DCWV + Spotlight | Christmas Village & Gingerbread House...

Hey Everyone!! Check out this amazingly, cute paper village! 

How cool is it! It's a new Paper Project Kit from DCWV who've teamed up with Spotlight Australia.  It comes with six building, one being a pretty awesome looking church, plenty of mini trees and... a family of reindeer!! I'm so excited! LOL! 

They are actually so cute! All glittery with gold highlights. The buildings themselves have a frosted white glitter, which is unfortunately hard to see in these photos. The kit also provides a copper wire, battery operated lighting system.  This really sets your display apart from the norm, especially at night.

But I wanted to take this project one step further. Let's transform this house...

to this..

Each Christmastime, it's a family tradition to bake Gingerbread Houses... from scratch! Not an easy task. But this! So much easier and a lot less gooey! LOL

To start, create the chosen house as per the instructions in the kit. I would recommend painting the house a toasty gingerbread brown colour before assembling. This way you wont get paint on the gold trimmings!

I've also started to gather my supplies, such as white cardstock borders from simple scallop punches and Christmas Patterned Papers from DCWV.

If you haven't already painted your house, now is the time to do it, allowing it to dry. Add paint to the underside of the eaves as well.

Trim some candy canes from the DCWV Holiday Paper Lace Mat Stack. Mount it onto some white cardstock and carefully trim around the outside.

Add some candy canes to the front entrance of the gingerbread house with foam dots. Glue a scallop border to the front and back eaves of the roofline as well.

The rest of the gingerbread house has been decorated using the DCWV Holiday Jewel and Very Merry Mat Stacks.

Simple shapes have been used to create the snowman and trees on the side of the house and more scallop border punches have been added above the door. These borders have wrapped around the outside of the house to recreate the look of iced decorations.

Using a white gel Pen or paint, decorate the windows with lines and dots. Frame the window s with fussy cut branches - images found in the DCWV Very Merry Mat Stack.

Complete the look with gumdrops - flower punched shapes overlapped with each other. The DCWV Holiday Jewel Patterns Mat Stack provides plenty of beautiful colours to choose from.

Finally, light up you house using the supplied copper light system. This gingerbread house can be used as a stand alone feature or add it to your scene to create some fun and interest!

Thanks for visiting and please don't forget to check out the DCWV blog for more fun ideas..x

Jillibean Soup | Make it Happen...

Hi Everyone!  Just popping in here very briefly to share with you a card that I created using Jillibean Soup.  Up on the blog today it looks like the designers all coordinated our products!  *grin*

I wanted to make a masculine birthday card.  I always struggle to create this type of card and more often than not I have to go out and buy one because my attempts usually end up being too girly!

"Make it Happen"

products used: cs - kraft, Kaisercraft; pp - Jillibean Soup (Sightseeing Stew/Geocache + Soup Staples II/orange salt); alpha - alphabeans; other - Jillibean Soup: soup labels; mist; tools - machine stitching.

The number "11" was created using the Roasted Red Alphabeans adhered to kraft cardstock.  I then peeled the top layer of the 'red' off to get the white numbers.

 

A couple of splashes of colorshine mist onto white cardstock and I'm pretty much done.  And the 3D stars are my little touch of whimsy! LOL!

 

Thanks for visiting today...x

 

 

The Scrapbook Store | Scoot..

Hello Friends.  Today I have a little scrappy share for The Scrapbook Store.  I've been given the gorgeous Carta Bella "Rough & Tumble" collection to play with and what better way than to focus a layout on all three of my boys!  *grin*

 

"Scoot"

products used: cs - bazzill; pp - Carta Bella (Rough & Tumble); alphas - American Crafts; other - Carta Bella: cardstock stickers; Scrapfx chipboard scooter; tools - black pen, hole punch.

These guys have been riding their scooters around and around our patio table non-stop lately.  Especially first thing in the morning, before they are fully dressed to go to school!  They have races with each other and always declare themselves the winner!  LOL!  The rules to the game change constantly as well and before it gets nasty... I chase them inside to finish getting ready in time to catch the school bus!

This chipboard scooter was a perfect embellishment highlighting my boys' favourite craze at the moment.  Isn't it super cute!

I've again used plenty of stickers from the Rough & Tumble collection.  They are so easy to layer and play with.  For a little extra dimension, I've hand cut three stars (one for each boy!!) and mounted them with foam tape.

 

 

Don't forget to visit The Scrapbook Store for all your papercrafting needs.  Thanks so much for visiting..x

 

 

Bella BLVD | Easter Egg Hunt...

Hello Friends!    Today I have something exciting to share with you.  It is part layout, part mini album, part 3D pop up interactive extravaganza!  *grin*  Alright.  That last part, maybe not so much.  But I have still included the 3D pop up surprise!

Over at Bella BLVD this month, the DT were challenged to create projects with either Spring or Easter in mind.  Well I couldn't miss an opportunity to mix the two themes together, even though here in Australia, we are heading into Autumn.  :)  So I went straight to the Sand & Surf collection and chose the gorgeous flower patterned paper (Paradise).

 

"The Easter Egg Hunt"

 

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products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella BLVD; alpha - Bella BLVD; other - Bella BLVD: ciao chip chipboard borders, flags, miniature stickers (Spring Flings and Easter Things); paper clip, string, mist, free pop up bunny image; tools - home printer.

Initially the layout looks like a normal page.  White space, clustered elements and a little bit of mist splatter!  :) I chose this design because I wanted the bunny to be a sweet surprise.  I have held down the flap of the pop up with a simple paperclip.  It does the job perfectly and melds into the background.

 

As you open the flap, you will soon discover a little Easter bunny on a field of Spring flowers...

I found this free pop up template on Pinterest and adapted it to fit my page.

Of course journaling is also important for me to include and so I shared the story of Easter 2012, on the inside of the title page.

If you would like to learn a few more details about creating a similar look for a layout of your own, please visit Bella BLVD here.

Thanks so much for visiting...x