Things are hopping at the North Pole where Santa’s Workshop is in full swing pumping out toys.
Everything in this wintry scene is covered in sparkling ice and snow. In the center is a decorated tree standing on a giant drum.
The elves are loading up Santa’s Sleigh with a bag of toys, chocolate chip cookies and a cup of cocoa.
Using a pull train, the elves move piles of wrapped packages and
toys.
If you peek in the windows you'll see lots of toys and elves at work.
In the grove of trees, the elves are beginning to round up the reindeer.
Santa’s doing his last minute check of his list.
NEW COLLAGE SHEETS
To complement this project I’ve create 4
new collage sheets, sheets filled with elves, toys and other things you might
find at the North Pole.
This collage sheet contains lots of
elves, Santa in his workshop, candy canes, gingerbread cookies and more.
This sheet is packed with toys and
games.
Toys,
toys and more toys; this sheet is packed with toys just like the first sheet.
This half sheet contains things you
might find at the North Pole and is part of a FREE Miniature toy kit available at Alpha Stamps on Sunday Nov 26, 2017.
THE DETAILS
FAÇADE
The bases of the buildings are made
using the Large Haunted House Shadowbox and the Large Haunted House Window Trims.
I started by painting the roof section
white and then covering the bottom area with Chesterville
Whitford Scrapbook Paper.
I also painted the roof trim red and attached it to the facade. I then coated the roof area with Mod Podge and sprinkled it with white flocking.
I backed the windows with 12
x 12 Clear Plastic for Windows,
then glued the windows to the openings. NOTE: I also painted the edges of the window openings green before attaching the windows.
I painted the Icicles
Roof & Winter Trims white,
covered them with Glossy Accents and sprinkled Twinklets Diamond dust on top. I then glued them under the windows.
I added white paint to the corners of
the windows. Next, I applied Glossy
Accents over the paint and then sprinkled white flocking on the Glossy Accents.
NOTE: To create ice and snow, I used three
products; Twinklets Diamond Dust, Fluffy Snow Flakes and White Flocking. All of these products are somewhat
translucent so it is important to paint the surface white first, if you want these
products to look white.
I applied Glossy Accents to various
places on the facade and in a dripping direction from the top roof trim. I then sprinkled Twinklets Diamond Dust on
the Glossy Accents giving these areas the look of ice and icicles. Note: this is the only time (papered area of
the facade) that I did not paint the surface white before adding the Diamond
Dust as I wanted it to look more like ice.
To the top, I added a Snowflake
Border that I painted white and then used Diamond Stickles to accent the snowflakes.
SHADOWBOX
Next, I assembled the shadowbox, covered
the outside with paper and painted the inside a cream color. I suggest using a light color so that once
you attach the façade the open will be bright as possible inside.
I added Christmas themed paper to the
inside; this is the same paper I used for the previous Christmas Ornament project. You don’t need to worry about the
paper going to the edges of the cubbies, as you will not see all of the opening
once you add the façade. NOTE: If you plan to hinge the façade to the
shadowbox, make sure the paper and or paint completely cover the cubbies.
As noted above, once the façade is
attached to the shadowbox, you cannot see all of the area within each cubie. It’s important that before you add the toys, figure out what part of the opening shows through the window. Once I made that determination (by laying the facade over the shadowbox), I added
chipboard shelves.
For the toys in the windows, I used both
3D miniature toys and paper toy images from the new collage sheets.
To attach the toys to the cubie/shelf, I
used foam tape, pop dots and flat beads. Some of the images are attached to the wall, to some I added a flat bead and attached them to the shelf. The 3-D toys are glued to the shelves.
I attached the elves to the front of the
shelves.
Lastly, I glued the façade to the
shadowbox.
The final touches to the façade are the “Santa’s
Workshop” sign, wreath, paper lanterns and the paper soldiers.
SLEIGH
The sleigh is made from a chipboard kit
which I painted red and gold.
I cut two pieces of chipboard, one to
serve as a ledge on the front and one to accommodate the bag on the back.
To the sides of the sleigh, I added
greenery from the collage sheets, metal reindeer from my stash and a Merry
Christmas sign which is at the bottom of this post (that you can download and
use).
The bag in the back is a red velvet jewelry
or gift bag. I stuffed the bottom with
tissue paper. I inserted packages, a
gingerbread boy and a toy sled.
On the front ledge, I added a tray of
cookies and a cup of cocoa. I filled the
cup with brown paint and then added a dab of white paint to serve as whip cream.
TRAINS
The trains are made from a chipboard
kit. This kit can also be used to create
a pull-toy.
I decided to connect two pull toys together for
transporting toys to the wrapping department and connected three together for
transporting wrapped toys to Santa’s sleigh.
Alpha Stamps is carrying all of the cute miniature toys in the windows,
on the train and in Santa’s bag.
Some of the packages are made by
wrapping wooden boxes. The paper I used
is from a free wrapping paper collage sheet that you’ll find at the bottom of
this post. I also made boxes from the Holiday
Bags, Tags & Boxes Collage Sheet plus some foil-wrapped gift boxes.
TREE DRUM BASE
I decided that the decorated tree would
look great on a drum base. To make the
drum, I stared with a round paper mache box and a lid from another box.
I painted the middle section red and
each lid gold. To accommodate the ribbon
I added eye pins around the outside of the lids.
I glued one lid to the bottom of the box
and one to the top of the box. The
reason I used a spool on the inside, was to keep the top lid from sliding too far
down on the box.
Lastly, I strung ribbon through the eye
pins.
BASES & POLE SIGN
The bases are made by:
· Cutting shapes from heavy chipboard
· Painting the shapes white
· Painting the shapes with Mod Podge
· Sprinkling Mod Podge with white flocking
I used paper clay to create mounds of snow. I painted them white, and added the
flocking the same way as I did to the bases.
Next, I glued the clay to the bases,
painted them with Mod Podge and sprinkled them with fluffy winter snow.
I glued the trees to the
base and added reindeer from the Winter Wonderland Collage Sheet.
It's easy to add images by cutting slits in the
clay mounds and gluing the images in place.
The pole is made from a wooden dowel,
painted white, wrapped in red ribbon and glued into a clay base. NOTE: To create a hole for the pole, I inserted the dowel into wet clay. Once the clay dried, I glued the pole in place. The signs are from the Elves in Santa’s Workshop Collage Sheet and have clear mini icicle ornaments dripping from them.
At the top is a Tim Holtz Salvaged Santa painted with acrylic paints.
FREE IMAGES
Feel free to download the images below
and use them in your projects.
DETAIL SUPPLY LIST
COLLAGE
SHEETS & PAPER
CHIPBOARD
KITS & DIE-CUTS
Leaf Gingerbread Trim Strips
TOYS
& PACKAGES
OTHER
MINIATURES
DECORATIONS
TEXTURED
MATERIALS
5 comments:
Laura- I love, love, love this project. It has so many creative details. It is fun to look in the windows and see all the different activities. Thanks for the detailed explanations- especially on how you did the snow.
excellent!
hugs
I love this project! I had been debating whether to get the haunted house shadow box. I think now I will since you have created the perfect project!
Your work is just incredible! so many details..Wow! I love it.
Laura!!
This is WOW and just WOW!! Absolutely Amazing! Your winter wonderland is beyond magical- so enchanting!!
and I must have those elves! heehee
hugs & love,Jackie
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