubbed Bronze and Walnut
Stain Embossing Powders to cover the front portion of the frame. Cure with a
heating tool. Repeat until you have the desired effect.
4.
Print your graphics and text, using a vintage
parchment paper adds an aged look to your images easily.
5.
Use a pencil to trace the image you’d like showing
through your window frame.
6.
Cut and secure to frame using Weldbond.
7.
Next carefully add the front portion of your GSLC
Ornate frame to the back portion.
8.
Allow to dry flat using clamps or pressing tool of
your choosing. I’ve used plastic bags filled with kitty
litter, a basket filled
with coins, or a stack of heavy
books.
9.
While it is drying prepare your wooden embossed
substrate. I used a Tim Holtz Sizzix Lumber #D Texture
Fades Embossing Folder and acrylic paints to give mine an aged panel
appeal.
10.
Glue a piece of pale blue metallic cardstock to the
prepared wooden panel.
11.
Trace Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts
Stained Glass Frame Fergus [D83G] onto
a piece of white cardstock and paint with Golden Interference Blue Fine Acrylic
Pint to mimic the GSLC frame used for the font of the card.
12.
In a similar fashion use the embossing powders and
techniques you used on previous frame on this one.
13.
Place the text inside the window and glue all pieces
sandwiched together and dry completely flat using the pressing tool of your
choice.
14.
Send out these greetings to special friends knowing
that many will be framing them and adding to the winter or holiday decorations
for years to come.
Some final thoughts. It is no
secret that I love walks in the woods, a good Robert Frost poem, or a song from
my favorite singing group, Over the Rhine.
Their song “Let It Fall” is my
wish for you this holiday season:
Have you been trying too hard
Have you been holding too tight
Have you been worrying too much lately
All night
Whatever we've lost
I think we’re gonna let it go
Let it fall
Like snow
Have you been holding too tight
Have you been worrying too much lately
All night
Whatever we've lost
I think we’re gonna let it go
Let it fall
Like snow
‘Cause rain and leaves
And snow and tears and stars
And that’s not all my friend
They all fall with confidence and grace
So let it fall, let it fall
And snow and tears and stars
And that’s not all my friend
They all fall with confidence and grace
So let it fall, let it fall
Have you been carin' too much
How this one ends
Y’know it’s not the kind of fight
That you lose or win
When you’re down so low
You feel…
How this one ends
Y’know it’s not the kind of fight
That you lose or win
When you’re down so low
You feel…
Have you been carin' too much
How this one ends
Y’know it’s not the kind of fight
That you lose or win
When you’re down so low
You feel the imprint of the ground
On skin
Look around
Breathe in
How this one ends
Y’know it’s not the kind of fight
That you lose or win
When you’re down so low
You feel the imprint of the ground
On skin
Look around
Breathe in
‘Cause rain and leaves
And snow and tears and stars
And that’s not all my friend
They all fall with confidence and grace
So let it fall, let it fall
And snow and tears and stars
And that’s not all my friend
They all fall with confidence and grace
So let it fall, let it fall
A treasured memory I have is visiting a dear friend while he was living on a uncle’s farmland home and we walked to the nearby forest in the gentle falling snow and we reached a clearing where we had gone camping earlier in the year. It is circled in mighty pine trees with a fire circle in the center. We built a booming bonfire and stood nearby staring up into the sky as the snowflakes fell and melted onto our warmed faces. A time of rare peace and beautiful share solitude, in the silence of the snow storm.
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