Hello Ai Fans. Today I have a mini-journal box with a small twist. As I was looking at the 5805 - Mini Journal Template Box Set, inspiration hit me. I wondered if I could fit a 5808 - Snow Blob Shaker Dome on it and yes, it does fit if you carefully center the circle that the done fits into! I had to trim a tiny bit off of the flat part of the dome on the edges to make it fit but it does work and I am pretty pleased with that! It makes this little box extra special.
The church scene was created with the 5791 - WC Snow Globe Set. I cut the circle out with the die in this set and then stamped the church a bit above the bottom edge knowing I needed room for some snow. I masked off the church with masking paper and then I used the tree stamps in the set to create the stand of trees behind and to the side of the church. I used Copic gray markers to put in a little shading and a very light blue green marker in the windows. In hindsight, I think it would have been more cool to color the windows with yellow as if the lights were on inside but I thought of it too late.
After stamping, I used Delta Decorating Snow to create snow texture on the ground and on the roof. Then I added some fine white glitter to the globe. The result is a very snowy scene. It reminds me a lot of the many rural churches where I grew up in North Dakota. It also looks a lot like my home church in the town where I went to school. We made our way many snowy and cold Christmas Eves for midnight candlelight services. I have some really lovely memories of snow that glittered like diamonds in the headlights as we drove from the farm into town for those special services.
Once the scene was ready, I cut the box out of a sheet of striped paper from the 5964 - Winter Woodland Cover Paper Pack. I carefully centered the circle die in the middle of the cover and then installed the completed dome. I also added several small snowflakes to the front which were made from the dies in the snow globe set.
Inside, I glued in a glitter cardstock piece to cover up the back of the shaker dome to make it look a bit more finished.
Here is a picture of the side of the box which I decorated with dies from the box set. The elongated ovals in this die are supposed to be removed but I left them in place because I liked the look it created.
So of course, I MUST create a mini-album to put into this box. I think that's a pretty big hint about what my next blog posts are going to be! Stay tuned. Now that we have the Dwellings sets, there are several really fun little images that can go into the mini-journals.
Thanks for joining me here today. As always, don't forget to find your favorite stamps, dies, papers, and accessories at the Ai Store! You'll always find something that calls to you.
Happy Crafting!
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