Simple Winter Wonderland Framed Art

Editor’s Note: Please welcome one of my favorite bloggers Michele, from The Scrap Shoppe. Michele has been such a support to me through the years – consistently one of my best commenters and a wonderful friend. I am excited that she has agreed to participate as a regular contributor in 2014!

Hi there! I’m Michele from The Scrap Shoppe, and I am so excited to be here as one of SNAP’s holiday craft contributors. I don’t know about you, but I love adding a couple of new pieces to my Christmas decor every year. It helps mix things up, but to help keep the cost down I tend to look to my craft stash for simple projects. And that is exactly what I have for you today. A simple holiday craft that you can easily shop your own stash to complete!

The items you find from your craft stash may vary slightly, but basically you will need a picture frame without the glass, blue scrapbook paper (patterned or not, it’s up to you!), snowflakes (rub-ons, stickers, or draw them with a glitter pen), twigs from the yard, and glitter paint.

First thing to do: bake the twigs in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours to kill any bugs that lurking within.

Trim the scrapbook paper to fit the picture frame. Add the snowflakes.

Trim the twigs so that they will fit in the frame.

Spray a light coat of glitter paint on the twigs. It gives them just a touch of glisten that will catch the light.

Once the paint is dry, use a wet adhesive to glue the twigs to the scrapbook paper.

I suggest placing the paper into the frame then adding the twigs to be sure they line up correctly.

I decided that I wanted an even more “winter-y” look to the twigs so I went back and used a white glitter glue to add “snow” to the twigs. To do this, simply place the glitter glue in random places on the twigs, particularly in areas where snow might “gather” were it to fall from above.

Simple, festive, and didn’t cost a dime. That’s my kind of decor!

And my favorite part? Since it’s not Christmas-specific, I can keep it up all winter long!

If you enjoyed this project you might also like this simple Santa’s Belt Christmas Decor

or this Rustic Snowflake art.