Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts' Christmas Mini Folding House Shrine

Happy holidays to everyone!  I hope you are enjoying the winter weather, wherever you are!  Today, I am going to be using a couple of Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts' newest sets, the Little Folding House Shrine and the Tiny Christmas Shapes sets.  These are so cute and are sized just right to work together perfectly!

Outside with doors closed

Outside with doors open

Inside with doors opened

Make hinges by cutting two pieces of Tyvek to 2-1/2" x 3/4".  Paint both sides of the Tyvek with gold acrylic paint.  Paint both sides of the house with the gold acrylic paint.  One side (showing) only needs to be painted around the edges.  Set aside to dry.

Glue Tyvek "hinge" pieces to the three house pieces, as shown.  Leave enough space between pieces to allow the doors to open and close.  

Outside

Inside

This is a great time to use some of those paper scraps you've been saving.  These two pieces are from a Basic Grey Mistletoe & Pears paper pad.  

Run paper through Xyron 3" sticker maker.

Xyron 3" sticker maker

Cut paper just slightly smaller to fit each section, leaving a scant hint of gold edge.  Adhere to each panel. 

Inside

Outside

Apply triangle paper pieces to the roof top, as shown, on each side, using the opposing prints. 

Inside

Outside

Outside when closed in front

Add a strip of the gold Dresden border along the edge where the two papers meet, as shown.

Inside

Outside

Outside when closed in front

Cut two of the tiny scalloped shingles in half and paint with white acrylic paint or white gesso.  Let them dry, then glue to the top portion of the roof, as shown.

Outside when closed in front

Outside view on back

Fill in both sides of the roof top with the snow writer snow, as shown. 

Outside when closed on front

Paint each of the pieces with acrylic paint, as shown. 

Glue a small piece of mica to the back of the window frame.  Use the Snow Writer to add snow to the window frame and the green tree. (NOTE:  I added a wash of Burnt Umber acrylic paint to the window shutters to age them.)

I found a little white button in my stash, so I stamped "25" on it with black permanent ink, then ran a piece of red floss thorugh the button and tied it off. 

Glue it to the top portion of the roof on the outside of the house, as well as the painted chipboard pieces, as shown.

Inside

I cut a printed word "NOEL" from one of the papers in the pad and glued that to the roof portion of the outside of the house.  Glue remaining chipboard pieces, as shown.  (NOTE: I glued a tiny strip of chipboard beneath the shutters, close to the window, so that I could angle them up and outward from the house.  This is optional, of course).

Outside

I have included a few more close-ups of the painted chipboard pieces for you.

Supplies Used:

GSLTiny Shingles Sampler

GSL Little Folding House Shrine (contact store)

GSL Tiny Christmas Shapes (contact store)

GSL Gingerbread House Mini Tall (window &  shutters)

2 strips Tyvek (2-1/2" x 3/4")
DecoArt Glorious Gold Metallic paint
DecoArt Americana Lamp Black acrylic paint
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics
  Diarylide Yellow
  Hansa Yellow Light
  Primary Magenta
  Translucent White
  Cadmium Red Hue
  Burnt Umber
  Sap Green
DecoArt Snow Writer

Basic Grey Mistletoe & Pears paper pad 

Xyron 3" sticker maker
Gold German Dresden border
Liquitex white gesso
Mica Pieces
Alphabet/Numbers stamp set
Black archival ink pad
White button
Red floss


Thanks for stopping by, and have a very Merry Christmas!!!

Barbara

Mixed Media Christmas Canvas: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Hi everyone.  I am here today to share my Altered Pages DT post using these adorable wooden spoons.  I decided to go out of my comfort zone, i.e., think outside of the box.  My first thoughts were to decorate the spoons as just that, spoons, but then I decided to use them as architectural elements instead.  I must say, I am quite happy that I did.  

Cover an 8x10 Canvas Panel with Burlap using Aleene's Tacky Glue.  Spread gold crackle paste through a stencil, keeping edges uneven for that artsy look.

Allow the paste to dry and crackle naturally on the canvas.  

Mix one drop of Blue Splash Inks into an Ultra Fine Mist Sprayer, fill sprayer with water, and randomly mist the light blue color over the canvas, concentrating on the gold stenciled areas for contrast.

Paint three Wood Spoons with Timeless Cream chalk paint and let dry.  Use a spatula to spread white crackle paste over one side of the spoons and allow to dry naturally to form the best crackling effect.

 Mix one drop of each Blue and Magenta Splash Inks onto craft sheet, mix with water and brush over the crackled spoons.  Dry with heat tool.

Use a waterbrush to mix some gold from the Mica Paint Palette (Metallic) and paint over each spoon. See closeup photos at end of post.

Print and cut out children with umbrella image from the Snow Days in Europe collage sheet.  Die cut a frame that will show off the image, moving it around to reveal the portion of the image you like most.  Trim off excess collage paper and adhere frame to image.    (TIP:  Before removing frame from metal die, use your Ranger Blending Tool to add shading with Peanut Brittle Memento Luxe Ink Pad.

Trim a piece of 6x6 Black Mat Board to fit beneath framed collage image and adhere to back.  This will not only give it a nice, strong backing, but also pop it off the canvas for added dimension.

Add some beautiful glitter effects to the image and frame with the Wink of Stella clear glitter pen.  It really adds a vintage feel.

Die cut music notes from cream card stock, use your Ranger Blending Tool to add shading with Peanut Brittle Memento Luxe Ink Pad, and Stardust Stickles glitter glue for extra sparkle.  See closeup photos at end of post.

