Christmas creativity

Christmas creating is in full swing at my place.

Let me share a wee project with you today.

A tag, a matchbox and a house - truly!

What a combination.

and this tag sits inside the drawer

another wee look

So what have I done.

I have made a large matchbox using a Sizzix metal die set.

To give you some idea of how big the matchbox is, I have used the journalling cards from a Prima Rossibelle 3x4 journalling notecard pad as my patterned paper on the matchbox, my house and my tag.

Recently I saw a matchbox house made by the fabulous Monika Jakubowska and I thought to myself, love that idea and so I played.

A structural engineer I am not, but I played with some paper, a very old bird house template that had long sat buried in my craft room and then some cardstock and paper before I was a little happier with the way I was going to be building my house.

After I made my matchbox I layered a piece of corrugated card [read here, cut a piece from your pizza box], adhere to the top of your matchbox, then adhere a little pulled apart muslin.

Cut a variety of pieces of Christmas foliage - I have used three or four different dies here and I have layered them on top of each other.

Add another piece of corrugated card, a little more muslin and some more dies.

You really are building up the layers on this one.

and then I have added a branch embellishment with a little colour 

and another foliage die cut and of course my house.

Don't be shy using plenty of adhesive when you are gluing down your house.

Now my house - let's talk a wee bit about the house.

Built from cardstock and patterned paper.

My roof - well that was a bit of a mission - I punched out numerous cardstock brick shapes and built them up on my roof, some I doubled up and some I put another piece of corrugated cardboard underneath them, giving them height as I was building my roof to help keep the slope, before I then glued on some icicle pieces [a Marianne Design Creatables die LR0392].

Then I grabbed a paintbrush and some Aleene's Glitter Snow and randomly applied on the roof and surrounding areas.  I was quite generous with the Glitter Snow and then I sprinkled glitter everywhere and trust me on this one, I mean everywhere [including me].

A closer look at the roof.

Remember earlier in my post I admitted to not being a structural engineer [and I'm not] - so since building this wee house, there are many things that I would do a little differently next time.

And so I will.

When I make a matchbox, I have to make a tag as well - it just wouldn't be right without a tag.

and yes, it tucks away just snugly inside the matchbox drawer

So there you have it.

Prima Rossibelle journalling notecards used to build a matchbox,

 a house and a tag - truly Christmas creativity.

Happy creating everyone.

It goes without saying that you can find many of these items in the Flying Unicorn store.

Prima Rossibelle journalling notecards 3"x4"

Aleene's Glitter Snow

Muslin

Kaisercraft extra large pearl brads

Glitter

Chalk ink pad

I will admit though to digging deep in my stash for some long lost Prima product - some of it may have been ummmmmmmmmmm ... from pre 2010 - crikey.

Nothing like mixing the old with the new.

We have to remember not to keep things 'for good' my friends, for then some of these 'for good' things get overlooked and buried.

Happy creating everyone.

Until next time,

CYA

Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

A little Christmas creating

Using the gorgeous C90 - Christmas Snow Collection from FabScraps ...

For This Project You Will Need

•   FabScraps C90 002 - Snowflakes

•   Metal Christmas foliage dies and a cutting machine

•   Toothpick

•   Christmas sentiment

•   Alene’s True Snow and a paintbrush

•   Christmas baubles

•   White cardstock

•   Sequins

•   Faux branches

Instructions for your tag

1.              Using white cardstock cut three squares 4 ½” square and score these squares and adhere to form the base of your tee pee card.

2.            Use C90 002 cut triangles to cover your base card and adhere.

3.            Snip a small hole in the top of your tee pee card, just large enough to slot in a toothpick, dribble a little glue to adhere.

4.            Cut out Christmas sentiments and adhere to toothpick slightly askew.

5.             Cut out Christmas foliage pieces – spread out a little as you place them over the top of your tee pee card and let them drop down a little – add a little adhesive on the edges.

6.            Now randomly adhere red and white sequins and Christmas baubles.

7.             Grab some Aleene’s True Snow and a paintbrush and randomly apply – not only along the foliage and baubles, but also the edges of your tee pee card itself and your toothpick and sentiments.

8.            All done. 

Merry Christmas.

Happy creating everyone.

Until next time

Michelle

proud to be a member of the FabScraps design team

A little black, white, grey and PURPLE ...

I sure hope that you all aren't sick and tired of me sharing my screen cards - why?

Cos here is another one - can't help myself, sorry.

Be patient, I'm sure to get sick of making them, sooner or later.

Nope, chances are - not for a while.

This time a little grey, a little black, a little white and a little purple.

Quite an elegant colour combination in my opinion.

The grey papers are from a 6x6" paper pad - Say Cheese - which you can find in the Flying Unicorn store here.

I teamed them up with the gorgeous Petaloo purple flowers which you can find in the Flying Unicorn store here.

And I am still loving the self adhesive butterflies - these are a Kaisercraft product.  And you guessed it, you can find them in the Flying Unicorn store too - right here.

Happy creating everyone.