Winter Scene by Jamie

Files Used: String of Lights by Judy Stark BKD 165, Bunny Silhouette by Karen Taglia 0341,
Materials: Card stock, embroidery thread, Glossy Accents, Mod Podge, fine glitter

For this project, I started out by following Terri's video on how to convert any digital coloring book page to a piecing or print & cut file. I found a great site with some beautiful Christmas coloring pages and printed the page in the recommended PDF format. Or you could right click on the image and save image as a PNG to your computer. Either way, Funtime can import the image to create a cut file. I just LOVE the fact that Funtime can import all sorts of file types including SVG, DXF, EPS, AI, PDF, images (JPG, BMP . . . ), and several others!!

Then I imported the Christmas House Coloring Page and used the auto vecto to create the cut file. I changed the color of the lines so that when it came to cutting out specific colors I was only cutting out the shapes that I needed in each color.

Since this was a larger image, I duplicated the whole image and changed the pen style to the kiss cut. I made sure to leave my outer most rectangle as the regular cut. Doing this allows me to cut out the rectangle (in this case) and then leave the pattern to follow while I'm piecing my page together! Love this tip, BIG thank to Terri for this one!! Make sure to watch the entirety of the video shared above to see how easy this is to do.

Once all my pieces were cut out, I glued them onto my background. I then mixed a small amount of some fine glitter with Mod Podge and "painted" it on to the snow. It's just something to see freshly fallen snow when the sun is shinning that simply amazes me!!

Since you can't complete a winter scene without some adorable woodland creatures, I added in a couple of the Bunny Silhouette by Karen Taglia. Hey, bunnies are just for Easter!! ;o) These little bunnies measure 0.477 by 0.363! Very tiny and my Gazelle did an incredible job at some very clean cuts.

Using green embroidery thread, I outlined the house where I wanted to string the Christmas lights. Then using the individual lights from the String of Lights by Judy Stark I cut some out and applied them to the string. To give the light bulbs more dimension I added some Glossy Accent Tones. How big are the light bulbs you ask? Each one measures 0.139 by 0.217. Once again, my Gazelle doesn't disappoint. She cut each one beautifully!!

I wrapped a jump ring (usually used with making jewelry) with green embroidery thread for the wreath on the door.

I originally made this with the thought of if being a card but as I put more into it I've decided to frame it. I had so much fun with this simple paper piecing that I'm already on the hunt for more coloring book pages that I can create with!!

Jamie Gillahan – BossKut Design Team Member
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