Cover some chipboard snowflakes with White Gesso and let dry.  Coat three snowflakes with one of each color Pigment Metallic Ink Cubes (Silver, Shimmer Pink, Shimmer Blue), let dry.  Use a heat tool to speed the drying time.

Mix two drops of Blue Splash Inks into an Ultra Fine Mist Sprayer, fill sprayer with water, and mist approximately one yard of Dyeable Seam Binding to add color.  Use heat tool to speed up drying time.

 Use a water brush to mix gold metallic mica paint from the Mica Paint Palette (Metallic) and add it to the wet seam binding.

 Dry with heat tool, leaving it in a clump so it will crinkle for a nice, vintage effect.

Cover holly berry gold German Scrap with Niji Oil Pastels, cut into thirds and adhere beneath flowers.  Altered Pages has a nice selection of German Scrap.

 

Add all the pieces to the canvas, as shown in the finished photo below.  

 Adhere the collage image over the tops of the spoons, and layer Petaloo flowers on either side.  The pieces of cut up holly berry German scrap was placed around the flowers.  

 "It's the most wonderful time of the year" sticker was cut apart and adhered to the left side, as shown.  The spoons were adhered slightly beneath the framed image.  The seam binding was tied into a bow at the base of each spoon, and a hole was punched through each snowflake so that a lightbulb safety pin could go through it and hang from the bows.

 You can see the pretty gold mica paint on the spoons now.  Metal embellishments were added to the snowflakes and spoons.  The music notes die cut was also adhered just above the bows and attached to the spoons.

Place canvas inside a frame.  I found this one at the Dollar Store, so I wanted to change the color a bit, using Gilder's Paste (Foundry Bronze) and Patina.  Three sides were rubbed with the Patina, while the fourth (left) side was left plain for you to see the difference in the photo.

Altered Pages Supplies:

Collage sheets:  Snow Days in Europe
Wood Spoons (5)
Canvas Panel (8x10)
6x6 Black Mat Board
Burlap
Aleene's Tacky Glue
White Gesso
Snowflakes 6 pieces
Dyeable Seam Binding

Mica Paint Palette (Metallic)
Waterbrushes

Ranger Blending Tools

Memento Luxe Ink Pads (Peanut Brittle)

Pigment Metallic Ink Cubes (Silver, Shimmer Pink, Shimmer Blue)

Wink of Stella Glitter Pens

Chalk Paint (Timeless Cream)

Splash Inks
Ultra Fine Mist Sprayer
Gilder's Paste (Foundry Bronze)
Niji Oil Pastels
Assorted Flowers
Stickles (Stardust)
Light bulb safety pins

Other supplies used:

Gold crackle paste

White crackle paste

Stencil
Dies:  Decorative Frame, Music Notes
Metal embellishments
Word stickers

I hope you enjoyed my project today and are inspired to get creating for the holidays, whether for home decor or gift giving.  

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful, Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Barbara

Craftwell Guest Designer - Christmas Cards Made Easy

Hello everyone, and I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!!   I am so excited to have been invited to be the guest designer for Craftwell today.  Craftwell USA makes the eBrush, the Teresa Collins Cut 'n Boss and eBosser machines, and extra large embossing folders.

Speaking of embossing folders, I received this beautiful Teresa Collins Bella Rose embossing folder to use for my post today.  This is a very large (8-1/2" x 11") embossing folder, and it will emboss an entire sheet of paper.  Can you imagine what you can do with an entire sheet of beautiful embossing?  I can, and so here are a couple of projects that I made with my one sheet of beautifully embossed paper.

This cute coffee mug and matching Christmas card used less than one entire sheet of embossed paper.  As you can see, the mug is made entirely from a piece of the rose embossed card stock.  The card, however, is embellished with fussy cut pieces of embossed roses and adhered to another piece of red print card stock (from My Mind's Eye All is Bright paper collection) that I embossed with a Spellbinders M-bossibilities (Nobility) embossing folder.  I then highlighted that embossing with green ink.  I love how you can enhance any paper, even a print  paper, and make it more suitable to your project.

Here, I have added some Christmas picks to the mug for a beautiful table decoration, but this would make such a quick and easy gift that you could fill with candies, tea, or even hot chocolate packets.

And here is a close up of that card that looks so complicated, yet was so easy to make.

I could not stop there.  You see, I was able to borrow the Teresa Collins eBosser machine from a friend, and so I wanted to give the machine a good workout while I had use of it.  I had this very intricate die of snowflakes, and these edger dies, as well.  I had always had such a problem getting complete cuts with my die cutting machine.  Well, let me tell you, the eBosser machine is now on my wish list.  It worked like a charm, as you can see from this beautiful Christmas card I made, again, in no time flat.

I used several Spellbinders edger dies, the Joy Craft snowflake circle die, and the Teresa Collins woodgrain embossing folder. 

And here is a closeup of those delicate, intricate snowflakes.  The eBosser gets my vote from now on.  

 

I hope you enjoyed my set of Christmas cards and coffee mug for home decoration or gift.  I also want to thank Craftwell for asking me to be their guest designer today.  It was such a pleasure to design something for you and to hopefully inspire you with their fabulous products.

I am also linking this project up with the Unruly Paper Arts 12 Days of Christmas Link Up Party.  You can join in the fun, too, or just sit back and enjoy the inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful and creative week!!

Barbara