A Christmas House

I ordered these Maya Road houses from the Coconut ScrapShop awhile ago. I was so excited about them. I wanted to make several Christmas houses for decoration this year. I love these houses.

Well it has taken me a while but I finally finished my first Christmas house. Here it is:

I started with the house and adhered patterned paper (by Imaginisce) to it. I painted the roof white and then covered it with gemstones. I added the trim to the edges for a special touch. Then I painted all the chipboard that came with the house white. I decided to fold strips of paper and put them behind the windows to look like cool drapes. I added a few other random things to the house, then I moved on to the "snow". I punched circles, added white flock, and cut in half...then I randomly arranged them around the bottom of the house to look like piles of snow. I sprayed the chipboard tree with glimmer mist and then added the hearts to it with stitches (because I love hearts). Then I embossed some of the edges with white embossing powder to make it look like there was some snow on the tree. When I added a line of 3D paint all around the bottom of the house and the swirls on the side, it just seemed to bring it all together. My last step was to adhere the tree to the front.

And did you know, that each of these cool houses comes with chipboard pieces and a chipboard mini album! I will show you what I did with the mini album tomorrow. :)

CPS 89

Got another Christmas card done tonight.  I followed the CPS sketch up right now...CPS 89.  I really like how it turned out.  I am lovin' the papers by Imaginisce...you may have seen them on previous projects, and I am finishing up a few projects that use a lot of them!  The line is called "Snowy Jo", and Jen sent me some awhile ago.  The rub-on's are from Creative Imaginations.  This is not my typical Christmas card, but I really like it.  :)

News :)

1.  It's a girl.  :)

2.  She's big!

3.  She's ACTIVE!!!

SC Sketch

Ok...time for another sketch for Scrapbook Challenges.  Here is what I did for this week:

And here is what some of the SC girls did with the sketch:

Alyssa McGrew--

Annie Collins--

Brynn Dukes--

Marilyn Wiggins--

A card and some pics :)

Here is a card that I did for Deanne Burton.  I basically just took my idea for my earlier ATC's, and made a card with it.  

You can view her sketch here as well as other cards from the sketch.  

And here a couple pics from Halloween.  My boys were dressed up as Indiana Jones and a Pirate.  :)  We took a lot of pics.  

This is Austin learning to use his whip.  :)

No Middle Ground

This is a layout that I finished this morning.  It is about me.  :)  I used a lot of Upsy Daisy Designs on it, including the rub-on's on the buttons.  Here it is:

Supplies:

Paper--Upsy Daisy Designs

Foam Letters--American Crafts

Rub-On's (on buttons)--Upsy Daisy Designs

3D Paint--Scribbles

Buttons and Lace--unknown

Tools--Border punches from Martha Stewart, Scalloped Border cut with Quickutz Revolution, and decorative edge scissors from Fiskars.

Thread--DMC

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