realia: noun plural

 

objects or activities used to relate classroom teaching to the real life especially of peoples studied

pronunciation

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Perfect Sentiments - Winter Wonderland

Fab 'n' Funky - Winter

Divas by design - Anything Goes

and my newest find:

Paper Smooches GDT challenge ( free digi image )

 

He's so cute, I know I'd give him some luvin' ;)

 

For the background to the hole in the bird house I first laid strips of masking tape down, and covered it with Black Soot..let dry...then Vintage Photo..let dry...then used the gold metallic Gelato which I rubbed and smoothed out the previous 2 stains which had just laid in a bubbly effect on top of the masking tape. Then I added a layer of Rock Candy crackle to give it an old wood look to it.

 

I tried to add some texture to the owl's body by using my pens in 2 different ways. The ruffled feathers across hi chest were created with wavy lines, and the head and ears were dabs from the pen. His wings, and ears were lifted up by placing the Liquid Scrapdots under them.

The banner is placed on a twig from the backyard, held in place with Tacky Glue. His "extra" wing was colored and cut out and laid on top of the twig using Liquid Scrapdots for extra strength. I printed out the sentiment and used Liquid Scrapdots to lift the end of the sentiment banner.

 

 

 

 

Martha Stewart drip punch ( trimmed drips to sharp edges to emulate icicles )

Faber Castell PITT pens, gold metallic Gelato

Ranger Distress marker, Frosted Lace stickles, Rock Candy Crackle paint, Distress Stains- Back Soot and Vintage Photo

Helmar Liquid Scrapdots

Aleene's tacky glue

wood paper - ( very old, last scrap in the box...sorry to see it go! )

Really Reasonable Ribbon - lace ribbon

snowflake brad, rhinestone, masking tape - misc.

font - Traveling Typewriter

Fiskars - snowflake embossing plate

Big Shot